Microsoft Flight Sim 2020

[CanadaOne]

3 hours ago, Lusekofte said:

I understand that. I got many years in DCS but stayed without those systems

 

 

I like the MFDs and the sneaky ass "kabooms!" from miles off. 

 

Waiting for the AGM-114-9X Cuisinart missile. That looks like some good immoral fun.

[Lusekofte]

13 hours ago, CanadaOne said:

 

I like the MFDs and the sneaky ass "kabooms!" from miles off. 

 

Waiting for the AGM-114-9X Cuisinart missile. That looks like some good immoral fun.

My problem with modern American tech is I cannot see the logic. I can’t understand the language used. I just stay away from it. One reason I am not in mp too. 
The Russian analog system I have no problem with. 

[CanadaOne]

49 minutes ago, Lusekofte said:

My problem with modern American tech is I cannot see the logic. I can’t understand the language used. I just stay away from it. One reason I am not in mp too. 
The Russian analog system I have no problem with. 

 

The Russian stuff is enjoyably simple. 

 

And being Canadian I have a hard time understanding the American language as well. 

[Archie]

Been watching some youtube vids on the sim DC 6 today, that thing looks incredible, and probably  what I need just now, got a bit bored with shooting stuff or blowing it up in il2 and DCS recently. 
I'll give it a few days and see if there's a Steam sale for the game this month.

[Lusekofte]

2 hours ago, Archie said:

Been watching some youtube vids on the sim DC 6 today, that thing looks incredible, and probably  what I need just now, got a bit bored with shooting stuff or blowing it up in il2 and DCS recently. 
I'll give it a few days and see if there's a Steam sale for the game this month.

As said before. If you see no use of delux version take basis. And buy planes you like. 
DC 6 is incredible. I like to fly the DC 3 an Twin Otter too. Like in DCS you end up with far too many planes. And some of them are just duplicates with different pixels. DC 6 gives me the opportunity to learn old fashion navigation and flying while I fly 

[DD_Arthur]

On 12/6/2022 at 3:22 AM, CUJO_1970 said:

Alaska, I just can't quit you. Another hop out to Kodiak Island...

 

Yeah, I've got something similar going on with WA and Oregon Here I am in my grunge Cessna along the Hood river....

 

 

 

[Hoots]

55 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

 

Yeah, I've got something similar going on with WA and Oregon Here I am in my grunge Cessna along the Hood river....

 

 

 

It looks like you might have been sick on that aircraft?

[DD_Crash]

It was his hippy phase

[Trooper117]

Just now, DD_Crash said:

It was his hippy phase

 

He's flying high then...

[SidtheGit]

8 minutes ago, DD_Crash said:

It was his hippy phase

Was....?

Spending most of my MS flying hours in these three (haven't taken a screenie of the Hunter as Miss Demeanor yet...actual aircraft pictured).

Haven't flown the Beaver yet.

Edited December 13, 2022 by SidtheGit

[DD_Arthur]

3 hours ago, Hoots said:

It looks like you might have been sick on that aircraft?

Never ever suffered from any form of motion sickness.

However, six pints of Youngers Tartan and a wafer thin mint chaser and I’m Jackson Pollock!?

[Chief_Mouser]

53 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

Never ever suffered from any form of motion sickness.

However, six pints of Youngers Tartan and a wafer thin mint chaser and I’m Jackson Pollock!?

 

Yikes! Didn't realise that muck was still available ?

[DD_Arthur]

8 minutes ago, Chief_Mouser said:

 

Yikes! Didn't realise that muck was still available ?

Wafer thin mints?  Horrible things?

[CUJO_1970]

10 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

 

Yeah, I've got something similar going on with WA and Oregon Here I am in my grunge Cessna along the Hood river....

 

 

lol “grunge Cessna” ?

[Lusekofte]

11 hours ago, SidtheGit said:

Was....?

Spending most of my MS flying hours in these three (haven't taken a screenie of the Hunter as Miss Demeanor yet...actual aircraft pictured).

Haven't flown the Beaver yet.

you have a link to this?

[SidtheGit]

7 hours ago, Lusekofte said:

19 hours ago, SidtheGit said:

Was....?

Spending most of my MS flying hours in these three (haven't taken a screenie of the Hunter as Miss Demeanor yet...actual aircraft pictured).

Haven't flown the Beaver yet.

you have a link to this?

 Yes here

 

I bought mine through Orbx. It came as a bundle with the 'Amphibious Ready Group' and the 'USS George Bush'. There was also an offer from Miltech whereby, along with the multiple 'George Bush' locations they placed around the globe, I could select a location of my own. I think it's a great value bundle and the aircraft is really good.

[Lusekofte]

2 hours ago, SidtheGit said:

 Yes here

 

I bought mine through Orbx. It came as a bundle with the 'Amphibious Ready Group' and the 'USS George Bush'. There was also an offer from Miltech whereby, along with the multiple 'George Bush' locations they placed around the globe, I could select a location of my own. I think it's a great value bundle and the aircraft is really good.

The Osprey has been a dream of mine to sit in and fly. Courtesey aircraft had One for sale with a lot of pictures some years ago. 
It did a Great job for many years, but was a complex aircraft. Very expencive to maintain 

[ZachariasX]

MSFS has the nasty habit of placing gliders on the runway spawn points of the motor planes. This makes it impossible to take of from a good many glider airfields, unless you set a great lot of headwind.

 

At LSZX, where I used to fly, you simply dont't want to try to start a tow from the default spawn poins:

 

 

The red mark indicates where gliders are in fact placed for tow. Putting the glider at the center of the landing zone is way too much forward, as the tow is placed way in front of that and there is not enough runway left. The grey spot at the end of the concrete shows the gravel specifically put there to place the glider without it sinking in the swamp. (The whole area is a somewhat drained swamp.)

 

I bought the airfield (by AG SIM) from the in game store, and still the issue persisted, making aero-tow impossible. Which is a shame, as (IRL) the electrified railroad track just parallel to the runway negates the use of a winch.

 

So I sent this with details as a bug report. I got an almost immediate response (on a weekend!). Two days later, they made an update mending the issue:

 

 

As it still takes time for the  update to appear in the MSFS store (now ASOBO takes their time for testing, as they seemingly are getting in holiday mode), I was gifted the scenery on flightsim.to, where the update is already uploaded to.

 

Remarkable customer support!

 

Still, on any other airfield, gliders are wrongly placed for tow and you require long runways to make up for it. I wonder when of if they ever adress the issue. The dev that responded to my inquiry wasn't even sure at first wether he even can change those spawn points, but he obviously quickly found a way.

 

MSFS is certainly a game of extremes. It can be extremely good... or, just like last weekend, when the MS Store by itself decided to not really be available for some days on my gaming rig, I just got stuck withe the "Insert Game Disc" error on startup. Just when you think you've seen it all, then they surely deliver. After a couple of days, it worked again.

 

[Hoots]

1 hour ago, ZachariasX said:

MSFS has the nasty habit of placing gliders on the runway spawn points of the motor planes. This makes it impossible to take of from a good many glider airfields, unless you set a great lot of headwind.

 

At LSZX, where I used to fly, you simply dont't want to try to start a tow from the default spawn poins:

 

 

The red mark indicates where gliders are in fact placed for tow. Putting the glider at the center of the landing zone is way too much forward, as the tow is placed way in front of that and there is not enough runway left. The grey spot at the end of the concrete shows the gravel specifically put there to place the glider without it sinking in the swamp. (The whole area is a somewhat drained swamp.)

 

I bought the airfield (by AG SIM) from the in game store, and still the issue persisted, making aero-tow impossible. Which is a shame, as (IRL) the electrified railroad track just parallel to the runway negates the use of a winch.

 

So I sent this with details as a bug report. I got an almost immediate response (on a weekend!). Two days later, they made an update mending the issue:

 

 

As it still takes time for the  update to appear in the MSFS store (now ASOBO takes their time for testing, as they seemingly are getting in holiday mode), I was gifted the scenery on flightsim.to, where the update is already uploaded to.

 

Remarkable customer support!

 

Still, on any other airfield, gliders are wrongly placed for tow and you require long runways to make up for it. I wonder when of if they ever adress the issue. The dev that responded to my inquiry wasn't even sure at first wether he even can change those spawn points, but he obviously quickly found a way.

 

MSFS is certainly a game of extremes. It can be extremely good... or, just like last weekend, when the MS Store by itself decided to not really be available for some days on my gaming rig, I just got stuck withe the "Insert Game Disc" error on startup. Just when you think you've seen it all, then they surely deliver. After a couple of days, it worked again.

 

You can use the kinetic assistant app, it has a “push” function that allows you to move gliders around. 

[Archie]

Well, caved in and bought the standard edition last night, just need to set it up now. Not seen a download that slow for quite some time lol.
 

[ZachariasX]

18 minutes ago, Hoots said:

You can use the kinetic assistant app, it has a “push” function that allows you to move gliders around. 

Along with the tow plane?

[Lusekofte]

58 minutes ago, Archie said:

Well, caved in and bought the standard edition last night, just need to set it up now. Not seen a download that slow for quite some time lol.
 

That take time

[Hoots]

3 hours ago, ZachariasX said:

Along with the tow plane?

That I don’t know, sorry. 

[DD_Arthur]

8 hours ago, ZachariasX said:

 unless you set a great lot of headwind.

 

I've found brute-force helps a lot.

 

 

[ZachariasX]

15 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

I've found brute-force helps a lot.

This just by adding “isTowPlane = 1” line in the aircraft.cfg?

[CUJO_1970]

7 hours ago, Archie said:

Well, caved in and bought the standard edition last night, just need to set it up now. Not seen a download that slow for quite some time lol.
 

 

My MSFS folder is currently occupying 546 gigs of a 1T HD...gonna have to expand, I have a 2T HD on board as well as an NVME I use for the OS.

 

Definitely going to have to do some rearranging soon.

[DD_Arthur]

28 minutes ago, ZachariasX said:

This just by adding “isTowPlane = 1” line in the aircraft.cfg?

 

Thats the one.  Airliners and my Starfighter quickly overwhelm the the tow-rope flight model whilst the Spitfire merely buries it's nose in the ground.

 

The Beaver works well.

[Archie]

40 minutes ago, CUJO_1970 said:

 

My MSFS folder is currently occupying 546 gigs of a 1T HD...gonna have to expand, I have a 2T HD on board as well as an NVME I use for the OS.

 

Definitely going to have to do some rearranging soon.

I'm determind not to go mad with doownloading stuff for it (he says...) the install is currently on a 500GB ssd by itself but no doubt it will have to move to a bigger one eventually. Still setting up controls, a bit clunky after il2.
Not sure I'll ever be happy to go back to a non photorealistic sim now though

[Lusekofte]

20 minutes ago, Archie said:

Not sure I'll ever be happy to go back to a non photorealistic sim now though

Eventually you will

[Lusekofte]

This looks like a winner

https://wing42.com/boeing-247/?v=c2f3f489a005

[Archie]

Caved again and bought the DC-6, not spent too much time on it, still setting up controls but what a beauty it is. I think I'm set sim wise for a few months now.

[Lusekofte]

OH dear, I wrecked the DC 6. It will only start engine 3, even if I am on the runway with spawn with engine on only 3 will run

[Archie]

56 minutes ago, Lusekofte said:

OH dear, I wrecked the DC 6. It will only start engine 3, even if I am on the runway with spawn with engine on only 3 will run

Try a wet take off and see what happens! ?

[Lusekofte]

3 minutes ago, Archie said:

Try a wet take off and see what happens! ?

Even when I airstart it it will only go on #3 I have to Feather all others. I uninstalled it and reinstalled to no avail

[Archie]

1 minute ago, Lusekofte said:

Even when I airstart it it will only go on #3 I have to Feather all others. I uninstalled it and reinstalled to no avail

I have read that there can be pdmg DC6 folders everywhere so check you've got them all. I had issues just opening their 'operations centre' until I read a random post about changing  dpi compatibility settings! Having never used msfs before this is a bit of a learning curve for me, especially after pretty much 'plug and play' il2.

[Lusekofte]

11 hours ago, Archie said:

I have read that there can be pdmg DC6 folders everywhere so check you've got them all. I had issues just opening their 'operations centre' until I read a random post about changing  dpi compatibility settings! Having never used msfs before this is a bit of a learning curve for me, especially after pretty much 'plug and play' il2.

Yeah I checked the user map trying to find this game. I do not even know where it’s at. 
I deleted the plane and reinstalled it but that did not help. 
I was playing around with crossfeeding fuel during flight when these 3 engines shut down. I guess some files within the game got messed up. I will probably delete the game and reinstall it if not getting it fixed. 

[Lusekofte]

The damn sim won’t reinstall. Never buy this from ms store. Use Steam. There is countless solutions for such problems and take hours every one of them. 

[Lusekofte]

Damn thing crash and restart my pc during update after reinstall. Even in safe mode and running as a admin it just loop searching for update. When restarted. Done some cmd prompt advices that do not help. 
min case it was a disk problem I tried installing it on another disk to no avail

Edited December 20, 2022 by Lusekofte

[CanadaOne]

2 hours ago, Lusekofte said:

Damn thing crash and restart my pc during update after reinstall. Even in safe mode and running as a admin it just loop searching for update. When restarted. Done some cmd prompt advices that do not help. 
min case it was a disk problem I tried installing it on another disk to no avail

 

Best of luck with that.

 

I had a ton of problems with my MSFS and had to do a re-install to get it going.

[Lusekofte]

1 hour ago, CanadaOne said:

re-install to get it going.

I reinstalled 5 times. I hate Microsoft. I really do not know what to do