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There are some things that, after 4 years, I cannot believe MSFS cannot do or there is no solution for. Number one would be chaseplane or something of the sorts.... the other is multiple windows.  By this, I mean having 2 or 3 windows open with different views. In P3D, I would have cockpit view as one and an exterior or wing view as the other. 

I haven't asked this question in a long while so  I thought I would ask it again... is this possible now?

Thanks all. I guess I jumped the gun too quickly and bought V6 when I already own V5!

I just really dont love MSFS still... it looks great but some key things like chase plane, study level aircraft etc are still missing. 

When MSFS came out, I thought I was done with P3D. I never ended up loving MSFS. Almost 4 years end and the aircraft choices are just not good. Still no PMDG 777, etc. With space running out on my PC, I had to drop P3D. Santa brought me an additional 4TB for xmas, so I just purchased V6. 

My previous installs included pretty much every significant add on..... ORBX, PMDG, FSDT, chase plane, Active sky, etc etc etc. 

So, what are the must have these days? Has anything changed? 

basic, easily usable camera systems and the ability to have multiple windows open. FS2000 type stuff 🙂

I guess with no responses, the answer is still no, lol. 

2 of the main things I miss as compared to my previous MSFS/P3D life are the multiple windows and chase plane. These 2 brought a much better experience overall.  

Is there any hope here? I can't believe we are this many years into MSFS2020 and still cant do some simple functionality. 

Are the any programs that allow for multiple windows? internal view and external view, etc. Like the good ol' days........... 

I found a good profile for the bravo throttle quadrant but I am not sure on the Alpha yoke. Can someone recommend one that is fully mapped for the Alpha and PMDG 737?

anyone used these for the honeycomb yoke and throttle? If so, is there a "dummies" guide on how to do this in MSFS?

Finally. Can we please get chaseplane to expedite this through?

I check back on this every 6 months or so and there doesnt seem to be any improvement each time. 

Has there been a simple way to map the honeycomb products to fully function with MSFS, including the PMDG 737? 

Preferably a method that does not require a computer science degree?

I asked this question over a year ago but I thought I'd ask it again. Is it possible to do multiple windows in MSFS? In P3D, I would have the cockpit view taking up about 2/3 of the screen and 1/3 with an external view - as separate windows. I have a 49" monitor so plenty of real estate to do this. 

Is this possible in MSFS?

I am flying MSFS more and more..... even thought I've owned it since day 1, I still have not been able to let go of P3D.

I now have all the REX products for MSFS and am doing some winter flying. What I found is that, unless the weather is actually snowing, the ground textures are still summer green. December 29th and clear skies? Green grass is what I get.  Accuseason has taken care of the trees..... but what about the ground textures? 

Am I missing something here? 

I was just looking at some things.... was on approach into KORD recently and the textures had not fully rendered even on short final. Had me question what was going on. 

I looked through the nvidia overlay and CPU usage was about 20% whereas GPU was 80%-90%. 

What should this be normally?

i9-12900k / RTX 3080ti

I have a 12900K with an ASUS 3080ti and usually see frame rates in the 50-90 range when in flight and as low as 25-30 sometimes when starting a flight at a high end 3rd party airport in the PMDG 737. 

If I am flying around weather, I sometimes see FPS drop into the single digits for several minutes... perhaps 5 - 10 minutes. Usually on approach (coming back down into the weather). 

My internet connection is hard wired and have gigabit that runs as advertised from my provider.... not sure if this matters but I know this can impact things sometimes. 

Does anyone else experience this? Quite annoying as I had an approach recently with lower vis and clouds/fog almost to the ground. touched down and rolled out with it sitting around 5 FPS.... was a rough landing due to this lol. 

Is this still recommended these days? If so, what FPS is recommended? 

Separate question.... but is there a way to open a new window and undock it for 2 views in MSFS? This was the norm in P3D for me to have cockpit and external view going at the same time. 

Is there any decent 3rd party camera program out yet? Still find the native camera support to be entirely lacking from an ease-of-use perspective. 

I was a beta tested and bought MSFS the day it came out. Besides some fun VFR flying, I quickly dropped MSFS and went back to P3D as only really fly airliners. PMDG, QW787, et etc. With the release of the PMDG, I reinstalled MSFS and am now trying to learn (relearn) the sim. One of the mind boggling issues when I initially used MSFS was the lack of camera controls -- OR, the complete difficulty of doing so. Chaseplane in P3D is so good and easy to use. 

Are there any 3rd party programs for MSFS now? I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to get wing views set up with shortcut keys. I have watched videos on youtube and you have to edit some of the files??? Is this still the case? 

Luckily the PMDG already has bindings for cockpit shortcut views. 

Also, is there a way to change the spot view (P3D terminology?) to move around the aircraft using the top hat switch? really annoying that you can only get a fixed view while holding down the top hat switch. 

I have the alpha and bravo. I cannot get any of the switches to work. Has anyone had any luck?  Exterior lights on the alpha, for example, on the dedicated switches. 

Landing gear was loaded in the default but it acts weird. have to put it down twice for the gear to actually go down..... assume this has something to do with the in-flight position of the lever handle in the cockpit.... even thought the lever goes all the way to the down or up position with the movement of the gear handle on the Bravo. 

I have the honeycomb alpha and bravo..... my next post was going to be that the switches dont work lol. they are mapped appropriately. I will remove them. Would like to use the switches though! 

Just a note.... even when I activated the switches in the cockpit, the lights still didnt work. also just checked at night and nothing. will remove the bindings and go from there. 

I've only done 1 flight which was in the daytime. I could not see any of the lights to be working... beacon, nav, strobes, etc. 

Anyone else have this issue? 

keep trying..... took me about 45 minutes of trying and trying again but I just got it downloaded

I've been able to find some.... mainly for PMDG. I am really looking for the QW787 for the yoke and throttle. I am surprised that these are not easy to find. Can someone point me in the right direction?

what about the settings in P3D directly? Volumetric clouds, etc etc. 

9 hours ago, LRBS said:

On my PC for ASP3D I have these settings with excellent results.

max cloud layers between 3 and 5 (I use actually 4)

min cloud draw distance to 60

max 100 to 120.

Combined with Steve's guidance there are no stutters and very fluid, but again, each PC is quite different.

I hope it helps.

thanks. our systems are very similar with the exception of 3080ti vs 3090 so I'll give this a shot.