3 hours ago, WestAir said:

Haha! I guess he views it as "It's better to have things not simulated versus things incorrectly simulated" and that's I guess a fair stance. In any case, if Fenix hasn't worked on WXR yet I don't see them starting on it with MSFS 2024 (and the new weather enhancements) less than a year away. 😥 Obviously baseless speculation as I have never sat in on one of their internal dev meetings, but why spend money on something that Asobo will implement in a few months for you?

Maybe our back and forth is amusing enough for Aamir to chime in with an answer, though 😂

Probably more like, "better to have things not simulated versus only partially simulated." Aamir stated that it's currently not possible, at least for them, to implement MSFS's weather radar as that would cause a lot of issues (performance, etc). My guess is it's due to the fact that their displays are processed differently than ones from PMDG, Flythemaddogx, etc.

Small tidbit of info from the Fenix Discord:

Soon™?

That’s brilliant news! Thanks for sharing!!

I want my JBU and ANZ and SAS!!! And BAW!!!!

I think I read whole thread but  but not a single word about Engine sound! Is it only me or you are all happy with it? To me it sounds like ATR (actually ATR sounds better).

Engine start OK, could be better but acceptable, 

Switches, APU sound, GPU, ground OK, TAXI so so but take off, cruise, descend.... to me totally unrealistic and questionable. 

If I compare PMDG p3d vs PMDG MSFS, sound is same if not better. But for someone who spent 1000hrs in FSL this is way out wack. Again it could be me. I would like to hear more from all of you that used FSL in P3D. And this is not "bashing or criticizing" product by any means. Just would like to hear more people on this topic.

Other than that it's bird is OK. Texture is fine and whole experience is on acceptable level, whatever our personal expectations are. Indeed FBW is simulated exactly how it supposed and unlike 737 that needs constant trimming (737)...which is fine by me. Two same planes but totally different.

Anyway, would like to hear about engine sounds and what do you guys think. Or even better if I missed that. Is that maybe a plan in the next update?

Cheers....

 

 

Edited January 19, 20242 yr by cyyzrwy24

Wait these guys are talking again on their own disclosed discord about updates? 😒

4 hours ago, cyyzrwy24 said:

Is it only me or you are all happy with it?

Sound is highly subjective, which is why third party sound packs exist.

Personally, I think the current Fenix sound pack is fine. If you want to try something different, here's an alternative:

https://www.ftsimplus.com/a320-cfm1.html

 

3 hours ago, JBDB-MD80 said:

Wait these guys are talking again on their own disclosed discord about updates? 😒

There's no official announcement, no substantive comment, nothing feel fomo over. Plus it has been shared here 🤷‍♂️

Edited January 19, 20242 yr by F737MAX

4 hours ago, cyyzrwy24 said:

I think I read whole thread but  but not a single word about Engine sound! Is it only me or you are all happy with it?

I think they're fine.

 

22 hours ago, F737MAX said:

Sound is highly subjective, which is why third party sound packs exist.

Personally, I think the current Fenix sound pack is fine. If you want to try something different, here's an alternative:

https://www.ftsimplus.com/a320-cfm1.html

 

There's no official announcement, no substantive comment, nothing feel fomo over. Plus it has been shared here 🤷‍♂️

Well, thanks. You are right it could be very subjective. However it is a big difference between FSL (P3D) and fenix at MSFS. Also, link that you sent, regarding engine sound, it's mostly from outside not from cockpit. That's what I meant by being "bad". Will definitely wait to see and compare when available. 

Edited January 20, 20242 yr by cyyzrwy24

I always thought FSLabs sounds were way over rated.  They did a great job at spatial sounds and that kind of thing.  But there was always this weird sound that didn't sound like the many delta cfm flights I had on A319/320/321's.  

Any news about Block 2 on their Discord ? Last update spoke about weeks away...? That was about a month ago. 

Edited February 1, 20242 yr by roi1862

End of February seems to be what they are implying, but they have been burnt before by giving estimates so this is purely my own personal understanding of what they have said in there over the last few weeks.

Edited February 1, 20242 yr by Makinen11

A little update now and then, without naming  expected day/month, would really be nice. This total silence about the update is irritating.

 

25 minutes ago, Makinen11 said:

End of February seems to be what they are implying, but they have been burnt before by giving estimates so this is purely my own personal understanding of what they have said in there over the last few weeks.

They haven't been implying anything, where did you get that from? They've clearly stated they will from now on never ever again state any sort of time references.

2 minutes ago, hvw said:

A little update now and then, without naming  expected day/month, would really be nice. This total silence about the update is irritating.

 

Total silence? They've given a rather thorough update 4 weeks ago. And they are constantly replying on Discord to people asking how it's going and what they are working on at the moment. I'd like to have a bit more personally, too, but they haven't been totally silent at all.