Riaan77077

After the recent update I find myself looking through the pilots glasses when flying in the Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan. How do I get rid of this?

Apologies if this is a stupid question but how does one go about to enter the passenger cabin of the Inibuilds a310? Only way I could manage to do it thus far was using the drone camera. Assume their must be an easier way?

With the formal introduction of helicopters and gliders in the 40th anniversary edition I have noted that helicopters and gliders I have installed before the update does not show up in the new Rotorcrafts and Glider categories. Is there any way to correct this?

I have up to now been happy with most aspects of the MSFS upgrades both the sim and world updates. With SU5 I however have started experiencing more frequent and unexpected CTDs. I have also noticed some visual degradation but could not put my finger on it or what was different for me. My FPS was however up by some 10% so I was happy with the smooth flying experience. This morning I fired up MSFS after installing the hotfix. I recently bought a new house that we will be moving into in Cape Town and I wanted to take a few screenshots of the area and the house to share with my family. Just like when MSFS just came out and the first thing we all did was to fly over our houses. They never looked exactly like the true version but we could all recognise our house and its basic shape thanks to Blackshark.AI and their machine learning algorithms. To my surprise and despite mostly high-end settings in the options with Bing Maps and Photogrammetry turned on, the house I bought was just one big block with no recognizable features just like the autogenerated scenery in FSX days. I check all my settings as well as my Wi-Fi strength just to make sure and also turned all settings to ultra but it made no difference. In front of the house their is a small community shopping centre and this also did not even closely resembled the actual building. I then flew over the property I'm currently renting and whereas I could previously make out all the townhouses in the complex with their distinct green roofs this time around it was just a few green coloured blocks with no distinguishing features. I again tested my Wi-Fi download speed a few times and it was running as expected. Is anybody experiencing similar issues and could it be related to the visual degrading experienced in MSFS after SU5? Or is something else wrong that I might be missing?

@mrfilbert thanks for the excellent review. Here is my comparison video of both the Asobo and FSDG FACT Airports.

Thanks this did the trick for me!

Same my side. Tried to fly it without reading the manuals and failed miserably. Took me back to my time in FSX with the PMDG 747 - so yes time to read the manuals and watch all the tutorial videos. Love the exterior model and the attention to detail. The flags of countries the flew DC-6 on the side including that of my home country South Africa. Even thought the electronic flight engineer had an Afrikaans accent. Thanks PMDG for an excellent early Father’s Day present at a very good price.

I'm not sure about Wilbur Smith and Adderley Street. The ORBX scenery is great so I don't have a problem with one building. It does however stand out in the scenery of the CBD skyline given its height and other dimensions and therefore detracts from the realism to some extent for those of us that are familiar with Cape Town. The rest of the landmark scenery is excellent and very true to reality and I'm 100% happy with it

Not overthinking things - just asked a question about the possible use of MSFS for marketing purposes and whether it is good or bad thing. FYI this building has been delayed since 2018 and no groundworks or the like has commenced as yet in fact there is currently still standing in its place a 8 storey building that still needs to be demolished. There also has been plenty of rumours that the developer is not able to raise the required funding. Not so sure how could ORBX therefore be so confident that it would ever be completed to include it in one of their landmark scenery titles?

I recently purchased the ORBX Landmark Scenery for Cape Town, South Africa https://orbxdirect.com/product/landmarks-capetown-msfs I live and work in Cape Town and thoroughly enjoy the scenery and the details that it adds to the Mother City and how it has enhanced the experience of flying in the area. What I do however find strange is that ORBX have included a yet to be constructed building in the Cape Town CBD. This is the Zero 2 One building on the corner of Strand and Adderley Streets. After completion it will become the highest building in Cape Town but commencement of construction have been delayed a number of times and lately due to the impact of Covid-19. https://landequity.co.za/project/zero-2-one-tower/ https://businesstech.co.za/news/property/362346/heres-how-much-it-will-cost-to-buy-an-apartment-in-cape-towns-new-tallest-building/ This made we wonder if the property developer had any say in the placement of the Zero 2 One building in the ORBX Landmark Scenery? Did they perhaps approach ORBX for it to be included as a marketing ploy? I ask because it is strange that ORBX would include a non-existing building? Would this open the door for similar marketing or even product placement opportunities using MSFS 2020? If so how do us flight simmers feel about such developments? I have done the following video of the ORBX Landmark Cape Town Scenery in which the Zero 2 One building can be clearly seen. I also include a few screenshots below.

I had a look at the wheel at the Waterfront as well as the cable car and can confirm unfortunately these are not automated so no wheel turning and the cable car does not move up and down the mountain For me personally it is disappointing that ORBX did not model some parts of the CBD. Where I work next to Greenmarket Square they modelled the next door building namely the Reserve Bank and further up the road the Western Cape Government Offices in Wale Street but not our building. They have also placed a default building in the middle of what should be Greenmarket Square which detracts from the area (see screenshot below of the Southern Sun Hotel and the Reserve Bank with our office right next door not modelled) What is interesting though is that they include a building that is yet to be constructed and that is the Zero 2 One futuristic building on the corner of Adderley and Strand Streets. The construction of the building which after completion will be the highest in Cape Town has been delayed because of COVID. I wonder why they went to trouble to include a planned building into their scenery? https://landequity.co.za/project/zero-2-one-tower/ https://businesstech.co.za/news/property/362346/heres-how-much-it-will-cost-to-buy-an-apartment-in-cape-towns-new-tallest-building/

@Riaan77077 Thanks for the video. It looks great! Pleasure!

I flew it again this morning and there is no impact on my laptop performance. Frame rates seems to be better than with the flightsim.to Cape Town CBD freeware scenery I have been using up to now. They did model the cable car stations on the ground and on Table Mountain but I could not see if the actual cable car movement was modelled. The Lions Head addon seems to fit in well with the Asobo scenery In my video I did not cover some of the custom buildings that Asobo added around Sea Point (see screenshot) I also left in my flightsim.to freeware scenery for Mouile Point and these seems to have fitted in well with the Asobo scenery (see screenshot)

My showcase of the newest product in the ORBX Landmarks package that include a number of iconic locations to explore across what is commonly referred to as “Mother City”. Cape Town, South Africa is known for its urban areas, iconic Table Mountain and stunning views over the Atlantic.

My showcase of the newest product in the ORBX Landmarks package that include a number of iconic locations to explore across what is commonly referred to as “Mother City”. Cape Town, South Africa is known for its urban areas, iconic Table Mountain and stunning views over the Atlantic.

Thanks but unfortunately not any of the South African liveries I'm looking for

I used the A320 FlyByWire installer to convert all my liveries for the standalone version. With it installed I experience a CTD every time, but when I deleted the converted liveries MSFS loads normally. Tried installing and deleting the converted liveries a few times but with it installed the sim always crashes. Can anybody perhaps assist?

Think I isolated my problem and managed to get MSFS back up and running sort off (relief). This game is complex and one must be able to backtrack your own steps before shouting at Asobo like so many do. Problem was I installed the A320 FlyByWire but in game the plane was not visible. I then read up that the problem was incompatible liveries. I removed the A320 FlyByWire and the liveries I moved out of Add-on linker into my community folder. I then started MSFS, got the notice about the update, updated via MS Store and then got the CTD. Must have corrupted MSFS in the process. So I now bactracked my steps by by uninstalling the A320 FlyByWire and removing all the A320 liveries from my community folder and I got MSFS 2020 up and running again. Next step is to reinstall the A320 FlyByWire and see if I can still get MSFS to run. Thereafter I will do a fresh install of all the A320 liveries and thereafter convert them for the A320 FlyByWire and see if MSFS then still executes. Lets hope this will work!

Thanks for the prompt reply. My challenge however is that since the update (which I now understood was in the MS Store only), I get a CTD on the new activities splash screen. I have since removed all my community mods via add-on linker, rebooted my computer a few times, tried to rum MSFS as administrator but sill every time I get a crash to desktop at exactly the same launch screen.

Your problem seem similar to mine as I also don't get the trigger in the sim itself to download and install additional files. MSFS for me however crashes after that on the one splash screen. Does your MSFS load after it could not find any updates and go to the start screen or does it also CTD like mine?

Also got the update this morning via MS Store, it downloaded and then I clicked play as in the past. MSFS 2020 booted up, checked for updates (there was none when I expected additional files to be installed as per previous updates), then it went to the various splash screens. Went as far as the new activities screen and then boom CTD. First time this ever happened to me. I shut down by my computer, restarted it, launched MSFS and same thing happened again. I then checked in the MS Store and it said I owe the programme and can play it. Tried shutting down my computer and starting it again but still the same problem. No idea what to do next to try and resolve this? I never had issues with prior updates so any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Will also later search the forum to see if this has not already been answered thanks.

Also got the update this morning via MS Store, it downloaded and then I clicked play as in the past. MSFS 2020 booted up, checked for updates (there was none when I expected additional files to be installed as per previous updates), then it went to the various splash screens. Went as far as the new activities screen and then boom CTD. First time this ever happened to me. I shut down by my computer, restarted it, launched MSFS and same thing happened again. I then checked in the MS Store and it said I owe the programme and can play it. Tried shutting down my computer and starting it again but still the same problem. No idea what to do next to try and resolve this? I never had issues with prior updates so any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Will also later search the forum to see if this has not already been answered thanks.

Ai the things some people complain about! Your community mods will still work. Surely this is a minor issue that is far from an epic failure. Screaming at Asobo in capital letters is not going to do you any good - rather thank them for the regular free updates that you get.