Bernard Ducret

Sugar and salt are the worst offenders in industrial food. Sugar leads mostly to obesity. Salt to cardiovascular diseases. The percentage of obese people increaes every year in Europe due to junk food essentially. For the rest 7500 steps a day at least four times a week will help.

To admit a mistake publicly is courageous and laudable. Thank you for your honesty and now enjoy the A380!

No, but - beside what was already mentioned by several others regarding gratefulness for the extraordinary dedication of the FlyByWire team in developing two extraordinarily complex simulations -, subjectivity is the major concern here: What are your computer specifications? If you describe this A380 the way you do, it probably is the result of having an inadequate hardware to handle it, this is the main reason we generally rarely agree on performances on this forum and others, because our specifications are all over the place! I, for one could run the "old" version of the A380 satisfactorily and have completed successfully a number of long flights both in 2020 and 2024, the latest being last week from WSSS to EDDF with heavy sceneries on both sides and solid overcast on arrival, with a perfectly smooth flight. Does it mean it's perfect, no, it only means my computer can handle it, therefore my opinion can only be positive. When expressing an opinion, let's be careful about the subjective elements leading to it. Especially when those at the receiving end worked for free.

No, no, and no, you cannot ask that question! ... but since you insist: Business Turbine: Starship Black Square Airliner short/medium range: Leonardo MD80 (20th anniversary) Bush: SWS PC12 GA: Black Square Bonanza, Baron, Duke, sorry I can't choose... Did I mention any Black Square product? GA twin (yes I know I am cheating!): FSW C414 Airliners Oldies: PMDG DC6B Airliner Long Hauls: TFDi MD11 Business jet: FSW Lear 35

I fully support CFIJose suggestion of using Addon-Linker. It is so easy to use. I read here on numerous occasion, that people did not want to use it because they had no idea what flight they were going to make before starting the sim, therefore could not select the add-ons they would need! In other words, they jump in the car (or their plane), start the engine, and then think about where they want to go... When using Addon-Linker, you need to have the following checked: 1/ The plane you want to fly, 2/ eventually the livery you desire, 3/ the departure airport, 4/ the arrival airport, (and any dependencies you may have for the same) that's it. GSX will be loaded by default since it is linked directly to FS24. Try that and time your loading time.

As per signature, my Nvidia card has 24 GB of VRAM, that helps even though it is an "old" 3090, I would not be able to tell what my FR are since I never ever control them with any plane, all I care about is if my flight is visually smooth, and it is with the FBW A380.

The FBW A380 performs quite well on my PC, but I guess your graphic card would struggle anyway with this beast, I see no reason why the INI A380 would be leaner on VRAM since it is even more detailed than the FBW.

I remember one ground controller comment when I was parking my 114 at a French airport: "You fly the Rolls Royce of GA!" Well, RR cars are not known for their performances, but certainly for their comfort and equipment, this was a very relevant comment. One more BSQ aircraft in my collection soon. Oh, and no this developer never takes a break, he must be extremely well organised (I understand he works alone) and probably found ways to replicate systems and instruments easily from one aircraft to the next to save time. To me, he remains the star developer for GA aircraft in our hobby, quality wise and fills all boxes: good choice of aircraft, reliable marketing, fast and efficient support, extraordinary attention to operational details, dedication to old avionics, quick fixes whenever a bug remains post release.

Correct, this is the Bombardier Global 6000 that was the HB-JFX based in Geneva. I guess INI perhaps had access to it when it was transiting in Oman. It will be technically an interesting airplane for sure and the very first real long haul business jet in MSFS 2024.

Everything OK now after using your tool, I was really getting crazy with this! Only remaining nuisance is the EFB that comes on the screen each time I press Shift+C, but what I care about is getting in the cockpit and it now works again. I could not find any duplication of command with Shift+C for the EFB, strange but I can live with that. Many thanks for your help Bill.

Thanks Bill, I will try that this evening.

As per title, in MSFS 2024, my keyboard settings are on MSFS 2024, and usually when starting a flight, I would get the starting screen with "Shift+C" at the bottom of the screen. Now I have nothing and I cannot get into the plane, I find myself looking at the back of the "captain" on the tarmac who perhaps would want to walk around but does not move at all regardless of my commands. Even starting the flight on the runway does not help, I get a bizarre view looking at the back seats instead of the panel. Any idea, suggestion would be welcome, after spending two hours on this, I am a bit restless and confused.

No the Content.xml is there indeed as indicated by Nuno, I cannot overemphasize how easy such a "clean-up" is with Addon-Linker (see Bad-T posts above) instead of dangerously messing around with your Content.xml file, even if you don't want to use AL afterwards, it will be a welcome help for this task alone.

What about the dream? When you "sim" don't you ever dream (or play, it's a game) about flying an aircraft you never piloted in real life, visiting a country you have never been to before and eventually will never visit, etc, etc... Each one of us find in this hobby an element of dream: some are happy to limit themselves to the cockpit box and they are welcome to do so, some to the cockpit and the cabin, some walk around their plane, knowing fully well that it does not serve any useful purpose, but will do it as in real life anyway, some will enjoy a detailed African safari lodge replica with animals roaming around... including on the dirt runway. The list could go on for pages, what this tells us is that this splendid simulator product caters to more than one or two categories of players, from veteran airline pilots - who will practice what they would not dream of in their real aircraft - to "desk chair" pilots who can only dream that their hobby brings them a space of total freedom that they may never experience in real life. In my previous life, I spent countless hours in airports as a pilot or passenger, yet I am always thrilled to "re-visit" virtually an airport I have been to including the concourse or waiting rooms, stupid? No, simply day dreaming thirty years back in time. We can't demand an "off" button for each of our numerous selfish desires: No turbulence, no GPS, no airport pizzeria, no night reflection on the lateral windows, no cabin, etc, etc. Is MSFS 2024 as real as it gets (yet) or not? Lastly, I remember having read on this very forum on numerous occasion that whatever is not rendered on your screen will not overload your system (i.e. reduce FPS), is that a fact or not (qualified IT specialist please?)

You can try two things: In real world night flying, it is important to keep your instrument lighting as dim as possible at all times and the cockpit dark (something not easy today with all those cockpit screens), your eyes will adapt quickly to the outside/inside ambient darkness (you will be surprised of how dim you can go), secondly, (in flight sim only...!) I believe you can reduce the reflection quality in your settings, that should help hopefully.