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  2. LRBS
    This software has a feature that is missing in MSFS2020, and it is definitely something that should be mentioned. Under custom WX "surface visibility" can be set manually, unfortunately, RVR is missing as a value that can be set. Hopefully next update?
  3. eslader
    Getting pretty tired of having to re-set my settings every week or so because MSFS gets amnesia. Anyone figure out why this is happening and more importantly, how to stop it yet?
  4. MrBitstFlyer
    Yes, so do I! I use ForeFlight as my EFB and have the radar overlay turned on. The radar showed the rain over the field but the clearance was just west of the field by a few miles. Loaded REX Weatherforce and Rain over the field. Took off and almost exactly where ForeFlight showed the rain stopping in real world, it stopped in the sim!
  5. jimrooney started following MSFS quest 3 controller VR bindings
  6. Jetman67
    Brought this to support Damiens efforts, will be interesting to play around with and see what value it adds
  7. morganthomas757
    Hate to hijack an old thread, but I’ve been having the same issue. Noticed midway through my flight earlier that the tiles downloading were erroring. Thought nothing of it, then went back to using Bing Maps. While attempting to look at Google Maps 3D view on my computer later in the evening however I was greeted by the blank satellite view like yourself. Seems it’s a technique on their end to stop people spamming requests on their servers, just not mentioned clearly enough that it could be an issue on the FAQ page of the mod.
  8. Bobsk8
    Any real pilot that doesn't check Metars before he takes off in my opinion, is an accident going someplace to happen.
  9. Cpt_Piett
    Haha luckily it is, since I spend more time in Norway than on the Executor nowadays 😉 Another opportunity for us to get to know her better! 😄 Thanks for the Beethoven story by the way, I learned something new today. Thanks! Of course I had to choose Norway's most famous composer, and one of his most well known compositions. He wrote it in 1875 for Henrik Ibsen's drama Peer Gynt, to act as background music. Some trivia from Wikipedia: En godt bevart hemmelighet!
  10. sonny147
    yes they do everywhere if the wx is acceptable , I almost only fly IFR aim not really a pilot just like pushing buttons and looking out of the window 😄
  11. Luis Hernandez
    What's the funky thing you see? The dirt on the glass? If so, it may be something in the alpha channel in one of the bitmaps. Sadly I don't have this plane, so I can't tell you which one. And if you remove it, it's possible it's calling it from another path. Check in your texture.cfg all the folders it calls.
  12. ryanbatc
    You're joking right? METAR is typically a very reliable snapshot of the weather where you'll depart or land... you know... those important phases of flight.. or where you have to divert because a speci just came out and now your destination is below minimums.
  13. KERNEL32
    I didn't say they needed to die off IRL (and even if I did say that, who cares? like the FAA would listen to me LOL) I only asked for us to have a possible option to turn them off in Active Sky. That's all. OPTION to turn off, you can still have your METARS in FS - I just want to turn it off. I never requested Asobo to put them in MSFS and completely screw up the weather system (turn it into never ending cumulus puffs and METAR circles). I'd rather do without and enjoy the live weather as is was in MSFS at launch; a natural flowing weather biome with fronts and realistic wx features. I do not care if it is accurate outside my window to the sim - as long as it is plausible and has natural weather systems like it had at launch, then I'm a happy sim pilot. I will add though that I get your point and MSFS always lacked a good way to know what the weather would be when enroute or at destination so they would need to fix that - it's 2024 surely there's ways... but perhaps a detailed weather map we could view and observe in game such as a windy.com map. Just dreaming - Anyway - this is another discussion topic, but with all the tablets and weather data out there that most pilots use - ARE real world METARS really that usable anymore?
  14. vgbaron
    Not at this time but it is being worked on.
  15. Luis Hernandez
    Ask your friend to go to Control Panel>Devices and Printers. If Windows can see Monect as a controller, it's very probable it will be compatible with FS9.
  16. vgbaron
    Try uninstalling the AS connector module and reinstalling - see if that helps.
  17. verbal
    Sounds great, you can expect another (returning) customer a few hours from now. Cheers 🍻
  18. scott967 started following AvSim causing Mozilla Firefox to crash
  19. scott967
    Haven't seen anything with FF on Win 10, but I do get different versions of the site between desktop and laptop (assume I maybe got a mobile version on the laptop but haven't investigated). Not as a result of 125.01 -- always been this way since before I transferred profile from Waterfox Classic. scott s. .
  20. WestJet737
    Cpu 7800x3d Gpu Nvidia 4080 What is the best monitor for msfs 1 27in 4K at 144htz or 2 32 in. 4K at 60 htz Would you see 144 fps without frame generation?
  21. vgbaron
    with 7 posts to his name, I suspect a hidden agenda.
  22. ryanbatc
    I 100% disagree. I'm an ATC and previously worked at two towers for over a decade. I was a certified weather observer with the NWS, and used that certification daily in the tower. One tower I worked at had an ASOS and then we augmented that occasionally with NWS employees as well. All that was broadcast over ATIS. The other tower did not have NWS employees but instead we augmented the ASOS directly, and accurately. Part of my simming fun includes shooting IAP's at airports with specific weather (most of this poor wx was found looking at METARs). Where I worked (midwest of the USA), the metar and associated SPECI, are VERY accurate. If the field was OVC002 - pilots weren't breaking out till right at minimums. PIREPs were frequently agreeing with the ATIS ceiling and visibility readout. I do agree if you find yourself at a tiny field with an AWOS machine, it may only update once per hour and in that case, yes the weather could be quite different. But at large facilities (where most simmers tend to fly - big class B airports in the US or large airports elsewhere in the world), the weather reporting systems are very accurate, and a speci can be issued every 5 min - and will be reflected on the ATIS. My experience with meteoblue is that it's mediocre... it can be good for predicting large weather patterns/systems, but at least in the USA, can be quite out of date... sometimes I've watched a system on nexrad and compare to the sim... 4 hours+ old at times... That annoys me big time! I will agree though that popping weather in and out is a big killer of immersion. I hope that FS 2024 can address this and include both systems, Also... let's get some cirrus clouds please!
  23. Freq_flyer44
    Crikey, that escalated quickly. Was alluding earlier to the limitations imposed on 3rd party devs, especially for weather add-on devs. ASFS is working well within the limitations and offers a good alternative to the inbuilt weather system. As usual many people jumping up and down without reading the short but detailed description of what ASFS does. What a thing to be a flightsim dev, Damian is doing a sterling job. I'd be mad as a hatter seeing how people who havn't bothered to 'read the ahem manual' are streaming their 'hot take' to the world.
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  25. Bobsk8
    So why do real pilots use Metars then? Where do you get your aviation weather, you local TV station weather forecast?
  26. VHOJT
    Maybe you should write to ICAO. I’ve never read something so silly all year.
  27. scotchegg
    Found the boomer...(sorry, couldn't resist)
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  29. 109Sqn started following April 18, 2024 MSFS Development Update
  30. 109Sqn
    Well at least Boeing's winning at something! Always love a shot of Dirty G-IRTY, as I call her. She's a real beaut in real life too. And talking of real life, that Tomcat screenshot is another example how how real this sim can makes things look.👍
  31. David Mills started following April 18, 2024 MSFS Development Update
  32. David Mills
    APRIL 18TH, 2024 – DEVELOPMENT UPDATE Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user JohnStarp! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below! On Tuesday, we launched two new releases! City Update 06: Southwest Germany is a FREE download from the in-sim Marketplace that enhances the scenery in Germany’s Baden-Württemberg state. Please see this page for more information. Local Legend 15: Dornier Do 31 is available from the in-sim Marketplace. You can learn more about this experimental VTOL plane from Germany here. Also earlier this week, we released a new Xbox-only pre-release test build for simmers enrolled in the optional Sim Update 15 public beta. This build (1.37.13.0) improves performance and stability on Xbox Series X|S consoles. PC players enrolled in the beta will not receive this new build as the changes are for Xbox only. There was also a small update released to all simmers earlier today. This release includes updated navdata (AIRAC cycle 2404) plus improvements to over 150 airports submitted by community volunteers participating in the ongoing World Hub closed alpha test. You can read the full details on our forums here. Our next Developer Livestream is coming up next week on Wednesday, April 24th at 10:30am PDT (1730 UTC). Don’t miss this chance to hear our regular panel of Jorg, Seb, and Martial answer questions from the community and discuss future updates coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator. We are currently reviewing all the pre-submitted questions from the community and will ensure the most common topics are addressed by our panel. If you missed the opportunity to pre-submit a question, don’t worry! As always, we will also be taking questions live from Twitch chat during the stream. The livestream will be broadcast on our official Twitch channel, so please follow it to be notified when we go live if you have not already done so. Finally, if you follow @MSFSOfficial on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram, you may have noticed that we’ve been running an MSFS Madness tournament over the past three weeks where you, the community, voted for your favorite aircraft in a series of head-to-head matchups. From a starting field of 64 aircraft from the Standard, Deluxe, Premium Deluxe, Game of the Year Edition, and 40th Anniversary Edition, plus every Local Legend, Famous Flyer, and Expert Series aircraft, voters selected the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner as the winner! We hope everyone who participated enjoyed MSFS Madness! You can see the entire tournament bracket with the community’s choices in each round below. – MSFS Team FEEDBACK SNAPSHOT Click here for the web-friendly version of the Feedback Snapshot. No update this week. SDK UPDATE ASOBO No update this week. WORKING TITLE / MSFS AVIONICS FRAMEWORK No update this week. MARKETPLACE Click here for the web-friendly version of the Marketplace Update. There are 41 new and 69 updated products in this week’s Marketplace Update. MARKETPLACE BACKLOG Current Backlog: 474 Total BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS Testing Status Content Type In MS Processing In MS Testing In 3P Testing Total Aircraft 20 0 8 28 Mission 44 31 51 126 Scenery 10 2 2 14 Livery 55 2 13 70 Airport 26 16 24 66 Other 14 2 6 22 Total 169 53 104 326 BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS Testing Status Content Type In MS Processing In MS Testing In 3P Testing Total Aircraft 9 9 6 24 Mission 10 0 0 10 Scenery 14 14 0 28 Livery 29 5 6 40 Airport 22 5 17 44 Other 2 0 0 2 Total 86 33 29 148 THIRD PARTY UPDATE As of 04/07, we have now approved 268 (+0) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 221 (+0) have released 3,448 products on PC (+41) and 3,192 on Xbox (+40). In total, 4,299 products (+0) have already been released in 3rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 860 products (+26) from 3rd party developers are in production (342 announced, 518 unannounced). In total, over 5,159 3rd party products (+26) have either been released or are in development. Airports: 2,386 airports (+5) are either released or are in various stages of development. 2,161 airports (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores. 1,633 airports (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace. 114 airports (+0) beyond the released airports have been announced. 116 airports (+5) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production. Aircraft: 817 aircraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development. 382 aircraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores. 299 aircraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace. 284 aircraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace. 209 aircraft (+0) beyond the released aircraft have been announced. 226 aircraft (+0) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production. Scenery: 1,126 scenery packs (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development. 1,092 scenery packs (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores. 656 scenery packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace. 20 scenery packs (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced. 14 scenery packs (+1) are not announced but the dev let us know that scenery is in production Mission Packs: 346 mission packs (+19) are either released or are in various stages of development. 280 mission packs (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores. 219 mission packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace. 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced. 66 mission packs (+19) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production. Livery Packs: 441 livery packs (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development. 357 livery packs (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores. 349 livery packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace. 1 livery pack (+0) beyond the released scenery has been announced. 83 livery packs (+1) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production. Ships & Watercraft: 38 ships & watercraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development. 27 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores. 22 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace. 0 ships & watercraft (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced. 11 ships & watercraft (+0) are not announced, but dev let us know that scenery is in production COMMUNITY FLY-IN FRIDAY The Community Fly-In Friday World Tour continues! This week, we’re flying across the Iberian Peninsula from Madrid to Lisbon! Our flight starts where we left off last time at LEMD, the Spanish capital. Our first destination will be the Spanish city of Toledo. From there, we will fly westbound to Coimbra, a city of historic and cultural significance and home to Portugal’s first university. We will then turn south towards the capital city of Lisbon. Be sure to install the free World Update VIII: Iberia from the in-sim Marketplace for the best experience during this flight. Event details are available here. All are welcome to participate! COMMUNITY VIDEO With the Solar Eclipse last week, we saw a flock of fliers jumping into Microsoft Flight Simulator to catch a glimpse of the phenomenon in the virtual world! Popular YouTuber Jeff Favignano has created a video not only showcasing how you all can witness the recent Solar Eclipse, but also setting the in-sim time back over thirty years ago to 1991 to show off a total Solar Eclipse. We loved to watch this unique way of seeing the world in the simulator, so go and try it yourself! SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE This week’s screenshot challenge: Earth Day II This past week’s Screenshot Challenge was: Fun in the Sun! Weekly Screenshot Challenge Winner: JohnStarp (Forums) Screenshot by @IronWings_VP (Twitter) Screenshot by HolmesCZ6127 (Forums) Screenshot by @2525ARW (Twitter) Screenshot by Lwsail (Forums) Screenshot by @pommes_l (Twitter) Screenshot by @CpuGeta486 (Twitter) Screenshot by mbraortns (Forums) Screenshot by ZILLNIAZI17 (Forums) Screenshot by @ukaka5656 (Twitter) Screenshot by @MihamaBlend (Twitter) NEXT DEVELOPMENT BLOG UPDATE – April 25th, 2024 Sincerely, Microsoft Flight Simulator Team
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