Appreciation for the developers

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I have only followed the development of MSFS since 2022, but I wanted to express gratitude and appreciation for the many people at Asobo and the 3rd party developers who have worked to improve and advance MSFS and addons.

Although I’ve certainly had moments of pure frustration, I wanted to acknowledge that looking back, many - not all - but many of the more significant bugs and criticisms I and others have expressed have been addressed:

  • The stability of the core sim has improved with memory optimizations.
  • The improvement to avionics in default planes
  • Allowing public beta testing
  • More complexity and capabilities with WASM (on Xbox)
  • Improving the Forum for better engagement and problem solving
  • Providing more Developer Q&A sessions and answering more specific questions

I also appreciate Microsoft undertaking to rewrite MSFS (or at least parts of MSFS) in order to overcome remaining limitations and open up new possibilities. I’m encouraged by the way MS, Asobo, and 3rd party devs have remained engaged with and responsive to feeback.

I have also followed the upheaval and layoffs in the gaming industry over the past few years, and have learned to appreciate how much effort, talent, trial and error it takes to make any software work - let alone work well. And, how much pressure customers and companies can put on all the individual programmers to solve problems, and to do so on budget and on time…

Here’s thanks for their talent and their efforts.

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HEAR HEAR!

To the PARADIGM SHIFTERS!

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I realize that things can’t be fixed if they aren’t reported as “Needs fixing.”
Also that there’s a fine line between critiquing and complaining.

But I’m always grateful when I hear someone praising the positive aspects of my beloved flight sim, and all the people who work hard to improve it.

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Forgive me for bumping this thread again. I have been following the Dev Q&A videos, as well as posts by developers, and it is pretty clear that a huge number of developers and programmers have been working hard for many months leading up to the release of MSFS 2024.

Between the anxiety being expressed on the various forums, the wide range of expectations, and the pressure to get things out on time, I think it’s really important to send a message to all of those people who have been working behind the scenes that their work is appreciated.

The launch of MSFS 2024 is not an end - the work won’t stop. In some ways it gets harder because they will have to be ready to respond quickly to anything that might go wrong, and try to fix bugs that inevitably pop up, all while continuing to develop the new functionalities that are not complete or that we don’t even know about yet.

I’m sure they are under pressue - so cheers to their efforts. Really looking forward to the next few months in the new sim.

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