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I actually do the same. No default airports. When you fly airliners, it reduces the amount of needed airports - and I got all (addons) I need (especially in Europe) with 2020. And yes, when you fly high, trees aren't that important, except for the 5min you fly low on TO and APPR. And I don't focus on trees then. This doesn't mean I don't want a decent scenery/graphics around me. It means more like: the benefits of 2024 vs. 2020 aren't that much with this kind of flying. So the benefits, staying with 2020, got more weight in the decision. Guys, this is no competition. Everybody did choose the sim he/she wanted. All is good. 🙂

I do get, that people want a first/third person view to walk out and around the plane. Not one of my first wishes with the sim, but alright. I get it. But as far as I've seen it: isn't the 'walk around mode' by itself pretty stuttery and notchy?

I'm actually not sure, if the "plague" we had with 2020 (mainly in the early months), has something to do with the simconnect issue. As the airports / scenery don't use simconnect (normally). So why should they disappear. They're already 'in sim'. Even at the time, this topic was discussed more frequently, I already wasn't sure if this is just one thing only or several issues with different causes and different outcomes that got mixed together (even by Asobo). Yes, the simconnect limit (and I'm also not sure, but believe it is still there, since nothing was changed with simconnect regarding 2020 vs. 2024) could be a problem. But I actually have the suspicion, that there's more - burried deep in the core of the sim. And no one had a look on it for many years.

Or: they could have gone out of EA but still update their product. Cause people would say: "See, they are out for a year now - and they still bring new updates to make BATC better." Which would look even better for them. 😉 (I guess that's kind of the 'Umberto-Style' - but he may has gone to far, regarding complexity with his product) But seriously: now, since the arrivals (vectoring etc.) are slowly getting better, I would say for the first time - at this stage, BATC could go on 'full release mode' soon. All future additions (VFR, shortcuts, more traffic awareness, more dynamic controlling with inflight changes, etc.) could be seen as the cream on the cake. And people will see the dedication behind the product. At the end, it's really just about naming...

Yes, I think you hit the point.

When BATC says "MSFS2024 only", I wonder why they don't do it for 2020 too? (as it seems to be possible)

Will be interesting next year to see if MS is announcing a FS2028. I'm not sure, since I can't see any groundbreaking new fidelity stuff, that would justify a new sim-number. On the other hand, 2024 wasn't that groundbreaking too. (ooohhh, I hear some people screaming behind their screens now 🙂) Of course 2024 was a complete rework, but mainly behind the scenes / in the back-office. But at the front desk? If you fly high, airliners on 35.000 feet (which is what I do), 2024 isn't much of a revelation - compared to 2020. Even the ground textures of 2020 where better than 2024 for some time (until MS decided to use 2024 textures for 2020 too). I understand people switching to 2024. Especially VFR flyers, low and slow. I think this is the area, where 2024 gets its points. But regarding airliner flying? Most of the planes (as someone said already) don't benefit from the more sophisticated flight modeling in 2024, default and 3rd party. Live weather - reliability and depiction - is as 'good' as 2020. And with 2020, you have - after the first 4 years of fiddeling - a totally stable sim now. I would start thinking about 2024, if something like the weather would be improved significantly. But for now, I stay with 2020, at least for this and the next year. Will there be a 2028? I guess the background rework leading to 2024 gave Asobo/MS much better options to 'upgrade' 2024 with new versions, without having to release a totally new sim again. On the other hand, MS wants to make (even more) money... So we'll see.

I don't like Gaya airports cause they do this object collision thingy with their buildings. So you can't do anything eye-candy regarding GSX profiles (passenger walkways etc.), cause people will float.

The Simwings EDDH isn't that bad.

LVFR LEMD also has jetway problems. If you use the stop position marked for your plane, many jetways aren't able to reach the aircraft. You have to set your stop position way forward.

As far as I know, stairs do only appear (when stairs are disabled), if GSX doesn't recognize that a jetway is available at that position. And that is often caused by a wrong/offset stop position - either by the pilot (stops at wrong point) or by the GSX profile (stop position is set wrong).

I don't see that coming. At least not in the near future. Maybe there will be separate versions for consoles at some time. But if the PC goes, many users will go. Expecially the hardcore ones, who buy many many addons.

I'm even not motivated to comment on this anymore... 😄😄😄

I wouldn't mind, if BATC will become a bit more strict at some time in the future. But right now, BATC is officially still in development. So one thing or the other - for example proper descent paths in all cases - still needs to be worked on. Until then, it is a good decision (and I think that's what it is) to have wider limits. Else you would get frustrated as a user.

Not with descent > alts. Thank god - until BATC is figuring this out and it works kind of reliable. But BATC monitors your route / lateral navigation and your alt during crz.