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9 minutes ago, kiwikat said:How is FPS?
Well that’s difficult to answer as I have a 4090, I9 13th gen, 128gb of ram. It was incredible in terms of performance for me, but to be fair, I wanted to include my personal specs as results may vary.
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6 minutes ago, tubbsds1 said:Does it have any static aircraft and if so can they be toggled off?
I didn’t notice any static aircraft at all. Don’t quote me on it, but during my test I didn’t see any on the North side of the airport.
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I picked it up. To be honest, it’s pretty good. Surprisingly good, actually. Time will tell if my feelings are a result of being deprived of PHX or if it is truly as good as it looks to me right now.
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Looks like the Fenix App needs to be launched first before loading into MSFS.
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I have the same issue. Restart does not work as well.
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6 hours ago, OzWhitey said:VR in MSFS is OK, but let's not get carried away now, Devon. "VR in MSFS is ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE"? Really??? Perhaps would a better title would be: "If you can get it working despite the mass of BUGS, VR in MSFS is actually QUITE COOL...if you've got a Nvidia 30XX video card". Let me expand on this a little further.
Firstly, the people who are amazed by the immersion of sitting in a cockpit in VR have been some how missing out on flying in VR in AF FS2, DCS, IL-2, X-plane and P3D for the past 6+ years or so. Guys, it's 2020, VR for flightsim is not remotely new tech.
Secondly, let's be honest here - MSFS's VR implementation is currently a buggy mess. The performance is pretty awful, even with $2000 video cards and Intels'latest and greatest CPU. If you want your Oculus HMD to work, there's a good chance that you'll need to hack the registry. And then you'll still have black artefacts blocking your view, or everything will be yellow. It's a substandard release, and Asobo should have done some better beta testing before letting this out into the wild.
The performance issues are also not going away any time soon. You need to drop your resolution, turn off half of the eye candy and fly a simple plane in the middle of nowhere to get truly smooth flight. And if you want to use your motion controllers to interact with the cockpit - bad luck.
So is it worth flying? I'd definitely say yes, despite all the issues. I sat up from 1am until dawn this morning, testing things out (am at work feeling sleepy atm). Flying a simple aircraft like one of the cubs is great, with smooth flight being possible. Airliners are certainly not smooth, but cruising through the clouds is a lot of fun. Addon airports in big cities in poor weather? No, MSFS VR is not ready for that yet.
So is flying in VR in general a good thing in flight sims? Absolutely - duh. Should you choose MSFS for your VR flying? You do need a beast of a machine, but the world that Asobo has created is honestly pretty cool, and the lighting effects and clouds look beautiful at times.
I'll definitely not be throwing away the other sims for VR flying, but I can definitely see myself spending a lot of time exploring Asobo's version of the world over the coming months.
Happy Christmas all!
This is the most honest and accurate assessment I've seen on the subject.
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I totally understand what you mean.
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4 hours ago, Recognition said:i`ll be supporting all 3 sims that I have, P3d, X plane and FS2020.... great sims in their own way and the developers need our support.
Absolutely agree. I’m doing the same. There’s room for all of them.
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8 minutes ago, Donstim said:Just turn off the cockpit tool tips. Done.
As confirmed in other threads. The Black and white text that appears when you hover your mouse over items in the cockpit cannot be disables at this time.
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The UI is very bad amongst other things. The scenery is good but to me, it takes a lot more than that to make a great sim. I also wish there was a way to turn off the big text that hovers around when you try to click on cockpit objects.
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The crash still occurs periodically but fewer with this update. Lockheed has to address the VRAM usage issue because there is definitely an issue.
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On 7/31/2020 at 9:29 AM, mikeymike said:Can you post the update code?
thanks
mike
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028685/windows-10-get-the-update
check this link out. Let me know how it works for you.
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I figured out how to fix this. The issue is with windows in my case. Check to see if you have the Windows 10 2004 update. This update addresses Vram DX12 issues. I installed this update and P3D V5 no longer crashes with that error.
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19 minutes ago, Farlis said:It does not remain to be seen at all.
The inclusion of the AFM2 Tool is mentioned in the feature list. One only has to download it seperately from the Pilots website.
I emailed him today. He says the new version of the AFM tool is coming shortly.
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These shots are stunning. I agree P3Dv5 is absolutely stunning. I look forward to seeing what can be done with the new tech.
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34 minutes ago, SAS443 said:P3D V5 in action, 24hrs after release with Orbx injected textures and Airport.
This sim will only get better. I totally understand if People want to hold off their purchase. But IMHO, the foundation is there for a fantastic simulator.
Beautifully said. I'm very happy with it. It's the foundation of a great sim for years to come.
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Great information.
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On 4/14/2020 at 7:13 AM, domkle said:Well, Lockheed Martin knows a thing or two about sat imagery.
Not only they design satellites for collecting imagery from space, they also design software to analyse the data. Their recognition system uses open-source deep learning libraries to quickly identify and classify objects or targets in large areas across the world out of Maxar’s Geospatial Big Data platform (GBDX), a 100 petabytes imagery database. They don't need Google 😉.
Conclusion. If LM wants it so, the P3D team could access to anything they need to compete with MS. My feeling is that they will in due time.
I agree. In Lockheed's press release, they indicated that P3Dv5 was laying the ground work for the next generation and they were committed to the platform. I think we will be overtime getting a product that may exceed MSFS2020. They're taking their time which they should. I'm completely happy with what we have now and will continue to support the platform. After all they saved us when MS abandoned us years ago.
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Quote1 hour ago, B777ER said:I think P3D has many years left in it. It doesn't appear Vatsim/Ivao will be part of MS2020 as they plan their own servers which, if the past is any indication, is not realistic with human ATC and filled with morons doing everything wrong you can imagine. If so, I know a few thousand due hards that fly online will stay with P3D, me included.
Trust me, Lockheed has indicated they are committed to the platform. I'd prefer to keep using Vatsim also. I'm sticking with P3D.
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I second this request...
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After more research, I have to recant my statement regarding GSX. In my case the culprit was a process running in the background called, Killer Control Center. I have the killer NIC card. There's an issue with Windows 10 and the Killer control panel. It was causing the sim to micro stutter. I removed the process and it works flawlessly.
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I have the same issue and it appeared after a string of GSX updates. If I don’t activate any function of GSX, the micro stuttering does not appear. If I use the GSX pushback, etc, ill have micro stutters during pushback, taxi. The stuttering disappears during cruise. The stutter is unique as it’s a rythmic milisecond tick every 3 seconds.
I have I7 9700k, RTX 2080, 32GB ram 8TB drive.
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5 hours ago, domkle said:Nope, I am not a MS basher. On the contrary, I see them as a great company. But I don't like the timing of the announcement because I don't want all the little guys go under.
Agreed
KPHX By BMWorld & AmSim RELEASED
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I definitely agree. It really is the best rendition of PHX. I wonder what Flightbeam will do now.