"""""""""multi"""""""""sim only wants our good, which is obviously everyone to stop using P3D in favour of MSFS 😂

Does Asobo have a pay per user program or something where they pay a certain percentage off their sales to people for convincing people to ditch their sims and jump into MSFS.

16 hours ago, Multisim said:

Did you read the first page of this very forum lately? We see topics about OOMs, CTDs, bad FPS, gpu driver issues, stucked loading, various bugs.  Everything I said. In fact, that's pretty much the only topics we see here these days. All of them including the mandatory MSFS bashing of course.

 

Oh yes. And to make sure, I just re-read it. This stuck out 

"It's been half a year since 5.3 came out..."

And it's still enjoyable... solid performance, nice visuals, and few surprises.  Hard to beat!"

Perhaps you should look again, there is very little about the problems you mention.

I don't really think mr. Multisim has been a guest on Lockheed Martin's P3D forums.

He refers to OOMs and bad FPS, in many cases caused by the user simply not reading and heeding the minimum system requirements. We see that time and time again there. Then there are GPU driver issues - NOT a L-M problem! And so on and so forth.... plus, of course, the user has to be reasonably responsive and actually attempt the solutions proposed.

Just my 5 cents....

Jorgen

5 hours ago, Nocturnal said:

Does Asobo have a pay per user program or something where they pay a certain percentage off their sales to people for convincing people to ditch their sims and jump into MSFS.

Despite 'joining the dark side' and exclusively using that 'other sim', I believe every flight sim platform has its plus and minus points. No-one should be criticised for having an opinion that their preferred sim is the best one for their own use case.
I have thought (and previously said) that some of the accounts that have been created since 2020 here on the Avsim forums, and who are posting in a very partisan way, are linked to the success of other flight sims, IMO. There are three accounts that I strongly suspect of being incentivised by / are linked to the platform developers.

Then there are the just the usual ****posters who like to stir trouble on any of the other sub-forums, playing the 'my-sim-is-better-than-your-sim' nonsense.

 

2 hours ago, IanHarrison said:

And it's still enjoyable... solid performance, nice visuals, and few surprises.  Hard to beat!"

Perhaps you should look again, there is very little about the problems you mention.

Indeed. Although LM are slow in advancing its features, it is a solid platform that has given me 5 years of flight simming enjoyment.
If v5.4 arrives with some interesting new additions, I'll try and fix my P3D. There are several add-on aircraft and a number of add-on destinations that I miss using in P3D.

10 hours ago, Nocturnal said:

Does Asobo have a pay per user program or something where they pay a certain percentage off their sales to people for convincing people to ditch their sims and jump into MSFS.

Lol don't think so, but there are some in all forums who are purely there for "my sim is better than your sim" or even worse "my sim is better than your game".

G

On 7/4/2022 at 12:32 PM, F737MAX said:

I have thought (and previously said) that some of the accounts that have been created since 2020 here on the Avsim forums, and who are posting in a very partisan way, are linked to the success of other flight sims, IMO. There are three accounts that I strongly suspect of being incentivised by / are linked to the platform developers.

There are a couple of accounts that...could be as you say.  I have never thought of that before, but it's possible.   Anyway, I've had a couple of users on ignore since...pretty soon after August 2020, and it's sad to think in 20 years here I never had to put anyone on ignore until then.  I wonder if it is a violation of the AVSIM ToS to post continual, willful misinformation about simulators...no matter which sim it is.  Some of them do that.  All the time.  With zero moderator action.

To them, it is not possible for someone to fly more than one simulator.

But I figured out a long time ago, if the moderators will not do anything about it, I can at least put them on ignore.  In fairness to the moderators, sometimes it's difficult to determine what is misinformation or falsehood, and what isn't, and it could be that there's no prohibition against posting up false stuff.  It is also possible these posters post as they do out of lack of knowledge.  After all, if you don't fly something, you're not in a good position to make fact-based statements about it.  Then it just comes down to good judgment and tact.

5 hours ago, Mace said:

After all, if you don't fly something, you're not in a good position to make fact-based statements about it.

Oh, but some manage to spread misinformation on a product they've been using for years.

5 hours ago, d.tsakiris said:

Oh, but some manage to spread misinformation on a product they've been using for years.

And to be fair some here have spread misinformation on a product they've never tried... It's gone both ways.  

Regarding the thread title. To be exact today ,

It is half a year since P3D 5.3 HF2 came out

What should we think about that ?

1 hour ago, jfri said:

Regarding the thread title. To be exact today ,

It is half a year since P3D 5.3 HF2 came out

What should we think about that ?

The updates have certainly slowed down, 2.3 years since v5 arrived, on the old frequency we would be headed for v6 release now not waiting for another point release. I really hope LM can make the truesky implementation at least on par with what the legacy environment could produce (dynamic wx areas) but I am not expecting much tbh and have sort of lost faith in the team now. 

Been a supporter since v1, as soon as SimAvionics move over to MSFS I will leave the P3d platform for good. 

1 hour ago, jfri said:

Regarding the thread title. To be exact today ,

It is half a year since P3D 5.3 HF2 came out

What should we think about that ?

Nothing to think about.  P3dv5.3 HF2 has been extremely stable so there isn't a lot that needs fixing.  I've logged over a thousand hours on it at real-time without a crash.  I can't asked for much more than that.  🙂

Bode

2 hours ago, jfri said:

Regarding the thread title. To be exact today ,

It is half a year since P3D 5.3 HF2 came out

What should we think about that ?

Given the state of the market my thoughts are either they are working hard to make 5.4 the biggest and most stable point release in P3D history or they've fully committed to the 6.0 development branch and rolled all the features beta testers were trialing for 5.x into that. 

44 minutes ago, BlueStar said:

Nothing to think about.  P3dv5.3 HF2 has been extremely stable so there isn't a lot that needs fixing.  I've logged over a thousand hours on it at real-time without a crash.  I can't asked for much more than that.  🙂

Bode

Yes it is very stable, but it can be better. Truesky still needs work with cloud layers and types, night lighting and texturing still need optimizing and VRAM management can still use work. (I tested PMDG, LatinVR-ORBX-Flytampa sceneries, AIG models and live weather, day night between P3D 5.3 and MSFS) The reality is, the other platforms are pushing innovation, Xplane, MSFS, heck, even Infinite Flight is pushing forward. I am grateful LM kept innovating the ESP engine for us to enjoy these last 10 years (I've used 2.5 to 5.3) even though we aren't the target demographic. However the silence on their forums and one of their beta testers, a prominent in the community, not just stepping away from flight sim but selling his gear does not give me much hope for their direction.  Either way I still keep a look out on the forums because I'd love to see what 5.4 would offer. If not, well that's the nature of life and I'll continue with the other platforms as my favorites continue to release for them. Either way, let's all enjoying flying these virtual planes and having these great chats with each other. Cheers!

4 hours ago, BlueStar said:

Nothing to think about.  P3dv5.3 HF2 has been extremely stable so there isn't a lot that needs fixing.  I've logged over a thousand hours on it at real-time without a crash.  I can't asked for much more than that.  🙂

Bode

My experience is very different. For me P3D is less stable and has less performance than MSFS. And there seem to be big issues with AA. At some airport it is a flickering mess.

Any hints whether LM currently continues any further development of the platform or not? A patch or a brand new version - does not matter.