Balint Szarka

I think what he is trying to say is that one would expect them to MAKE AN EFFORT, to win us by making something great and not just re-release add-ons as “revolutionary” with the same plus extra bugs from previous versions. Yes they were (revolutionary) two versions ago. So at this point it does feel like money grabbing rather than a passion project that actually is worth the money. I understand that they dove deeper in visuals, higher fidelity sounds because they both have become an expectation. And that for them that is costing money. The problem is that the expectations have become higher but the PMDG team seemed to have fallen behind and it’s (was) a very slow wake-up call. They released their MSFS planes with the most basic stuff in the beginning to rush to be the first, only to realise that the bar has been raised to a lot higher level than expected. So what did we get? A product that would have been a standard for P3D, but not so much in MSFS anymore and we all payed the price for this realisation. Versions of Big Updates and years and years later we are reaching A standard. But it has taken quite a few detours, realisations, disappointments to get here. And newer sim releases constantly keep interrupting their processes, not to mention that once they released their T7’s headed back to re-release all their 737’s, and the same will go on for their 747. I just wonder how many years until we see a genuinely new plane, a breath of fresh air, and how many new sim releases will screw up their planning?!

I am actually afraid of putting this (and any feedback / critique) on their forum. Feels like everyone would literally jump on me discrediting anything I'd bring up. Like those people there don't want to see the reality...

I feel bad for them, and disappointed as a user, as there is no other options than PMDG, and unfortunately I can’t vouch for their quality lately. Anyway I move on. Back to topic. Yes their T7 needs more refining - FACT.

Their hands are always full. Instead of methodologically going through each of their product eliminating any bugs, control issues (in case of the T7) before jumping onto the next one. Leaving them half finished, not fully refined and thus not up to the standard we were all used to. Look at Flight Factor in X-Plane, their 777 is receiving so many updates even though they clearly also wanna move to another type as well but yet if it’s unfinished, it’s unfinished DOT.

I wouldn't read too much into this update. It's solely only to bring compatibility for SU5 for MSFS.

iniBuilds just doesn’t feel like there is much depth to the systems unfortunately. So I think the community should not write off new development teams. How about we all just adopt the wait and see and not write off news devs. Such a negativity always when someone new announces something out of blue. Let’s wait and see.

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Mathijs Kok said on their forum that 777 isn’t getting this no. According to them, they are mostly done.

Half agree, half disagree with you @UrgentSiesta. PMDG’s business lately - after coming over from P3D to the MSFS market seemed to have changed a little. They do openly communicate that they don’t want to invest into the older platforms anymore. And I gotta say it does seem a little too much about focusing on income and less about what they love doing. No matter what they say. Unrelated to your comment and just generally want to get this out here: They are constantly chasing their own tail. Stuck in a viscous circle. Never ending circle… They released the 737 on 2020 after a long time - so then shortly after 2024 got released, while they are already working on the 777. Then all hell broke loose, so then they had to go back and split resources and slow down everything. Then none of the planes are progressing. Only to then release both in succession and everyone would call them half baked at best. Why? Constantly chasing their own tail and can’t catch up with their own development timelines, constantly plagued by unexpected problems, underdelivering and “promises that never came”. We are waiting for the 777 sounds for how long already? And they had just delivered a big revamp for the 737. They gotta speed up because next we are getting a new sim and PMDG will have just finished revamping their stuff only to have to redo it all over again. This way I don’t know how they are ver going to deliver a new plane…

It's like you are reading my mind.

I could have not said it any more correctly myself. I dived in quite deep in the FCOM and FCTM on many occasion when I felt like I could not stabilise the aircraft in pitch and felt confident that I knew how the trim was different compared to the conventional aircraft and how one should trim it out. However, I have to say that I had issues with PMDG 777’s rendition for years now, going back all the way to the P3D version. This plane has been quite unstable in pitch and I would really love them to finally at least take onboard the feedback people have been voicing. Failing to do so for years, I would really like a revamp in how they develop their aircraft and listen to the community finally.

For me this is the biggest positive change 😃 SDK General Added Camera API for SimConnect and WASM into Flight Simulator 2024 the rest is good to have

That’s an expensive 30 dollar coffee 😂😂😂 for those upgrading

Knowing their pace, it’ll be ready in a year 😅

As far as I am aware PMDG haven’t added anything to interact with BATC unfortunately. Wish they did though.