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thank you, please do... 3 days now and I've tried everything. Been so close to refunding and then see it looking amazing in someone's YouTube video... so I hold off

Hi - the MSFS Forums and bug reports are so inundated with issues that I thought I'd ask this simple question here. As soon as I load into a cockpit in MSFS2024 my camera immediately points down to the seat. I've tried everything including removing peripherals, rebinding the middle-mouse button (works fine in FS2020) and removed the keyboard binding for cockpit down, up, left, right. Has anyone else experienced this and has anyone solved it? Thank you, Len

I am struggling to believe this is actually happening! usually you can't download a big title on launch day, but this time it's already downloaded! Sure, it will all work itself out in the end but come on.... first world problems I know... 🤷‍♂️

Welcome to this awesome sim, never went back to FS.

Just be wary of Sky Max Pro. Without Real Weather Connector you may suffer poor weather blending between wx stations (as you will with default). SMPro is also a beast of a machine hog. I have spent many frustrating hours trying to get it right. I've seen videos of Ultra Weather which may not look as good but seems to offer better representation of clouds in different areas. I have to give a shout out for G2XP. This is donation-ware and grants you the ability to download photoscenery for the area you are flying over. I use it for areas on final and climbout. Coupled with OSM (Open Street Map) and W2XPlane (for building models), I get an often jaw dropping scenery experience (think ORBX on the fly).

There is so much love and care put into this module that I am stunned. Absolutely beautiful. Pictures and YouTube does not do it justice. The AFE is a stroke of genius and helped me take a couple of flights. I cannot wait to get stuck into the tutorials and manuals tomorrow and this weekend. Well done. Worth noting, my .exe failed a couple of times. Can't remember the exact error, as I was so relieved on the third attempt that it worked/. Thank you, Len Leinsters

Haven't tried it yet, but I just bought it with no hesitation. X-Plane itself runs 8.1 perfectly fine and supports it.

Alaska seems like the perfect real-world starting place and some great free scenery can be found here: http://rdesignx.weebly.com/ And here... http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/25190-pajn-juneau-international/

Plan G is awesome. Just like the vitamin G used in my avatar pic.

Make sure you have the latest version of the JAR-A320. While it does not improve the external model, it certainly improves cockpit textures, and also FMC operations. You just need to register at the JarDesign forum and look for updates. It's not going to get you anything close to IXEG but it will get you an Airbus that's not too bad for a (almost) one-man designer. I do not think it's priced right at all, but if you can get used to it and start flying it more, pick up the Blue Sky Star sounds. They improve the experience almost by double. X-Plane addons are currently hit and miss. They're either amazing or average to poor. It's early days for the sim and payware, we just have to be patient. I too, have paid for some bad stuff. But this Jar-A320 can be immersive if you work with it...

This is great news.

Kyle - will the freight version be an additional purchase? Thanks, Len

This is a huge milestone in flightsim! Congrats PMDG and welcome to X-Plane!

ah yes, tdg! one problem with the org store is the search function.

KHOU, KDAL are excellent freeware at payware quality, and also I just love Burbank KBUR for it's challenging approaches. Quality freeware too. Where does TDG's airports reside? I tried searching on .org with no luck Thanks, Len