TouchingCloud - Microsoft Flight Simulator!
Another week of hard work and we are getting closer to the next public version. A lot of visual issues fixed – missing polygons, poorly looking textures and materials, VR problem. Attempt to add water ballast dump visual effect can’t be named successful – current FX system very limited and does not provide much instruments. …
This week we have decided to spent some time on one personal freeware add-on – Air Creation 582SL. This trike was originally a convert of FSX aircraft (developed by Microsoft), but now it became completely native MSFS plane! So you will get working VR, clickable switches (well, not much in this case) and shiny materials …
We almost finished with textures replacement, fixing interactive elements animation and make them clickable. Thanks to David Fairhurst‘s artist skills we’ve got an incredible level of gauge details. No advanced materials or geometry added yet, so you can expect it will be even twice better in the end. Made by Ian Lewis precise TE and …
This weekend we propose to join our new gliding competition – Race 133 MONACO. 133 kilometers route in-between Italy and France with beautiful views and salt breeze. Use ridge lift and hot spots wisely to make the best time! New ALBATROSS version was released as well. This time we introduce competitors’ ghosts – if someone …
Mostly minor Kinetic issues are fixed – vertical wind indication improved, hotkeys works again, thermal circle no longer disappear when you just reached it. Tow plane issue when it does not gain altitude during take off still happen, as it related with AI trying to control ghost plane. As workaround, program “teleport” towplane higher so …
New updates available for our programs – Kinetic Assistant (0.9.1) and ALBATROSS (0.5). Most improvements in replay functionality was made this time. Now you can use manually created track files for the tow plane, so no more weird AI behavior. More various routes will be added soon. You still can enable ATC controlled tow plane …
We are ready to introduce new gliding competition – short range race in the skies of Central Eastern Alps. Home airfield – LOIJ Sankt Johann Airport based in Austria, well-known glider airfield nestles in an open valley basin in the Kitzbühel Alps. 100 kilometers long route, 10 knots S-E wind, lower clouds layer at 8000ft. …
Looks like time comes – we have created a Discord server. We spent a lot of time to keep discussion with all our testers and users as everyone has own preferable way to communicate, so we propose to get together on Discord: https://discord.gg/6rueC2c8qc Several purposes for this server – we can publish testing updates privately …
We have started to work on a new feature of Kinetic Assistant and ALBATROSS – Ghost Replay. It is quite a special feature for MSFS – unlike other replay tools, it does affect not your aircraft but insert and animate AI aircraft instead. First and simplest usage of it – animate the tow plane so …
Next update took a little longer than expected, but looks like most issues were finally eliminated. Most important change is the nav screen – now it’s much easier to search for thermals, attach tow rope to near planes or read the wind. NMEA and XCSoar data export option unlocked, still experimental so feel free to …