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I only look at the main (1st) pic. That doesn't mean I don't value repaints - I do. It's just today's world is a one of busy people and fast transactions. I would say that most screenshots that show the livery from the side (showing the length of the airframe) should show potential users everything they need to see. I guess in some cases people will want to look at minute details and decals. The liveries I download these days are all GA (like the ones you make), so it's not like I'm comparing the work to a real life livery. I just see it and either think that I'd like it in my sim or I wouldn't. Some additional factors appeal to me - for example, I am a lot more likely to download a livery for something like the A2A Comanche, Black Square planes or JF GA planes, if they also include a set of interior custom textures. [EDIT: St Mawgan reminded me...... 90% of all liveries I download are dynamic registration. It's rare that I will download a livery that has a baked-in reg. It's why I haven't downloaded any repaints for the FSW Legacy. There are no dynamic registration liveries - or wasn't the last time I looked.]

A new developer - releasing scenery that's only for MSFS2020? That seems so odd in a commercial space. I mean I understand the few people on FS.TO who don't want to learn the 2024 SDK, so still make 2020 only scenery because that's what they're comfortable with (and they're making it for free). But for payware, to limit your audience to an older, effectively replaced version of the sim seems really strange. This is just a commercial observation and is not intended to upset any sensitive users who have chosen to stay with the old sim 👍

Make sure you report it to them, as I suspect not many users use the keyboard for steering, hence they may not be aware.

To go alongside your Citation X; for best overall immersion, enjoyment and (as Ryan said) perhaps the best sounds you'll hear in the sim right now, I'd recommend the Skyward Simulations Sovereign+ Great price too ... fantastic value.

In the EFB under Navigraph. People see that and thing it refer to the Navigraph Charts (subscription), but it's actually where you store your Simbrief ID.

C:\Users\[YOUR USER FOLDER]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community2024\bluesky-grumman-aa5\SimObjects\Airplanes\GrummanAA5\common\config\cameras.cfg

This is the key thing (and very different to MSFS2020 and previous sim iterations). Loading times do seem inconsistent between users. I have 674 folders in my Community folder. Over 300Gb of data. Yet MSFS2024 takes just under 3 minutes to load. I used Addon Linker with 2020 and valued it. But when I tried it with 2024, I just could not find a reason to be using it. My loading time barely changes depending on how many items I have in the Community folder. (I do sometimes remove things from it). Add to that the fact that 2024 runs as well when I have those 674 folders installed, as it does with an empty community folder. So now, I have everything in there, and I can fly what I want, between any scenery. I see no tangible benefit in 'de-selecting' things any more, via Addon Linker. As Dave_YVR said above, 2024 does not load nor pre-load items in the Community folder any more. It simply indexes the content, which takes a second or two.

Now all we need is for all addon devs to include the ability to view MSFS2024's LIDO charts in their EFBs. Some only provide LIDO Some provide the option to view built-in LIDO or Navigraph Then, there are still some pesky devs that only provide access to Navigraph charts in their EFB. Even though it's subscription option, and MSFS2024 has these beautiful LIDO charts, sitting there waiting to be accessed. You can of course view the LIDA charts via the MSFS2024 default EFB though. 😉

I'll be very interested to hear people's initial feedback about this new native 2024 model. The previous (2020 port) was absolutely disastrous on my system. Not just VRAM; FPS, stutters and artifacts too. But if the native build addresses the core of the previous issues, this will be a real milestone. So please, bleeding edge early adopters, let us know how it is!

I think he meant that this was another application of AI (ie, an AI utility) that "no-one asked for", rather than suggesting that "no-one is asking for AI".

Well, yes and no. His issue is that the INIT B page is unavailable to him, because he starts the flight with the engines running. But that is a realistic representation of the FMS. INIT B concerns fuel-related pre-flight calculations, so if the engines are started and fuel begins to be burned, the INIT B page is inaccessible as it can no long compute everything that it needs to. Again, this is real-world behaviour and the Airbus A320 works exactly the same. This is a high-end addon, systems-wise, so I guess it's just a case that if you want to use the systems to their full breadth, starting the flight with the engines running is going to prevent some aspects of being able to do that. If JF had built it so that INIT B was still available with the engines running, some people would have complained that this was not realistic 😉 Having said all of that, I'm not fully convinced that not populating the INIT B page will actually prevent Profile (VNAV) mode from working. I've only made 2 flights in this bird so will need to dig deeper. As I never start a flight with the engines running, I was able to populate INIT B, Profile mode worked fine, and I didn't see any issues.

FYI.... I've asked this question 4 times, including directly to MPL and have never had a response. 🙂

In the MSFS Controls assignments: Set your rudder pedals to the RUDDER_AXIS assignment, and Set your joystick twist to the TILLER_AXIS assignment. 👍

Exactly. When an aircraft addon in MSFS jolts or changes pitch when the AP is removed, that is usually because :- PITCH_USE_ELEVATOR_ONLY .....has been set to '1' in the [autopilot] section of the systems.cfg All autopilots that have automatic trimming by the AP (around 90% of them), should have:- PITCH_USE_ELEVATOR_ONLY=0 PITCH_USE_TRIM_ONLY=1 I'm away from my PC today so can't check this in the F70. It may be something completely different. This is just one common issue that causes pitch changes and jolts when the AP is disconnected.

Did you start with your engines running? (Or use an automatic setting to set up the plane). AFAIK, the INIT B page disappears if the engines have been started before the INIT has been completed. This is a real life behaviour and applies to the Airbus too.