John Heaton

The Coronation of King Charles the 3rd take place today - a huge occasion for the UK and the Commonwealth - Royalist or Republican - and we find both here in Australia Doesn't seem 70 years since the last Coronation - but I was there aged 18 and took these pics from the old album - size 120 film - and it rained the whole day. Also announced as we were making our way to the stand in front of the Dorchester in Park Lane - was the news that Everest had finally been climbed

The Coronation of King Charles the 3rd take place today - a huge occasion for the UK and the Commonwealth - Royalist or Republican - and we find both here in Australia Doesn't seem 70 years since the last Coronation - but I was there aged 18 and took these pics from the old album - size 120 film - and it rained the whole day. Also announced as we were making our way to the stand in front of the Dorchester in Park Lane - was the news that Everest had finally been climbed

Hi NIck Just a couple of points where I cannot agree with you - for once A helluva lot has happened since August 20 - the quality of the sim in ALL aspects has gone thro' the roof and is continuing - I challenge anyone who could say what would happen back then - and even a year later when X box version came out (without an X Box console for a year at least for the majority) - one large success has been the ability to install via the COMMUNITY Filing system - this can be duplicated in X Box by the experts at least for payware 3rd party developed So - 2.5 years- at least - to recognize a growing problem exacerbated by expanding of 3rd party sales in the DEAD year or so for x box. Orbx products are for sale on Marketplace. I even contemplated buying Brisbane - Sydney - and Adelaide this Arvo - and in Aussie $$$ I realise a number of blokes on here - sneer at the thought of the X Box Console - but it is a great product - up to 8K/120h with the right screen and will last longer than a $4000 PC - even with the new N Vidia 4090's If @Roger Pettichord is reading this - there you go mate --- all yours for $500 - but you have to spend some of what you saved - by rebuying all your Orbx - et al

Still tilting During many years in senior management in industry - one learns a few things about Marketing - and this is the way that I always saw unsolvable problems. 1 - The customer - is NOT always Right - but he is THE customer 2 - Where there's a will - there's a way!! Sooh - as it stands - should a person who has a PC and wants to move to better Technology e.g. spend $500 on an X Box as an alternative $2000 to an unperforming PC - due to the power loads placed on it- caused by the rapidly increasing sophistication of the principal software MSFS - in scenery mods and Aircraft specs - moving from default - should he be a victim of the of either Orbx (et al) and Microsoft getting 2 bites of the cherry.? a - Microsoft want to develop its massive investment in MSFS - through - and in the future of its sim in X box - which is running 2 years behind the PC due to Covid Probs affecting the sale worldwide of the console b -The success of the sim cannot be denied and is very much due to 3rd party developers such as Orbx - "repairing" the original default - awful - scenery and Aircraft in many areas over the last 2.5 years - and the growth in the PC version has been great - not to mention the contribution of freeware - by others c - If Microsoft wants to make the x box more agreeable to make to the PC user - to Upgrade to an X Box - then Microsoft needs to re-examine its Marketing stance on duplication - re- buying - of software already purchased elsewhere from its 3rd party colleagues. The X Box still has the crappy scenery - and will stay that way until someone at MS wakes up to the problem e - Microsoft knows exactly what the customer has on his machines - because on startup -MS synchronizes - both machines - and it shouldn't be too difficult to perform a check on what is installed in in the PC - purchased from Orbx eg - and not in the X Box. It knows it the other way around and installs it in the PC f - if Orbx doesn't want to lose long term customers - then it should get together with - and use its good relations with - Microsoft and find a work around even if the installation is done by MS at a reduced cost g - otherwise - it's been nice knowing you - I object to paying you twice for the same product - and all my future purchases will be in the Marketplace - where you will pay a commission

that's for Orbx to accept - if it makes for a happy customer - IE unless Orbx solve the problem - then how many dual PC / X boxers will buy from Orbx in the future - when the first buy is from Marketplace - and can be used on the PC in Sync.?

I suppose - in the way of tilting at Windmills - is there any way possible/technically -that Orbx can- morally - negotiate within their partnership with Microsoft - that some way - to allow those customers who have been using a PC - and want to move to X box - to transfer their purchases compatible with x box -to their X Box - at either no cost - or a discounted cost on the sim marketplace ? After waiting 2.5 years -I have at last been able to purchase the X box series - and find that I have purchased some 71 items for the sim from Orbx - I shudder to think of the $$$cost of repurchase - to bring x box into shape (not forgetting the 1000s of $$ wasted on P3D and XP - Yes - I know I had the pleasure !!)

all except the obvious American cars etc - maybe I need a bath

Sheesh mate - I find that a little surprising that a bloke with your talent doing flight tests for you know who - even the Vulcan All the dosh - that a PS5 costs - could have bought you all sorts of controllers for the X box - even a cheap Hotas - or even a ThrustMaster Here's my PC setup - but I don't have a pic of my X box setup as yet - but it does have the cheap T/master Hotas

Quite honestly - I have no idea how much I have spent over the 38 years of flight simming up to and including P3D and XP I must have enjoyed it - or I wouldn't have spent it. The same applies to the rest of my activities - owning my own aircrafts - 4 different sailing boats - including my last 40-footer that I sailed the Queensland section of the Pacific in - solo - for 2 years in my early 70's. Then 2.8 years ago - I got hit with a new phenomenon called MSFS 2020 - and the same problem facing Rodger - my PC good enough for P3D but oh! - so many problems trying to cope with the power-hungry Sim -- but a Saviour on the horizon called X Box Series X - just $A750 compared to say 2000 bucks just to upgrade the PC. Then we had a Covid shortage of electronic bits and pieces - and here in Australia no chance of a box for 2 years - as it turned out - so I sold my very old V8 for what amounted to scrap price - and did a partial upgrade that cost me around the $2K - and have enjoyed the sim to the extent that - I spend most of my time - pretend flying - and the odd war games. Last week - I got an offer from my earlier waiting list attempts at getting an X BOX - so - sod the expense - and bought one - just because I could !!. Please don't ask me why - because I couldn't explain that to the wife either - but I can satisfy myself - I think! - because I can now use my 50" 4K HDR 10 TV - that sat idle because my PC could only handle the sim in HD Soooh Rodger - somewhere in that diatribe could be the answer you are looking for - an X Box for $US 500?? -/- $2000 upgrade?? - and no matter what you decide - you will still be a member of this forum - and still asking us difficult questions every week

rob - try this - you might find it useful --

Doing just the same don - but in a DH Rapide - nice and slow and hopefully how it used to be in the bush

new Asobo payware aircraft launched at the same time as UD 13 - marketplace

What a day for me - Update 13 of my side of the world - a cheap ATR aircraft - on my favourite Island ----- and I finally bought an X Box series X Now I can finally fly in 4K HDR10 MSFS / F1 on one set up - and play sniper 5 and DCS on my PC at the same time

its only 19.95 australian inc tax at the moment on the Marketplace

the update is available and the WU 13 is a 9+ gb

do you mean the RU way that digs holes in the pitch - EG Suncorp looks like it's full of Moles after an RU game -- which must leave the groundsman shaking his head - and saying - "Good on'ya Broncos - come anytime

Nor in OZZ - just like the play the ball --- the game is quicker

the rapide

I just love to find and fly aircraft as old as me - or thereabouts - and I actually flew in one of these on a pleasure flight around Blackpool and so I look for old airports with grass strips - and take flights around old areas - or at least used to be. You could guess the area shots - esp. the last one I'm showing the screenshots here because Croydon is not an Orbx airport so does not qualify for the main section

Here in Australia we play - Rugby League - and an Annual competition between the 2 States where the game is most Prevalent Queensland and New South Wales - and called the State of Origin series Here are my 2 favourite jets - in the colours of Queensland - my State - with Brisbane on the tail and an Aboriginal painting on the fuselage --- on my new favourite airport (FS.to)

Don shows us as to why Australia is called the "Wide Brown Land"

Great Place to Fly and sail - (Graeme beat me too it )

did you get your passport stamped - and a Queensland dog licience