MSFS -Everything you know about upcoming Flight Sim from Microsoft-

[n4gix]

As for liveries, note that at least one, "Iberia", was shown in the release trailer!

 

[DeDrake]

RIP third party developers?

 

[katina12]

RIP third party developers?

More likely rip fs2020
It look like they run out of funds before going any further and if the money are not flowing than who knows
If no sdk i will not give them a cent

 

[Jay Bloomfield]

We do not know whether there is an SDK or not. We do know that various commercial "partners" have commented on their plans for MSFS, within the limits of their NDA.

 

[Gerli]

I'll just wait... no reason for a Preorder right now. Let's see what we got first...

 

[ChrisC]

More likely rip fs2020
It look like they run out of funds before going any further and if the money are not flowing than who knows
If no sdk i will not give them a cent

You have to be crazy. This is a MASSIVE upgrade in the PC flight sim scene, people are going to flock to it, and this is a MASSIVE opportunity to develop new add-ons and make a ton of money. They already said SimConnect will be backward supported, so it should be basic to translate your products into it. Your loss if you don't want to keep up.

 

[Deano1973]

Soooo..... Just a bit over a month to go until release. Are you hyped yet?

Totally. I'm ignoring the nay-sayers. Can't break the NDA but anybody who hasn't played it, doesn't know what's coming to them yet, and it's vastly, vastly superior to anything we've seen before, with the potential to becoming truly tremendous over time for both users and developers. Bring it on

 

[DragonflightDesign]

Again, without breaking NDA and for those that are security-conscious, you cannot connect to the servers using a VPN. You get a big, fat red 'Access Denied' which I, for one, am very unhappy about.

 

[katina12]

We do not know whether there is an SDK or not. We do know that various commercial "partners" have commented on their plans for MSFS, within the limits of their NDA.

we don t know ?

The product is basically on sale at this stage it should clearly say what is included

 

[Tim Collins]

More likely rip fs2020
It look like they run out of funds before going any further and if the money are not flowing than who knows
If no sdk i will not give them a cent

Microsoft run out of money? Listen to yourself. Good grief.

RIP third party developers?

Plenty of third-party developers are in on MSFS, and will be making announcements over the next few days - if you are an Orbx customer, you will have had theirs this morning.

 

[Tim Collins]

we don t know ?

The product is basically on sale at this stage it should clearly say what is included

Of course there is an SDK. Whether there will be one available to the general public on release is a different matter. it will come, but MS isn’t going to give a damn about how you or I feel about that. The initial sales of this product will not be dependent on an SDK being available, and will likely dwarf sales of all other games in 2020.

 

[katina12]

Microsoft run out of money? Listen to yourself. Good grief.

oh do not worry about that we know they have aplenty Obviously need to see investments returns

yep they do not give a toss about me or somebody else still is good to know what is inside the tin when you buy

 

[DagelijksGamer]

Here's a screenshot of what is supposedly the high-quality EGLL. Look at the lack of detail on ground markings. There's nothing. The terminal models are okay, but even then, I am certain that payware scenery will not disappear. P3D won't disappear either.

 

[gfxpilot]

Of course there is an SDK. Whether there will be one available to the general public on release is a different matter. it will come, but MS isn’t going to give a damn about how you or I feel about that. The initial sales of this product will not be dependent on an SDK being available, and will likely dwarf sales of all other games in 2020.

I have to agree. Looking at the way this is initially marketed its a "game" and therefore gamers are the target audience. Simmers will be lower down the list because of the current limited airport/aircaraft. However its a start and MS will make sure that this works one way of another. Is it worth the prelaunch price tag? I dont really know yet. Despite may being lucky enough to be part of the testing etc Id like to try a trial for a week or so and then potentially had over the cash.

I want it to be good and i want it to knock the socks off games out there. Why? because flight simmers are like train watchers , seen as a little strange lol.

 

[mendiola_loyola]

Will the FS2020 SDK allow us to create only airports?
I don't think we can create vector scenery because the world includes orthophotos from Bing Maps.
Can we create ground polygons for airports with the SDK. ?

Regards.

 

[ronh]

I'm playing the waiting game. I can get gamepass for $1 first month and $5.99 after that. Wait and see what the release provides and how it works on my machine. As for the SDK, I'm speculating since FSX had the SDK in deluxe version that the SDK will be available, but not in the standard version.

 

[rhumbaflappy]

I'm sure an SDK will eventually be released.

Will I buy Dos Equis? Yes. Will I develop tools or addons for it? Unknown.

Please pass the popcorn.

 

[GaryGB]

For those curious about the status of a SDK, and ability to 'port code' for aircraft and scenery into MSFS-2020, see this video at 3:20

More info on airports and ability to customize Ground Services:

"All of these services are now exposed in XML and are customizable using the SDK tools"; see this video at 7:54:

"It is possible as well to create small scripted behaviors with your own objects and animations and to place them where you want"; see this video at 7:59:

'Dynamic' Seasons will be a feature as well:

BTW: I've only now gotten some more time free to look at MSFS-2020 videos, but thus far, I am finding good update info in the YouTube Aus Flight Simmer series:

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

We are follow the development of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 very closely, keeping up to date with the latest news.

www.youtube.com

The Asobo MSFS-2020 development team Feature Discovery Series Episodes are also informative, fascinating and exciting to watch:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=feature+discovery+series


IMHO, it is clear that MS /Asobo are already on top of the FS end user / developer community concerns:

GaryGB

 

[manschy]

Funny - the AI aircraft don't have wheels. Do they use old FS9 ones?

 

[chris]

I'll just wait... no reason for a Preorder right now. Let's see what we got first...

Smart move.
This is what I get when I try to order...

Where do you want to install?


It looks like you don’t have any applicable device(s) linked to your Microsoft account. To install, sign in on a device with your Microsoft account.

I've still got the email that says thank you for purchasing....

Ahhhh...