Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) - We're really sorry about Microsoft Flight

[Ginger_Yellow]

Oh, yeah, I meant to post that. The ObsidianAnt video anyway. Not sure I want to pay that much for a fighter in a civ sim, though it’s not like I’ve ever fired a missile in my DCS F18.

[Skipper]

Does One Vision play when you take it out for a spin?

[Mellified]

LOL - that’d be perfect!

[schurem]

So that means Concorde is out as well? Meh.

One reason to drive a fighter jet in MSFS is the great view and speed.

[Editer]

Same developer is actually working on a Concorde (already released for P3D), but it’s on hold until Asobo supports >Mach 1 flight.

[schurem]

Concorde would need a study level simulation of fuel systems or not worth a penny.

[Editer]

@schurem

Concorde would need a study level simulation of fuel systems or not worth a penny.

Proving once again that there are very different ideas of fun in this world. :)

Give me the left seat and let me tell the guy in back to keep the fuel balanced. That’s what flight engineers are for!

[jpinard]

@Editer

Give me the left seat and let me tell the guy in back to keep the fuel balanced. That’s what flight engineers are for!

I’ll give you your flight engineer if I get to see the nose cone turning bright red from excess speed :)

[BiggerBoat]

Valve released a beta version of Steam VR today which includes per-application frame rate locking. Based on my quick test flight, this appears to be a game-changer for MSFS in VR (and for complex sims generally).

I set a target frame rate of 40, and after some initial hitches, things were incredibly smooth in flight. Before I’d get bunches of stutters as the game constantly struggled to hit the headset hz. Now, just a smooth, consistent frame rate. 40 in VR is obviously not fantastic, but seems perfectly acceptable for civi aviation, and it now feels much more like what I am used to in something like Elite Dangerous or IL2.

Motion smoothing is still pretty wonky and a no-go for me, but this is a great starting place. The frame rate was so smooth and stable I can now look at upping the settings and improving the visuals.

[jpinard]

@BiggerBoat

Valve released a beta version of Steam VR today which includes per-application frame rate locking. Based on my quick test flight, this appears to be a game-changer for MSFS in VR (and for complex sims generally).

I set a target frame rate of 40, and after some initial hitches, things were incredibly smooth in flight. Before I’d get bunches of stutters as the game constantly struggled to hit the headset hz. Now, just a smooth, consistent frame rate. 40 in VR is obviously not fantastic, but seems perfectly acceptable for civi aviation, and it now feels much more like what I am used to in something like Elite Dangerous or IL2.

Motion smoothing is still pretty wonky and a no-go for me, but this is a great starting place. The frame rate was so smooth and stable I can now look at upping the settings and improving the visuals.

Whoa nice! So if you set that stuff in steamVR what do you set in openXR?

[BiggerBoat]

Sorry! Not sure. Can’t speak to that since I am on an index.

[Profanicus]

@jpinard

Whoa nice! So if you set that stuff in steamVR what do you set in openXR?

That per-application frame rate stuff only works on Steam headsets (Vive, Index)

[Ginger_Yellow]

Neofly adds fuel management:

Version 2.8.2

• Added fuel management with gaz & jet prices in settings

• Logs tab refactoring with historical on the map and reset button

• Added runway length and light in airport info

• Pilot tab statistics refactoring

• Added 9 achievements

• Fixed loan date bug with some regional formats skudd

Important :

NF will check with a simple formula you have enough fuel to fly or to launch a freelancer but it is up to you to take in count wind, take-off, etc. There are nice add-ons for this.

As the payload, it is up to you to match NF fuel and MSFS fuel, but unlike payload, it is not mandatory (no red light). Later I will try to add everything automatically by simconnect. Anyway, if you don’t have enough fuel in NF, you won’t be able to “Connect & fly”.

In the logs tab you can now see every mission on map with a toggle button, or only one by selecting a row.

[Skipper]

For a free add-on game, the dev is doing a fantastic job and continuing to add more features.

[Ginger_Yellow]

Yeah. It’s annoying that it still doesn’t auto-manage fuel/cargo payloads in-sim, but hopefully that will come eventually.

[kaosfere]

@Ginger_Yellow

Yeah. It’s annoying that it still doesn’t auto-manage fuel/cargo payloads in-sim, but hopefully that will come eventually.

I may be wrong about this, but I believe that for a good while either payload or fuel (or both?) couldn’t be managed via simconnect, thus none of these addons could do it. I just checked the latest SDK docs and they both show as being settable now, so hopefully it’ll come at some point.

[Ginger_Yellow]

FSE definitely does it.

[jpinard]

Can MSFS ever be supported by DLSS?

[IkeVandergraaf]

@BiggerBoat

Valve released a beta version of Steam VR today which includes per-application frame rate locking.

I have been using steam vr rather than openxr . Is the frame rate locking a maximum or a minimum? In other words, if I’m using a G2, do I set it to 90fps, which is the native frame rate of the G2, or should I set it to 45 (or 30) to make sure I get a smooth frame rate?

Also I just checked and I cannot find this new setting.

[jpinard]

@IkeVandergraaf

@BiggerBoat

Valve released a beta version of Steam VR today which includes per-application frame rate locking.

I have been using steam vr rather than openxr . Is the frame rate locking a maximum or a minimum? In other words, if I’m using a G2, do I set it to 90fps, which is the native frame rate of the G2, or should I set it to 45 (or 30) to make sure I get a smooth frame rate?

Also I just checked and I cannot find this new setting.

I hope that’s not for Index only. Are you running the beta for SteamVR?