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GaryGB said:
One may wonder if "castor oil dispersion physics" is a basis for use of "V-formation"- vs. 'Finger-four squadron'- flights. :laughing:
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The strength of the finger-four is its basis of the pair, still the foundation of fighter tactics. The really daft one is line astern (one behind the other), which Luftwaffe pilots called idiotenreihe (rows of idiots). To be tail-end charlie there with castor oil flying has got to be the worst. :yikes: :banghead:
 
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New update out... Frosty McFrostFace :p

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Also Happy New Year! 2020 is gonna be a very interesting year to us FlightSimmers :)
 
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Am I seeing things - or did I see a transition from green grass to light snow cover to heavy snow? at the 00:20 mark. They did a time speed up, but I see differences in the snow cover.
 
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This is creating too much hype, I hope MS can manage these expectations once this is released and lives up to the hype created.

So far so good.
 
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ronh said:
Am I seeing things - or did I see a transition from green grass to light snow cover to heavy snow? at the 00:20 mark. They did a time speed up, but I see differences in the snow cover.
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From what I have read, it is somewhat dynamic. How accurate it will be relative to actual snowfall in the sim, or even using real weather, remains to be seen. It does seem that there are different levels of snow cover though.
 
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update comparison to FSX

I just see almost all video in single aircraft and formation, I did see any other air traffics, ATC chats, failure/crash.
if it compare to FSX it still long way to go, in general:
1. earth :pushpin:
2. Airport :pushpin:
3. Seasoning :pushpin:
4. weather :pushpin:
5. environment effect :pushpin:
6. aerodynamic :pushpin:
7. prop aircraft :pushpin:
8. Jet aircraft :pushpin:
9. Chopper ???
10. Glider ???
11. Seaplane :pushpin:
12. steam and glass gauge :pushpin:
13. sound :pushpin:
14. ATC ???
15. Air traffics ???
16. Failure/crash + effect ???
17. Sea Traffic ???
18. living world :pushpin:
19. ATC Controller Cabin ???

FSX modul add on for realism:
1. airport :pushpin:
2. Cities :pushpin:
3. fire and bombing (Tackpack) ???
4. Air refueling ???
5. STVOL ???
6. Ground service support + airport traffics ???
 
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FlightGear did dynamic snowlines before, albeit not to this degree.
 
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SPowell42 said:
Yes, first release of alpha SDK in January, first "real" release in March.
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I found the wording slightly ambiguous:
SDK UPDATE
  • SDK – Preview Version release moved back to mid-January.
  • SDK – Official V1 release expected March 2020.
We’ve made great progress on the SDK in recent weeks and are confident that an initial preview version will be ready as early as mid-January. The preview version will allow interested 3rd party developers to have a first look at the SDK, provide feedback and send requests / wishes to help us prioritize the work moving forward (similar to the Tech Alpha process).This is by no means an official V1 release – we expect that to be ready March 2020.
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It's not clear that the SDK preview will be generally available or only available to selected 3PDs. Maybe I'm over interpreting the text.
 
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