6 hours ago, Doug47 said:

 

Yeah, the other sims can keep their '1000+ add-ons'. I'll take this with NONE. 

Simply sensational. Beyond anything we've seen before and no doubt there are still more surprises on the way!

I agree, we all know that a fresh bare bones install of FSX or P3D, the FPS is massively higher. Then after all our addons are running along side our sim the FPS basically tanks, this must be one of the reasons MS can run MSFS at a higher FPS than other current sims while having fantastic visuals. I think we sort of forget that to get the impressive visuals we do in our current sims, we're basically running many programs rather just one.

Anyone knows what aircraft this Twin-turboprop in the middle is?   https://youtu.be/10P21oFOxAU?t=73

 

Edited February 21, 20206 yr by FDEdev

3 hours ago, Jim Young said:

If a member updates an airport, can he zip up the airport, add it to the AVSIM Library for anyone to download and try themselves?  Think it might be good to have a MSFS2020 Airport section in the Library.  We could have several variations from different members and members could download the one they really like.  We have a lot of talented members who could really show off their expertise and a great contribution to the community.

Jim

If the editing tools they are providing are as user friendly as one would expect from Asobo, I suggest AVSIM starts looking at significantly increasing its file storage capacity. There's likely to be a renaissance in member created mods.

3 hours ago, domkle said:

a new golden age of freeware and payware smallish airports development is dawning.

I hope someone makes a campfire and BBQ mod so bush flyers in multiplayer can have a fly-in and a chinwag over a beer and burger.

7 minutes ago, FDEdev said:

Anyone knows what aircraft this Twin-turboprop in the middle is?   https://youtu.be/10P21oFOxAU?t=73

 

Kind of hard to tell, but it looks a bit like an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia. 

4 hours ago, MatthewS said:

I suspect their implementation of sloped is simply a "flat" incline between the low and high runway elevation on the airport chart, rather than implementing undulating runways based on the underlying elevation mesh.

Courchevel is a custom airport, one of the 80 iconic airports they mention.   I'm talking about the other 36000+ airports worldwide, 99% of which have undulating (to some degree) runways/taxiways/aprons and that are not completely billiard table flat.

However the "prima facie" evidence displayed in video indicates they have failed to generically implement undulating runways/taxiways/aprons... Such a shame!

Xplane11 does a terrible job at depicting undulating runways, I'd much rather a more gently sloped runway that is still fairly true to the airport in real life and that is smooth to land and takeoff from.

1 hour ago, domkle said:

Undulations, shmundulations, now tell me about ruts and puddles

Don't forget the gopher holes and hibernating bear caves.

10 minutes ago, Chock said:

Kind of hard to tell, but it looks a bit like an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia. 

Way too small and the EMB 120 doesn't have a ventral fin. 

Edited February 21, 20206 yr by FDEdev

2 minutes ago, Bottle said:

Don't forget the gopher holes and hibernating bear caves.

Well we know there has to be bear caves if lionel can hear them snoring 

4 hours ago, domkle said:

You noted that the SDK will include a tool to place your own objects 😉 (8’ minutes mark).

I think that I'm going to have to learn how to do 3d modelling to a fairly high standard.

9 minutes ago, FDEdev said:

Way too small and wrong shape of the nose and cockpit. 

I know, which is why I said 'it looks a bit like one', and it'd be a bit of an obscure type to feature anyway, but i figured mentioning it might point someone toward identifying what it actually is. Of course it could be just a made up generic type although I doubt it given that they seem to be going for a lot of realism.

Edited February 21, 20206 yr by Chock

Just now, eaim said:

They do have a very large team, so you have to believe what they say is true.

they have 80 nice airports made in 3D. The 37,000 are 2D editing for the runway and taxi splines like shown in the video.

7 minutes ago, eaim said:

I think that I'm going to have to learn how to do 3d modelling to a fairly high standard.

My experience with Sketchup and P3D (made PNG huts, trees and grass))   : even if it is not up to the highest standard, it is fun and you feel good when landing into your airport.

Just now, eaim said:

I think that I'm going to have to learn how to do 3d modelling to a fairly high standard.

I'm offering private classes regarding 3D, Modeling and Plane Design

30 minutes ago, eaim said:

I agree, we all know that a fresh bare bones install of FSX or P3D, the FPS is massively higher. Then after all our addons are running along side our sim the FPS basically tanks, this must be one of the reasons MS can run MSFS at a higher FPS than other current sims while having fantastic visuals. I think we sort of forget that to get the impressive visuals we do in our current sims, we're basically running many programs rather just one.

Yup true, but I suspect that it'll be more a case of the new sim having been coded to use the GPU rather than the CPU for the visuals, which is of course the main reason why struggling for FPS has been an issue for years with preceding versions of Flight Simulator given that it was based on the idea that CPUs would get progressively more capable over the years, i.e. they basically bet on the wrong horse when they coded FS that way. That has typically been the reason why it has always compared poorly with the visuals in newer computer games, which of course were also written to harness the GPU.