Bruce Nicholson KMFR

Brian, That is a nicely crafted statement and probably represents a fair number of FSX users. Time certainly will tell once we see what happens with future developments and technology. P3D is going to evolve and FSX won't. Certainly there will be users that stay with FSX, just as there are users currently on FS9. People will decide when to move on, and it's usually a large development that makes them move and invest the money. FS9 was holding its own with FSX until PMDG released the NGX and said no to FS9. An event like that will happen with P3D too and that will be the turning point. Cheers, Bruce

I for one am very grateful of earlier adopters that are out spending money on P3D2 and video cards, running through configurations and reporting what works and doesn't work. For those of us on the sidelines observing, you are the pioneers that will allow the rest of us to make informative decisions when the time comes to adopt P3D2.

The mid 90's?!?! Hey someone scammed me when I bought FS 1.0 in Oct 1981. Here I thought I was using a legitimate versions of the franchise for all those years before the 90's. Probably too late to get my money back... I bet that guy in the store that sold it to me is long gone by now.

^ +1 on not selecting the nVidia Chipset drivers Driver Sweeper also advises removing the drivers in safe mode after a reboot. It's probably not necessary after the uninstall and reboot, but it's best practice in case the O/S has a hold on the driver.

I thought I was reading Chicken Little there for a moment... The sky is falling!!!!! The sky is falling!!!

Well, no cockpit, so no screenshot... :Party:

I don't follow the logic... With your analogy, are you suggesting we forget about the fully grown fruit bearing tree we have today and go back to when that tree was just a seed? Then what? Wait for another fully grown tree to evolve, which is exactly where we were before we had to go back to the seed?

I read awhile back that P3D also improved the default landclass, as in no more worldwide deserts. Can anyone confirm? Not having to add 3rd party landclass to improve FSX would pay for several months of a subscription to P3D.

Why wouldn't Mark take the bet? He's playing with other people's money.... oh wait, the other bet hasn't been paid yet! Hang in there Mark, I'm sure it's coming next year... there must be a reason it's late... maybe a payroll deduction of $1 per weekly paycheck? :(

MS spends all that time improving the graphics and clouds, yet it still rains from above the clouds, coming from the clear blue sky?? Looks like that didn't get fixed from previous versions. :(

Bill, very nice reply as one needs to see things though another's eyes to understand. Additionally, it's quite easy now that the announcement has been made to play "Monday morning quarterback" and say it was so obvious, how did everyone miss it? Where was that post before the announcement, when people at were saying the same thing and getting hammered for being idiots and trolls?

I don't follow the logic??? If Flight doesn't have AI planes, ATC, navaids, fully operable control switches, weather, etc., how will monitoring our usage develop the apps we need? MS is simply going to see that we don't play with the fluffy stuff and fly VFR. How is that going to help develop all the things we want?The only way MS is going to know is by people telling them and voting with their wallets, not by using the silly thing!

Woohoo! :( The Sands repaint is up and available on in the library...Thanks Señor Picasso! :(

Wow Ed!Another superb HD video. I love that passenger view with the nose wheel shadow descending toward the concrete. That's the first I've seen in a FS video and so realistic.Looking forward to your next video project.Bruce

I think the question you are posing is... what changes from season to season are noticeable.? The answer depends whether you are a detail person or not. The changes will represent new airlines that started in the past year, airlines that are defunct and should no longer be present in the sim, and equipment changes where old aircraft were retired and new aircraft delivered to airlines. Of course there are schedule changes, but those are not noticeable to the average simmer unless a real world schedule is checked. As long as there are aircraft in the skies and at airports, most users perceive a "realistic" feel to the sim.Is it worth getting? Again, that depends on your level of realism. Most users will probably be happy just keeping what they have since nothing seems out of place. However, when a big airline goes out of business or merges with another, or you know XYZ no longer flies the MD-11, then you are going to notice how dated the traffic is and want an update.So it's up to you to decide...