Time put MSFS in drawer and load up X-Plane again

[Maki152]

@HB427112

You’ve never spoken a truer word. But add-ons depend on the foundation that the sim is. So far we don’t even have a complete SDK or a working set of basic features. Things here and there are getting broken every time they update something.

I know where you’re coming from however I do suggest you keep tabs on FSElite and Threshold on what is in the oven for MSFS.

@HB427112

Besides, add-ons are being developed by different people who are not always concerned about the compatibility issue. And the heavier the add-ons are, the more they intervene into the sim core, the more is the potential for instability and problems. We’ve discussed A2A and HiFi above. Both have to work around the sim to make their technologies work, not with it.

True, it’s easy with P3D to get around a majority of issues using tricks.

@HB427112

Helicopters already have their own flight dynamics engine for MSFS (in fact, there are several of them already). How many external weather, FD, camera, and other engines do 3rd party developers have to build to make the sim palatable?

Fair points.

@HB427112

By the way, it’s not ‘homages’ to FSX in MSFS, it’s whole huge chunks of code borrowed from it, and MS/Asobo has never concealed this fact. And there are reasons to it. And if you ask me, they aren’t good. Regarding homages, many solutions in MSFS seem to be borrowed from X-Plane rather than from FSX.

I was talking about the liveries and music. Regarding the code I thought that was early in development and got tossed.

@PaulRobson8096

I think the gap between the standard and modded/professional aircraft is significantly larger than it was in X-Plane, or FSX for that matter.

Stock aircraft are still being tinkered with for MSFS. FSX aircraft were pretty bad and XP stock aircraft are not really that good. I’m using a $2,000 PFC Cessna yoke and the stock 172 just isn’t good. There are quite a lot of mods and addons both both payware and freeware for the 172 and virtually all of them are miles ahead of the LR 172. Another example is the King Air C90 mod, it’s awesome. It too has a payware mod that is miles better than stock (and better than the mod regarding flight model and I think engine related performance).