08-28-2020, 08:54 PM
Bugs, bugs and more bugs.
Any other game released w/ that many would have been trampled to the ground.
Yet, here we are with the "highly-praised" afterbirth of the well known franchise, the latest iteration of MSFS.
Sure, I was as anxious as anybody in the FS community. Looking at all those awesome vid's on u-tube and god-knows-where;
how couldn't I?
...I have yet to complete a single flight.
First of all: ATC.
Thoughtful implementation - horrible execution.
Sitting at the gate and trying to file your flight plan: Good Luck!
Those dinosaurs up in the tower have to gather around the Tea-kettle before even considering any request.
If your lucky, someone might pick up the mic and answer "a" request filed an hour or so ago.
So you made it to the flight-deck, (congrats, took me 3 attempts), looking at the dash and thinking "WOW, awesome how they did that!"
and b4 you know it that asshole of a CP calls the Push-back truck, all the while you are still boarding pax and still waiting for the the luggage truck.
(Meanwhile, in the tower, they argue whether to have one or two spoons of sugar in their tea).
Bear in mind: you were supposed to leave at 11.AM - It's now 15 mins past 1 PM.
Your mouse is hovering anxiously over the ATC window; waiting for those Tea-Addicts to pull their thumbs out of their Royal Behinds.
Ok... let's do the check-lists while we wait.
You call for external power and your faithful CP calls the PB truck again.
'DUDE, STFU!!!'
Guess who arrives first?
Fast forward: External Power, - and PB Truck go Hannibal at the gate.
"Yeah! FPS in MSFS."
... your thoughts are pulverized as them tea-kettle swinging Dinosaurs @ ATC finally grand you permission to board pax.
No excuses accepting, the EPS truck finally arrived!
Your thoughts about timing dwindle as your CP happily announces "we finally have lights in this coffin!"
Awesome! Let's blow out the candles.
A window appears out of no-where reminding me that I should start the engines before trying to attempt to taxi.
'Fuck! ...better turn 'm on!'
As it happens, our checklist tells us all engines are running at Idle and are good-to-go.
Looking at the instruments trying to figure out what's going on, our wonderful CP announces "Request PushBack!"
...over the cabin PA.
Time for another cuppa and ATC or whoever the fek is in charge finally acknowledges " Cataring Services are on the road!
'HUH???'
At this point you press the Esc button thinking your trials might be over.
"HELL NO!"
...as it happens you gotta quit this abomination using TaskManager.
Cya up there (hopefully) & having a cuppa with additive
C. :punk:
Any other game released w/ that many would have been trampled to the ground.
Yet, here we are with the "highly-praised" afterbirth of the well known franchise, the latest iteration of MSFS.
Sure, I was as anxious as anybody in the FS community. Looking at all those awesome vid's on u-tube and god-knows-where;
how couldn't I?
...I have yet to complete a single flight.
First of all: ATC.
Thoughtful implementation - horrible execution.
Sitting at the gate and trying to file your flight plan: Good Luck!
Those dinosaurs up in the tower have to gather around the Tea-kettle before even considering any request.
If your lucky, someone might pick up the mic and answer "a" request filed an hour or so ago.
So you made it to the flight-deck, (congrats, took me 3 attempts), looking at the dash and thinking "WOW, awesome how they did that!"
and b4 you know it that asshole of a CP calls the Push-back truck, all the while you are still boarding pax and still waiting for the the luggage truck.
(Meanwhile, in the tower, they argue whether to have one or two spoons of sugar in their tea).
Bear in mind: you were supposed to leave at 11.AM - It's now 15 mins past 1 PM.
Your mouse is hovering anxiously over the ATC window; waiting for those Tea-Addicts to pull their thumbs out of their Royal Behinds.
Ok... let's do the check-lists while we wait.
You call for external power and your faithful CP calls the PB truck again.
'DUDE, STFU!!!'
Guess who arrives first?
Fast forward: External Power, - and PB Truck go Hannibal at the gate.
"Yeah! FPS in MSFS."
... your thoughts are pulverized as them tea-kettle swinging Dinosaurs @ ATC finally grand you permission to board pax.
No excuses accepting, the EPS truck finally arrived!
Your thoughts about timing dwindle as your CP happily announces "we finally have lights in this coffin!"
Awesome! Let's blow out the candles.
A window appears out of no-where reminding me that I should start the engines before trying to attempt to taxi.
'Fuck! ...better turn 'm on!'
As it happens, our checklist tells us all engines are running at Idle and are good-to-go.
Looking at the instruments trying to figure out what's going on, our wonderful CP announces "Request PushBack!"
...over the cabin PA.
Time for another cuppa and ATC or whoever the fek is in charge finally acknowledges " Cataring Services are on the road!
'HUH???'
At this point you press the Esc button thinking your trials might be over.
"HELL NO!"
...as it happens you gotta quit this abomination using TaskManager.
Cya up there (hopefully) & having a cuppa with additive
C. :punk:
are doing well?
