SlowFlyer

Yes, according to the EULAs of both google and MSFS, but if you look at it as a mod, and it's not hurting anyone directly, then it's "ok" in the mind's of people who are using it. Sort of like driving 70mph in a 65mph zone or using the bathroom at work and hanging out in there for a few minutes longer than you need while watching youtube videos on your phone instead of hustling back to work. So it's not like you will be breaking a law with jail as a consequence. But seriously, i am wondering, i have read somewhere that Aboso and MS say they have to "fix" (or "colorize" - i don't know the exact term) the photogrammetry and 3D cities, and this is why it takes time to roll out new, better tiles even if are available in Bing, but if people can just "drop" google maps into MSFS, and they like it a lot, then why can't MSFS do the same with Bing? And not to be "that guy" but microsoft is a huge corporation, they have the money, why would they not do all they can to update photogrammetry and 3D cities now, and make photogrammetry and 3D cities even better? Just asking...thus, people would not be looking for alternatives.

Do you think there will be updates and bug fixes planned? There are a few bugs that I would like to be fixed, and i have some cool suggestions for new features. Do you think this is abandon-ware? I wish the designer had left contact info.

Yes, in the settings, under general, under camera...there's height, horizontal position, zoom, etc I have zoom at 50 so that's the default zoom for me unless i change it. Ilike 50 om my 37 inch tv

PICTURED: Passenger who landed plane in Florida without any training after pilot passed out (dailymail.co.uk) Not 737, but in a smaller GA plane, maybe. I would not want to be on any plane with an unskilled pilot flying, but if a person has used flight sims/games and that person can keep his head without panicking, has some knowledge of how to use flaps, throttle, has an idea of what the sight pic should be when approaching the runway, what an appropriate landing speed should be, not stall the plane, maybe. Might crash it, but over a person who has never used a flight sim, i think the odds would be better. Maybe they would crash it, but I think a person who has had some experiences using a flight sim, has driven a car so they know about spatial awareness, (and most importantly, doesn't Panick), i think you have to give credit to people ability to get out of awful situations. But panicking and freaking out in dangerous situation can be very fatal even if you are a skilled person.

I heard about that this morning. Some people (at least one) is jarring them up and making money off selling them (flatulence). Not for me, but there must be a demand.

Me. And why should anyone worry about what I decide I want: better visuals over some loss in FPS or vice versa? Weird. I always thought options where good. That one size does not fit all. Why do you think anyone would be sad to be able to decide what they want out of a video game? It won't affect you if I use medium, high, or ultra, or even low, but it did affected me and others when we didn't have this slider option. Luckily, now we have more options. More options does not take anything away from anyone, but less options do. Sometimes we have to look outside the box.

Just out of curiosity, are you running MSFS with a Nvidia or AMD video card? I have an AMD, I wonder if this is making a difference? I see a lot of 3080, super 2080 not having the issues I am seeing.

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I'll give it a try tomorrow. Maybe with fresh eyes I'll see things differently. Thanks.

LOL, yes, the game was built on this idea, but lets turn it off. Might as well lower all the autogen, AI, and cars on the road, and we can all run MSFS on a potato. I kid, i kid. with your PC parts, you should not have to sacrifice any settings.

Couldn't you do the same by lowering your setting last week? Now aboso did it for you. There's no magic coding or coding dust to get the better performance. They didn't rewrite the software. They took from here to give you that. They mislea... or I was mistaken by the hype.

You keep saying this, and I am telling you this is not true in my case. My pc was running MSFS perfectly before SU5. I am using the 172, 152, flying around the east coast and NYC. Maybe you need the increase performance if you fly airlines, I don't know, but please stop saying it was needed. Not for me. I believe (my theory only) it was needed to run on the XBOX at acceptable FPS. It wasn't needed for people with recommended pc spec. I haven't read many threads/posts, before SU5, where people were clamoring about poor performance. But i haven't checked. And again, not to be "that guy" but i really don't care or worry about other pc running the game, I worry about how it runs for me and what i see. I guess this is where we say, "to each his own" and "we agree to disagree". If next year, when faster ram (dd5), faster cpus, faster video cards are coming out, and Aboso thinks they need better performance RIGHT NOW, i worry that the newer pc parts won't be a boom to MSFS. I could be wrong. But knowing better pc parts are coming out next year, those who need better performance would only need to upgrade, as you can with a PC, not so much with an Xbox. I think if you needed better performance, turn down your settings. Xboxers lower your settings, oh wait, you can't. I guess the software will internally lower the settings on the xbox

Opening doors. Light that shine on the ground. Sun Visors. Environment sounds linked too windows/doors. Things as simple as these things brings me joy. They are "simple" thing (of course the skills to develop these things is incredible), but it's these types of little things and attention to details that turns something virtual into something more true to real life. Sitting in a cockpit, flicking switches and hearing the sounds, seeing the lights come on or turned off, etc. It's the sum of the little things that pulls people into a game. Thanks to the developer of this mod. Downloading now.

I think this is very true, but it's up to MS/aboso to (want to) put this into the software. Lets me start: #allowthesliders If they wanted to do this, they could have done this in this update. They chose not to or even state if they will, thus, i am not very hopeful. They talk a good game about pc, and pc simmers, and then they offer pop ins, lol. Why wait, can't they do this for the next update. As if this idea never crossed their minds? I would think the pc beta testers would have asked, hey can we have more sliders? Everyone like sliders.

My thinking or else you are all wrong and silly. Nice to be on the right side of the debate. Discuss: If MSFS was not brought over to XBOX would they have changed the way the scenery is displayed? Would they have needed performance gains if they didn't have to bring it over to the xbox? Discuss this instead attacking people who think this is true or not true. In two years, most simmers would have bought newer and better pc parts, so they won't need "more performance gains". At least not by introducing pop ins. In two years, the xbox will have the same specs. No need for me to by a 3080. I guess I should thank aboso. Save me a lot of money. Yeah, and dont' worry about me crying in my beer. There's a difference between ranting about a game on a forum and real life stuff. This is just a diversion from real life problems. No one here is going to go to the psych doctor on wed morning to get over the change in MSFS. We are just having a good time arguing over one of our passions; just like people do in a bar over sports teams... so don't worry about the wahh wahh wahh,,,You must be fun to discuss things with over a beer if your only come back is wahh wahh wahh