August 2, 20205 yr Author 14 hours ago, Chock said: What I would be interested to see with all this stuff, is the option to have your aeroplane de-iced/anti-iced, and this be reflected in the sim, both visually and in the effect it has. Anti-icing is usually good for about an hour tops (varies on the conditions, but that's a reasonable average). De-icing is more 'of the moment'. Visually, anti-icing is inclined to give your aeroplane an ever-so-slightly greenish tinge which is very noticeable because the fluid is greenish/yellowish and and about the consistency of machine oil, so it sticks on surfaces quite readily. Anti-icing on the other hand, is usually mostly just hot water to literally melt the ice off an airframe, sometimes with a bit of other stuff in there as well as the water. and if the graphics engine of the sim can have ice appearing on your airframe, them it must be able to depict translucent green slime on there as well. 🙂 That would be a very useful add-on to use, if someone develops it. I had only one experience of de-icing (as a passenger, obviously), and it was interesting to see 😁 i9-11900K (5.3 GHz), 64 GB RAM (DDR4 3600), RTX 3070, 1 TB (M.2 SSD). Windows 10 Pro. Installed Sims: MSFS 2020.
August 2, 20205 yr 9 hours ago, MaVe64 said: In all, it looks much too dramatic in my opinion. I think maybe that they've just used artistic licence - speeding up or exaggerating the effect. There's usually some things in games or sims which are at least a little more dramatic for entertainment purposes. If icing happened at a realistic pace, maybe fewer people would get to experience it during a flight. I suppose that could be adjusted with a realism slider in an update if it doesn't already exist. OS: Win11 Home; Mobo: Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WiFi D4; CPU: Intel i5-12400 (Alder Lake) 4.4 GHzRAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 64Gb (4x16GB) 3600 MHz; GPU: MSI Radeon RX 5700XT [8GB] SSD: Corsair Force MP510 (for OS); 2x 1TB & 1x 2TB Sabrent Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 (one for sim, two for addons)HDD: Seagate 3TB (Data); Seagate 1TB (Programs), ASUS TUF Gaming VG32VQ1B Curved 31.5" monitor, 1440p, 38Mbs ethernet Fulcrum One Yoke, Honeycomb Bravo throttle, Thrustmaster Airbus TCA sidestick & throttle, Logitech Pro pedals, Xbox wireless gamepad (1st gen)
August 2, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, 109Sqn said: I think maybe that they've just used artistic licence - speeding up or exaggerating the effect. There's usually some things in games or sims which are at least a little more dramatic for entertainment purposes. If icing happened at a realistic pace, maybe fewer people would get to experience it during a flight. I suppose that could be adjusted with a realism slider in an update if it doesn't already exist. Yup, that was basically my impression too. I know some people might get their knickers in a twist over that, but the thing is new and it's supposed to be fun too and that is where a TPD such as HiFi Simulations could step in with a fancier and more complex implementation of all that stuff in a payware add-on. For most people, having to wait three hours until your airliner is where it might encounter icing so you can see an experience it, is a bit tedious. Edited August 2, 20205 yr by Chock Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
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