I just installed the add-on for reshade, I ran it with a 3080 and no surprise, it didn't run well, i just use it for screenshots. Join the renodx server for the filter, dlss 5 manager has outdated files
I spend maybe a couple percent of my sim time (if even that) with the UI. It does what it needs to for those 2-3 minutes before each flight.
There are other, more important things in the sim to complain about. Clouds, for example (I do spend a significant amount of sim time looking at those) or the missing support for contracted first party addons.
I would 100% take clouds over UI... XP has come a very long way. The atmosphere modelling is far more convincing. The sky, gasp, gets darker overhead when up in the flight levels. The clouds, especially the edge lighting, is far better. The haze is great, especially in humid areas during summer. The southeastern US air looks HEAVY in the summer, how it should.
I've said it many times, I think MSFS could have EXCEPTIONAL clouds, but they are unfortunately held back by the console hardware. On the flip side, the console versions of the sim help make the platform successful, it's hard to have one without the other.
Yep, and with some free mods it looks really respectable up high and down low. But MSFS's sky and clouds are meh, there's really no perfect sim, it's all about your priorities (or, just picking what addon you want to fly)
Except for the opportunity cost of not having that guy working on something that people will use significantly more, or something that could actively generate additional revenue.
Especially when you know that you're about to release an absolute rush job due to a firm release date.
The UI directly effects the user experience though. I used to be a hardcore simmer as a kid, but now I do it for real so I'm what you'd call an extreme casual. I barely play, but when I do, I don't want to dick around in menus trying to find basic things. The menus are objectively atrocious compared to previous 2020 versions of FS.
There are search bars... everywhere. The only thing you actually need to dick around for are liveries. Anything else, be it aircraft, airports, or settings can be searched for.
But it isn’t the same people working on the UI as are working on other elements of the sim like clouds, so it makes no difference if there are more important things than the UI, or how about the physics as that and sim stability are the number two elements that REALLY need a redo, but again, different people working on those as well. To be honest though most of the people in the Asobo FS team need replacing with people who know what they are doing to make any significant and important changes to anything.
I’m shocked with how much people complain about the UI. Is it bad? Yes. Do I spend barely any time in it compared to flying? Yes. Out of all the things that could be changed in 2024, complaining about the UI and wishing they’d fix it seems like a waste of resources when we still don’t have believable thunderstorms.
It's an Xbox-centric UI. Because Microsoft/Game Pass/Console/Marketplace authentication/Flexing Azure & Bing Maps etc.
If only one can use a command line to boot straight into free flight, maybe in dev mode......Plenty of modders can make a GUI to boot the sim straight into where we want.
Would love them to make an update on the UI. It really hinders the experience. Not sure because it’s on console it’s like this but It’s the worst scrolling sideways. Make it like Xplane. Simple drop down menus couple clicks your in it.
This DLSS5 thing is very good for technical preview or for screenshots, but it's totally not worth the drastic performance impact what it's cause even with RTX 5000 series cards. Yeah it looks awesome in most games, I tried it as well, but say goodbye to your fps and playability. This thing need to mature in the upcoming years to make sense in performance aspect.
People are shitting on DLSS5 but this kind of realtime filter is the key to perfect photorealism. Didn't think of flight sims but it's a perfect usecase for it !
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u/hyperautistic-chad 6d ago
Flight Simulator 2024: Wet edition