August 26, 2025Aug 26 5 hours ago, lwt1971 said: Great summary, thanks! After watching it what intrigued me the most was what he didn't want to give any details about... The upcoming surprises and new features and what they have planned out till 2028. Sounded like these will start to come in with SU4 and beyond. Hoping for tidbits and more info of some of these with the upcoming dev livestreams. Let us hope that one of those "surprises" is a fix for the disappearing landing gear issue. Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
August 26, 2025Aug 26 43 minutes ago, Christopher Low said: Let us hope that one of those "surprises" is a fix for the disappearing landing gear issue. Chris, I keep trying to aid people's understanding of this, in that it ISNT something that's going to be 'fixed', because it's designed to work in the way that it does, to aid performance. Boosting OLOD is the easiest way to see higher detail LODs, but the true solution to this is for every model to have a lowest LOD which doesn't exceed the vertice limits in the SDK. Asobo will quite rightly consider that it's not their problem to resolve if the SDK hasn't been correctly observed. No amount of wanting it to be true will overcome the reality that one simply cannot stuff a while load of legacy model assets into a simulator with a different LOD system and expect it to work how it did in a previous sim version. This LOD system is different. We have backwards compatibility, in that older assets won't crash the game, but that doesn't equate to those assets working in exactly the same way as in an older simulator. One cannot have one's cake and eat it. Edited August 26, 2025Aug 26 by kevinfirth Kevin Firth - AMD 9800X3D; Asus Prime X670E; 64Gb Cas30 6000 DDR5; RTX5090; AutoFPS
August 26, 2025Aug 26 Commercial Member 33 minutes ago, kevinfirth said: Chris, I keep trying to aid people's understanding of this, in that it ISNT something that's going to be 'fixed', because it's designed to work in the way that it does, to aid performance. Boosting OLOD is the easiest way to see higher detail LODs, but the true solution to this is for every model to have a lowest LOD which doesn't exceed the vertice limits in the SDK. Asobo will quite rightly consider that it's not their problem to resolve if the SDK hasn't been correctly observed. No amount of wanting it to be true will overcome the reality that one simply cannot stuff a while load of legacy model assets into a simulator with a different LOD system and expect it to work how it did in a previous sim version. This LOD system is different. We have backwards compatibility, in that older assets won't crash the game, but that doesn't equate to those assets working in exactly the same way as in an older simulator. One cannot have one's cake and eat it. That’s not the problem, the problem is LODs can take weeks or 8+ months depending on the complexity of the model. Then you have to adjust the textures and what LOD uses what texture when. The issue is the LOD system changing in the same sim. Fs2024s LOD system has changed from release. We had the 2020 LOD system, the first 2024 LOD system, now the new LOD system and curve. It’s effort to keep up with it. Keep in mind, most devs were told that most add ons would transfer over easily and set the idea that they wouldn’t spend much time on bringing their add ons over to the new platform. But here we are chasing a very unpredictable SDK.
August 26, 2025Aug 26 In the meantime, in the "real world"... 7800X3D | 2x32 GB DDR5-6000 CL32 | RTX 5080 | Alienware OLED 34" | 1 Gbps fiber
August 26, 2025Aug 26 5 minutes ago, MrFuzzy said: In the meantime, in the "real world"... Sir, you can't park here! 😄
August 26, 2025Aug 26 Author 2 hours ago, MrFuzzy said: In the meantime, in the "real world"... Oh darn, I guess we missed the part where Jorg said the sim is perfect. 5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX 9070XT.
August 26, 2025Aug 26 3 hours ago, rick celik said: That’s not the problem, the problem is LODs can take weeks or 8+ months depending on the complexity of the model. Then you have to adjust the textures and what LOD uses what texture when. The issue is the LOD system changing in the same sim. Fs2024s LOD system has changed from release. We had the 2020 LOD system, the first 2024 LOD system, now the new LOD system and curve. It’s effort to keep up with it. Keep in mind, most devs were told that most add ons would transfer over easily and set the idea that they wouldn’t spend much time on bringing their add ons over to the new platform. But here we are chasing a very unpredictable SDK. Oh yeah I totally understand the costs imposed. And in terms of pure compatibility, very little work IS required. Asobo and MS created the impression everything would work perfectly rather than just compatibly, that's the real issue. And it's hard to shift people's perceptions once they've been set. Kevin Firth - AMD 9800X3D; Asus Prime X670E; 64Gb Cas30 6000 DDR5; RTX5090; AutoFPS
August 26, 2025Aug 26 1 hour ago, Krakin said: Oh darn, I guess we missed the part where Jorg said the sim is perfect. Sorry to interrupt the celebrations, I will not post further in this thread and leave you to your worship. 7800X3D | 2x32 GB DDR5-6000 CL32 | RTX 5080 | Alienware OLED 34" | 1 Gbps fiber
August 26, 2025Aug 26 This is the sim that some said was going to evaporate from the sim world anytime soon ... Well, it's obvious that not only is it alive and kicking but above all, it's growing towards fulfilling most of the user community expectations and wants... Edited August 26, 2025Aug 26 by jcomm Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
August 26, 2025Aug 26 4 hours ago, rick celik said: That’s not the problem, the problem is LODs can take weeks or 8+ months depending on the complexity of the model. Then you have to adjust the textures and what LOD uses what texture when. The issue is the LOD system changing in the same sim. Fs2024s LOD system has changed from release. We had the 2020 LOD system, the first 2024 LOD system, now the new LOD system and curve. It’s effort to keep up with it. Keep in mind, most devs were told that most add ons would transfer over easily and set the idea that they wouldn’t spend much time on bringing their add ons over to the new platform. But here we are chasing a very unpredictable SDK. The cost of progress 😉 Things always roll along great until you hit a snag. Floyd Stolle www.stollco.com
August 26, 2025Aug 26 41 minutes ago, jcomm said: This is the sim that some said was going to evaporate from the sim world anytime soon ... Well, it's obvious that not only is it alive and kicking but above all, it's growing towards fulfilling most of the user community expectations and wants... I'm super excited to see MS/A move the platform from another stodgy 'flight sim' which we have already had for decades to something with vastly more potential. Right now I still have so much enjoyment flying airliners w/ Self Loading Cargo & BATC but I def plan to delve into missions at some point. Here's another favorite of mine, hinting at how something like MSFS can be used: right now I'm playing the Fedex Cup Tour Championship on 2K Sports' PGA Tour 2021, played at East Lake in Atlanta. So I start my day flying in from my home town near Denver, get off the plane and head to the course! I'm current tied for 1st after 2 rounds wish me luck! Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
August 26, 2025Aug 26 59 minutes ago, jcomm said: This is the sim that some said was going to evaporate from the sim world anytime soon ... Who said that? I never saw anyone say that. In the early days of 2020, some questioned Microsoft's long term commitment after they just ditched FSX one day. And they were right to as well. It is suspicion based on fact and previous history - their abandonment of FSX. Then of course, there was MS Flight as well! So plenty of room for suspicion based on previous abandonment of flight sim products. However, we never had a Jorg at the helm in those days. I do believe he is sincere in trying to hold it together and driving it forward as much as he can. Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
August 26, 2025Aug 26 5 minutes ago, bobcat999 said: Who said that? I believe it was IanRS who hinted at this at least once. Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
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