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    MSFS Computer Components Or Bandwidth?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I made a lot of experiments with PG at the early days of MSFS. I have a 100MBit/s connection which is not exhausted and tried several cacheing options which all didn't help a iota. I think it's the base technology plus the raw data which are limiting.

     

    However, as Landon already stated, quality of PG differs largely. I found (all PG on) London is among the worst examples, Paris is somewhere in the middle of the road while Tokyo looks pretty good.  MSFS head J. Neumann even stated once in a Q&A he finds London lacking himself and wants to redo it himself at a point.

     

    The last shot just is something which can't be done with PG. Otherwise, I find Paris not too bad in a height of ~3000 ft where I'm usually flying with my tiny C152.

     

    One more hint: Try various Zoom settings. Zoom is a factor often neglected in such discussions, but has a big influence on performance as well as display quality, notably using PG. Lower Zoom = better performance + less distortions, although it can't turn straw into gold.

     

    Kind regards, Michael

     

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    About To Purchase MSFS2020

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Yes. Unfortunately, you'll have to get a second job. ;)

     

    Plus, there is no 1:1 correspondence between P3D and MSFS Orbx addons. Aside the ones which don't make sense to port (like the TE regions) there are airports being exclusively available for one or the other sim (where P3D addons have a focus on NA while those for MSFS are more geared towards Europe).

     

    Kind regards, Michael

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    Missing Aerofly FS2 in Orbx

    in IPACS Aerofly FS 2 Support Forum

    Posted · Edited by pmb

    14 minutes ago, Doug Sawatzky said:

    Hi

    Maybe try a verify files of the simulator from the Steam interface.

    Verify MSFS files on Steam is broken. If you call it, it deletes the COMPLETE installation and redownloads all of it. I was bitten once myself, and there are several threads on this the Steam MSFS fora.

     

    Maybe they repaired it during the last weeks, but I highly doubt it.

     

    Kind regards, Michael

     

    Edit: AeroflyFS2 is missing for me, too. There's only MSFS, XP11, and P3D5.

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    Addon Linker

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator Support Forum

    Posted

    First, I let Orbx Central install the scenery into the Community folder (i.e. choose into the simulator). Next, I shift it using the corresponding Addon Linker functionality into a proper directory, i.e., if the scenery is in, say, Australia into

     

    M:\MSFS Addons\Australia

     

    This gives me a folder like

     

    M:\MSFS Addons\Australia\Orbx-cityscape-sydney

     

    That's it. Now you can activate it as needed using the Linker as usual.

     

    If Orbx Central has updates available, I just activate all sceneries (using the green Linker button) creating all links in the Community folder and Orbx Central  forwards the updates via the links properly to the MSFS Addons directory where the scenery sits.

     

    Kind regards, Michael

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    What we're working on - Orbx 2021 Roadmap

    in Orbx Preview Announcements, Screenshots and Videos

    Posted · Edited by pmb

    31 minutes ago, John Heaton said:

    I see a few on the freeware to pages - in fact somewhere around 30 at the last count - even little Inverloch in Victoria-

    and one I got leaves the Gold coast default way behind - and admitted by the developer that he could use a little help    ------ ED C ????

    Given they are Orbx partners, it's certainly allowed to mention NZA Simulations and AUscene as outstanding Payware/Freeware developers.

     

    Kind regards, Michael

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    What we're working on - Orbx 2021 Roadmap

    in Orbx Preview Announcements, Screenshots and Videos

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    9 minutes ago, EasternT3 said:

    my only thought which I mentioned else where but I hope I'm wrong, is a lot of Orbx's own Aus/NZ airports are some of the older products in Orbx's catalogue are therefore a 'conversion' probably isn't as straight forward and these airports like YMML possibly require being built from scratch which will obviously take longer.

    Plus, I am under the impression several of the developers of these older airports left Orbx. There are some new devs, but these may set other priorities, and as far as I understand, airports are largely a choice of the developers.

     

    Besides, there are a few very talented new non-Orbx devs at work for NZ/AUS.

     

    Kind regards, Michael

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    Orbx Direct Login Query

    in Orbx Central Support Forum

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    On 3/20/2021 at 9:41 PM, Dean Salman said:

    I actually have the same problem with Orbx Central but only once in a while.  

    That's the same I observe. It's a bit annoying but given it's only now and then there are still more annoying things in the world.

     

    Perhaps Orbx can look into it.

     

    Kind regards, Michael

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    Sim Update 5 is out now. FTX sceneries need any update too?

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator Support Forum

    Posted

    2 hours ago, BostonJeremy77 said:

    So this is unrelated to London but I can confirm that Drzwiecki Moscow pack causes infinite load. I removed it and everything is fine. A lot of third party scenery is inop currently. Same with aircraft that hasn't been updated. So if anyone experiences crashes or infinite loads, check to make sure you don't have scenery present in that spot. 

    That's what I was afraid of. Thus, I'm going the opposite way. I have been only flying the naked sim after the upgrade so far, but will try the addons bit by bit (using the Addon Linker) to see which ones do work.

     

    Kind regards, Michael

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    Can we have an updated survey?

    in General Discussion

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    What I like best about MSFS is the world-wide detailed base scenery. There is not one single item but a number of smaller niggles which I dislike. Two of them are the missing panel-free view ('w' key under FS/P3D) and the washed-out image under VR using the Reverb1/2.

     

    Kind regards, MIchael  

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