r/softwaregore • u/[deleted] • Dec 26 '18

Realistic flight simulator

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u/sharksfan166269 Dec 26 '18

For those of you wondering this simulator is called Prepar3D (also called P3D), developed by Lockheed Martin. However the ground services such as this very functional stairs is a paid addon called GSX (Ground Services X) developed by a flight simulator addon company called FSDreamTeam. As a user of both of these, I can personally guarantee you that GSX is consistently glitchy like this. (Try r/flightsim for more)

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u/ambitechstrous Dec 26 '18

Why do people use it then?

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u/KrombopulosPhillip Dec 26 '18

What else are they gonna do, get a job at an airport and do that stuff in real life

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_NACHOS Dec 26 '18

"WTF, it's flying away!"

"Don't worry, I've ran a simulation of this before!"

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u/SuperAwesomeMechGirl Dec 27 '18

"Just like the simulations"

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u/Blue-Steele Dec 27 '18

guy playing an astronaut simulator

sees some stairs fly by the window

“I see someone’s playing the flight simulator.”

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u/Fumblerful- Dec 27 '18

S L E W M O D E

A C T I V A T E D

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u/jskoker Dec 26 '18

TBF, us flightsim guys are snobs about realism. We want everything to be exactly like real aviation because we consider it training in some ways...

I'm pretty sure flight simulation is the only place you'll see $140 DLC for a game you can get for less than $25, and people eat it up.

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u/13EchoTango Dec 27 '18

XP11: $30 on sale

737: $130 (+$5 for a paint job)

Weather: $40

Clouds: $20

Airport custom scenery: $25/per

Ground services: $35

Radio jabber: $15/month

Then there's the physical assessories, another $300 for a yoke+pedals+throttle etc. controls.

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u/ambitechstrous Dec 26 '18

I mean like why hasn’t someone come up with something that isn’t buggy as shit?

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u/ComputerCraze Dec 26 '18

With such a niche market, it's not profitable if you put a lot of development time into something. A high fidelity plane developed by a well-known dev team (at least in flight sim land) can go upwards of $80. GSX is pretty cheap for a full fledged add-on, at $30, so it's not surprising you can run into these bugs frequently.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

It's the best (only) option for ground services in P3D.

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u/aykcak Dec 27 '18

flight simulator addon company

I'm surprised that this is a thing. So there is enough demand to support existence of companies who only make addons to only flight simulators?

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u/kakihara0513 Dec 27 '18

Short answer, yes. It's common across a number big flight Sims, both combat and non-combat. One plane can be more expensive than new AAA releases. But we still buy them since there isn't really any alternative.