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Came across a video showing a fully customizable modular switch box. Looks like you can simply and quickly build your own toggle buttons, rotary dials, push button, sliders, and even analog joystick modules. Pretty interesting concept. I'm wondering if anyone here tried it yet in Avsim, and curious whether it plays nicely with MSFS' control bindings for general aviation and commercial aircraft. The possibilities seem endless in MSFS especially in VR where every extra control really counts.

I took this picture way back when we took the kids to Florida. There was a fire engine truck following the shuttle. Our guide said, out of the BILLIONS of people on Earth, only a handful ever got this close to the Space Shuttle just three hours after it returned to Earth from orbit. Someone said this was the only time he’d been this close to the shuttle as well, even after about 25 years of being around the launch pad.

I wouldn't know if you've seen these but in case you haven't checkout Nordheim Missions too. They also cover canyons, the Alps, and other rivers too. Adventure World Rivers I-IV · Unofficial MSFS Marketplace Browser

I agree. Probably not, but everyone has a boss (including the Pope) and sooner or later one has to take orders directly or indirectly from a boss. In this case, I meant Microsoft’s shareholders as the boss, the stakeholders whose influence motivated and encouraged management to expand the game to Xbox and PlayStation platforms. They're expanding MSFS, not just to create more pilots or the hobby, but also to sell more games, the digital twin earth, and more profits.

Hopefully something eventually steps up to replace WAMA. A lot of longtime simmers have hangars full of aircraft bought during sales, flew once, and then parked forever — so there’s definitely a niche for a proper aircraft‑tracking tool. It’s the same pattern we’ve seen for decades: throw a discount at simmers and they'll buy addons they had no business buying in the first place. A tool that lets simmers park them, admire them, and show off their ‘investment portfolio’ absolutely has a market in my opinion. 🙂 Steam industrialized what we were already doing back in small scale since the FS2004 days. It’s the same psychology that keeps Steam in business... Steam Sales Strategy: Billions In Revenue & Gamer Growth "Erik Johnson, Valve’s project management lead, helped develop the framework for these dynamic pricing models. The company discovered that deep discounts could actually increase overall revenue by reaching price-sensitive customers who would never purchase at full price. This counterintuitive approach proved that volume could compensate for reduced margins in digital distribution."

The people who pay him his monthly salary might think otherwise.

E for Everyone is a very loose term nowadays. Back in the 1950's married couples couldn't be shown sleeping in the same bed in movies (no, I'm not ancient. I just saw a black and white movie where a married couple slept in two twin beds). Nowadays, porn is everywhere.

With all the recent MSFS 2020 and 2024 updates as of April 2026, is there any chance WAMA might get updated to work again? And on Microsoft’s end, what would they actually need to do to make WAMA possible?

Microsoft needs this: Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator - Wikipedia "Combat Flight Simulator was a commercial success.[2] It was the United States' 19th-best-selling computer game during the first half of 1999,[3] and totaled 260,708 sales and $10.8 million revenues in the country by that October.[4] The game's defeat of its direct competitor, Jane's WWII Fighters, contributed to the end of Electronic Arts' Jane's Combat Simulations brand.[4][5] Global sales surpassed 450,000 copies by June 2000.[2]" --- EDIT: ...and this... Crimson Skies - Wikipedia --- ...and expand vertically into new markets that have a common theme... flight and flying.

Done this? Colorado High Country Bush Trip (Long) - User Content for MSFS | Flightsim.to ... and...

How do I bind keyboard shortcut keys in MSFS 2024 to start and stop recording?

See cut-n-paste below from: Xtreme Prototypes Gates Lear 25 - Discussion Hub / Aircraft - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums --snip, snip-- "More info from one of the real-life pilots, “Padilha”, helping in the development of the plane can be found in YouTube. Search for “Padilha” and “Xtreme Prototypes”. It’s in Portuguese but you can auto translate to English. Here’s an excerpt from one of his post in the YouTube video: ”…So far, the main thing we have solved is: Longer takeoff and landing distances Higher fuel consumption Higher take-off speeds Higher landing speeds Higher approach speed Readjusted drag on all flap positions Attitude to corrected approaches Reduced brake effectiveness Reduced reverse effectiveness Fixed spoiler effectiveness Changed the reaction of the aircraft when the spoiler is being used in flight Readjusted lift in all flap positions Easier to stall the plane (even unintentionally) Increased fidelity to the aircraft’s actual performance tables Aircraft no longer accelerates during taxi with the engine idle New altimeter system (same as the real plane) New animation on the joystick (same as the real plane) Various bug fixes in general Autopilot is currently underway New rudder animation (it was different from the pedal) Anyway, you can see that there are lots and lots of different things. The plane is already infinitely better than the launch version…” — @French28Pilot @padilha-2160 it will contain all gps such as pms gtn 750 and even tds gtn 750 nxi please? Thanks sir **Reply: ** @padilha-2160 2 months ago @French28Pilot Yep @French28Pilot Yep" --snip, snip--

I installed the mod in Xtreme Prototypes' Learjet 25D running in MSFS 2024 and WIndows 10 using the payware version of PMS50 (I don't know if the mod will work on the free version). Mod source: PMS50 GTN GPS Replacements for Older Eyes - Paint Jobs for MSFS | Flightsim.to

The option to save during a flight was incredibly useful in MSFS 2020. I hope it makes a comeback or gets restored in MSFS 2024.

Maybe I should add a tail dragger category: Van's RV14/14A (which include a trike variant).

Makes sense. Also, I'm all for adding a floatplanes category since that expands the list to 14 instead of unlucky 13. Call me superstitious. Lol.

I'm wondering what criteria others would use if they were to create their own "well-rounded" line-up of MSFS aircraft add-ons. Having learned my lesson from buying a LOT of add-ons from other flight simulators I'd buy only payware non-military aircraft for MSFS that I will actually use. 1. Just Flight P-28 - old single prop 2. Flysimware C414 - old twin prop 3. Black Square TBM 850 - newer single prop analog cockpit 4. FSReborn FSR500 - newer single prop glass cockpit 5. Black Square Duke - twin prop piston 6. Black Square Turbine Duke - twin prop turbine 7. Just Flight F27 - analog cockpit airliner 8. PMDG 800 - glass cockpit airliner 9. Xtreme Prototypes Learjet - analog cockpit business jet 10. FlightFX Citation X - glass cockpit business jet 11. Parallel 42 Freedom Fox - bush plane 12. Ant's Drifter - ultra light plane EDIT: For light business jets: FlightFX Honda Jet or Cockspur Phenom 100.

Config changes I made to the app above which some may prefer: And the code for the above: [Main] ; Text size in px or em TextSize=0.8em ;========================================================== [TextInfo.1] TextColor.1=255,255,0 TextColor.2=255,255,0 BackGroundColor.1=0,0,0,128 BackGroundColor.2=0,0,0,32 Airspeed=1,1 TrueAirspeed=1,2 Altitude=1,3 Heading=1,4 FrameRate=2,1 SimulationRate=2,2 WindDirectionAndSpeed=2,3

Additionally, nose wheel steering is not implemented well in the sim eg. a keyboard shortcut for steer lock is not available.

Thank you.

New error on a relatively newish PC (Windows 11 Home build 26200, 9800X3D and RTX 5080). It was fine the last time I launched MSFS a month ago. Rebooting the PC and launching MSFS several times after some kind of an update results in the error below. As a result I can't use MSFS 2024. Clicking on the link takes me to this page Fix gaming issues with the Xbox app for PC and handhelds | Xbox Support. The link provides a "kitchen-sink" type list of more than a dozen(!) fixes which really doesn't help me. I'm hoping for a quick fix since nothing has changed in the PC since MSFS 2024 last successful launched without any error. Thank you.

Thanks. It doesn’t feel like hell. It is hell when the next leg you miss has another 4 hour layover wait for the next flight. But hey, what can one do… just go with the flow right and make do with the extra time.

… and prevailing winds in an Airbus 350-900 flight PR105 at KSFO.? No fun being in a plane full of passengers at about 1 am while sitting delayed for hours in the first leg of an almost 29 hours still ahead of me. 😞

If my current laptop which is below minimum specs for MSFS work with MSFS, I'm betting these new models will work with MSFS too.