|
Also, has anyone pointed out that "HOTAS" is semi-homophonic for "Hot rear end"?
|
#
?
Apr 22, 2021 13:39
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 3, 2024 08:31 |
|
|
wait until you hear about cock pits
|
|
#
?
Apr 22, 2021 14:19
|
|
|
Zlodo posted:wait until you hear about cock pits I don't get it? 
|
|
#
?
Apr 22, 2021 14:32
|
|
|
Visual studio 2022 just came out this month, and its finally 64-bit! Just over 18 years after the first x86-64 processor was released and 20 years since the spec was released.
Perplx fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Apr 29, 2021 |
|
#
?
Apr 29, 2021 19:50
|
|
|
Schadenboner posted:Also, has anyone pointed out that "HOTAS" is semi-homophonic for "Hot rear end"? only gays have hot asses
|
|
#
?
Apr 29, 2021 21:25
|
|
|
Perplx posted:Visual studio 2022 just came out this month, and its finally 64-bit! Just over 18 years after the first x86-64 processor was released and 20 years since the spec was released. but does it work with my thrustmaster hotas?
|
|
#
?
Apr 29, 2021 22:04
|
|
|
akadajet posted:only gays have hot asses absolute lies
|
|
#
?
Apr 30, 2021 20:55
|
|
|
not simulator, more real world, but there's a new aviation company, beta aviation, here that's building electric quad + 1 rotor aircraft. flies like full size aircraft, but takes off vertically. there's a fifth rotor perpendicular that acts as a propeller there's a nice writeup here, and related reading: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2021/05/18/ready-for-takeoff-beta-plans-to-manufacture-its-electric-planes-at-btv i like how it looks; it's not just prototype either they're slated to build hundreds already for consumer use. they may end up expanding significantly, and already have contracts w/ the usps and a few others. they can lift a bunch and fly surprisingly far, which makes them useful for cargo or air taxi work e: also this one has more related details https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont...nt?oid=32957639 Broken Machine fucked around with this message at 02:54 on May 19, 2021 |
|
#
?
May 19, 2021 02:45
|
|
|
can it fit more tha one american? my understanding of other quads is their payload is so small it can fit one adult american and one non-techincal child and *maybe* their luggage
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2021 14:22
|
|
|
Endless Mike posted:can it fit more tha one american? my understanding of other quads is their payload is so small it can fit one adult american and one non-techincal child and *maybe* their luggage second article says up to six people, it has a good enough payload to where the usps is going to test it, and may buy a bunch of them if they work well. also batteries are improving rapidly
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2021 14:26
|
|
|
theyre doing a free top gun expansion later this year, guess we'll be able to fly f-18s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ6XpfaWbko
|
|
#
?
Jun 13, 2021 23:59
|
|
|
apparently they've been making improvements to the engine for the upcoming series x release so a patch at the end of July should greatly improve performance. not dx12 although that is also coming at some point
|
|
#
?
Jul 1, 2021 16:13
|
|
|
big performance patch drops for pc today, and I do mean big. update in windows store first and then you'll have the privilege of downloading a 122GB patch very slowly.
|
|
#
?
Jul 28, 2021 00:39
|
|
|
i downloaded it already and it seems to not boost the high end all that much for me (3900x / 3070 / 32gb) but it no longer lags and drops low. before i would get like 50-55 and it would regularly drop to 20 then spike back up. now the framerates are in the low 60s and they're rock solid. it definitely feels significantly smoother as a result. also there are some nice tweaks to the ui, like the world map actually has cities and poo poo on it now. much better
|
|
#
?
Jul 28, 2021 00:50
|
|
|
its been downloading for like 8 hours, currently at 41%, and its using 60% gpu (RTX3070) the entire time. microsoft is owning me
|
|
#
?
Jul 28, 2021 02:32
|
|
|
good to know they've pivoted to crypto mining during the update process. looking forward to many new builds
|
|
#
?
Jul 28, 2021 02:36
|
|
|
according to geforce thingy it's cause they are rendering the update window at 600 fps.
|
|
#
?
Jul 28, 2021 03:01
|
|
|
boy am I glad they stop the background music when you alt tab away from the update window
|
|
#
?
Jul 28, 2021 03:42
|
|
|
gently caress airplanes big up trains
|
|
#
?
Jul 28, 2021 06:13
|
|
|
carry on then posted:boy am I glad they stop the background music when you alt tab away from the update window you can also mute on a per application basis in the volume mixer e: mine's still updating Broken Machine fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Jul 28, 2021 |
|
#
?
Jul 28, 2021 06:53
|
|
|
Just lol if you haven't learnt to cap the FPS as low as it will go every time this garbage needs an update.
|
|
#
?
Jul 28, 2021 12:51
|
|
|
Sagebrush posted:i downloaded it already and it seems to not boost the high end all that much for me (3900x / 3070 / 32gb) but it no longer lags and drops low. before i would get like 50-55 and it would regularly drop to 20 then spike back up. now the framerates are in the low 60s and they're rock solid. it definitely feels significantly smoother as a result. yeah this is my experience too, some lift on the high end and much smoother overall. man, what a gorgeous game
|
|
#
?
Jul 28, 2021 16:19
|
|
|
i've been playing this mostly w/ just a basic 560 and it runs surprisingly well (it's a fast comp otherwise), especially after this newest update. one thing that's a bit bothersome now, after the update they changed the pause menu a bit, and near as i can figure out on the pc version you can't unpause with the controller? there's no button displayed as mapped to resume; i could use the pause button on the keyboard for active pause, but it's dumb that i used to be able to toggle pause / unpause on the controller, and for now it seems like i can't. i can pause w/ the controller, but then i need to mouse over to and click on the resume button (that doesn't map to any button on the controller, and there's no entry to remap it) seems nice otherwise so far
|
|
#
?
Jul 29, 2021 02:03
|
|
|
DirectX 12 support coming in mid-November 
|
|
#
?
Oct 19, 2021 16:59
|
|
|
honestly they made a massive improvement to performance a couple updates ago so i'm less concerned about dx12 now than i used to be. but yeah here's hoping it makes it even better
|
|
#
?
Oct 19, 2021 17:04
|
|
|
the ultimate in flight simulation gaming
|
|
#
?
Dec 10, 2021 17:39
|
|
|
sounds like it was a hell of a ride when it was operational wonder if the old mission control software is in some archive somewhere. i bet that'd really put the hercules emulator through its paces lol
|
|
#
?
Dec 10, 2021 18:22
|
|
|
i would love to see that thing in action, just the whole setup with mission control and everything
|
|
#
?
Dec 10, 2021 18:44
|
|
|
infernal machines posted:i would love to see that thing in action, just the whole setup with mission control and everything it's definitely sad that they didn't get the whole thing up and running again i've been continuing to enjoy flight 2020. it's finally to the point where most of the basics work
|
|
#
?
Dec 10, 2021 19:13
|
|
|
so, still no explosions eh
|
|
#
?
Dec 11, 2021 02:43
|
|
|
apparently there’s an update today adding f/a-18 specific missions, a carrier landing challenge, and a hypersonic (mach 10) plane you can use to reach the upper atmosphere
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2022 16:32
|
|
|
Jenny Agutter posted:apparently there’s an update today adding f/a-18 specific missions, a carrier landing challenge, and a hypersonic (mach 10) plane you can use to reach the upper atmosphere I need to get back into flight sim. this sounds fun
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2022 17:26
|
|
|
Gee I wonder if Microsoft is on such a tear to jump to ARM that they'll do an ARM version of FS
|
|
#
?
May 28, 2022 16:53
|
|
|
to run on what? a snapdragon?
|
|
#
?
May 28, 2022 18:05
|
|
|
infernal machines posted:to run on what? a snapdragon? it'd be nice if you could run this on the new m1 macs. i would like one that worked for ai / vr, and right now that basically rules out os x i haven't checked out the new update yet, but i finally have all the gear for running the vr smoothly with this and have had fun with that. i've been meaning to check out the new flights, especially the super speedy one across the us. that sounds fun
|
|
#
?
May 28, 2022 18:11
|
|
|
why, are you just a big apple fan? that’s like saying I would like a table saw that can drill holes and drive screws
|
|
#
?
May 28, 2022 18:14
|
|
|
Jenny Agutter posted:why, are you just a big apple fan? that’s like saying I would like a table saw that can drill holes and drive screws i just really like the os x ui and am way more familiar w/ a unix shell. i fumble around on windows, but i deal with it because it runs this and elden ring. if i could do so on a nice laptop w/ os x off the shelf i would happily ditch windows
|
|
#
?
May 28, 2022 18:16
|
|
|
heres a version that works on m1, op https://archive.org/details/MicrosoftFlightSimulator5.1_1020
|
|
#
?
May 28, 2022 18:19
|
|
|
went through some of the update; it's pretty good. the supersonic flight, it's kind of dumb - you probably have to drop altitude while it's telling you to climb, in order to be going fast enough when it tells you to invert, to further gain speed, in order to actually get going fast enough to make the transition to supersonic at mach 3+ here's a youtube detailing the workaround: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh94xCy31YU but, some gameplay issues aside it's pretty good. i've been practicing landing on the carrier but it's tricky on a controller - think i may actually finally set up a hotas i have on the shelf for that maybe
|
|
#
?
Jun 1, 2022 14:46
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 3, 2024 08:31 |
|
|
Sorry to necro this thread but an interesting article on Bruce Artwick, who wrote the first Flight Simulator on PCs: https://airandspace.si.edu/air-and-space-quarterly/spring-2023/pilot-program some gems: before computers, imulators used to use tiny scale models of landscapes with a TV camera passing over them the first version of Flight Simulator ran on the Apple ][ and was later ported to the TRS-80, wow must've been like 1-3 FPS if they were lucky -it first shipped on cassette  the text says this is from the IBM PC version but I'm 100% sure that's a mistake as that's the classic HGR1 mode on the Apple ][ of graphics/text
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2023 15:49
|
|