Jump to content

Tshikwara

Frozen-Inactivity
  • Content Count

    4
  • Donations

    $0.00 
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Community Reputation

0 Neutral

Flight Sim Profile

  • Commercial Member
    No
  • Online Flight Organization Membership
    none
  • Virtual Airlines
    No
  1. Hi I want to create a desktop shortcut that opens straight to a saved flight without going through the start up screens. Does anyone know how to do this? thanks
  2. Slopping runways must be possible. It has been available in Xplane 9 and maybe even earlier versions. I only have Xplane 9, so thats all I can comment on. the runways simply follow the terrain contour. crossing runways arent a problem, because they cross the terrain at the same point. the only difficulty is that sometimes the terrain contour isn't so accurate, so you end up with a step rather than a slope! Take off is easy one way, but watch the step coming the other way! There is an option to make the runways flat if you prefer, or if those runways cause issues. My problem with Xplane is that there aren't the tools out there to correct the terrain contours easily, so it is difficult to correct those steps at your favourite airport. The amount / smoothness of slope then depends on the level of your terrain complexity. I realise that MS may do things differently, but it can be done, even at complex airports. You dont even need to know the exact details of thresholds etc. there are some great challenges out there, where the slope does add to gameplay. Aerosoft have a number of titles that are developed expressly because their slope creates the challenge. It would be nice though if the sim could support slopping runways without needing third parties to make the product, as there are a number of runways in places like Papua New Guinea that are hugely challenging, but will never get the third party add on treatment. Tapini is an example. In FSX, the airport exists, but instead of being sloped like it is in reality, the airport juts out into the valley like a diving board over a pool. I do hope that MS could do it, as it does add yet another dimension. Just a thought.
  3. Here's my wish list for what its worthsloping runwaysrealistic aerodynamics - rudder use in turns/ spin and stall charactoristics. Allowing flight to move away from stable flight parameters, into departure from normal flight. It would be great to be able to go through stalls & spins etc with realistic control imputs and the realistic results. helicopter aerodynamics - the Dodo sim B206 is an example of what can be done - or the BK117 in Xplane (superb)torque induced yaw, transverse flow effect, flap back, translating tendency, dissymmetry of lift, and vortex ring state to name a few. Can we move away from the throttle being a substitute for collective? Albilitiy to carry a sling load or winch (with proper physics- sling load swings, winchman will spin in downwash) would be a very nice addition & would add to missionsI know that everyone is going to ask for something different, and at the end of the day, all that can be developed is something that will have broad general appeal. That doesn't stop one hoping though!!thanks
×
×
  • Create New...