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Sure, I agree that it is a bug and should work properly, and I get that you use the feature but given that the time is still there and sunset times are easy to find, it seems no more than an inconvenience. Not trying to be contrary, but I guess we have a different idea of what constitutes a "serious problem". But no worries. Scott

OK, perhaps I'm missing something but why is this a serious problem. A bug yes, but in the grand (or even not so grand) scheme of things, serious? The time is still displayed, isn't it? So... But again, perhaps I'm missing something. Scott

Are you talking about outside or inside the plane, because I clearly hear ground roll sounds in these videos inside the cockpit. But again, I'd stress not to make too much of what you hear in these. I was impressed with the startup sounds in the "Dreams of Wings" video and especially so because he did compare with default - and hopefully using the same techniques. In the "Avangel" video, however, I found it hard to tell much about the sounds at all due to the way the audio was mixed and the fact that she talked over many of the sounds. And, of course, even in the "Dreams of Wings" vid which I did find somewhat useful, he had to stop himself and re-do some things as he kept talking over the sounds and then catching himself. Scott

The click spots for enter and exit are surprisingly cool, but the things I'm really geeked about are: The mixture changes, which in addition to allowing a proper Lycoming start procedure have the added benefit of allowing a realistic idle cutoff simulation when stopping. It is SOOO nice to not have combustion just STOP the moment I move to cutoff. Well done and hope this migrates to other Black Square piston planes. The increased polling rate on the EDM-800 which makes the leaning simulation much better. The new dynamic mag drop which helps make the mag check more than just a checklist item you do because... And finally... The increased speed! Ha, ha just kidding. Had a big tailwind on my flight today and saw over 180 kts groundspeed for the first time - but honest - nothing to do with the update. This plane is making it harder and harder to want to fly any other piston plane I own! Scott

Yep, I agree. The guy is just not my style - at all. As for the sounds though, I've not yet had a chance to listen to any of it with my headset on and I'm not gonna read (listen?) too much into how the video sounds anyway since we're talking about audio that's been processed by Mr. Murphy (and that's kinda funny now that I think about it!) and then further processed by YouTube's compression. Hopefully we'll have some better examples to hear before release, but even the short sections I've listened to on speaker seem an improvement over the insipid 930 sounds. And I'm afraid that any implementation by Black Square (and I am glad to hear it's still a possibility) is gonna be waaay down the road. Scott

Sure? No, but I specifically recall being surprised when he referenced Echo-19. Wish I could find the comment again but no luck so far. As I recall, it was not in a discussion about the 850, just a few words about things occupying his time. Scott

Yes, forgot to mention the headphone simulation as that's another of the 850's weaknesses. Kinda like that they're tying it to the Pilot intercom selector - if I understand their meaning here. Not sure about being able to remove the 930, but fingers crossed. Scott

Sometime back I seem to recall Nick mentioning working with Echo-19 on new sounds for the TBM 850. This caught my attention as the sounds (derived from the default TBM 930) are one of the few weak points in the otherwise excellent TBM 850 implementation. I had hoped this meant a new version directly from Black Square, but apparently not. Echo-19 have announced the upcoming August 27th release of the sound pack at a cost of $19.99. While not what I'd hoped for, I'll still be picking this up. The plane is worth spending a few more $$ for me. A link to the announcement: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/announcement-black-square-tbm-850-sound-pack-by-echo-19/774006 And the livestream YouTube recording for those with the patience: https://www.youtube.com/live/mcn3Ex34AkM?si=1IOAQrlPxHDycYbK Scott

Yep, me too - something I never thought would happen. Special is the right word. Scott

Also flying Cali with the update and performance is about what it has always been. My biggest gripe remains the colors, not the performance. Scott

Wow! The best just keeps getting better. Installing now! Scott

That was my reaction as well. I certainly see different representations, but only the last set seems significantly degraded in '24 as opposed to simply different. "Flintstone's" eh? Ouch! I enjoy this hobby, but it's not my only one and, like most, I have to prioritize. I wish I had done an upgrade before RAM and GPU prices went completely stupid but I didn't and quite frankly the value proposition just doesn't play for me at today's prices, and other things take precedence. With care, my "Flintstone's" system actually does remarkably well because I AM willing to live with 1080. My settings are almost universally higher than I would have thought possible with this age of system while still running smoothly with no stutters. That said, I do think 1440 is the sweet spot today and its what I would target in any new system. And whenever these discussions occur, I'm careful to admit that I'm running 1080 and that I might feel differently if I were running higher res. Might. 🫤 Scott

I can only echo this. And he's working on some updates that will make it even more amazing. I've not flown another plane since its release, and I'm having a hard time talking myself into flying anything else. Nope, not fast - just awesome! Scott

My performance, and in particular VRAM usage, seemed dramatically improved on my first flight in SU6, but I did see some degradation in IQ and in the way things seemed to load in. A quick look at settings told the tale. One key thing had changed - dynamic settings had mysteriously been enabled. Turned that back off and things were pretty much as they had been on my system. YMMV and all that. Curious as to how you're checking this. Things may well have been nerfed a bit, but I'm not seeing anything this noticeable on my system. But as I've noted before, I'm running 1080, not 4K where things may well be more apparent. Scott

Then you're not flying either way. Your plane or airport being stored on a local HD does nothing to help in this situation as 2024 itself requires a functioning internet connection either way. No internet - no fly whether your addons are streamed or local. I see no difference in performance between streamed MP assets and downloaded. None. People who are downloading to "protect" themselves from an internet or server outage are kidding themselves. Scott