General SU5 Beta Feedback Thread

[Sonicviz]

@PliantWings5288

It’s a utopia when users think that MSFS ever will be a fluid experience.
It’s not a pre-programmed environment that’s been streamed.

There are so many variable parts in the environment that had been calculated, loaded, build-up.
The Bing scenery layer has to be filled with objects, buildings, trees, gras, etc.
Weather has to be loaded, clouds are put in place and constant moving.
And there are the users inputs and the calculations on and the behavior of the aircraft.
It is completely different and far more complex then most games on the market.

I’m only talking about the main UI UX.

I know the main map is dynamic 3D with cloud assets being incorporated into it when zoomed in, but the issues I’m talking about are all over the main UI, not just when the map is showing.
Aircraft selection, marketplace, main UI, etc. Glitches, hitches, mis clicks because of them. Terrible UX.

It may be the map construction under the hood of the UI is the cause of all the hitches as well, but that’s their problem to solve if it is, because it’s negatively impacting the whole UI UX.

It needs to be fixed, even if it means simplifying the map. It’s a nice idea to have it “3D” (via a top-down aspect) but if it’s killing the main UI and they can’t fix it killing the main UI transitions, simplify it and make the core UI UX what it should be. The cloud layer is also a pita a lot of the time. I thought there used to be layer controls to hide it, but I can’t seem to locate it now and it pops in and out at inconvenient zoom levels too. A simple “Hide/Show Clouds” toggle next to info/layers/filters pop up would do wonders, or even a slider to set the zoom level it pops in/out at.

All in all, main UI UX is very sub-optimal atm.

Edit: Updated my original post General SU5 Beta Feedback Thread - #2243 by Sonicviz to clarify the main UI UX.