October 29, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, francobfort said: Congratulations! You found a screenshot of someone flying around with clouds set to low/medium! 5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX 9070XT.
October 29, 20241 yr Trigger alert! If you are easily triggered, you probably shouldn't read the following because this is MY OPINION and it is okay if you disagree with it. I won't take it personally. Try to do the same. 😆 The ship some are floating that "the tech alpha is not representative of the current version!" is about to take on water. Of course it was the current version (are very recent)! Sure, they still have time to shore things up, and I am sure they will address some issues. But that tech alpha tells me we are in for a very rough launch. If it even launches on time. Still a decent chance it is delayed. Time will tell! 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 96GB DDR5 | 4K G-Sync | Win11 Pro
October 29, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, fluffyflops said: shame they dont test the server loads at weekends shame users dont read what Microsoft said: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Technical Alpha FAQs When will the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Technical Alpha begin? "We’re currently targeting a weekend in October." https://www.flightsimulator.com/join-us-for-the-microsoft-flight-simulator-technical-alpha-in-october/ Edited October 29, 20241 yr by turbomax AMD 7800X3D, Windows 11, Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Motherboard, 64GB DDR5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB (AMD Expo), RTX 4090, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1 TB PCIe 4.0, 4K resolution 50" TV @60Hz, VR: Pimax Crystal Light + HP Reverb G2 @ 90 Hz, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, be quiet 1000W PSU, Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black air cooler. 60-130 fps. no CPU overclocking. very nice.
October 29, 20241 yr Despite the disclaimers that the alpha build is not all representative of the final product I have a sneaking suspicion that it mostly is. Some places like Manhattan New York looked amazing. Never been there but I now feel I can find my way around just flying over it the Cessna and you could even read signs on the side of buildings. Other places like Reno Nevada were improved over FS2020 but still pretty rough. However many areas like Maui and Lake Tahoe looked pretty garbage despite plenty of data for these places being available. Seattle was about the same as FS2020 and with plenty of 3rd party support it currently looks way better in FS2020. That's to be expected and hopefully those upgrades work in FS2024. FS2024 is just FS2020 with some extra lipstick is all I was seeing. Just all my opinion and I will be very happy when I prove myself wrong. However I am a bit nervous since historically speaking it would not surprise me if it is what we end up getting. Edited October 29, 20241 yr by longhaul747
October 29, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, longhaul747 said: Despite the disclaimers that The alpha build is not all representative of the final product I have a sneaking suspicion that it mostly is. Some places like Manhattan New York looked amazing. Never been there but I now feel I can find my way around just flying over it the Cessna and you could even read signs on the side of buildings. Other places like Reno Nevada were improved over FS2020 but still pretty rough. However many areas like Maui and Lake Tahoe looked pretty garbage despite plenty of data for these places being available. Seattle was about the same as FS2020 and with plenty of 3rd party support it currently looks way better in FS2020. That's to be expected and hopefully those upgrades work in FS2024. FS2024 is just FS2020 with some extra lipstick is all I was seeing. Just all my opinion and I will be very happy when I prove myself wrong. However I am a bit nervous since historically speaking it would not surprise me if it is what we end up getting. Like Windows, MSFS 2020 is a service that recieves regular updates and MSFS 2024 will be the same. At first the differences won't be huge but will increase as time passes and 2020 will get left behind. FS2024 • PMDG 738, 77F • FSL A321 • A2A Comanche, Aerostar • BS Baron, Bonanza, Caravan Pro • JF Tomahawk • TAOG H500C BeyondATC • GSX Pro • ChasePlane & Flow Pro • TDS GTNXi • FSUIPC • AutoFPS • RealTurb 9800X3D B650E • ROG OC RTX 5090 • 64GB DDR5-6000 • VKB Gladiator, STECS, T-Rudder • Tobii 5 • ISP 1 Gbps
October 29, 20241 yr Author 22 hours ago, meerkat said: Not impressed - this kind of stuff (volcano aside) I see every day looking out of my window. 🤣 Yes, Asobo should make the weather look way better than in real life. Maybe make the cloud shapes resemble animals or something. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
October 29, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, longhaul747 said: FS2024 is just FS2020 with some extra lipstick is all I was seeing. Just all my opinion and I will be very happy when I prove myself wrong. However I am a bit nervous since historically speaking it would not surprise me if it is what we end up getting. If that opinion is purely just about visual fidelity of 2024 vs 2020, then as has been said and shown a thousand times the tech alpha cannot be an indicator since it had a lot of the new ground details disabled, as one example. If you're saying overall all improvements considered (that we know about from the numerous preview reports, what the tech alpha users experienced, from MS/Asobo's presentations at the global preview events and what those invited experienced, etc), if despite all those improvements in totality FS2024 is just FS2020 with "extra lipstick", then that is... some take 🙂 Len 1980s: Sublogic FS II on C64 ---> 1990s: Flight Unlimited I/II, MSFS 95/98 ---> 2000s/2010s: FS/X, P3D, XP ---> 2020+: MSFS Current system: i9 13900K, RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 4800 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD
October 29, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, longhaul747 said: FS2024 is just FS2020 with some extra lipstick is all I was seeing. Visually perhaps, although the tech alpha had some visual stuff turned off. But did you see the core usage graphs with MSFS2024? They're different. Hopefully the released product has the same core usage, because it should mean better performance Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
October 29, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, longhaul747 said: Despite the disclaimers that the alpha build is not all representative of the final product I have a sneaking suspicion that it mostly is There's evidence it isn't.
October 29, 20241 yr 14 hours ago, francobfort said: low res storm clouds That is a pic of low settings. Sorry (not sorry) but you're not going to have a great experience with such low settings. Here's what storm clouds look like on my machine A beautiful wall of virga/rain Edited October 29, 20241 yr by ryanbatc | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
October 30, 20241 yr 8 hours ago, ryanbatc said: Here's what storm clouds look like on my machine A beautiful wall of virga/rain Still the same harsh brown lighting as in current FS2020. "Not representative", I know. My point is the overall lighting and clouds before SU5 was just on a different level and still not restored. You also had rain lines visible outside which was recently marked as "Won't fix". I wonder if the old global illumination system had something to do with that and was just too much for Xbox to continue using. Edited October 30, 20241 yr by francobfort A grumpy simmo (according to Jorg Neumann)
October 30, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, francobfort said: You also had rain lines visible outside What do you mean by rain lines? 5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX 9070XT.
October 30, 20241 yr 20 hours ago, turbomax said: shame users dont read what Microsoft said: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Technical Alpha FAQs When will the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Technical Alpha begin? "We’re currently targeting a weekend in October." https://www.flightsimulator.com/join-us-for-the-microsoft-flight-simulator-technical-alpha-in-october/ I didnt mean this. This weekend for example when the 380 arrives we will see how good the servers are.
October 30, 20241 yr 47 minutes ago, fluffyflops said: I didnt mean this. This weekend for example when the 380 arrives we will see how good the servers are. A weekend where MS let everyone and their mother have a go at the next massively anticipated entry in the MSFS franchise is a bigger deal than the launch of the A380. Also, FBW are the ones providing the servers needed to download the plane anyway. I mean you literally said "when the kids are off school". In other words, any regular weekend. When your assumption was proven wrong, instead of appreciating the fact that things actually went the way you felt would have been more ideal, you chose a ridiculous goalpost shift. Is it a case of needing to be "right" no matter what? Perhaps you're trying to downplay anything positive about 2024 no matter what. Either way it is a waste of everyone's time. Edited October 30, 20241 yr by Krakin 5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX 9070XT.
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