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    Flying the new Trent Palmer FreedomFox

    in Community Videos

    Posted

    47 minutes ago, TigerTigerM said:

    It is out, & the Orbx description of 34.41MB when installed needs a tweak, - the Installer is 34.41MB, the installed aircraft is ??MB.

    Unfortunate to have been released after the Kodiak, as regards available $ budget for add-ons:banghead:

    TTM


    3.3Gb installed ( with just the 2 planes, and TP house scenery - no additional liveries or mods d/l )

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    Flying the new Trent Palmer FreedomFox

    in Community Videos

    Posted

    36 minutes ago, Dreamsofwings1 said:

     

    Yes it's not often you have to consider that the airstrip is actually someone's home! :lol:

     

    I guess as he was involved in flight testing the sim model he was more than happy to allow us all to land on his strip, lawn and pond!

     

    I thought same regarding the POIs and I can't help but think that since Parallel 42 also have the Skypark in their stable that this might be somehow brought in on the Skypad at some point maybe.  Would be a great tour!  Fingers crossed.

     

    I'm sure they had his permission to add the house ;)

     

    It'd be nice to have POIs with the plane/scenery as well.... Skypark could add a full tour ;)
    I found a couple of the spots just messing around - but it's challenging in game, since the detail and accuracy isn't quite there for doing improvised strips...

     

    @Dreamsofwings1 - nice review btw, I'm looking forward to the release...

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    Flying the new Trent Palmer FreedomFox

    in Community Videos

    Posted · Edited by ravenn22

    I was thinking about modeling his home airstrip last year as freeware, but decided it would be invasive and kinda creepy.... Interesting to see they're including it in the package. 

     

    It would be cool if they added POIs for all the local bush landing spots from his videos ;) 

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    MSFS and ATC

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    13 hours ago, Ken Q said:

    I've looked at VATSIM, and not been impressed.  Since their controllers are volunteers the coverage is spotty.  Also, as I understand it, they use their own set of radio frequencies.  PilotEdge gives 15 hours of ATC service 363 days a year (except Thanksgiving and Christmas). They use all real world radio frequencies, so you can look them up on any of the R/W utilities. If you need to pause a flight or leave for a brief period they are accommodating.  For longer flights in Class A airspace they will keep you occupied with the usual hand offs, within the coverage area. That area includes almost all of the western third of the US.  They also have excellent (and recommended) training programs.  In addition they offer some special flights/fly ins.  Among the best, and most popular is Oshkosh every summer.  They cooperate with the R/W Oshkosh controllers, and hundreds of SIM pilots fly the famous "Fisk Arrival" over s four day stretch. I've been a subscriber for about four years, and find it challenging and rewarding, and I've not even gotten into flying IFR on network yet. (Will do this winter).

     

    Ken

     

    Yeah, it sounds like something I would enjoy... on occasion. I'll definitely give Pilot Edge a try, since even though I'm working overseas West Coast is still home, and fly there in sim and IRL when I can ;)

    MSFS and ATC

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    29 minutes ago, Ken Q said:

    Try PilotEdge if you want a real, professional ATC experience, especially if you are flying around your California home turf.  A modest monthly charge, but in MHO worth it.

    Ken

     

     

    I probably will give both a try at some point - everything I hear about VatSim and the strict rules kinda turns me off. Sometimes you need to pause a flight, or do something else and getting banned because you have a life doesn't sound like my bag ;) 

    Frequently if I fly over 1.5 hours enroute, I'll just AP on and go do work, laundry or dishes - then come back for ToD.

    Need list of currently available Orbx Xbox products...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, John Heaton said:

    A little earlier - Ed told us that Orbx were working on something similar - and is certainly a need - because there are a few items - again as Ed said-

    are already available on Marketplace -which as far as I can make out are around 10% more than on Central - which at first I  thought that might

    be the sales tax - but then both advertise prices MUST include the tax in Australia. 

     

    (Unfortunately - when I get the X box - I have already purchased these items via Central):banghead:

     

    The assumption is - Orbx sells to MS - and MS add a margin

     

    Whatever the situation - Orbx should move heaven and earth to get their product onto a console that has sold almost 7 million despite the

    World Wide shortage:o

     

     

    Definitely... and my understanding from some devs, is the XBox limitations aren't that bad, so most sceneries could be compatible with some tweaking.

    I'd be curious about the 3rd parties with Orbx Central, since Orbx takes a percentage of their sales, and then if their airports get moved to Marketplace, where MS takes a similar percentage...  ?   Or Orbx would just move their 'native' products over, and the partners would be responsible for their own airports on Marketplace? ( which I think is more likely )

    Any news if the Milviz PC-6 is coming to Orbx Central?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The only MilViz plane for MSFS on Central is the Corsair. MilViz said a few weeks ago they hadn't decided about putting the Porter up yet, but they would announce it if they did.

    I was waiting to buy it from Orbx, but now I'll just wait to check out the free version from Asobo in a few weeks and see if it's worth going with the payware. I feel sorry for the other 3rd party developing a Porter...  coming after MilViz and a freebie from MS. 
     

    KAVX MSFS My first look.

    in Orbx Preview Announcements, Screenshots and Videos

    Posted

    20 hours ago, wolfko said:

     

    But only if you zoom in to an unrealisticly close level, like using a binocular.

    Otherwise the low res. ist not noticable.

    And IMO these photogrammetry LOD are a great way to provide a great, smooth performance.

     

    it depends on where, and server load - but usually for me - it looks bad most of the time. I much prefer geo for skyscrapers / skyline buildings since the developer controls the LOD and they don't look like melted pyramids at distance. Photogrammetry works better for lots of small, low buildings, IMO.

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    KAVX MSFS My first look.

    in Orbx Preview Announcements, Screenshots and Videos

    Posted

    On 10/1/2021 at 7:32 AM, glj said:


    Monterey and South Tahoe are exactly the two sceneries I'm waiting for.  Hopefully also Landmarks Northern California, Landmarks Southern California, Landmarks San Francisco and Landmarks Los Angeles. The default areas are missing important landmarks. For example, the Salesforce tower which is the tallest building in San Francisco, the very long San Mateo Bridge near the KSFO, and the huge Moss Landing Power Plant between Monterey and Santa Cruz in Northern California (in the P3d version).

     

    Yeah, a lot of the bridges in the Bay Area ( and LA ) could use some love.

    I personally think all the major cites should have real geo for the skyscrapers or anything that constitutes a skyline. I'm not a fan of the photogrammetry, but I think it works reasonably well for low buildings, like suburbs and smaller, dense city buildings. Anything that is seen from a distance should be proper geo, as the photogrammetry looks terrible when it LODs. 

    I'd love proper landmarks / cities for SF and LA.

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    Concerned About Direction Orbx is Heading

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    21 minutes ago, TigerTigerM said:

    There are some very creative people churning out freeware that can match payware, & it must be galling to have a team working on a payware airport for say 6 months & find someone has beaten you to the punch via releasing a good freeware version before the Orbx version comes on to the market.

     


    Sorta this - but also payware devs, new or established can look at the Orbx back catalog from XP and P3D and use that for their own roadmap - 'rush out' their own version of an airport that Orbx had proved would be popular.  I'd bought "the other version" of Vancouver and Key West, because I had no idea Orbx had a version in the works. Fortunately, it was a good dev, so I didn't waste my money, but I would have preferred to wait for the Orbx version, had I known. 

    I did put the brakes on buying KJAC because I wasn't Orbx, and obviously Orbx has a really good P3D version - so I'll wait and see if that will be properly updated.

    Unfortunately, the first person out of the gate will generally "win" as most people won't pay top dollar for a different version of the same payware airport, even if the 2nd one is slightly better.

    Even the best freeware ( with few exceptions ) doesn't hold up to top quality payware - esp for optimization and performance, or having dependencies on other packages and the update process is easier with Central or something like it.

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    Concerned About Direction Orbx is Heading

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Also, if you miss the initial marketing push - "Throwback Thursday" products are slotted in with all the regional full quality scenery and only the "too good to be true" price tips you off to take another look at what you're getting.

    Personally, I have no problem waiting another 6 months, 1 year or paying $15-20 for full quality airports that are optimized for and take advantage of MSFS features, I couldn't see ever buying a "stop-gap" airport - hell, I even avoid freeware since I'm super picky about what fills up my HD and community folder. ;)

    I'm really looking forward to my favorite Orbx airports from FSX/P3D making their way onto the new platform - but they really need to be properly updated and optimized and I don't mind waiting / paying for that. ( updated roadmap would be great, so we know to wait and not buy whichever dev rushed out to recreate a popular Orbx P3D airport :P )

    Thanks @Anna Cicognani and @Jon Clarke for replies and transparency!

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    Edgley - the worst aircraft I've ever purchased.

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator Support Forum

    Posted

    1 hour ago, SGunard said:

     

    Didn't realize that ravenn22. I'll bear that in mind when I start trying some of the other defaults (have only flown three or four in the past year!)


    It could be just the 787, but in general - if CTRL + E doesn't work, start looking at all the fuel settings.

    Another weird one I've had a few time with the Carenado C182, is that sometimes the airplane doesn't sync with my physical throttle quad position and I didn't catch it, so the prop will be feathered and that will cause the engine to stall after starting and running for a little bit.

    A bunch of switches ( at least on the Honeycomb Bravo ) seem to have reversed themselves after SU5 - so watch for that as well.

    MSFS Flightplanner question

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    13 hours ago, wain71 said:

    thanks Raven, that's what I would normally do, however I was wondering what happens if you leave Approach & runway on Automatic? maybe I should just try it...thanks...


    I don't trust ATC to put me on the right runway / approach ;)

    I usually have an approach in mind when I setup the flight ( taking RW WX into consideration ) and ATC won't always put you on the best or preferred runways.
    They don't seem to have data on cross-runway operations for airports like KBUR and KSFO, where there are usually different runways used for takeoff and for landing.

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    MSFS Flightplanner question

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    well, simbrief + programming the CDU is the "right way" - but I use the built in flight planner for quick and dirty.... but not totally unrealistic flights, all the time.

    If you're doing an A320 flight, I usually do:

    1. Pick your start spot ( gate/ramp ) at the departure airport
    2. Select the arrival airport   ( I don't bother selecting a specific gate, but you can )
    3. Select IFR > High Altitude airways
    4. Edit your cruise Altitude in the NAV LOG  ( MSFS will happily set you at too high an altitude for your weight and route length )
    5. Choose your Approach and Arrival based off current weather displayed, or preferred runway.... or whatever you want to fly
    6. Choose your departure based on the appropriate direction of travel
    7. Fly.

    No rocket science to it - but it's super easy to forget to change altitude in the Nav Log - as it's not displayed elsewhere.

    Someone correct me if I'm wrong - but adding your own custom points only works in basic VFR/GPS direct?   It will display in the planner, but not be added in the plane.

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    We need hotels, more hotels

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    You mean like the upcoming Honolulu City Landmarks? ;)

    I think this kind of scenery is worthwhile if it's on approach to the airport and adds value every time you fly in, but I've found ( at least for myself ) if I buy a scenery-only pack - I'll fly over it once or twice after I've bought it to check it out - then never again. So, unless it's something like Frankfurt - where you see it on every approach to FRA, then it's not worth it to me. I bought Paris, checked it out once, and have never flown over it again.

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