OneOfMany

So you have the ability to trapezoid the image to minimize vertical skewing? And horizontally you would be shortening the real life distances as you progress to the sides to minimize stretching? That sounds like a good workaround. Is it done interactively, or by changing values in either a configure file, or menu sliders? I could see that being useful when changing aspect ratios to accomadate ultra widescreens.

I get that the jet you highlighted is a little less stretched, but how can you accept the fisheye induced exaggerated verticals on those buildings on the right side?

Maybe the immediate focus needed to ship away from the serious simmers for a bit, and expand the user base to those who are willing to contribute money to keep things going. What do I mean? Serious simmers spend money, lots of it. They buy airports, aircraft, expensive hardware to operate them, add-ons that provide immersion such as ai atc, mods for weather, scenery packs, myriads of controllers, upgraded hardware ... the list goes on. The problem is that Microsoft/Asobo do not see a dollar from it. Why? Serious simmers as a general rule don't want to support the in game marketplace, they prefer to purchase from third party vendors like they always have done. It seems even half of the serious simmers on here won't even cough up the $150 to even purchase 2024. Yet with their initial and often only investment to the developers they are often the loudest wanting things constantly improved. For free of course. This is likely the reason why the plug was pulled on this franchise years ago. Casual simmers, or gamers as serious simmers like to call them are often more likely to generate revenue for them by using the marketplace. Of course this is a guaranteed revenue source with console users, so developing for both Xbox and PS5 is a strategic move to guarantee the titlesq longevity. These are the people who are paying the day to day operations with marketplace transactions. Maybe serious simmers should relaize the positive effect these casual simmers are having on their hobby, keeping the coffers full and allowing the Devs to keep bettering the sim for them, instead of demanding ten years of free updates for their measly $150.

Think of the Xbox sign in as a means to access the Microsoft games store. It requires a username and password, so if you don't have one you will need to create one. Go to www.xbox.com You will have the option to create a free user account.

Yes. You must own 2024 before you can participate in any of the patch betas.

Currently sitting on a Max8 WestJet flight to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Fired up Msfs24 on my Samsung phone with Xbox controller on WiFi. Took a tour from the Halifax airport to Halifax to get my bearings for when we land and grab the rental car.

Was actually going to change internet providers. In for a penny...

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/ Manually enter in video card.

Should I break down the entire computer to parts as well before reinstalling Windows? Asking for friends...

Can't agree. Looks like I remember it when last visited. Of course I did grow up on Bugs Bunny 🐰

Even Copilot thinks so lol. "Is rksoftware gaming ai to promote his software on a Sim?" It certainly looks that way, xxxx. On the AVSIM forums, rksoftware—who develops tools like FlightSave24 and FStarter24 for Microsoft Flight Simulator—posted a thread suggesting users ask MS Copilot for answers, then showcased a glowing AI-generated review. That raised eyebrows among community members, with several calling it out as self-promotion or “shilling” disguised as neutral advice. Some users pointed out that AI-generated content can be manipulated to favor certain products, especially if the developer feeds in leading prompts. Others criticized FlightSave24 itself for being buggy and unreliable, despite the positive portrayal. So while it’s not illegal or against forum rules (unless explicitly stated), it’s definitely a clever—if controversial—way to use AI as a marketing tool. Want to dig into how AI-generated reviews are influencing other communities too?

Is this image from XP12 or 2024? The row houses and grade 6 art trees in the lower image would sure take the fun out of GA flying.

I believe that it has to do with the fact that in older versions everything including the world was stored and generated from your personal computer. In these recent versions, the world does not stop when you do, so reloading is going to occur at the current time. There would probably have to be a provision to store all of the day/time/weather data current at time of saving, and all of the same that occurs in the future for the length of your flight.

Now that is realism! Data consumption matches real world fuel consumption values 😂