Alive!

Here's the latest FSW update from Cryss at DTG:

 

trueSky

 

Cirrus cloud layer added to the “Sunny Day” weather theme.

Overall lighting rebalanced.

Visual improvements to Cirrus clouds

SSAO improved in overcast conditions

Snow direction and tree flickering functionality improved for users with multiple monitors

 

Aircraft

 

Night time map adjustment to better rebalance cockpit lighting

Flap aerodynamic wobble animation removed.

 

DA40

 

Autopilot button click areas refined

 

DA42

 

Alternator switch animation and tooltip corrected.

Corrected alternator on/off labelling.

 

PA-28 Cherokee

 

Autopilot LED now activates when switched on.

ASI needle animation corrected

Rain effect no longer visible on DV panel when window is opened.

 

PA-34 Seneca

 

Rain effect no longer visible on DV panel when window is opened.

Improved night lighting on yoke

Mesh tear above pilot's left window corrected.

Center console fuel levers, cabin temperature, and air source switches now functional

Appearance of elevator trim switch annunciator improved.

GTX327 LCD screen appearance improved.

SYS55X LCD screens improved in appearance.

 

PA-46 Malibu Mirage

 

Rain effect no longer visible on DV panel when window is opened

 

RV-7A

 

Added “wig-wag” landing light effect

 

 

Avionics

G1000

 

Fixed overlapping text on FPL screens.

PITOT FAIL and FUEL TEMP ANUN warning message functionality added

AP TRIM FAIL warning message functionality added

 

GTX327

 

Will now fail if a transponder failure is activated

 

Settings

 

Weather settings now default to “high”.

‘Show compass’ setting changes now persist across sessions

 

UI

 

Cold and Dark option now moved to main flight planner dialogue.

Visual improvements to Cold and Dark Checklist.

 

Engine

 

Night lighting improved for buildings

Major road lights (motorways, highways, a roads) more visible at night.

Saitek Pro Flight trim wheel controller now officially supported.

Yawn. High hopes, little result, IMO.

Judging by the last post (in thread now below this one) nearly a month old, it seems not! (Alive, that is).

 

Almost forgot I had this installed on my PC, not fired up since a week or two after release.

 

I take it there's still no passenger jets on the fleet manifest, default or otherwise?

Well - at least they are working on the details. I expect that new planes and other additions will be offered for sale. Look at Dovetail's Train Simulator, it is all add-ons for purchase.

Looking on Avsim - where it seems interest in the title is being kept alive by a circle of about 8 to 10 regulars - DTG are already starting to push DLC. This for a sim that is still in early access (what happened over the last six months) and could change, or vanish overnight. And picking up on the theme from over there, it doesn't matter how nice they've tweaked the ground and sky - if there's not a big metal tube with 4 x PW or RR engines glued to it (2 would do at a pinch), I'm not that bothered about flying it.

Like everybody else they have to make a living. But if the finished FSW does not include a variety of default planes, I don't think it will be competitive with P3D, XP-11, AFS2, etc.

I looked at a snapshot for FSW on Steam Spy a couple of days ago, which revealed over a 24 hour period the maximum concurrent number playing the game was a staggering... 85. Over the same period, FSX SE had 3300 maximum concurrent players.

So is it surprising that fewer people are playing an Early Access simulation that is very real in its development compared to a mature product with many years under its belt.... not in my book.

 

 

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But it's not early access. When FSX came out, it had essentially everything ready, then got some bug fixes with the service packs. FSW is a product where they really didn't even bother.

But it's not early access.

 

Yes it is.