TFDi Design MD-11: May 2024 Development Update | Feature Complete
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- A short development update for the TFDi Design MD-11 talking through new features and plans going forward.
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I never got to try out the PMDG MD-11 in FSX back then. So this will be my first MD-11 aircraft, really excited to see it! Growing up in the 90s, I was always so excited to see the DC-10 and MD-11 with its iconic tail mounted engine. It's such a beautiful bird! I loved the 717 as well and hope that it can be ported into MSFS as well in the near future! Thanks for all your teams hard work! This will be a day one purchase for me!
Have you ever got the chance to fly on a DC-10? I flew on it once to Hawaii back in 1998. I was 12 years old and it was awesome!
Same here, excited !
Amazing progress mate! Been following this project for quite some time now and must say you and your team have done a fantastic job with the MD-11 Colin. Can‘t wait to showcase it on the channel :)
Thank you! We’re looking forward to delivering a plane worthy of being a mainstay in the fleet!
-Collin
@@TFDiDesign To do this, they will have to completely remodel this MD-11. The exterior model is a mainstay of the Flight Simulator 2004 fleet. To me, it seems completely wrong-there is something very strange that mischaracterizes this aircraft. It doesn't seem worthy of MSFS. The textures are also horrible, appearing to have a 720p resolution. The normal map is ridiculous and even pixelated. The interior of the passenger model is ugly and of low quality; it looks like an trainee first modeling job. I know it's a WIP, but to say it's close to launch seems very strange to me. At the moment, it looks like the ugliest plane I've ever seen for MSFS. I bet on buying the CE model thinking it would be better or at least equal to the 717, but it doesn't seem like that at all. I hope the team changes this horrible look of the aircraft. The MD-11 deserves its place in the simulator; it is a wonderful and beautiful aircraft, but the TFDi model currently does not represent any of that.
Note: The reflection in the ND appears to be an AI-created image of a DJ inside a passenger car wearing snowboarding goggles.
Version: 0.44.0-alpha. If anything changes, I'll come back and edit it. I still have hope for the team...
@@Flyoverapp We'd just like to clarify a few of the accusations made here. Textures cannot be "720p" - all important parts of the aircraft are 4K (areas with text, etc.) and the rest is 2K where the memory overhead of 4K just isn't justifiable. The passenger cabin in the current Collector's Edition build is a placeholder while we revamped it. If you watch earlier development videos, you'll see the original high-detail cabin; the final cabin will surprass that one. Finally, the odd reflection in the ND has been fixed in our development versions already.
The previous comment unfairly diminishes the work of the art team and we'd highly encourage anyone reading it to watch our other videos, watch videos from Collector's Edition customers, or check out the many screenshots in our Discord if you're concerned.
@@TFDiDesign I just want to clarify that these are not accusations, they are accounts of my experience as a user.
Anyone who wants to see what I mentioned can find it on my channel. I'm not a UA-camr; I just made this video to truly show what I'm talking about. I understand that some parts will be corrected, I made the video to map the development for interested parties.
I really like TFDi, I had a problem with the installation of the 717 and Collin helped me for about 3 days, even did a remote access to figure out the problem. Regarding the textures, they may not be "720p" - but I think they are in very low resolution, the texts are in high resolution, that’s a fact. About the passenger cabin, "I loved hearing the news". I watched the videos, I was just surprised when I installed it and it wasn’t even close to what was shown, I thought it would have evolved since then. My comment is not meant to diminish anyone’s work, I want this aircraft to be wonderful both in systems and visually, and I have faith in you for that, but I felt like we are nearing the end and I can’t believe it will stay that way. About you strongly recommending that anyone who wants to know what the real aircraft is like should watch the videos from the Collector’s Edition customers, it makes it seem like I’m lying, I am one of the thousand Collector’s Edition customers and I can see what I reported in almost all the screenshots on Discord, on UA-cam people usually do a flight and don’t show any details, when they do the video quality is low and you can’t see clearly. In the screenshots on Discord, I see what I reported even though it is somewhat obscured, as most of the recent screenshots sent for the screenshot competition show the aircraft from a distance, I’d even say some went through AI software. That’s why I even created a channel and posted a video with what needs to be improved in my opinion, whoever wants to see it just access it. Anyway, TFDi keep working, my goal is not to harm you, I don’t even have that power, I’m just looking to be heard as a customer, after all, the phase when I can report this is now after it’s released, it won’t help anymore later.
@@Flyoverapp Yo, I'm the texture artist for the MD on the external mode. You're right about it not staying the way it is, and in fairness, some of the low quality nature of the texturing was due to other misc things (the dotted dirt is due to substance painter's brush not having enough step size, the smudge brush needs to be used instead). I'm also aware of the screws and panels having things that have much to be desired, and that is being fixed. In any case, the things you point out are in fact real, but won't be there for long.
This was an unexpected exciting vid. I always looked at the MD11 with some envy. I visited a Martinair one that parked next to us at KOS one night, and while it was an exciting plane, the stunning cabin crew were very distracting!
Really excited to get my hands on this as a pre-sale customer, progress looks really good from the last time I saw this flown
Any plans to add a KC-10 Variant? Even without a working Boom it would be fantastic to have.
Yes! 😍 I love it. You guys have really put the work in and made an awesome product, right down to the tactile feel of the button clicks. I can’t wait to see it ironed out and flying. I will be one of the first in the cockpit upon release. Godspeed, TfDi.
Excellent. Nice job. Haven't flown the MD-11 since the PMDG days. Looking forward to it guys.
Thank you for your hard work as well as your commitment to deliver a high fidelity aircraft to us your flight sim community.
Awesome! I kind of forgot about this, glad to see it coming back around!
Hey Guys, always loved the Md 11. It was fun to fly in xp11 but now you bring it msfs in very high quaility. Followed this project from the start and very excited about it. Amazing work. Keep it up!
MD-11 is one of my favorites. I’ll get it when it comes out. Thank you for update.
Awesome work by the TFDi team!
I remember back in the day when I used to fly transatlantic in the MD-11 with KLM. Ahhhh those were the days.
Any plans to develop the 717 for MSFS?
Looks amazing! Can't wait for this
Great news congratulations! 💪 I know it sounds a bit eye candy oriented, but as I flew many times as passenger in MD 11, I really would love to see the wingflex animation in diffrent scenarios. Standing fuel light, standing fuel full, taxi, takeoff, inflight light turbulences, inflight heavy turbulences. Maybe as part of future video. Thank you 😎
Awesome!
Very excited for this aircraft!
great vid cant wait to buy it
Is there support for increased sim rate speed? Curious mostly about this, especially because md-11s are known for their long haul routes. Aside from that, everything else looks great! Thank you for giving the community a quality trijet
It’s a two part answer. Do we “support” it? Yes - we allow time acceleration and make no attempt to prevent it. That said, autopilot performance is heavily degraded by time acceleration as we receive noticeably less data. Our code depends on realtime feedback from the flight model to behave correctly. Time acceleration denies us 75% (at 4x) of the data we need to keep the plane flying smoothly; we also plan on having a pause at top of decent option to help with overnight long hauls. At level flight, it should be smooth enough with a PIC monitoring.
Collin
Congratulations Colin! Amazing work by you and your team my friend!
Looks great!
😮😮😮 Amazing! Cant wait to tale off!
@Pierre:
On one side you are right with what you said about they shall take their time. On the other side I have to remind TFDI the following: I am a pre-sale customer and I have paid 80$ at the beginning of december 2023! It‘s now nearly half a year ago and I have nothing of MD-11 on my computer. That said I really do hope not to wait much longer and hope the team is working daily and hard on finishing and releasing the product! But after seeing this video and hearing the explanations of Collin speaking of probably 6 weeks or more 😮(maybe less) I have no hope any more to see this beauty-trijet soon…😢. But: Thanks to the team. Great work👍🏼 Bo 🇨🇭
Finally update on UA-cam
Can't wait!
I assume that at some point you will be working with the Navigraph guys to get the flight routes created for quick upload?
WOuld you guys add an option for clean panels in the cockpit ? And a clean airplane ?
Really looking forward to have the MD-11! Just one comment though - the window pillars look way too dirty, almost unhygienic - could they be cleaned up a bit?
Nice 👌
Let's go!
I love this plane! can't wait for the moment to take the captain seat and take-off to the skies
cant wait
Wooo!
Fantastic progress by developers, I can't wait to get my hands on it once it comes to in sim market.
You seriously created this?! OMG. I love it 🩷
2:27 daaaang, I missed that sound :P
I'm really looking forward to hauling freight in my DHL/UPS/FEDEX MD11, and likewise for PAX.
i cant wait to fly this beast, awesome work team
This is awesome! The MD-11 is super exciting, unbelievable work done by the TFDi team.
The only Thing I would like to know before buying is the Performance on Average PC´s. Is it comparable with PMDG 737 and Fenix?
Hey, whens it coming out?
Hi! Will this beautiful plane appear for pilots on XBOX?
Will this be available on the Xbox version of MSFS as well?
Super exciting! Thank you TFDi team :) I am so happy of being already an owner of your MD11.
Will this aircraft support sim-rate?
Honestly because of this md-11project I’m getting in to flights sim world. I always loved this aircraft and now with today’s technology I can fly this aircraft 😊
You’re in for a real treat, the MD-11 cockpit feels so homey and comfortable, it’s really hard to explain. I think these guys have nailed it.
Nice, 717 port?
God, please.🤞
Come see us at FS Expo and we may or may not have news for you 😉
@@TFDiDesign oooo little tease????
@@TFDiDesign Oooooo! 😮
@@TFDiDesign jaw dropped😦
can this still be pre ordered?
When will it be available on the installer for the Collectors Edition Owners?
We’re currently making sure it’s stable with the help of our QA team. We currently expect the FC build to be available to CE customers this week.
When this releasws and hopefully on xbox as well
Will this come with the old American airlines livery?
I’m pretty excited to chuck my money your way! LOVE this aircraft!
Take your time TFDI. Good things do not come rapid.
On one side you are right with what you said about they shall take their time. On the other side I have to remind TFDI the following: I am a pre-sale customer and I have paid 80$ at the beginning of december 2023! It‘s now nearly half a year ago and I have nothing of MD-11 on my computer. That said I really do hope not to wait much longer and hope the team is working daily and hard on finishing and releasing the product! But after seeing this video and heard the explanations of Collin speaking of probably 6 weeks or more 😮(maybe less) I have no hope any more to see this beauty-trijet soon…😢. But: Thanks to the team. Great work👍🏼 Bo 🇨🇭
Looks exciting, but why is the EFB so ugly? Surely we can have a better looking UI similar to what the FBW or Fenix folks made?
To me it looks like something McD would make tho
The EFB was made with a simpler and more plain UI intentionally. It trades a lot of eye candy and unnecessary waiting for speed and ease of use.
Additionally, because it is built to look more "from the times", it won't become outdated as quickly in comparison to modern UIs.
Ultimately, the goal is to make it serve its purpose as quickly and easily as possible to let you get back to flying with minimal hassle.
Cant wait for this.
aviable for p3d v4?
Will this amazing product release on xbox?
We do, indeed, plan to bring it to Xbox post-release!
when will it be open to the public I pre order my copy over a year ago .
Shatdup and take my money!
No radar terrain and wx radar?
PMDG wasn't able to do it with it's MD-11. So it'd w'd be a nice enhancement please
@@michaelchenal5288 At least the ground radar... it's a very important feature for realism purposes.
I neeeed that. Take my money😂
For Xplane or Msfs?
Msfs xp has the rotate md11
Why don't you buy the documentations of the PMDG MD-11? It's really complete with approx 1000 pages!
Will it have failures with realistic rates?
Yes, the Extended Simulation package will include realistic failure simulation.
Will this be coming to Xbox
Did he say bug sapository?
I am a preorder customer. I'm tired of waiting.
pl en 👍
ready for msfs 2040
Is there an active hydraulic leak from the center gear?!? If not, not realistic enough.
Wow at least they can Release Videos! Good Job
So the PACX update we were promised in 2 quarter of last year? Haven’t heard a word since, and all efforts to reach you are being ignored.
I think Pacx is dead. I can strongly recommend Self Loading Cargo. It has way more features than pacx and the Developer is very active!
@@ironecke - thanks. You might be correct, but in my opinion it is extremely unprofessional as a company, to say they will update. And then not updating or even replying to their paying customers.
@@NicolajFlies Yes, you are absolutely right with that 👍🏼
So sad this is still “weeks” away from release
Probably months away
coming in 2026
Release date? When all airlines stop using MD-11. Unfortunately, this makes the MD-11 an un-flyable aircraft for me. Thanks
What a stupid mindset to have. Commercial aviation is getting increasingly boring by the day. Have fun flying your A320s and 737s.