23 minutes ago, bofhlusr said:

Modest wishlist for 2024:

1. Fix suicidal ground personnel
2. Fix and match live weather
3. Fix photogrammetry (eg. dark lines in water and bridges)
4. Finalize replay functionality
5. Working windshield wipers
6. Pilot controlled lighting

2. Live weather is already excellent 
4. There is a new replay tool coming in 2024, they showed it off during the FSExpo panel

5. Already a thing in 2020, it’s up to the aircraft developers to implement 

6. What do you mean by this?

Edited August 9, 20241 yr by Tuskin38

16 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

2. Live weather is already excellent 
4. There is a new replay tool coming in 2024, they showed it off during the FSExpo panel

5. Already a thing in 2020, it’s up to the aircraft developers to implement 

6. What do you mean by this?

Pilot controlled lighting.  Meaning you key the mic on CTAF to change runway edge light settings.  Most small airports lights are off (except the airport beacon) until you tune to that frequency and click the mic several times.

1 hour ago, Sethos said:

You are old fashioned. Absolute waste to create a platform that's essentially a world twin and not take advantage of it by branching out, allowing more venues of exploring and enjoying it. That's short-sighted. Just like I'd love to see water physics improve to a point where you could turn the entire thing into a potential ship simulator as well, the potential is there. I thank the stars the sim has the resources and the studio / higher-ups have the interest in creating a product that reaches beyond just a tunnel-visioned flight simulator -- Especially because a function like walking around still has many flight simulator uses.

But my point is, the more elements added to the simulator, then less time and resources are spent on the flight element, surely.

7 minutes ago, Rocky_53 said:

But my point is, the more elements added to the simulator, then less time and resources are spent on the flight element, surely.

But I think the mistake you're making is the classic resource fallacy. Making a baby takes 9 months, it doesn't take one month just because you have 9 women working on it. MSFS is already a very solid simulator and certainly isn't lacking for features or depth at this point. Many of the the areas that need improvement are already being worked on by people within the studio and the stuff takes time, improvements we'll either see in the 2024 edition or subsequent patches. It just takes time, some issues are limited by technical aspects, others may be contractual but regardless, throwing tons of people at a problem doesn't magically solve it. Plus you got to consider people have their area of expertise. Having people specialized in working on scenery, doesn't take away from 3D modelling planes or the team working on flight modelling improvements etc.

So having people working on other things, doesn't take away from a scarce pool of resources like finite pieces of cake being passed around.

8 hours ago, eslader said:

Less lazy and loserish and more being able to experience things you otherwise couldn't. I can't afford a private jet. If I could experience one in simulated reality via a brainjack so it was like I was actually there, yeah I'd sign up for that. It doesn't mean I'd spend my entire life jacked into the net because I'd go experience the real things that were in reach but, even for billionaires there are certain things that are largely out of reach, such as landing on the Moon.

Real will, I think, always be better but when real is impossible, virtual is the next best thing.

 

You and I are on the same page. Unfortunately, my opinion of the direction society is going does not bring me hope that people will choose purpose and the real world when they have a make believe dream world to choose from. 

6 hours ago, Sethos said:

But I think the mistake you're making is the classic resource fallacy. Making a baby takes 9 months, it doesn't take one month just because you have 9 women working on it. MSFS is already a very solid simulator and certainly isn't lacking for features or depth at this point. 

 

Indeed, a classic fallacy.. also probably due to folks being used to legacy sims and the development teams behind them being much smaller than the MSFS extended dev team.. so some folks keep thinking that because X, Y, or Z are being worked on that must mean A, B, or C are getting neglected.

7 hours ago, Rocky_53 said:

But my point is, the more elements added to the simulator, then less time and resources are spent on the flight element, surely.

Surely not.   MSFS has a super complex CFD flight model already.  
 

Good addons use it well. 

11 hours ago, Rimshot said:

In real life you want to walk around your aircraft before every flight. So an added bonus to the sim.

I do this today in MSFS...

Drone camera,  set zoom to 75%, speed to 4,  rotation speed to 180.   Mapped W, A, S, D for my movements, POV hat switch to look around and I do a preflight walk around every flight unless it's raining then I send my copilot LOL 

Any news yet about if cats will play a major part in the new sim?

23 hours ago, Rocky_53 said:

Hmm, call me an old fashioned git... but I would be happier if the devs concentrated their efforts in continual support and development of a flight simulator, rather than adding a load of elements that can be found in other computer games. If I wanted to walk around, go for a swim and make myself breakfast after spending the night in a tent, then I wouldn't buy a flight simulator! 

Agree completely. Whilst MSFS has been revolutionary in its scope and ambition, there’s also an awful lot more of the basics of the flying experience that can be improved in my opinion.

Notably the weather, the flight model, a.i interaction. Personally, I don’t want some sort of all round, interactive experience involving walking tours, trekking, surfing, etc. I can do all that on my door step. I want to do more of what I cannot do in reality; namely fly aircraft.

 I’m not interested in some Jack of all trades and master of none.

I know; boring, innit?

44 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

Agree completely. Whilst MSFS has been revolutionary in its scope and ambition, there’s also an awful lot more of the basics of the flying experience that can be improved in my opinion.

Notably the weather, the flight model, a.i interaction. Personally, I don’t want some sort of all round, interactive experience involving walking tours, trekking, surfing, etc. I can do all that on my door step. I want to do more of what I cannot do in reality; namely fly aircraft.

 I’m not interested in some Jack of all trades and master of none.

I know; boring, innit?

What's really boring is how people act like MS isn't addressing all of these things. We're getting a fore flight level planner and charts by default for goodness sake. It's time to realize that MS has the resources to give us a very authentic flight sim while offering us more of what the world has to offer.

2 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

Notably the weather, the flight model

Both are being improved in 2024.

11 hours ago, Fielder said:

Any news yet about if cats will play a major part in the new sim?

It depends on the aircraft.  Some may be able to perform something like a CAT III zero visibility landing, while others may not.  

Would also be great if we could play a round of golf at some of the words best course it would give us a reason to fly somewhere other than taking off and landing which gets boring after a while…!

On 8/10/2024 at 2:14 AM, Fielder said:

Any news yet about if cats will play a major part in the new sim?

You mean you don't have Got Friends' Avitar: Man's Best Friend installed? 😂