Meanwhile, the stuff we never got to see before....

 

For those that experience the sim crashing after a few minutes, if you are using Logitech's G Hub software, try closing the G Hub app before launching the sim.

35 minutes ago, HiFlyer said:

Meanwhile, the stuff we never got to see before....

Now we also need virtual umbrella's☔. Or perhaps we can also select an optional raincoat when dressing up our avatar?

39 minutes ago, HiFlyer said:

Meanwhile, the stuff we never got to see before....

What's interesting about the super hornet. They have fully modelled the refueling nozzle, but you can't actually deploy it. The switch is interactable, but it's inop.

So it's just wasted polygons right now.

the 2020 super hornet also has the nozzle, but it's a basic grey object. Like they started modelling it, but never finished it.

Edited October 13, 20241 yr by Tuskin38

And we are finally at the point of personal attacks in the Asobo Bootlicking journey. Nice. I respect your opinion and actually hope you are right—

Asobo’s release track record is abysmal masked by some great things they have accomplished, but leaving rot in the foundation. A lot of things they do is amateurish and self destructive and prevents MSFS from being the best it could be. That is my opinion. 

4 hours ago, Sethos said:

Exactly, mentally immature people who do not understand the purpose of a test, how it works, nor how builds of software works, who have kneejerk impressions and make all sorts of insane leaps and conclusions based on this. Yes, it will happen, yes that's what a small handful do and you can't avoid it but this is nothing but individuals who aren't mature or responsible enough to be part of software testing in the first place, because they have no nuance or insight. This is why there's such a heavy pushback against these individuals, when they inevitably post their overly dramatic "IT'S NOT READY FOR RELEASE" and "EVERYTHING IS TRASH" opinions.

 

1 minute ago, UAL4life said:

Asobo’s release track record is abysmal

Hardly.

2 minutes ago, UAL4life said:

in the Asobo Bootlicking journey

It's not bootlicking if it's true.

3 minutes ago, UAL4life said:

And we are finally at the point of personal attacks in the Asobo Bootlicking journey.

A nice description of glass half full.

5 minutes ago, UAL4life said:

Asobo’s release track record is abysmal

I don't think you have a very clear idea (or any idea) of Asobo's release track record. 

4 minutes ago, UAL4life said:

Asobo’s release track record is abysmal

Considering the success of MSFS2020, 'abysmal' is probably the worst word you could have used.

I do see improvements, even in this build. However, that word not allowed EFB frustrates me to no end!! Its maddening. I love selecting a nav aid/fix (whatever) they are called, that is inline with my runway of choice, when I choose a straight in approach. Finding them in this is aggravating because the EFB is to small  and looks cluttered when you get all nav aids to show. With the main product I can use Navigraph I suppose or littlenavmap. 

I did notice you can undock the EFB and place it on another screen. So, could make it larger in theory. Might have to try that on my next test flight. Wanna help Asobo get all the info they can.

Edit: Also, there are FAR more pine trees in Georgia than currently displayed in the sim. But that might be due to it being and Alpha build.

Edit 2: How do you get a plane to show on the G1000. My plane is represented as a circle and its much harder to guage direction using that. Anyone know how to turn that on? or is it a crutch I shouldn't be using?

Edited October 13, 20241 yr by Lotharen

Maybe I missed it but I haven't heard anyone comment about being able to start a flight off-airport and on the ground running or cold and dark. Been having fun in the Alpha taking the cub to completely random places.

Looking forward to the bush flying in this version.😎

46 minutes ago, ZoblebV8 said:

being able to start a flight off-airport and on the ground running or cold and dark.

was always also possible in MSFS 2020 to enter arbitrary lat/long coordinates.

"Only question is about setting the starting elevation so it is on the ground. That may be the issue. But if it starts you in the air you could just hit Y to enter Slew mode, and then F1 several times until you are on the ground. Then Y again to exit slew mode. May have to repeat slew mode again to make sure you are stationary."

"you can set altitude in the nav log and for the starting heading, once you have selected your departure point, simply select another waypoint, custom if necessary, as your destination at the heading you want to start."

"what about taking off anywhere? Just select any spot on the flight planner map and hit ‘take off here’ or something and then load up the sim ready to take off from any lake or river or field. You can already select any spot in the air to start a flight from…"

Edited October 13, 20241 yr by turbomax

8 minutes ago, turbomax said:

was always also possible in MSFS 2020 to enter arbitrary lat/long coordinates.

 

That never worked for me. Always had to start in the air. But maybe I've just been implementing it wrong all this time.

 

In addition to not including various features in this stress-test build, they also added a lot telemetry code I'm sure, and whatever other code as part of gathering data on the server-side. All of this combined is likely to cause performance issues for us as users, so we can't really view this as representative of the actual release. Even any CTD'ing and other extreme kinds of errors serve as good data for them as part of this stress test.

They even used the word "obvious" in their disclaimer about this stress-test build 🙂 https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-technical-alpha-live-now/658433
The Technical Alpha build was created with the sole intent to gather telemetry and feedback on online services. The content available for the Technical Alpha is limited in scope. You may also encounter obvious crashes, bugs, and issues

And some of these bugs/crashes could be due to the telemetry code itself or other code paths *only* in this special build for the purposes of stress testing or triggering error paths or edge cases.

Sufficed to say, breaking our heads assuming this special build to be representative of the current state of the full sim and the main/stable code branch is.. rather foolish.
 

Edited October 13, 20241 yr by lwt1971