Microsoft Flight Simulator Patch 1.8.3.0 has been released

#5833906

Margalus

2020-09-23 09:30

Deja vu.. Those look like the same things from the patch we had a week or so ago.

#5833920

Kaarme

2020-09-23 09:51

Margalus:

Deja vu.. Those look like the same things from the patch we had a week or so ago.

I hope by the time I'm ready to buy the game, it will have significant enough patches to enable DX12. Fortunately I'm in no hurry to buy the game. Maybe a year from now it will be more solid and also have some nice mod packs.

#5833930

NiColaoS

2020-09-23 10:27

Don't throw stones at me, but I never understand games ( the appeal ) without actual objective. Perhaps the fact that my first games were Doom I & II and Heretic, played their role. Same for instance for Minecraft craze. I certainly do however understand different people like different games.

#5833975

Silva

2020-09-23 12:50

NiColaoS:

Don't throw stones at me, but I never understand games ( the appeal ) without actual objective. Perhaps the fact that my first games were Doom I & II and Heretic, played their role. Same for instance for Minecraft craze. I certainly do however understand different people like different games.

Not really a game, even the name of the product has "Simulator" in it! I could argue that the objective is to take the plane somewhere else, do routes like real planes do. Or learn how to fly the plane like a real pilot (actual objective for a Flight Sim). If you don't like it, don't play it!

#5833978

asturur

2020-09-23 13:01

Karvapallo:

Cool story bro

If you have nothing to say....

#5833981

asturur

2020-09-23 13:05

NiColaoS:

Don't throw stones at me, but I never understand games ( the appeal ) without actual objective. Perhaps the fact that my first games were Doom I & II and Heretic, played their role. Same for instance for Minecraft craze. I certainly do however understand different people like different games.

The obvious objective of a flight simulator is to take off and land without crashing, exactly like euro track simulator driving the truck and deliver something. You will find agreement that can be boring and less exciting than other games, it mostly depends in what kind of entertainment you are in. The appeal is in the fact that is hard, and particularly this version seems a pleasure to the eye. I think we covered it all for this game.

#5834013

geogan

2020-09-23 14:11

I am always amazed at the number of people who get confused between the terms "game" and "simulator". They are not the same.

#5834045

Herem

2020-09-23 15:36

geogan:

I am always amazed at the number of people who get confused between the terms "game" and "simulator". They are not the same.

I don't think it is quite as clearcut as that. While there are lots of simulators which aren't games there are also a lot of games which have Simulator in the name. I don't think anyone would class Theme Park simulator or The Sims as anything other than games depsite what the title says.

#5834053

Kool64

2020-09-23 15:50

Silva:

Not really a game, even the name of the product has "Simulator" in it! I could argue that the objective is to take the plane somewhere else, do routes like real planes do. Or learn how to fly the plane like a real pilot (actual objective for a Flight Sim). If you don't like it, don't play it!

for me my goal was to simulate landing a plane in my back yard.......

#5834097

Silva

2020-09-23 17:19

Kool64:

for me my goal was to simulate landing a plane in my back yard.......

What kind of plane: Cessna, Airbus or Boeing?

#5834102

WhiskeyOmega

2020-09-23 17:36

Margalus:

Deja vu.. Those look like the same things from the patch we had a week or so ago.

Thats because it is the patch from last week. MS hasnt released a patch since then.

#5834104

alanm

2020-09-23 17:42

Herem:

I don't think it is quite as clearcut as that. While there are lots of simulators which aren't games there are also a lot of games which have Simulator in the name. I don't think anyone would class Theme Park simulator or The Sims as anything other than games depsite what the title says.

This.... is a real simulator. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/265930/capsule_616x353.jpg

#5834105

alanm

2020-09-23 17:43

No seriously, has anyone tested or benched the new patch vs the old?

#5834124

Margalus

2020-09-23 18:38

geogan:

I am always amazed at the number of people who get confused between the terms "game" and "simulator". They are not the same.

This is a sim game. No matter how you slice it, this is a game with simulator aspects...

#5834129

Kool64

2020-09-23 19:06

Silva:

What kind of plane: Cessna, Airbus or Boeing?

Just a Cessna 152. However as it turns out I highly underestimated the wing span vs the with of my yard lol

#5834185

zimzoid

2020-09-23 21:02

Ummm the patch?...anyone?

#5834201

MonstroMart

2020-09-23 21:43

alanm:

This.... is a real simulator. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/265930/capsule_616x353.jpg

GOAT

#5834247

12V92

2020-09-23 23:58

zimzoid:

Ummm the patch?...anyone?

It broke more than it fixed. real sore point is Instruments now switch off mid flight, and joystick sensitivity calibration disappeared.

#5834260

rburks

2020-09-24 01:19

Hmmm just as well, I guess. I can't even download it. My 5mbps DSL internet has a 150GB/mo data cap. So there's the whole month of internet to get one game. Although, at my download speed, it could take two months to get it. So maybe there's still hope......

#5834323

brogadget

2020-09-24 08:48

12V92:

It broke more than it fixed. real sore point is Instruments now switch off mid flight, and joystick sensitivity calibration disappeared.

You don´t even have access to the controller *.xml files in \Microsoft.FlightSimulator_1.8.3.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Input\ folder... Somone managed to get access? I have a old G940 found somewhere deep in my cellar and refurbished it. It worked fine, until new patch. It would be really helpful to edit those *.xml files, to add several special controllers manually... was searching the web for this issue, but nothing found yet... Also the Logitech profiler is almost useless because you can´t assign the flightsimulator.exe file..The MSFS2020 installation directory has some very "odd" and special file permission rules...and yes, a performance comparison would be interesting.....