Posts by Capt Haddock

  • Connect to XCSoar on the same PC

    That sounds great, thanks! Now that you mention it, I remember reading about the tow plane bug on the forums... Hopefully there'll be a fix soon!

    Gliders in Aerofly are fantastic, and even if the clouds are not linked to the thermals, the physics and loading speed makes up for it. Being able to connect it to XCSoar would be great to keep current during the long winter months.

  • Connect to XCSoar on the same PC

    There's an addon for MSFS2024 called WFSNMEA that makes it super easy to connect the sim to XCSoar running on the same PC, on another window.

    1. Launch MSFS
    2. Launch WFSNMEA
    3. Launch XCSOAR

    The key is that XCSoar is also running on Windows, which makes it possible to be displayed as a floating window in VR.

    I've tried connecting Aerofly to XCSoar with no luck. I suspect because Aerofly assumes it should be running on another device, not the same PC.... Is this something we could have in the future?
    Apologies for the poor photo using my phone, but you get the idea...

  • Thermals

    Gliders are just beautifully done in Aerofly! The lack of connection to the CU clouds is not ideal but it's a bit like flying in a blue day when you have to find the thermals blind.

    I can imagine the developers torn between the two extremes of doing Airliners and Gliders, but it wouldn't take much to make Aerofly a perfect gliding sim.

  • The rope physics on Aerotow are amazing

    The way the rope moves and bows is truly impressive.

    Aerofly is the only sim I can replicate some of the aerotow exercises where the rope behaves like in real life. Like moving to one side of the tow plane to indicate that you are unable to release. In this exercise you have to keep an eye on the rope as it can bow dangerously once you move away from the tow plane slipstream, correcting with a touch of airbrakes or sideslipping.

    So beautifully done. Way ahead of other sims, naming no names...

  • Flight planner improvements

    Some suggestions that would make a big difference :)

    1. Ability to draw straight legs from any point to any point. Old school. No automatic ILS approaches or STAR routes


    2. Ability to change the order of existing waypoints



    3. Virtual window in VR showing the map. And the ability to move it around (like "Little Navmap VR" on FS2020)

  • Aerofly FS4 for beginners in VR

    Quote from Armitage

    For checklists in VR I use "Desktop+". It can mirror desktop applications into VR, so I have a browser with my checklists and maps as a kneeboard inside my VR cockpit.

    But I am still hoping for an integrated solution like in other simulators.

    Thanks for the tip about Desktop+

    I just tested it loading a Swiss VFR chart on a separate image window, and docked it to my left hand controller. Pretty wild to juts lift up your hand to glance at the chart!

  • How do you make a simple triangle on the Flight Planner?

    Thanks for the reply! So close but still struggling :P

    - I made EDSA the origin and destination
    - Then I added Farrengerg, Rossfeld, and Hayingen (my triangle)
    - But as soon as I add a point close to Farrenberg to finish the triangle... bam! it adds it to the first leg (Farrenberg - Rossfield), not after Hayingen, as I wanted.



    With the all amazing work recently done on the gliders (aerotow, rope physics, etc.) it's really a shame that you can't do a simple gliding task.

  • How do you make a simple triangle on the Flight Planner?

    I'm just trying to make a simple gliding task on the flight planer. Your typical triangle, nothing fancy...

    It all goes well when I add the first two waypoints of the first leg:



    But when I add the 3rd point, the flight planner changes the first leg, deciding that new point is the 2nd waypoint now



    And I can't even add a last waypoint to close the triangle.
    The editor assumes that I want to fly to the furthest point, not doing a triangular task, like you would do in gliding.

    Is there any way to edit the order of the waypoints?

  • New airfields - Problems with the flight planner

    Some of the new small airfields in Germany are fantastic, in particular Unterwössen and Rossfeld. It's a great feeling launching from high ground.

    Unfortunately some of them don't seem to work with the flight planner. If you select them as Origin or Destination, nothing happens. So far I have seen this happen with Riedlingen and Rossfeld.

    Also. The planner has a mind of its own when it comes to ordering the waypoints. Is there any way to re-order them manually? In Little Navmap (shown below) you can simply select a waypoint from the list and CTRL+UP or DOWN to move it.

    Maybe the current planner is great to fly from A to B, but it's hard to use to make anything resembling a triangular gliding task.

  • The Antares is amazing!

    Wow. Long time without flying Aerofly, but I just tried the Antares and it's truly exceptional. Amazing 3D model in VR, fully functional, stunning physics, and you can fly with Condor-like frame rates but stunning visuals. I've been struggling getting FS 2024 to run half decently on VR, but now I don't need to...This is so much better. Thank you!! :)