Missing Features that should be added to MSFS 24

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@illogic1
FYI, much of what you requested already has one or more Wish topics. For example:

Migrating herds
Alligators
Birds

Fauna update

We need more fauna in MSFS24. Variety should be increased, birds, sea animals and overall just more in the living environment. It’s all too possible to never see any fauna playing this sim for hours even in helicopters or low flying planes. I am yet to see an alligator like the ones in the trailer or a migrating herd. I hope the fauna section gets an update.

Major storms

Sandstorms

Please can this be included - based on actual phenomena, or as part of the synthetic weather settings

Tornadoes

I wouldn’t mind the addition of tornadoes to look at in regions that are prone to have them.

Isolated Thunderstorms and Consequences

I wish to one day be able to experience Isolated/Stand Alone Thunderstorms with proper cumulonimbus and towering cumulus cloud heights and structure as well as having realistic up and down drafts if near enough or within the storm due to the swirling and gusting winds. As it is now (likely due to implementing METAR into the live weather) we fly into an area where there is a thunderstorm or rain cell and instead of seeing it from far away and then coming up to it - the clouds are fragmented and s…

SIGMET/AIRMET based severe weather

I think it would be cool to simulate severe weather based on current or predicted SIGMET and AIRMET reports. They are public and can be found easily on the net. They comprise of a “coded” message that states current or predicted severe weather conditions and their localization. Several phenomena can be reported or predicted by SIGMETs and AIRMETs. I would leave things like thunderstorms to the sim and its weather engine alone, however reports of thunderstorms with hail are sometimes reported …

Passengers in commercial planes

Bring back the passengers or remove them to Xbox users!

Hello, before this new patch, the passenger system was working fine. The cabins were full of passengers, giving them a sense of presence and eliminating the emptiness that existed before. Then, they said they limited the number of passengers, but now it looks ridiculous, it’s hilarious. You look into that huge cabin, and there are literally only 1 to 3 passengers in it. It’s worse than having none! So please, either remove them or bring them back, because the way it is right now is just ugly. […

Co-Pilots

Ability to remove or add co-pilot or passenger models per flight

It would be really great if we could choose to have the Co-Pilot avatar in the flight or not. Sometimes I want/need to fly alone with the accurate weight representation. Yes I can set the Co-Pilot weight to 0 but seriously all we need is a checkbox to enable/disable the character model. This could potentially be expanded to fill the passengers seats as well? At least for the smaller GA aircraft to start with.

Liveries

Paintkits for default aircraft (2024)

We need paintkits for the new default aircraft in 2024 since streaming is stopping people from accessing aircraft files to paint it that way. We have no liveries for any of the aircraft’s unless published by the developers themselves.

Multiplayer shared cockpit

Shared cockpit/multiplayer

Really think that this would elevate the flight simulator and allow people to be connected with the world more (especially during COVID). This has been the one feature missing from every good flight simulator and adding this would definatley impress many. Some suggestions here by @GunnerRat:

Shared Cockpit for more than 2 users

I know Asobo has intentions of adding shared cockpit, but will this include shared cockpit for more than 2 users? I can foresee older aircraft being developed for the sim, including those with 3 or more man crews. I was curious if shared cockpit would support those aircraft with 3 or more users, or if shared cockpit will only support 2 users per aircraft.

Arial advertising
Exists, but has issues:

Advertising missions are a hot mess

Aerial Advertising missions are plagued with problems. To wit: the “time to collect the banner” assumes you get the banner the same pass as takeoff, even though the flight plan shows you climbing and going around the pattern and doing an approach to grab it. If you follow the flight plan, you will get sub-50% on banner collection time the time to reach the pass approach point is often completely impossible, like 6 miles away and you have 90 seconds to reach it in a Cub. Sorry, the Cub doesn’t …

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