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We don't have the simple Fly-By and Tower View...

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...that we all became accustomed to from you know where.  Someone here said MSFS can't do this because it's essentially an 'Earth Simulator' instead of a Flight Simulator--so it's the earth and sky that are MOVING, not the plane.  Well, as a side point the only time this distinction would matter for me near as I can tell would indeed be no fly-by and tower view.  But outside of that it certainly otherwise behaves like a flight simulator for me.

Noel

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Fly-by/tower views seem like an absolute piece of cake for MS/A to program so I've always wondered why the heck it never happened here 5y later, and then some references to a 3rd party developing this for 2024?  Why?  What's so fundamentally different on this issue vs FSX/P3D that it needs farmed out to a 3rd party?

Noel

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20 minutes ago, Noel said:

 What's so fundamentally different on this issue vs FSX/P3D that it needs farmed out to a 3rd party?

I don’t think anyone except the developers can answer this.  
 

Simply saying the devs are silly for not doing it (not you, but many here seem to think Asobo can’t code a hello world) doesn’t really mean anything. It’s just forum bloviating. 


Considering the work that has gone into the sim, there is likely a good reason for this lack, but unless Jorg or Seb tell us, we can’t really know. 

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It's fascinating and it must be something inherent that makes this really difficult.  We do see AI aircraft flying so we know it's possible to be in a static space and see planes moving.

Noel

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Aircraft used in MSFS 2024:  Fenix A320,  Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.

 

Yeah I wonder what it is as well. I really enjoy the old school views in XPlane and wish we had it back in 2020/24. 

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I definitely would like to see a Fly-By view! Hopefully, it's added at some point.

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I'd love to hear an explanation from them but I think part of the problem is that they never designated towers for all of the airports. 

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