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It's not called MSFS2020. Change my mind.
carbonbasedlifeform replied to Noodle's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Who wants to type out "Microsoft Flight Simulator" each time? Most people realize it's not nor will be called "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020," but it doesn't hurt to be specific with sim nerds. To me Microsoft Flight Simulator covers 30 years of products. "MSFS2020" is the best. 😐 -
There aren't really service packs anymore. There are rolling bug fixes and new features. That's how it works for MS and most of the software industry. Just to be clear there won't be three versions of the same sim. It's 3 free ways to have scenery in the same sim.
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Microsoft FS2020 confusion
carbonbasedlifeform replied to Richard McDonald Woods's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
I don't have much of a horse in the race, but Microsoft is an expert at moving forward while retaining legacy support. As for minimum effort ports, it's up to the consumers right? I certainly wouldn't bother buying that. But I can imagine people wanting to use their old PMDG. There's no reason some things like complicated internal systems should have to be re-written. -
FEEDBACK SNAPSHOT To accommodate many of the recent discussions happening across the community from the news coverage coming out of X0, the team has decided to delay the preview of the Feedback Snapshot to mid-December. This will allow us to provide a version of the snapshot that contains all recently discussed topics and will provide a more accurate view of the information we are tracking. We apologize for the delay. So what were the topics? Weren’t they positive?
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Trimming in the new sim
carbonbasedlifeform replied to Dominique_K's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
In real flight in decent weather can you leave a ga plane trimmed and fly straight? I’ve never been able to do that in a sim. -
Why I'll Buy it Without Seasons
carbonbasedlifeform replied to ryanbatc's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
I'll just fly south for the winter. Before, if you went to southern latitudes (except maybe Australia), you'd have bland textures and no VFR which would not make it fun. Now you'll be able to see real-life scenery. -
Partnership Announcement - ICON
carbonbasedlifeform replied to simtom's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Nice hat. -
There will be room for them in GA scenery because Azure is not going to generate 3D models for small objects all over the world, every species of tree for example. And Azure can't automatically model building facades. So sure, if you're at 30,000 feet you can get away with a few custom airports, but GA simmers will still appreciate regional work.
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Default Airports - so important
carbonbasedlifeform replied to curt1's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
They can't possible customize 48,000 airports. Payware is still going to be necessary for those that want super-realistic airports (outside of the showcase airports). -
MSFS 2020 vs P3DV4
carbonbasedlifeform replied to enrico10999's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
You will still be able to use P3D if you want to so there's nothing to worry about. -
Lionel is probably starting to get creeped out.
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New beta branch available on Steam!
carbonbasedlifeform replied to David Vega's topic in MS FSX | FSX-SE Forum
I think the crash reports tell them which addons aren't starting and what the errors are. So maybe on their end they can try to fix it and/or developers can patch things (like someone said the FSPUIC guy is doing). They can see what addons people are using to focus attention on that. If everything worked it wouldn't be a beta. -
MSFS via XCloud ?
carbonbasedlifeform replied to Noooch's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
It's not there yet. There are latency issues. Flight sims require too much power right now. -
I don't think they are updating FSW or using telemetry data from it. My guess is they are seeing what sort of addons people are using so they can make sure the important ones are compatible with FS2020. Shockingly, I think it's been reported they do want backwards compatibility. Remember to backup your %appdata folder if you want to try it.