When I come to avsim now a pop up (or whatever you call it) comes up asking me if I want to opt out of things. The title of the pop up is "AVSIM - Do Not Process My Personal Information". First, why am I getting this? and second, I cannot change any of the options in the opt out survey. And I get this survey thing EVERY TIME I COME TO AVSIM NOW! Can I only do it once?

  Miss that.

Thanks

Jim

CYWG

As X-Plane natively runs in MAC and Linux, and MSFS can run under Linux using Proton, the OS for sim flyer is not limited to windows anymore.

For example, I'd like to migrate to Linux, however I don't know if P3D could run under it, where I could find such information? A dedicated Linux forum might be really helpful. While I don't use MAC, a MAC forum might also include Apple silicon hardware related issue.

And while I use win7 until last year, which is very long after EOS, I don't think it's really needed to keep that forum as both win7 and 8 forum have no active for years. I'd suggest combine win7 and win8 forum, and maybe win10 forum later to a "Legacy windows OS Forum"  and let Win11/12 be "Current Windows OS". Or maybe just as P3D and MSFS forum, use the tag on one windows forum?

To sum up, I'd like to have current 4 subforums of win7/8/10/11 be change to these 4 subforums:

Current Windows OS

Legacy Windows OS

Linux OS (maybe include android?)

MAC OS / Apple silicon Hardware

While acknowledging that we are in an unusual period - with the recent introduction of MSFS2024 and the understandably disproportionate level of users seeking solutions to the difficulties they are encountering while climbing up a very steep learning curve - nevertheless, I would suggest that the logic for having two subforums remains the same beyond that peak.

1.  Microsoft, flight sim developers and users rely on community self-help  As with the MS Windows Help system, it is generally other users who are the mainstay to solving technical and operational queries and difficulties.  Flight Simulation always has had, and probably will always have, a significant mix of technical and procedural challenges - and the speed in which this sector has been able to move from being a very specialist area to now having general public accessibility is remarkable.  And that speed is significantly due to the strength of this approach.

2. For Flight Simulation, AVSIM is unarguably one of the best examples of this  It is, in my view, exceptional.  There are VERY few pc technical or flight-related issues where someone on the forum will not have the knowledge and willingness to help.  

3.  Flight Sims are complicated!  To get them working efficiently, it needs a mix of pc-program related, software related, hardware related and flying related skills.  Most us will need help at some stage to get the best, and most satisfaction, out of this hobby - and particularly just to get started in the first place.

4.  MSFS2020 and MSFS2024 have fundamentally different technical approaches and PC infrastructure needs  They both need a beefy CPU and GPU.  But, while decent streaming is always useful, you can - and many folks do - run MSFS2020 with an unreliable or slow internet connection.  MSFS2024 relies on fast and reliable internet.  I'm in the UK - and even here, 'fast and reliable internet' is something you seek to get, but don't necessarily expect to get.  There are many countries around the world where this will be even more the case.  And so...

5. ...I think MSFS2020 and MSFS2024 will probably co-exist for a long time   I think that 2020 to 2024 will, indeed, become a logical upgrade path for those who have the technology infrastructure - but I think that there will be a large market remaining within those who don't

6.  The number of issues for MSFS2024 will reduce - but will always be high  - in exactly the same way that MSFS2020 still has a significant level of new posts.  Even after the dust as settled (as it did also with MSFS2020 after the first year) THESE ARE COMPLICATED SIMULATORS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF NEW USERS, TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGE.  

7.  Seeing the wood for the trees   As I said early on, the exceptionally high level of MSFS2024 posts, presently, is at an artificial high and, without consistent tagging and filtering facilities of those tags, it is - certainly for myself at the moment - unusable to quickly browse and spot a topic where I could offer suggestions to other users on topics I have experience of, or spot a topic where I also am facing the same difficulty.  I think the first topic that had any relevance to me this morning was Page26.    But, even once the dust has settled, there will continue to be significant levels of query and folks seeking help on both Simulators.

I hope that the above makes sense and, with thanks for their time taken to read this - and for presiding over such a splendid forum - I hope that the Administrators will reconsider their decision.

AJR

IMO we really need separate forums for FS 2020 and FS2024. Now their shared forum here is full of posts about 24 and there are alot of us flying with 2020.

Would you please consider to arrange them separately.

to invest any hard cash in flight simulation due to 'trying to hit a moving target':,

The only flight simulator I ever had on my first 386 SX computer with  Windows 3.1 was a Dos-based sim on a floppy disk. I can't remember the name but I think it was

based in Bristol and you could fly under a red suspension bridge if I remember correctly.

Then MSFS.came along and I soon discovered that I would need an unaffordably expensive PC to go with it. I also realised that you needed a fair amount of

computer skills to set it up and to keep it running properly as updates came along and computer hardware upgrades were also needed to keep up with the

software improvements. 

Hence the remark about 'moving targets' - there never seemed to a a right time to invest. Running a domestic flight simulator seemed to be a solitary hobby,

forking out for upgrades without local help.to make them work.

One of my worries was having to keep spending more and more cash on this hobby - if I had decided to become a pianist for example. it would have a one off

payment for a piano to set myself up for life,

So I never did take the plunge and become a flight simmer in all the intervening years to date and an irony is that in those intervening years I learned to fly

and got my Private Pilots Licence!.

Now I see MSFS has been established on XBOX.

No doubt long-establised simmers will not give it much consideration, but it sounds ideal for me, sort of plug and play?

In the short term, I would be able to just get on with enjoying the "game" just like switching on the TV and changing a few buttons on the remote.

As I said at the beginning, I am always browsing PC Pilot  for help in getting started, even at XBOX level,  but the content seems to be all about preaching to the converted.

How the hobby is going to attract new blood when there is so little guidance for a beginner on the bookshelves I have no idea.

It is too late for me to start thinking about multi-screen cockpit layouts now, as I am in my mid eighties now but I would consider dying while trying to land a Cessna 152 

sitting in my armchair.

Brianivor

The sign-in is hidden behind the ad and I can't scroll to it to press it. Any advice?

Thanks

The easiest way to service the ever-dwindling number of P3D users would be relax the posting standards in the P3D forum. I think this is already happening some. In other words, P3D users should have the blessing to address all P3D issues in the P3D forum. If the P3D user base is insignificant and actuarial table-challenged, I don't see why this would cause congestion. Something like a CTD might have completely different causes and resolutions between P3D and MSFS 2020. With nearly no new products being developed for P3D (nearly everyone having switched) reviews of anything that did happen to come out for P3D could be placed in the P3D forum. Again, this would not cause undue traffic or confusion since they would be so rare.

I don't think AVSIM should have to reconfigure its boards to accommodate P3D users. I think that P3D should be simply treated the same as X-Plane and be a safe space for P3D users to discuss everything concerning their platform. (Yes, I know there are non-binary users who enjoy both P3D and MSFS, but that doesn't change the argument.)

Happy New Year and God Bless Us One and All

Was wondering if it was possible to have more reacts? On Avsim theres only two available for a comment:

From another flight sim forum:

Its handy to see the range of reacts to a comment which helps convey the vibe of it like on social media platforms (funny / confused / sad / upvote / excellent comment! / love)

Again, I know - not the end of the world if they arent present but I was just wondering. Thank you!

I'd be interested in knowing if anybody would like to have the option to download RAF Brüggen from the AVSIM download site. RAF Brüggen is close to release but as yet I have no answer of the AVSIM team to do so.

Any feedback is much appreciated.

I think it is in poor taste for a child to make fun of another child's favorite toys. It's one thing to discuss one's own toys, but why criticize something that's not to your taste, but that is bringing someone else enjoyment? None of this is really so serious to risk controversy and hurt feelings, is it? If we have not learned that much perspective this year, I don't know what we can learn. Again, if you have a product and use it, talk about it however you wish. I have P3Dv5.1 HF1, and I use it, so I enjoy reading about what's good and what improvements me might expect, or are disappointed not to find yet, and how to get the most out of it. I also have MSFS2020, which I don't use so much right now, because I happen to pretend I'm an airline captain and there's just not much opportunity for me there. It is pretty amazing, though and there are many who enjoy it as it is and that's fine. It's true that MSFS2020 came as a tsunami and changed the landscape of flight simulation overnight. This, along with the challenges LM has thrown at developers and users raise questions about the future of our hobby. These are legitimate issues. Both platforms are clearly works in progress. But I think there's good reason to suppose both are going to be around for some time to come and continue to improve. Market forces will determine what's available for each, and I don't think anyone--anyone, no matter how highly placed in what I suppose could be called "the industry" with a straight face--can predict the future.

There are always going to be currents of opinion, and some are so ancient that they will continue along their channels no matter what. Learning to navigate those skillfully makes for a better experience for everyone. I'm not trying to chill speech here. And defending murderers for a living gives you a pretty thick skin and, I'll admit, a penchant for defense, rather than prosecution. Of course, anyone may say what they like. I'm not the arbiter of good taste or a moderator. (A job I don't envy.). All I can do is provide my own perspective, which is this: be considerate to others and respect what brings them enjoyment. If the only comment you can make is a drive-by criticism, maybe stop and think for five seconds before you hit the send button. This is a game for almost all of us (and the few devs who post, for whom it is also a business, are a pretty careful lot).

I like my toys. You like yours. There's room for everybody. Let's play nice.

Here are two seasonal movies I recommend that you won't have heard of. You might enjoy them, which would make me happy. Bachelor Mother with Ginger Rogers (of course) and David Niven, and Return of the Cat People, by the amazing and forgotten Val Lewton, who made wonderful movies the studio burdened with horrible titles. (I Walked with a Zombie is an even worse title; a good movie, but perhaps for a different season.) And if you enjoy It's a Wonderful Life, that's fine with me. I won't say a word.

Tim Capps

I hope this is the right place to mention this, but since MSFS2020 has been showing up in the daily new file list email, fs2004 new files seem to be dropped from the email.  I went and looked and there are still files being uploaded to the section but I'm not seeing them in the daily email.

Thanks,

Sean Roe

I am seeing more and more of this occurrence recently. I am viewing AVSIM on my PC and not a mobile device so I can rapidly scroll down pas the post, but still, it would be nice not to have to do that on a frequent basis.

It would save the mods a bit of time I think not having to edit lengthy requotes...

Thanks.

My eyes aren't what they use to be and my fat fingers will sometimes hit the wrong key. Not only does Grammarly help me catch typos but is also provides feedback on tone. The tone checking helps me in writing to make sure that my intended positive comments actually sound positive. Why you would want to block an application that helps people sound more pleasant?

Grammarly states it has access, but for some reason all of its features are disabled in your WYSIWYG interface. 

Thank you,

I refer to the Avsim T's & C's..

» BETA Testers: If you agree to be a BETA Tester for a commercial entity, your status and use of AVSIM changes. You are not permitted to post images of the product you are BETA testing. You are not permitted to reveal or communicate details of the product you are testing. You are not permitted to be a "proxy" for the commercial vendor. Only after it has been publicly announced that BETA testing is over AND an imminent release date for the product has been announced, can you post images, discuss the product and answer questions from other users. BETA Testers who post material for a product that is not to be released in a week or two from their post will be considered as a violation of our commercial advertising policies.

Does this rule also refer to Alpha Testers, or do the moderators differentiate between Alpha & Beta discussions.? Your moderators seem to be condoning breaches of the rule.

If there is such differentiation, is this not against the spirit of the T's & C's of Avsim? 

I hope that I am not breaching Avsim's Freedom of Speach T's & C's by asking this question and I look forward to your response.

Jim

CYWG

I can not find a list of my uploads. The only way I know is to search the library. Like other forums on the web, it would be nice to have in the account all the info about my loads, IDs included.

I uploaded a pack with error. I had to write to lib mngr, he asked for info I do not know how to get, I had to write him back asking for help how to answer him, etc... There must be a better way.

Thank you,

Florin.

I read a view recent reviews, like the one of the Xtreme Prototype GLJ 25, but none of the pictures are showing.
If you change the following path in the page source, they will show up:

https://www.avsim.com/uploads/pages_media
to
https://www.avsim.com/files/forum/pages_media