brucewtb

Have never seen a 757 in Australian skies so zero interest from me. If it had been the 767 I might have been suckered in just for FSX nostaligia sake. Although I do see the NZ Air Force 757 when visiting Wellington. Bruce

Unfortunatly Dark Streets didn't cut for me at least in Australia and NZ still lots of rural roads with street lights. Bruce

I posted in the other thread but yes same here in South Eastern Australia. Bruce

Same here Bruce

Great. Every week day morning a Twin Commander flies over my place on approach to Merimbula on the NSW far south coast - a courier servicve from Sydney. This will be an early purchase for me. Bruce

The OPs issue with BATC is why I have not used it for some time - not sure what to do about ATC as I can't stand the voices in FSHUD. For the time being I just fly the published procedures. Bruce

Amen to that! I tried FSHud but quickly abandoned it because of the voices. Bruce

Well I am sure it will look amazing but honestly, with so many other regions that would benefit from an WU, another US centric one is disappointing. Bruce

I find Lock very annoying and as this bird is only available from marketplace looks like I will have to tone down my initial excitement about its release. Bruce

I also fly largely in Australia but I am not sure about Atmos as when I look out of the cockpit in MSFS2024 I wonder how what I see it could be improved upon. It was different in 2020 when Atmos made a big difference. Bruce

Milford Sound is in New Zealand. Sorry just saw this and couldn't resist. Bruce

Yes I have noticed this. Bruce

For a product like this I would be looking for airline specific announcements and regional accents as I fly almost exclusively in Australia or NZ - so Aussie and Kiwi accents and Qantas, Virgin and Air NZ etc announcements. Bruce

I have never used the default camera system as I only moved to MSFS2024 once Chaseplane was supported having used it with 2020 and P3D - so I was familiar with the chaseplane way of doing things. I think it was an advantage having never used the default camera as I didn't have to unlearn anything. If you have a lot of aircraft it can be a lengthy process setting up all your camera views in Chaseplane but but the process is very straight forward. Bruce

Yes I noticed the crocodile in the Murray Valley National Park - gave me quite a laugh Bruce

You can pause time in Developer mode same as in 2020. Bruce

This is a very impressive update to my homeland - I am particularly pleased that Lord Howe Island has received an enhancement. Even before the update I noticed that the coastline near my home town of Merimbula on the NSW far south coast was much more detailed in MSFS2024 compared to 2020 Bruce

What I have found is that while 4090 GPU temps are up somewhat especially in external views I no longer get "Limited by main thread" with CPU load more even across all cores on my 9800X3D. Bruce

Well that is a pity as these cracks in the ocean have been a visual annoyance for me from day 1 with 2024 - something I don't remember seeing in 2020.

Thanks, I will give it a try. Bruce

Night graphics are in general an improvement over MSFS2020 except for being too bright in any moonlight other than full moon and one other gripe is that you get street lights on major highways well away from built up areas - but this has always been the case in earlier sims as well. Bruce

AFAIK you need to replace the 2024 default 787-10 with the 2020 default version for the Horizon 787 to work in 2024. Bruce

OK figured it out. Now the only problem is that with a 10 sec google search I can find out that the weather today at Milford Sound is cloudy but Active Sky displays it as CAVOK. There are other discrepancies but of a minor nature. I guess this would all relate to how/where from AS is getting its data from. It may be from stations not all that far away but due to local topography could well have very different weather. It can be pouring rain at Milford Sound but dry and mild on the eastern side of the Southern Alps. Would Typical Weather by Parallel 42 be a better option? Perhaps not as typical weather for NZMF would be IMC and IRL you just have to wait for a break in the weather to fly in and out. Having live weather that actually worked for NZMF would be the best option. Bruce EDIT Milford Sound looks fantastic in MSFS2024 with CAVOK weather

I have Active Sky but how do you use it so there is no snow? Thanks.

Forgive me for a minor gripe but with live weather there is still permanent snow and ice at Milford Sound (New Zealand) after 5 and a 1/2 years and two simulators! Bruce