Flight Simulator 2024
Notes that will coalesce into somewhat coherent writing about Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 2024, which you plan to use for most of your flights in a flight sim voyage around the world.
Videos of flights will be recorded live on your HyperTextHero Twitch channel.
Notes
I was surprised to see the game had downloaded in less than 1 hour after I left it on while “Loading languages 7%” showed in the status bar. Many were not so lucky.
Craziest user experience problem I ran into: I clicked on the yellow “Sign in to Xbox Account” button which launched the Windows Live login dialogue, but when I tried typing in my password nothing would appear in the password input box and the cursor would lose focus!
Frustrated, I MASHED the buttons on my keyboard quickly and saw letters appear in the box once in a while, so I clicked on “Use a different sign in method” and then on “Use code sent to email address”. The input box now showed numbers instead of ••••, so by MASHING each number of the 5-digit code repeatedly I managed to eventually get each number to appear, and log in.
I left graphics settings on the recommended one for my PC (High End), and framerates in rural areas and also in NYC were good, feeling above 60fps, though I did not spend much time in the city.
Lighting seems more nuanced now, especially environmental light.
I only had two planes available, the Flight Design CTSL and the Beechcraft Bonanza G36, no C-172 for the training or career missions, so could not proceed with those. Apparently due to server issues, as communicated by GotFriends’ GotFriendsMykrode in stream chat:
It’s bugged because of the servers. They show up in the marketplace section, but have not been sent out. Seems like everyone got a different selection of aircraft randomly.
VKB Gladiator stick, throttle and rudder controls did not have automatically assigned controls, so I had to map them. I’ll add my basic controls here eventually to help others.
Menu music and ambient soundscapes are good, much better than MSFS 2020.
The Flight Design CTSL would seemingly start with no fuel despite having half the tank filled, so my first and second landings were emergency ones after airborne starts! Maybe there’s a switch to change tanks from one wing to the other that I missed.
There seems to be an audio bug where you need to move the throttle for the engine sounds to start when going into cockpit view.
The Bonanza had no sounds at all during the introduction flight in the career mode. Maybe missing files due to server issues?
There’s a volume limiter setting under Audio Settings now.
I did not see any raindrops on the windshield of the Flight Design CTSL while flying through clouds.
No flyby view button (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
You can get out of your plane and do a preflight check and walk around the world (Shift+C), and my character naturally became Harry Potter during my first stream of MSFS 2024.
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Possibly Related:
- MS Flight Simulator 2024
- Noita
- Thoughts on the Fujifilm X100 digital camera series
- KitHack Model Club
- HyperTextHero flies around the world
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