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    NZMF - The Jewel in the Crown

    in Community Screenshots

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    Have you also seen the keas flying around, another nice touch with this scenery.   Not sure if an actual bird strike is possible in MSFS 2020  but there are certainly a few keas flying around the airstrip.

     

    Another fantastic scenery add-on from NZA.  Big thumbs up for this one.

     

    Jerry

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    What is possible ?

    in General Discussion

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    If there are any developers reading this perhaps they can solve a question.  I see new add-ons now with 4K or even 8K textures and also things like PBR. I am wondering what the maximum possible is for MSFS2020, once computers catch up.  How much more is possible with MSFS2020 in terms of resolution ?
     

    Jerry

    Brussels Airport - EBBR

    in Community Screenshots

    Posted

    Surprising that some of the ground textures, especially the roads and road markings, are so poor.  Blurred textures in some of the screenshots.  Given that the other textures are much sharper, I wonder why the roads and road markings are so much lower quality.

     

     

    Jerry

    A New Record - LPMA Madeira Airport.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I was surprised that AmSim never replied to the support ticket which I raised with them.  That says a lot to me.   Orbx on the other hand were very good with their replies and their help.   Now that people using MSFS 2020 are used to the quality levels of airports such as the newer ones from Orbx, then I guess a lot of people will be surprised and also very disappointed with the AmSim LPMA add-on.    It is just not in the same league as other MSFS 2020 airport add-ons.   Lots of information and photos on the internet but it appears that AmSim ignored a lot of the information out there.    There are even some freeware add-ons (not for LPMA)  which are streets ahead of this add-on from AmSim.  

     

    This is one product that I hope gets pulled from the Orbx direct marketplace soon. 

     

    Jerry

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    A New Record - LPMA Madeira Airport.

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by happytraveller
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    A new record today....first time ever that I have installed and also uninstalled an add-on in the same day.   After initial problems to install the new Madeira airport (LPMA) which I purchased yesterday, I discovered that the quality of this add-on is unbelievable low.    At first I thought that the developers might have ported over a FSX version of the airport, but now that I have tried it out more then it looks more like FS2004 (remember that ?).  Building textures are terrible and there are so many mistakes around the airport, such as large patch of trees and plants on one end of the apron.  Not only that but the buildings immediately outside the airport (near to the runway) look terrible, and concrete walls on the side of the runway are way out of proportion.

     

    I find it hard to accept that a developer can release an add-on of this low quality for MSFS 2020.    We know that FAR better quality is possible, not this cartoon-looking rendering which has just been released.  If you are used to the high quality of developers like Orbx then this new add on for Madeira Airport from AMSim will come as a shock.   And not a good one either.

     

    Definitely NOT 'as real as it gets'.   Deleted it already as a bad purchase.

     

    Jerry

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    Madeira Funchal LPMA AMSim

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

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    Hi NIck,

    Thanks for your reply, I did not expect a reply over the weekend !      Installing now from Orbx Central and it seems to be working.   I will remember in future not to download from the link from Orbx direct.   I guess that a few others will fall into the same trap.

    Thanks for your help, off to try a flight now.

    Jerry

    Madeira Funchal LPMA AMSim

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

    Posted

    Yes, already submitted a ticket to Orbx as well as AMSim.   If you look at my second screenshot then you will see in the left box where is says about installing it into FTX Central.   The computer which I am using now has only ever had MSFS 2020 on it, never FSX/P3D.

     

    Having visited LPMA so many times I was looking forward to trying the curved approach, but no to be.

     

    Jerry

    Madeira Funchal LPMA AMSim

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

    Posted

    Still unable to install LPMA Madeira Funchal which I purchased yesterday from AMSim.   Just want to ask if anybody else is also having problems ?    It appears that the version which Orbx direct is trying to install is the FSX version (see the screenshot) and I keep getting a message saying that it is unable to install the airport into the selected simulator.  This would be logical if the version is FSX, although I purchased the MSFS2020 version.

     

    Interested to hear if anybody else has the same issue ?

     

    Jerry

     

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    Prices - aircraft

    in General Discussion

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    Is it just me or do other people also think that the prices for MSFS 2020 add-on aircraft are now getting expensive?     I can appreciate that there is more work involved in developing add-on aircraft for MSFS 2020 but I think that the prices for some aircraft (especially single engine propellor aircraft)   are getting expensive.    For a complex aircraft such as the CRJ 700 then is fine, but for 'simpler' aircraft it seems to be over the top.  

     

    But perhaps it is just me thinking this........The developers can charge what the market will bear....but some of the prices seem to me to be OTT,

     

    Jerry

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