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MSFS UK Calls in the Decorators

Posted: 26 Nov 2020, 22:09
by chrispbits
UK - decorators in just after Christmas (assuming a better job doesn't come up in the meantime) with the 3rd Global Update focusing on the UK (and possibly Ireland) with a release date of 28th Jan. Four new airport hand jobs (small affairs sadly) and a raft of POIs. I was expecting Europe but it's nice to get a bit of a spring clean early in the year.

Re: MSFS UK Calls in the Decorators

Posted: 27 Nov 2020, 11:58
by spatialpro
Many thanks for this.

Any idea which airfields?

This news is timely, in that I was considering buying ORBX's London Landmarks in the Black Friday/MSFS sale... but I've been thinking it could be superseded by just such a UK update by MS themselves... *-)

Andy

Re: MSFS UK Calls in the Decorators

Posted: 27 Nov 2020, 12:03
by spatialpro
Ah, I just found this:

https://msfsaddons.com/2020/11/25/msfs- ... -airports/

Manchester and Liverpool airports get a mention.

I also glad to see there will be work on proceedural buildings! Churches and cathedrals will be a focus, but I really hope farm houses, barns and manor houses will also be included, as I'm fed up of seeing the UK countryside splattered with office buildings!!! :rant: Anyone else feel the same?! *-)

Re: MSFS UK Calls in the Decorators

Posted: 27 Nov 2020, 12:10
by spatialpro
Also.... cottages with thatched roofs!!!! :rant:

Re: MSFS UK Calls in the Decorators

Posted: 27 Nov 2020, 23:21
by chrispbits
Yep. Hate seeing office buildings where there ought to be farmhouses. It's not as if the French have a surfeit of office buildings in the French countryside. Perhaps the odd Chatoffice? You'd have thought this would be reasonably easy to resolve.

Re: MSFS UK Calls in the Decorators

Posted: 28 Nov 2020, 07:44
by FlyTexas
Hopefully there are no white houses. :lol:
viewtopic.php?p=271480#p271480

Brian

Re: MSFS UK Calls in the Decorators

Posted: 28 Nov 2020, 12:22
by spatialpro
I created a post in the official MSFS Wishlist regarding this:

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/re ... als/328300

Please click the blue VOTE button to support it! :thumbsup: Doing so makes it more likely to happen.

Many thanks

Andy

Re: MSFS UK Calls in the Decorators

Posted: 28 Nov 2020, 12:31
by TSR2
Done. Haven't flown at all in the past few months as RW getting in the way. I would say that the one thing that's putting me off flying in MSFS isn't the lack of cottages or churches, but is that lack of 3rd party aircraft which seems to be down to the lack of serious development of the SDK. I really wish they would stop wasting their time improving and enhancing the default aircraft and give the incredibly talented people in the community the tools to finish the projects that are ongoing.

Re: MSFS UK Calls in the Decorators

Posted: 28 Nov 2020, 22:18
by spatialpro
Many thanks for your vote Ben :thumbsup:

I largely feel the same. The SDK is lacking entire sections, which either partially or completely hinders meaningful development.

I suspect they are playing to their new audience, who are attracted to the already revolutionary scenery and want to see even more/better for their own country (I bet after the UK Germany will be next). If they keep people raving about the ever improving eye candy the competition will remain trailing in a cloud of dust (at least in the minds of the mainstream). This would seem to make good business sense, at least for now.

I also suspect their drive to improve performance is to get things in a sufficiently good state (e.g. 60 or more FPS for a person using a 1080p monitor) to handle VR headsets when the capability is unleashed upon the world come Christmas. Otherwise they could face a tsunami of complaints from VR newbies (lured by Quest 2 and Reverb G2) that their shiny new sim isn't up to it.

Re: MSFS UK Calls in the Decorators

Posted: 29 Nov 2020, 17:11
by Vc Ten
Airtrooper wrote:
28 Nov 2020, 22:18
I largely feel the same. The SDK is lacking entire sections, which either partially or completely hinders meaningful development.
Interesting that Mathijs from Aerosoft say that the SDK is not holding then up from the progress on the CRJ
https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/t ... fs/page/8/
I think the Aerosoft have had more help than most from Asobo but still the development so far looks impressive
Dale