I highly doubt that there will be a brand new SDK for MSFS 2024.  An updated one with new features certainly.

sp

Edited June 12, 20232 yr by Sky_Pilot071

19 hours ago, The Flight Level said:

Good on you! The animated smoke and fire definitely looked impressive! We need to hear from @HPG

No involvement from us on anything shown in the trailer 😉

19 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

I can't imagine the system requirements increasing that much if it's still on the X-Box.

I think we'll see better hardware utilization in 2024 that will make the sim less demanding, this helps explain why an overhaul was needed for a new client vs an update to the current platform. DCS recently got a multithreading update and the performance is night and day difference. You wouldn't fracture the install base without good reason.

1 hour ago, Fiorentoni said:

It's less about what is being done and more about how it's being done. You can bet the crop duster planes and firefighting planes won't be high fidelity but rather arcade. Each of these actions will have the depth of a mobile game, or do you believe they'll develop a fire physics simulation or a crop growing simulation inside MSFS?

You seem to feel it only appropriate to call software a simulator (and not arcadey / game) if it models x percent of the real-life experience, and preferably only of IFR flight.

Just out of interest, what number is x for you?

On 6/11/2023 at 12:27 PM, ryanbatc said:

Dramatic.  This is no different than the update from FS2002 to 2004 (FS9).

The front page of this forum shows a picture of Avsim founder Tom Allensworth. If I remember correctly, under his direction years ago, AVSIM boycotted a new release of FS because everyone had purchased tons of addon scenery and planes from the previous edition 2 years earlier. And they would not work in the new edition of FS.

That's the issue here, whether all of our FS2020 marketplace and 3rd party addons will work with FS2024. 

I will gladly pay for FS2024, like maybe $120, as long as the tons of addons I bought for FS2020 will work in the new simulator. 

By the way, if I'm right about that AVSIM boycott of FS long ago, then it quickly disappeared and there was no more boycott. 

3 minutes ago, Fielder said:

The front page of this forum shows a picture of Avsim founder Tom Allensworth. If I remember correctly, under his direction years ago, AVSIM boycotted a new release of FS because everyone had purchased tons of addon scenery and planes from the previous edition 2 years earlier. And they would not work in the new edition of FS.

That's the issue here, whether all of our FS2020 marketplace and 3rd party addons will work with FS2024. 

I will gladly pay for FS2024, like maybe $120, as long as the tons of addons I bought for FS2020 will work in the new simulator. 

By the way, if I'm right about that AVSIM boycott of FS long ago, then it quickly disappeared and there was no more boycott. 

And how many times they have to say all add-ons will work with MS2024 so people really calm down? 

S.

Once.

8 minutes ago, Fielder said:

That's the issue here, whether all of our FS2020 marketplace and 3rd party addons will work with FS2024. 

 

They are already said almost everything will work, why overthinking it?

2 minutes ago, simbol said:

And how many times they have to say all add-ons will work with MS2024 so people really calm down? 

S.

Best to consider many AVSIM posts as entertainment.  (Including mine)  🤪

sp

Just now, omarsmak30 said:

They are already said almost everything will work, why overthinking it?

Thank you sir, I missed that announcement. 

Now I have nothing to complain about  anymore 😞

Just now, Fielder said:

Once.

Well they they have! https://www.flightsimulator.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-faq/
 

 

26 minutes ago, HPG said:

No involvement from us on anything shown in the trailer 😉

I think we'll see better hardware utilization in 2024 that will make the sim less demanding, this helps explain why an overhaul was needed for a new client vs an update to the current platform. DCS recently got a multithreading update and the performance is night and day difference. You wouldn't fracture the install base without good reason.

Now that is very interesting.  If that is in fact the case, then, that would be very-very-very good on all fronts and well worth it.

1 minute ago, simbol said:

And how many times they have to say all add-ons will work with MS2024 so people really calm down? 

 

On MSFS forum, I just saw a comment from someone who managed to interpret the official announcement about the compatibility of addons as that only addons bought on the marketplace will be compatible while those bought outside won't be... 🙄

And there are still skeptical people about this. Some saying they won't buy any addons until the developer guarantees they won't charge for the upgrade.

Just now, edu2703 said:

On MSFS forum, I just saw a comment from someone who managed to interpret the official announcement about the compatibility of addons as that only addons bought on the marketplace will be compatible while those bought outside won't be... 🙄

And there are still skeptical people about this. Some saying they won't buy any addons until the developer guarantees they won't charge for the upgrade.

I think we are at a point where Jorg will need to visit personally each user at their house, serve them coffee or tea and explain it to them face to face while eating biscuits, nothing else will make them believe it..

S.

Just now, simbol said:

I think we are at a point where Jorg will need to visit personally each user at their house, serve them coffee or tea and explain it to them face to face while eating biscuits, nothing else will make them believe it..

S.

Whose fault is that? Maybe if they were more forthcoming with information instead of vague press announcements, people would have more faith in what they say. They’re very vague sometimes. 

they say everything will work that we bought from 3rd party developers.  But my issue, is HOW MUCH WILL IT COST ?  For example between, Contrail, Orbx, Fs Dreamteam etc etc, Ispent around $800/00, am I going to buy these all over again ? Airports, planes, from PMDG Boeing 600 800 900, will I have to buy these all over again.?