Sorry if this has already been asked but no time to read through the whole thread. 

Have the Devs mentioned compatibility of FS20 add-ons with FS24? 

My understanding is that FS24, despite sharing tome basics with 2020, is still very different in many regards (eg. graphics engine) 

So would be interesting to see how airport addons for example could function in the new environment.

13 minutes ago, chatman said:

Sorry if this has already been asked but no time to read through the whole thread. 

Have the Devs mentioned compatibility of FS20 add-ons with FS24?

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/12702272798364-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-2024-FAQ

They will strive for minimal to zero changes required for current add-ons to work in MSFS 2024, obviously development work will be required to take advantage of some of the new capabilities.
 

Edited June 23, 20241 yr by lwt1971

5 minutes ago, turbomax said:

DirectX 12 was announced by Microsoft at GDC on March 20, 2014, and was officially launched alongside Windows 10 on July 29, 2015.

And from what I remember they claimed these graphics would only be possible with DX12 because it was the next big thing for gaming. MS really pushed DX12 hard.

25 minutes ago, YVR_23 said:

these graphics would only be possible with DX12 because it was the next big thing for gaming.

it was DX10. DX10 and FSX both released october/november 2006. nobody was then talking about DX12, not even about DX11. DX10 required upgrading from XP to Vista, that was Microsoft's intention.

"The image above is an artistic interpretation of FSX DirectX 10 graphics. They used this image to promote the sim back when it was announced. Obviously the real sim could never hold up to that visual standard.  

FSX was released with DirectX9 and was never really upgraded to DX10"

 

 Coordinates: 48,796288, -113,660949

 

Edited June 23, 20241 yr by turbomax

20 hours ago, GoranM said:

Sitting in the talk right now. 2024 looks to be a game changer. Very impressive stuff. 

Haha! Your choice of words is understood by me. But let's not start that old argument again. Although I'm game if you want to. Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Just saying.😂

Edited June 23, 20241 yr by jarmstro

2 hours ago, EGLD said:

haha, it barely looks as good as that promo shot even now, and MSFS looks incredible

but - 2024 raises the bar even further, having 3d detail on the ground worldwide, seasons, biomes for vegetation etc - just amazing stuff to look forward to

 

Someone will have to do another comparison when 2024 comes out.

What's that deep red colour on the hill to the left? Has there been a mass slaughter of mountain goats?

The 2020 image might look even better now (it was taken in 2020), terrain wise after the 2 USA world updates, If that area got improved DEM.

Edited June 23, 20241 yr by Tuskin38

Unless I've missed it, I haven't seen or heard any mention of MSFS 2024 being a free or paid update. 

3 minutes ago, tazz said:

Unless I've missed it, I haven't seen or heard any mention of MSFS 2024 being a free or paid update. 

Subscription would be my bet. And I'm guessing £10 per month.

Edited June 23, 20241 yr by jarmstro

4 minutes ago, tazz said:

Unless I've missed it, I haven't seen or heard any mention of MSFS 2024 being a free or paid update. 

It's a completely separate product from 2020. They said that last year.

  

1 minute ago, jarmstro said:

Subscription would be my bet.

I doubt it. I don't think they'd put it on GamePass if you needed another subscription on top.

Edited June 23, 20241 yr by Tuskin38

One thing that struck me yesterday watching the presentation, was how large of a third-party contractor Microsoft/Asobo have become with so many well-known external add-on makers and stuff working on individual components of the sim.  Pretty crazy to see, and also demonstrates that they really want to get all of these things right.

The sim must really be successful for Microsoft, to justify 800 people across 25 teams working on it.

9 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

Subscription would be my bet. And I'm guessing £10 per month.

Would certainly not be my bet.. similar assumptions/bets prior to release of MSFS 2020 turned out to be mega wrong. As per the FAQ it'll be a sequel and released as a new/separate simulator. I'd think they might have similar editions like 2020 (base, deluxe, premium, etc). At least Jorg confirmed yesterday that all aircraft shown so far are in the base sim and not specific to more premium editions.
 

20 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

Subscription would be my bet. And I'm guessing £10 per month.

Just stop with this nonsense.

20 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

Subscription would be my bet. And I'm guessing £10 per month.

I highly doubt it.  I'd expect a similar version layout as 2020 offers - although there may be some sort of subscription model for acess to those lido charts etc.