Franz007

I had first the same reaction as you. For me « fan.boy » has quite a negative connotation. But not for everyone I think. XP72 is a great and quite well known streamer who also likes XP and flies both MSFS and XP 😊

It looks pretty good in my opinion 🤩

It’s not easy to find out. I remember having had these kind of heavy and longer lasting fps-drops when Autoortho was loading the new tiles. But I somehow managed to make them disapear now (don’t ask me how…). We have to try different settings (Nvidia options etc.). Another thing is also to exclude ever programm running from the Firewall/Antivirus-checks etc. etc. etc. 😀

That’s a nice one 😃 They probably have never ever thought about that great idea. More seriously, have you checked how much that would cost for the whole world? A little hint: this would result in costs of a few hundreds to thousand dollars. Per user. And per year. That’s where the difference is: XP is more for users who also know how they have to create a flightplan in real. In a real aircraft you don’t have such functions who are pretty unrealistic and more gamey in my opinion. The user interface of XP is very good and I am happy they haven’t changed it too much from XP11. So it’s one of the strength. MSFS-user-interface is being pretty criticized by users and is therefore more of a weak-point. I don’t think LR should copy everything from other sims, otherwise I don’t see why someone would use another sim (to have everything exactly like he is used to have in the sim he is used to the most; it would make no sense having 2 products offering the exact same thing and you don’t generate success by copying everything). If a users values gamey stuff more, MSFS will suits him the best. If he values core-aviation more, XP offers more.

That is true not only for how it looks but also how it works, meaning for how you want to use a simulation-tool, as for example how planes fly (inertia, feeling etc.). In that area XP offers a high standard of simulating aviation, that's why it has stayed as successfull as it is. The visual quality is only a part of the whole. And if someone give up after 20 minutes just because of how it looks, then well, he may not be the main audience that Laminar wants to adress. So it's a good filter to be sure having the most passionate aviation-fans who value more than just graphics.

Yes. And the price is not even worth mentionning, knowing 1h in a professional level D sim would cost around 200-300 Euros. Nowadays addons have reach an incredible level of realism (the CL650 being at the top) and cost like nothing compared to the complexity they have. I remember having payed close to the amount of today's addons 12-15 years ago for addons that didn't even have 1/10 of the features they have today. We really can be thankfull for all great devs we have today and offer us such great simulations.

I agree. I think there has been a discussion about that a few weeks ago and some wish PG in X-Plane. But I really hope they won’t spend any developpment time on that. Better ground scenery, absolutely yes and they are already working on it. I have tried PG in MSFS and ended up switching it off, because first: it didn’t add to the immersion when flying airliners and most of airports being outside of big cities anyways. And second: because of the troubles you mentioned. In my opinion it is really only worth if you fly very slow over a big city (helicopter?), otherwise pretty useless. That’s my opinion but I know that some have a different opinion.

Try a dry destination. No haze/fog 🙂

I didn’t own it for XP11, so I don’t know. Have you clicked til the end of the checkout just before clicking on « send » or « buy »? Sometimes it will appear only at the very end. Otherwise I would send a message to the simmarket-staff.

Well, looking at the sky, it doesn’t look very sunny and clear at all. Try to put the weather to manual (clear).

Strange that I have seen many users switching the other way around and XP having gained market shares in the last navigraph-survey.

The weird thing is that some AI-detectors said human-score 99%, another AI by 3% probability then another said >95% AI… Can AI know which the most reliable source is? 😃

Hi @alanw2005 The FF 777 is so complex that the default replay won’t work. But they have implemented their own flight-recorder. You can set it up (how many minutes should he recorded) in the EFB 🙂

I am only using Bing Copilot AI. The result is very different from the content in the article 😉

@mSparks I just tried to enter « what to expect from xp12 next gen scenery? » Here the result 🙂 « X-Plane 12's next-gen scenery is shaping up to be quite impressive! The new X-WORLD series continues the high-quality scenery from X-Plane 11, incorporating 3D vegetation and improved realism. The scenery is designed to be more immersive, with objects placed based on OpenStreetMap (OSM) data and Microsoft building footprints, rather than generic autogen rules. Additionally, Living Scenery Technology is introducing advanced animation for scenery objects, allowing for more dynamic environments with realistic traffic flows and effects. If you're looking for a complete overhaul, there are discussions about upcoming scenery improvements, but some skepticism exists regarding AI-generated content »