Maxis

From what i recall they were working with Vexcel. Not sure if that still is the case.

Have seen video where the latest version is not providing the perf improvements promised (A330 driver) and on top of that the people on here posting that they dont have any issues have no signatures with their system specs. It appears to me that there is a system configuration issue causing one group to say perf is ok and others saying its terrible still. I do still plan to get this aircraft but its looking like its going to take a few more revisions (and the inibuilds marketplace release) before i pick it up.

Yep we will have to disagree here. When im talking benchmark i mean it in terms of a static reference. Adding dlss/FSR is fine as an option. TAA is the reference. And if adding stuff like wake turbulence is going to add additional resources... fine add it (I'm all for it) but make note that this feature is going to require additional resources .. DO NOT mess with the LOD to accommodate it. You want to enable wake turbulence and your system is at its limits? Sure turn something you don't think is as important down. Most reasonable people know adding features may incur a performance cost. Messing about with what should be consistent objective measurable settings and presets like LOD (LOD 200 of today is not the same as LOD 200 of last month) to accommodate its addition is a no go. There is a word that comes to mind for scenarios like this. Unfortunately Avsim probably wont allow me to post it so ill leave the comments here.

Strong disagree here. perf optimization is one thing (increasing efficiency to get the same output .. in this case visuals) but nerfing what should be a static setting/benchmark while not informing the general public that it is being done does not promote trust in the developer at all. Each setting should remain what it has always been so there is a proper point of reference. If you cant run ultra then you simply cant run ultra and the dev should have the confidence to tell the userbase this and not go and nerf the settings behind people backs to make the userbase think they are able to run ultra (Or whatever setting they aspire for and cant reasonably attain). I personally build and tune my PC to be able to run ultra or as close to it as possible. If the visuals look stunning but i cant run at a particular setting i have to accept that and "try" to upgrade my hardware. I am not going to run to the dev (unless i have been misled in the hardware requirements) to moan about it. What i will moan about is the visuals now looking like word not allowed after they go and secretly change the reference point (Ultra Setting) and now I have to go and figure out how to get it looking like it was again.

You mentioned you flushed the DNS. Did you change the DNS to an alternate one like Cloudflare or Open DNS? That's what i had to do when i have unusually slow connections to MS servers for the sim.

I'm willing to make a personal exception and be a purchase on release guinea pig for this 757. Not going to recommend for others to do it though if its not their thing. This a dev who's cred goes way back (Project Opensky) so i am going to go out this one time on a limb and hope that i am not disappointed.

The very first thing i enabled when the beta dropped. Starts you in the cockpit a.. la.. msfs 2020

Reports are in that they left the upscaling aspect in so these notes may not be very clear as to what exaclty has been rolled back. Will see when i get home i guess.

"During the public beta of Sim Update 6, we tested AMD FSR 4 (upscaling and frame generation). For the final release of SU6, we reverted to FSR 3 due to incompatibility between FSR 4 frame generation and rendering to multiple windows. We are working in collaboration with AMD to fix this issue in a future Sim Update. Note that FSR 3 is the same version of AMD FSR that was used in Sim Update 5.1." This is concerning considering how well the beta FSR 4 upscaling worked ( with a 9070XT) when coupled with the Adrenalin 4.1.1 driver upgrade during the beta. I know they could not get the frame gen aspect to work but to do a full roll back to fsr 3 ... hmm not great. Oh well i guess back to optiscaler and nvidia dlss spoofing. A shame ... because if you were on an Amd 90XX card in the beta and the FSR4 upscaling was properly configured + the driver based 4.1.1 was active it was smear free on the glass cockpit.

I skipped their first releases hoping that this dev would gain expertise in the features that i wanted to see in high level of detail aircraft. The bar is high but i am glad to see they are working towards improvement. 👍

Sir .. what matters to me is that the dev saw my comment .. noted the argument made explained themselves and corrected course and i appreciated the effort. Whatever else you are trying to prove or argue is moot. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Thank You for the effort. I can respect that.

Doesn't appear so to me considering i don't use facebook to follow msfs devs and i don't have them on my discord (Both moderated platforms). Their product was posted here with a youtube link. with no way to read the feedback. Does not appear normal to me considering the many releases by other devs. I am interested to see what the feedback of their product is on a generally unregulated platform. Not the moderated ones you just mentioned with opportunity to "curate or manage". That is all.

No one was asking the Dev to actively participate. Rather, observing feedback would be something i think they would have been interested in. Ive never heard or seen any of the major Devs in my years in this hobby state youtube comments are a hassle.... That's a new concept to me considering any dev worth their salt typically look for ways to promote product engagement when they have something new to show. And yes its a free for all .. you put something out and people are typically "free" to express how they feel about it. Usually the better products pass that scratch test based on the observations made in the showcase, product improvements and dev reputation. But regardless i'm sure others will enjoy it.

If you watch this "promotional video" directly from youtube you will note that "comments are turned off". I would think that if i was a dev promoting an upcoming product i would be confident enough to have people talking about it. Making comments to see if there are aspects within the video the viewer liked or disliked and could work on and improve.. But no .. here we are ... "comments are disabled". On the other hand this is V2 so i can assume this is a revised and improved product ? Make of it what you will.

Stuck on activating packages with a bandwidth too low warning. Comcast 1gigabit internet. (Already changed dns) Back to server not serving issues... EDIT Gonna have to take that back… restarted the sim… all is well. Presently moving freight to ORD in the 77F. Smooth as silk..

I think that is a very cost effective option to consider. Yea you lose chart access to smaller airports but for someone on a budget this approach is a great compromise !

The only sub worth buying for the sim in my opinion. I hate subs but im willing to do the annual thing because almost all my flights require charts for sids/stars and approaches and lido does not have the same level of coverage. Added to that keeping the databases current in my addon products.

I agree with almost everything you stated. I think there there needs to be some separation from the youtubers who have received promotional copies and are showcasing upcoming releases and a different type of youtuber who is willing to use their own money to purchase items shortly post release of a product and as objectively as possible "grade" a product against certain established expected guidelines and protocols. I used to watch some of the more popular flightism you-tubers when 2020 was released but over time my interest has faded as it appears that their original "review orientation" over time has shifted to being a part of the pre release showcase rather than giving an easily digestible honest evaluation of products they have received. I also get why Fluffytops blames the community in some way.. but i don't think its going to change much going forward. The devs are running a business and im sure their utmost interest is to get a return on investment and some are going to use the hype to maximize that. On the other hand some business manage to get their ROI while their ethics dictate that their product meets their own high standards and the standards of their customers expectations before product release. As it specifically relates to this A220? I'm in a wait and see on how best they polish this product up and will provide them some grace as they are young and new. Not everyone can do a Fenix and not everyone has a historical library full of highly polished and optimized code they can pull, modify and re apply as required. At the same time one can only hope that this dev has taken a few lessons from this experience on what to do and what not to do and improve next time around. One can only hope the Bluebird release goes a bit better.

Yeah nah ... the perf issue is going to need some optimization work .. I'm not rocking 9850X3D or higher and i've been sitting in the discord chat and the reports about the "lack of" performance has been pretty consistent. I maybe could have turned up the displays but the perf .. thats a no go.

Sitting this one out and waiting for a few patches. Synaptic Discord random feedback reports : Performance issues and issues with flickering with some AMD Gpu's. Two of my personal showstoppers... I want this AC but not in a rush.

Which they apologized for .. So you gonna accept the apology and move on or not? This is what @ryanbatc is talking about. They took the time to explain what happened and its apparently still not enough for some. They made a mistake with changing that post .. they apologized. Apart from the apology they still have a business to run and costs to address. Make an objective value proposition and decide if you want their product ....or not.. Unless you feel this is something you need to hold a grudge over... 🤷‍♂️

From what i have seen they have explained in detail what happened regarding the price change and how it was communicated.. acknowledged the mistake and apologized for it .. So i presume you have accepted their apology and moved on? Screenshot link for your reference if you missed it. https://www.reddit.com/r/flightsim/comments/1v8f9wv/statement_from_synaptics_regarding_the_a220100/#lightbox

Was the presentation successful? I'm seeing messages getting deleted by the moderator and a Reddit meme with a wasm crash while Inibuilds and MS staff look on ... . Typical Reddit lameness i guess. So anyone who actually watched it have any comments ? Edit Found a link to watch... will assess. Well i don't see any wasm crash screens in the entire video so thats good. Guess ill watch in detail on the VNAV

Been ragging on the Synaptic group for years but its looking like its time for me to put out some cash and eat crow. Looks like they are going to make it after all.