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A new simulator - with PMDG as the lead devs... Count me in! Maybe have a look at NGFS forum, with some crowd funding PMDG could definately pull this off... especially if the lead addon developers in the community would support them, however It would still be a huge effort!

Exactly, but we have to get the base correct that allows for all these additions...... and the base is the World itself!

Sure, it is a change - but as mentioned before - also in this thread - in the past, developers focused on the Flight Simulation, and built a simulator that - some better, some less good - focused on the Aircraft and it's surrounding... I personally think that if we succeed in creating a base world that is as accurate as possible with todays data available, meaning a spherical Globe, DEM reaching from the mariana trench to the Mt. Everest, athmospheric/meteorological as well as hydrological model and a rendering distance that satisfies the needs of the flight simulation genre, including day-night and seasonal change, with the possibility to add functionality via plugins/modules, and leave the adding of fine details to 3rd party developers by providing a solid SDK, this could become the base of a Next Generation Simulator - being Flight - Drive or what ever...

Well, it not really such a change after all... The "world simulator" should be the basis. Any Flight Simulator basically needs to render the "world" and the idea is to build such a solid base that one could simulate anything in this world. The world itself does not care if you drive a car, train or fly a plane - so I think its a valid point to first get a base simulator where you can simulate anything.

@HiFlyer Those clouds look phenominal.... would be nice in the NGFS...... :wub: @ PropheadX Nice video - excellent flight model - however the other graphics seem to be the same of the old stuff....

:wink: I love the crash modelling....

Hi, Many here seem to think its not possible and realistic.... however - that is exactly what the SIM-posium is all about - to discuss if infact we are able to find a way to get this working (possibility's) and at the end to determine if infact it is realistic..... However - I personaly think it's much to early in the process to determine either of these two answers... Anyhow - If I'd show up at a meeting with my boss, and expressed concerns about something - without also presenting some sort of suggested solution, he'd most likely would either ignore me - and if happend to often most propably kick me out..... and trust me - just scrapping the whole project "because It can't be done" was never a good answer :Whistle:

I'll give it a try in the evening... And to all ney-sayers out there... a little possitive thinking will get you a long way, just give it a try and find out if supporting something - sometimes, isn't the better solution...... And here comes a little story for you: A small little bird falls out of it's nest...... so it sits in the grass and tweets for his live.... nearly freezing to death.... along comes a cow, hears the the little bird tweeting and asks what's wrong? So the little bird answers that it fell out of the nest and now is freezing , the cow - trying to help the little bird, turns around and craps on it...... well now the little bird is a little stinky - how ever, it at least feels warm again - and so keeps on tweeting for his parents..... a little later a cat comes along, hears the little bird tweeting and fetches it out of the cows dropping......... and the moral of the story........ Not everybody who craps on you is your enemy - and anybody getting you out of ###### is not necessarily your friend.... kind regards

Hi, I think this is the breaking point to be honest.... Just imagine all the great Addon Devs would come together and support this effort..... PMDG, ORBX, Aerosoft, Flight1, A2A, HiFi..... and so on just to name a few (this list is by no means complete)... and agree to work together on a new community driven flight sim...... They'd secure the next standard for their future as addon providers, without carriying the financial risk alone all on their shoulders.....that is what croudfunding is all about! Just imagine what the affore mentinoned developers could do without the constant limitations of FSX/P3D and so on...... because they are part of the development team - they could develop what they need and incorporate that into the base sim..... and regarding the money...... well, I spent more last evening on drinks then the 50$ or so dollars I'd easily 'd be willing to risk on that project......

As one other member already mentioned, just install a "pdf " printer, and save them as pdf... Regards

Hi, I'm not sure since i use Navigraph Charts to view them, but I can print them as pdf - so if you can display pdf on the kneeboard, it should not be problem...... regards

Well said!

Well, If I would calculate the 193.000 members of avsim, and each would give $15 for this project..... which is not even the value of a normal addon... then there you've got your 2.8 million..... however - getting the community together is a bigger problem.... especially if people try to find reasons it's not gonna work.... instead of looking for reasons and way's to make it work.....\ I do understand your scepticism... but then again, the glass is either half full - or half empty, its up to you! regards

Excellent, now let's do that for the whole world...... :rolleyes:

Hi, Well.... <_<, the Graphics are stunning and a Flight Simulator with graphics like this + Planes like PMDG + decent ATC + "real world scenery" not some fiction land.... etc...YES - that is what we want - however, this guy should definately work on his landing technique.... :Whistle: kind regards