I think you just described where it begins and ends: “you are in lovely scenery and the next everything is back to a splodge”
Yep, when I think of exploring the cities, I think of Google maps not of the flight simulator.
Exactly ! I can buy expensive memory, but I don’t own an Internet company so I have to put up with 41 mbps at best, which is all that I’m offered in this area up to now.
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The method MSFS 2020 used worked well. Only stream world data (satellite imagery and photogrammetry), everything else should be installed locally and available offline. Yes, it takes time to download content and it takes up a lot of space on storage but it’s the users’ choice. Keep only what you use — in 2020 we had the option to install or delete anything. Thankfully, this option is already in development for 2024.
However, the simulator as a whole should be usable offline. Again, in MSFS 2020 there was an “offline world”. It could be updated and improved for 2024, it would probably take up more storage space but again, it would be the users’ choice.
MSFS 2024 currently robs players of choice, and forces them to stream everything which is a good idea only on paper. There are too many variables in the system for it to work at a constantly high quality.
Also, actual in-game assets should be loaded only when the player chooses to fly. The front-end UI suffers because of the current method. The game wants to stream and download all kinds of data (satellite, 3D world, weather, clouds, aircraft models) even as you operate just the UI itself, change aircraft or browse the world map. In my opinion, the world map should be 2D, or at maximum, should only load satellite imagery (like Bing Maps itself). Everything else just needlessly slows down the experience with constant stutters. Instead, give me a snappy UI, a fast map, and a loading screen when I actually choose to fly.
The only advantage of the current 2024 system is that our install sizes are kept small. However, the whole user experience is at the mercy of internet connection, streaming speeds, stability, data center proximity, etc. Not to mention the lack of access whenever there’s no internet, or whenever the support for the game ceases to exist.
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The 2020 only stream world data (satellite imagery and photogrammetry), everything else is installed locally and available offline.
It’s not the most beautiful sim when offline, but there is a million addon to use offline and improve that problem in some regions of the world.
Try turning off photogrammetry in MSFS2024, and you’ll get an idea of what MSFS2020 is like offline.
You’ll just need a lot of patience and some time to download everything with a slow connection, but once you have it all on your computer, the 2020 it’ll be yours forever.
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John I like both 2020 and 2024 and it seems as they progress many of our planes from 2020 are being updated by various designers. wish I new how to do that. But I like flyinf and attempting to make an ■■■ out of myself falling out of the sky because i get all messed around by having so much to do. I only wish that the options at top of screen included comms like 2020 and navigation mapd like 2020 had. Not a complaint just a wish. and would like the autopilot back iy helped when I got overloaded. One more thing I think I understand why 2024 is so different and that is because much is being streamed versus being on my local machine it does allow for more content. They must have some huge servers to do this for everyone.
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