Avsim

1. It is really nice to see ACTIVITY in P3D !!!

   Another P3D user here. While there have been some improvements regarding airliners in MSFS, the majority of them aren't there yet. Only 3 or 4 for me are good enough for my liking, and no one as complete as their P3D equivalents. With P3D, I have a lot of planes, and a lot more complete than their MSFS counterparts. Also, several of my favorite aircraft have yet to be released for MSFS! For sceneries, I prefer to fly to default/AFCAD airports. I was able to force v4/FSX default sceneries into v5; so I no longer have missing parking positions. If I'm not satisfied with the layout, there's almost always an AFCAD available to save the day, and GSX L2 to make sure jetways work properly. While I try to like MSFS, I end up going back to P3D for airliner ops. I feel better there. For GA, there are two things that spoiled me in MSFS: the freeware PMS50 GTN and the default G1000 simulations. Somehow the default FS9 GPS does not satisfy me. I purchased from him a couple of his sceneries (Argentina and Colombia). He doesn't have an actual storefront. All the transactions are made via Paypal. Somehow the Donate button allows him to sell without having to set up a merchant account? No excuse but, if he keeps on selling, he'll need to set up an actual online store. If we keep going to photoreal, there's this guy: I actually replaced FCScenery sceneries with Matthias' ones. Somehow they have better coverage, autogen and night lights. Now, if only I could make the ground to stop appearing grainy...

2. Active Sky review

   I did; there's a thread over there that's dedicated to visibility, though it seems most folks on it are more concerned about the amount of bloom around the sun lol. But I get the sense that these depictions are in flux, so hopefully improvements coming. Perhaps it warrants another option or slider - I'm personally perfectly content with all the sun bloom in the world as long as visibility distances are rendered correctly. I imagine it's a minority of simmers who enjoy low vis flying or are concerned about it, but to my mind, a sim being able to accurately depict the requested visibility is just a basic function, something any weather depiction system really needs to be able to do. It's infuriated me since MSFS released that you cannot set visibility manually; I mean, you could do this in FS98 and earlier. It's just a ridiculous omission. But I will say that when MSFS live weather renders fog for a METAR specifying very low vis, it does an absolutely superb job. I guess the trick is finding a way to make presets mimic that.

3. MSFS 2020 Auto FPS App

   Thanks for this Mod. Absolutely brilliant upgrade for FPS.

4. MSFS REX weather engine

   Just wondering if anyone is getting weather tonight? It is all clear everywhere. I posted on discord too.

5. Active Sky review

   Let them know at Hifi - if they don't already 🙂