Andrew2448

PMDG forum rules, item #8. Oh the irony.

Another patch now out. Very impressive update rate thus far. Minor Update 1.0.21.EA Fix for multitude of "connecting to sim" errors. More work on eliminating bad or hard to understand Basic Voice Model accents. Fix for the ILS vector error seen in 320 Sim Pilot's Video today Multiple fixes for UK/EU center names. Fix for late descents causing the pilot to be too high on their approach. Fix for looping "Negative, AltimeterXX.XXX" error. Updated list of VAs

That's a pretty rich statement to be making given that he doesn't have access to other dev's internal code. I would take this with a grain of salt, at least the point referring to other aircraft not under his control.

These are the official patch notes from the first beta. It's unclear whether "more accurate ground contact model" is only applied to C172 and Cabri or whether that only applies to the "new soft gears". Also unclear what exactly the difference is between those two items, if there even if one or if they are one and the same. Given that this is the last sim update until after 2024 release I would not expect any further default planes to be modified.

Requires implementation by devs on every individual plane. Very few actually have it implemented, the only ones I know of for sure are the C172 and the inibuilds A300. So you probably aren't going to get a lot of info on this at this point.

Same thing should work in an Airbus I believe, you just have to engage the manual brakes hard enough to exceed the current autobrake pressure. So your tap may not be registering enough brake pressure to disengage the autobrakes.

It's very clear and they have stated this today that what's holding the release up is the new navdata and datalink capabilities. The new navdata format has taken them something like 7+ years and is a gigantic coding change in the background, affects practically everything in the FMC. I'm not surprised that testing is dragging out on that particular portion. They should have known better to not give the 2 week-2 month statement knowing that that huge piece was not done yet.

He really has a knack for digging himself in a hole with comments like this. Obviously this is just going to annoy people if you say things like that and then keep hiding it for months on end. Why even say it? Lol. No, you said we are "within two months now, as a firm thing" as a direct quote.To say that again now at the end of those two months is pretty insulting.

Until beta testers are allowed to show this I can't help but feel like we are still weeks away. The 737 facebook pictures were within like the last day or two and there's no way I can see that repeating here.

Ah ok good to know, thanks. No hate or anything, it's good to have someone knowledgeable around here about various options and appreciate your willingness to share with us.

Personally I don't think devs should just get to reserve a plane and then not release anything for years afterwards. More competition in this space would do wonders for the userbase. I don't have any desire for this plane in particular but it can be frustrating if other devs are scared off from trying to work and release something because someone else might do it down the road at a part-time pace. I.e. if this idea was followed on every aircraft model, the Fenix A320 wouldn't even exist because FSLabs said they're "working" on it. I think most would agree the introduction of Fenix into this space has been a huge benefit to customers. Unfortunately, the A320 family seems to be the only place anybody has been willing to fight for market share at this point.

Yeah this thing is not releasing on May 7th if another build is still needed.

Kevin just a question of curiosity here. Under your name it says VoxATC user, in your signature it says VoxATC beta tester, but I often feel as you are speaking around here as if you are the actual primary dev of this project but it's not clear. Could you clarify your role in relation to VoxATC? Seems devs around here usually have a yellow highlight on their posts but you sure seem to know a lot about it and seem to act as an official spokesperson so just wondering.

Boy I certainly hope not. If true, that would mean either 1) More delays to SU15 release or 2) They release it like this and PMDG delays the 777 even more because they are forced to move their devs back to fixing 737 issues on Xbox for the thousandth time.

It appears this thing is not as close to release as the poll might have made you think. From discord. A good number of weeks to go at minimum. "Hi everyone, just a little update. Beta is moving ahead by leaps and bounds. We're currently working to identify and fix large showstopper bugs that once addressed will help with the overall stability and quality of the BATC experience. Once these bugs are fixed, we'll enter into a "lockdown" state where we will stop adding any new features and take a couple weeks to finish fixing any bugs that arise. Keep in mind with a product of this immense complexity, there's no way to ever address all bugs or issues, but we will work to make sure as many as we can are fixed before launching. No time frame is yet to be announced, as we do not want to be beholden to a date that can force us to release a product that isn't as ready as it can be. We'll have more information as it comes!"