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I think this is the most important and only complicated part - which old folders?
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Am I the only person that thinks this is absolutely insane? I frequently work with AI - but holy cow - the visual recognition and the quality / clarity of instructions here are amazing. What a great way to learn. Almost as good as John and Martha King, but not quite:
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Ha! I literally hit refresh and that announcement was on the homepage, along with instructions for current users to download the new version for free. Nice.
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I *think* they might be in the process of launching it now: ChasePlane I don't recall MS2024 version being available to add to cart before. I don't see a way to upgrade from MS2020 version or a way to download the 2024 version from the customer portal for those that previously bought the 2020 version yet.
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I love the fact that the desktop is running Flight Simulator 1.0. Also, the phone number at the end works - call it.
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At least we now know the release date for SU4: next Tuesday, 12/9. Best case, like the Maverick add-on for 2020, this might also include some functionality enhancements that can improve other aspects of the sim (e.g. more advanced mission triggers that can be leveraged in career mode missions). Worst case it's a shallow and not very interesting marketing promo that might get some people interested in MSFS. No harm in either case IMHO.
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Is that a real photo or a screenshot at the top? I think it's a real photo based on the URL, but the fact that it took me 5 minutes to figure out, and that I'm still not 100% sure one way or the other shows how insanely far MSFS graphics have come. Sounds like a fun adventure and a good way to meet other simmers!
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This would tie the record for the lowest pressure at landfall, held by the "labor day" storm of 1935, which had a storm surge so high that Islamorada was completely submerged. Image of the FEC railway below, which was 30 ft above sea level: If there's any good news, it's that during this same storm, the max sustained winds in Key West, just a few dozen miles away, were only 45mph (vs. 200mph in the eye wall)... So perhaps Kingston will similarly be spared the worst of Melissa's wrath.
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Quite the contrary - the central pressure is one of the lowest ever recorded in a storm in the Atlantic @ 896mb, and will be the second lowest ever recorded at landfall if it maintains that intensity. List of Atlantic hurricane records - Wikipedia I think the pressure map you showed simply doesn't have the resolution to show just how deep the pressure goes in the eye. Here's some great footage of the eye - beautiful / terrifying:
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If you like trains (and honestly, who doesn't?) check out "Derail Valley". Despite being smaller in scope, it's much more immersive in many ways. It's a bit like the "Flight Unlimited" of train sims - if you are old enough to remember that title. The trains feel more tangible - they have more of a sense of momentum, and they require more knowledge and thought to operate. TSW, for all of its dev resources and scope, always felt very shallow to me. Just one example - unless I'm missing something, there's no way to configure a device like the alpha bravo or other throttles to act as a controller. It also doesn't "feel" like I'm in a 10,000 ton vehicle. DV lets you configure any axis on any controller to reversers, throttle, etc... Will definitely check out TSW 6 - always curious if they'll move the ball forward...
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EV batteries are extremely recyclable. The process recovers between 90 - 99% of the lithium, nickel and cobalt contained in the original battery, and those materials can be recycled an infinite number of times. More facilities are required to handle the volume of batteries that will need to be recycled, but those are already being built - just like we built facilities to recycle the metals from regular cars as they became popular decades ago. If you could go back in time to 1910 and tell Henry Ford that there would one day be 300 million cars on the road in the future, I'm sure even he would say that's logistically impossible: "there isn't that much fossil fuel - how would we manufacture that much rubber for tires (1.2 billion+ tires!), etc.. etc.." I think the same is true for EVs - some things seem like roadblocks now, but the market will find a way to overcome them. Here's a quick video on the process: BTW - Talking about science, technology, vehicles, manufacturing, etc... that's what hangar chat is all about! I mean, what better to chat about in a hangar than geeky mechanical stuff?
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To further clarify, I'm using the xbox game pass standard edition. I was able to purchase the upgrades with the 2020 xbox game pass standard edition and paid the difference in price instead of the full price. With 2024, the upgrades are "not available separately" even though the base game is installed. Just bumping this to see if anyone has either encountered the same problem, or has an answer yet.
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With FS2020, you could simply purchase an upgrade edition and pay only the difference between the base price and the upgraded edition. For example, if standard was $60, and deluxe was $100, you'd pay $40. With 2024, the upgrade editions are listed in the MS Store, but are "not available separately" even though the required base game, FS2024 is already installed (via game pass). I'm assuming this is a bug - anyone else encountering this? Any workarounds?
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That makes perfect sense and is definitely the logical way to go - good to hear that it's a painless process. I'm going to go against logic and keep both installed for a bit - just so I can compare and contrast improvements. Does the lighting really look better, or is it just my imagination / placebo effect? Jump back into 2020 to find out... Not because I doubt there's an improvement, but because I want to admire / appreciate the improvement that was made. Does it make sense to keep 500GB+ tied up on an SSD and risk conflicts just for this purpose? Absolutely not 🙂
