Finally! Someone who appreciates the walking aspect as much as i do. You are right and your video confirms this, it's really stunning. The shadows, lighting and sunrays through the trees are incredible. We basically have earth's digital twin in a flight simulator. Now, i can only imagine the types of role playing videos i can make with this. I can't wait to get out of my plane and walk around St Barts or taking a stol plane and landing on a beach on a remote island and camping out. Who knows, i may be even able to get some photos of wildlife. Good stuff.
We don’t have earths digital twin in a simulator, we have some basic interpretation of the planet that in some cases is good, in others is absolutely awful. I’ll be glad to see the grass and so on but it’s still pretty basic.
@@Sherlock245 I don't think I will be, I'm an FS user since FS 98, I know it intimately. I'm also an FPS gamer and the world that they create are just unreal and set the bar for ground detail. Our comparison will be somewhat with that. Now, I don't think that anyone will expect Far Cry 5 levels of ground detail in a flight simulator but basically a flat area with buildings that are always oddly placed in the middle of nowhere with half of them blocked by curved terrain, absolutely terrible roads that are just strips of low opacity sand colour, sometimes shockingly good textures, other times - truly TERRIBLE textures. It'll be a Microsoft attempt at something, banal, bland and just about ok.
@@johnmacwardSo wtf are you comparing flight sim ground graphics with a fps? The guy said it is a digital twin of earth and that IS what it is. Name one childish fps that has created the entire globe. Those fps are nothing more then fictional worlds that are no comparison to a realistic flight simulator. They'll never hold a candle to this. So yeah gtfo of here with that bs.
@@franshartman4378they can sponsor sport players in the game. Cycling in the game on a cycle machine they will use this game for sure. And we can fly to the event and see it virtual. ❤
I absolutely love the idea that we can walk around and your idea of starting a flight by walking through the airport itself to the plane would be amazing. I am a little concerned in a portion of the video showing that there’s still an issue with the jetways connecting to the building, I thought that this would be fixed in this version. I hope it’s only a temporary issue.
Thanks for sharing this Huddison. So cool you can virtually walk anywhere in the world. I will definitely land a helicopter near my house and have a walk around 😆
The quality of the alpha is impressive enough, I can only image what the final release will look like. The community will have a field day. Can't wait.
@@Huddison I know! Pretty awesome to imagine that if they did manage to port their 172 on FS2024, you can now walk around and check your water and oil levels like an actual pilot. 😁
Waiting for the first fishermen-addon 😅. Honestly: I already love the new sim! Trees are the link between ground and the sky, and they should be appreciated in every simulator.
Flying in the group flight last night over Northern Ireland on XboxX and the scenery was fantastic and I know graphics have taken a hit since SU15. If 2024 is better then we’re in for a real treat. 😁
When I saw flight sim guy at london int. airport and the white lorry going backwards and forwards with the 1930's house i though UHOH 2020! but since then its all looked good :)
I like the idea of walk around mode but for the alpha I found it to be very clunky. I also found that you have to be standing in very specific areas in order to active the click spots. I did a full cold and dark setup yesterday and I spent 10 whole minutes trying to remove the pitot and engine covers 😅 Eventually I discovered that by moving around a bit the click spots would appear. Ideally they need to add the options to remove covers and chocks into the EFB. As for trying to speed up your walking, Jorg said that originally, the walk around feature was purely only for staying within the vicinity of the aircraft. It was only later in development that they decided to give us free rein. So for that reason, that’s probably why we can’t speed up any. For exploring away from the aircraft I think the drone cam is still the best option
@@Huddison ah I never thought of using the controller. I do have an Xbox controller hooked up to my PC which I use for the drone cam, and also for other games. I should've given it a try. Doh!
Hi @ huddison this is really shaping up to be something oof the scale, can I ask please, I'm looki continue to complete my peripherals,I'm liking the logitech instrument panels ,if I buy 2 will that mean I can stack them and get them to show 2 separate dials permanently, thanks for all your 24 content again ✌️
Thanks. I believe that's the way the instrument panels work (I still need to get them); but I would hold off until we know for certain whether FS2024 will support them.
My Multi & Radio Panels did not work with the Alpha, but Logitech will have to push out a new driver for FS2024 (which I'm fairly confident will happen).
Looks absolutely amazing, can't wait for it to be released. Not looking forward to the carnage that will be the server farm for the first week or two. I really hope we can turn the blue highlights off :-/
Very nice detail in the trees but notice in the first scene at 2:09 how up on the hill to the right that the terrain map is much lighter than the trees so they don't blend well. Same when you walk into the forest the terrain is pale, almost white and the hue doesn't quite match the trees either. when mixing geometry and the orthomaps they have to be harmonized to not break the illusion. it really matters. much better in the second scene except for the white stone paths. the white is too bright. And on large scales of trees where it becomes one surface it needs natural color variation to not look unnaturally uniform.
Thanks for sharing the video, looks amazing. I assume you have fast internet. Will be interesting to see to see how fast it loads for those of us eh cannot get reliable internet.
you're banging on about the texture of the metal shaft of the jetway but you seem to be oblivious that it is not connected to the terminal! Such an obvious bug they don't care about fixing.
Must be that time of the year, you're oblivious to this being a limited tech alpha. The game is still at least a month away from being released. It's not even in beta testing yet, which is when things like that get looked at.
i made a youtube video like 6 years ago explaining how x-plane did flight sim in vr and the first thing i talk about is the fact you can walk around the plane. Flight sim has been holding this feature back forever. that is pretty crappy
I sure hope there's a way to turn off those "Toggle EFB" and "Toggle Pins" labels. They will ruin every screenshot & video if you can't turn those off.
Yeah, I was doing this 4 years ago in MSFS2020 in drone view slowed right down. I see little difference. Could even do a walk around in cockpit view on XBox. It was a huge help for real world flying. Nothing new here.....
The details are they like puddle cause there going to be exploration in the future as the dev have talked about It. Did you know all the animals in planet zoo will be in the game. To find them is going to be wild. But it's why YOU Can walk. Many player have asked if they can walk around walk on hike path that they know. Just sit with friend in a silent place up on the mountains. And they did not release full version it be even more amazing!!!
A cautionary tale for current and prospective Meta Quest VR headset owners for MSFS 2020/24: I'm on day 7 of Meta holding my Quest headsets hostage. I've been using Oculus/Quest devices from the day they started making them (10 years ago?), and have not been required to give my date of birth to Meta in all this time. But they recently demanded my DOB under threat of disabling my Quests, and they made good on that threat 7 days ago. Meta can metaphorically brick your headsets, any time they want, and for any reason they want, and you will have no defense against it. Conclusion: don't BUY anything from Meta, ever. The thing you BUY will not be yours.
@@jamiesalmonsculpture8599 A cautionary tale for current and prospective Meta Quest VR headset owners (for sim'ing or gaming): I'm on day 8 of Meta holding my Quest headsets hostage. I've been using Oculus/Quest devices from the day they started making them (10 years ago?), and have not been required to give my date of birth to Meta in all this time. But they recently demanded my DOB under threat of disabling my Quests, and they made good on that threat 8 days ago. Meta can metaphorically brick your headsets, any time they want, and for any reason they want, and you will have no defense against it. Conclusion: Think carefully before you BUY anything from Meta; The thing you BUY will not be yours.
@@Huddison You've inspired me to make a video actually, btw, I learned how to run! Using an X Box controller, it's the right trigger while pressing forward :)
All this talk of walking around and I’ve even heard walking up mountains, for me the most important details are the flight physics,AI traffic and ATC which are not fantastic in2020. Eye candy is great and helps with immersion but I’m not looking for a wander the world game I want a decent home sim
Trees are great. Now if only they could get their ground textures and grass up to the standard of even a basic video game ! These are just plain embarrassing !!
From what I’ve seen and understand I feel the walk around mode is poorly designed. It shouldn’t be like a mode you end up in by exiting the aircraft as most advanced planes like the Fenix or pmdg doesn’t have a way to exit the plane. It shouldn’t be a camera/mode you enter through the camera menu.
Finally! Someone who appreciates the walking aspect as much as i do. You are right and your video confirms this, it's really stunning. The shadows, lighting and sunrays through the trees are incredible. We basically have earth's digital twin in a flight simulator. Now, i can only imagine the types of role playing videos i can make with this. I can't wait to get out of my plane and walk around St Barts or taking a stol plane and landing on a beach on a remote island and camping out. Who knows, i may be even able to get some photos of wildlife. Good stuff.
They will need this twin in the future when earth become polluted
We don’t have earths digital twin in a simulator, we have some basic interpretation of the planet that in some cases is good, in others is absolutely awful. I’ll be glad to see the grass and so on but it’s still pretty basic.
@@johnmacward your in for a big surprise with final release. Nothing like this has been done before!!! What you talking abkut. 😳
@@Sherlock245 I don't think I will be, I'm an FS user since FS 98, I know it intimately. I'm also an FPS gamer and the world that they create are just unreal and set the bar for ground detail. Our comparison will be somewhat with that. Now, I don't think that anyone will expect Far Cry 5 levels of ground detail in a flight simulator but basically a flat area with buildings that are always oddly placed in the middle of nowhere with half of them blocked by curved terrain, absolutely terrible roads that are just strips of low opacity sand colour, sometimes shockingly good textures, other times - truly TERRIBLE textures. It'll be a Microsoft attempt at something, banal, bland and just about ok.
@@johnmacwardSo wtf are you comparing flight sim ground graphics with a fps? The guy said it is a digital twin of earth and that IS what it is. Name one childish fps that has created the entire globe. Those fps are nothing more then fictional worlds that are no comparison to a realistic flight simulator. They'll never hold a candle to this. So yeah gtfo of here with that bs.
The alpha doesn’t even have grass, so there is so much more detail that we haven’t seen yet.
Exactly and it still looks amazing
So there will be grass?
@@The_Real_Indiana_Joe yes, very detailed grass.
@@The_Real_Indiana_Joe Yes
As a heli enthusiast I'm blown away by the extra details, going to make a huge difference for immersion.
Yeah to get out of your chopper and to roam anywhere will be amazing.
Crazy that the ground is just a mesh atm. It will have the specific material, Grass flowers ect. Cant wait for the released version to do just this
That will be just incredible!
@@Huddisonwhy would you fly when temptation is high to explore the ground.
😮
I have just watched a video where the trees lose there leaves just like in the seasons,as soon as I saw that I was so amazed I cannot wait for this
Amazing stuff isn't it ;)
Imagine VR and a treadmill! I think the sim accidentally made an opportunity to make it more than what its become.
😂
YES! A threadmill would be a dream with this.
Bruh, the best way to do cardio lol
@@franshartman4378they can sponsor sport players in the game. Cycling in the game on a cycle machine they will use this game for sure. And we can fly to the event and see it virtual. ❤
I'm totally stoked for FS24! First thing I intend to do is fly the hot air balloon over that magnificent scenery! Thanks for sharing this. :)
You're more than welcome. It's a shame that they haven't allowed us to take a Hot balloon ride in the Alpha.
I absolutely love the idea that we can walk around and your idea of starting a flight by walking through the airport itself to the plane would be amazing. I am a little concerned in a portion of the video showing that there’s still an issue with the jetways connecting to the building, I thought that this would be fixed in this version. I hope it’s only a temporary issue.
I've heard rumours that this is an early build version of FS2024, so there's still hope.
This is the alpha, an older build than at the Grand Canyon event.
Thank you for bringing this to us. Really enjoying the first look.
You are so welcome.
cant wait to add the campout scenery to this , great video
That would be amazing to try, thanks for commenting.
Thanks for sharing this Huddison. So cool you can virtually walk anywhere in the world. I will definitely land a helicopter near my house and have a walk around 😆
Excellent idea.
Remember building are not exact neither are the plant just close enough.
I find it so bizarre that we're all just sitting there losing our minds with our mouths wide open admiring the TREES haha, thanks for the video!
lol, you're welcome.
I wish i could be confident they are going to pull this off on xbox, I really do want to be excited!
I'm hopeful.
Ya for me 2020 is running great on xbox I'm going to wait 6 months to a year to see how it runs on xbox x
The quality of the alpha is impressive enough, I can only image what the final release will look like. The community will have a field day. Can't wait.
100%
We need a fly fishing add on!!!!!! Fly a float plane out to an Alaska scenery expansion pack & cast your reel.
I'd love that.
Fishing mods will definitley arrive. It might take a while but we can expect a whole plethora of addons etc!
@@nicholasfarrow2478 Exciting times.
A2A Simulations will thrive in this sim. Walkarounds are one of the highlights of their addons and now you can actually walk around your aircraft.
Just imagine it 😃
@@Huddison I know! Pretty awesome to imagine that if they did manage to port their 172 on FS2024, you can now walk around and check your water and oil levels like an actual pilot. 😁
Thanks for this video, from a tree lover😂
Incredible detail for a flight sim! Can’t wait to play this on the series x, hope it’s just as detailed.
It should be comparable to my footage.
Cant wait to used the car mods when this releases
Absolutely.
Waiting for the first fishermen-addon 😅. Honestly: I already love the new sim! Trees are the link between ground and the sky, and they should be appreciated in every simulator.
Great comment.
Absolutely amazing !
Flying in the group flight last night over Northern Ireland on XboxX and the scenery was fantastic and I know graphics have taken a hit since SU15. If 2024 is better then we’re in for a real treat. 😁
You really are in for a great treat ;)
The trees remind me of what Outerra Anteworld single dev digital twin world looked like 10 years ago.
Is that good?
Thank you so much!!
You're welcome!
You could do the same thing in drone mode, in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020..... So I don't see the big deal with this? 🤔
When I saw flight sim guy at london int. airport and the white lorry going backwards and forwards with the 1930's house i though UHOH 2020! but since then its all looked good :)
😂😉
My gpu froze in fear just watching this…
😁
Even action games from 2000 didnt look this good! :)
I think I will likely be gaining my Licences in the 172, then getting my airline fix in 2020 until Fenix, ifly and PMDG are up to speed.
Sounds like a good plan.
I like the idea of walk around mode but for the alpha I found it to be very clunky. I also found that you have to be standing in very specific areas in order to active the click spots. I did a full cold and dark setup yesterday and I spent 10 whole minutes trying to remove the pitot and engine covers 😅 Eventually I discovered that by moving around a bit the click spots would appear. Ideally they need to add the options to remove covers and chocks into the EFB.
As for trying to speed up your walking, Jorg said that originally, the walk around feature was purely only for staying within the vicinity of the aircraft. It was only later in development that they decided to give us free rein. So for that reason, that’s probably why we can’t speed up any. For exploring away from the aircraft I think the drone cam is still the best option
Apparently an Xbox controller helps with the running part.
@@Huddison ah I never thought of using the controller. I do have an Xbox controller hooked up to my PC which I use for the drone cam, and also for other games. I should've given it a try. Doh!
driving the //42 Juice Goose around will have a different flavor this time!
Oh imagine it 😃
Hi @ huddison this is really shaping up to be something oof the scale, can I ask please, I'm looki continue to complete my peripherals,I'm liking the logitech instrument panels ,if I buy 2 will that mean I can stack them and get them to show 2 separate dials permanently, thanks for all your 24 content again ✌️
Thanks. I believe that's the way the instrument panels work (I still need to get them); but I would hold off until we know for certain whether FS2024 will support them.
@Huddison oh okay, was I wrong to assume that they would automatically work ?, i just took it for granted that they would be supported
My Multi & Radio Panels did not work with the Alpha, but Logitech will have to push out a new driver for FS2024 (which I'm fairly confident will happen).
I wonder if the avatar obeys gravity as in if you were to walk off the edge of something. And can you run? Both might be factors in missions.
Apparently running is possible using an Xbox controller.
@@Huddison Yeah, you can run. And I watched a guy climb Mt. Everest in it yesterday.
Looks absolutely amazing, can't wait for it to be released. Not looking forward to the carnage that will be the server farm for the first week or two. I really hope we can turn the blue highlights off :-/
It will indeed be carnage for the first couple of weeks; MSFS has never been more popular ;)
Very nice detail in the trees but notice in the first scene at 2:09 how up on the hill to the right that the terrain map is much lighter than the trees so they don't blend well. Same when you walk into the forest the terrain is pale, almost white and the hue doesn't quite match the trees either. when mixing geometry and the orthomaps they have to be harmonized to not break the illusion. it really matters. much better in the second scene except for the white stone paths. the white is too bright. And on large scales of trees where it becomes one surface it needs natural color variation to not look unnaturally uniform.
Oh!! A long blond hair person! I get to look like me finally! I didn't see repetitive trees, did you? There is variation just like nature. Yippee!
There does seem to be a lot of variation with trees and stones, rocks, pebbles etc; oh and this is before they add grass & flowers!
I walkes around often in msfs2020.
It was labeled showcase mode. I walked around entire airports, cities & towns I tell ya😢
Thanks for sharing the video, looks amazing. I assume you have fast internet. Will be interesting to see to see how fast it loads for those of us eh cannot get reliable internet.
My internet can be a bit iffy at times; but it seems fast atm.
on controller you could use the R2 trigger to run, so there must be a key for it
I struggled to find the key.
Look out for that bear!!!
😕😉
How is it actually performing in flight?
Thanks for the pointer - I'll aim to cover that.
Can we set to walk around become third person view?
I don't believe they are allowing that.
I love the video, thank you.
Thanks :)
you're banging on about the texture of the metal shaft of the jetway but you seem to be oblivious that it is not connected to the terminal! Such an obvious bug they don't care about fixing.
Must be that time of the year, you're oblivious to this being a limited tech alpha. The game is still at least a month away from being released. It's not even in beta testing yet, which is when things like that get looked at.
They need to add ai placed parked cars, and carparks, also ai placed roads
i made a youtube video like 6 years ago explaining how x-plane did flight sim in vr and the first thing i talk about is the fact you can walk around the plane. Flight sim has been holding this feature back forever. that is pretty crappy
One day you'll have photoreal unreal engine trees and grasses. Imagine that? Basically the real world reproduced. Maybe MSFS 2034?
A day to savour!
They will allow modder in future and hope they can design building to populate the world.
This with grass, will be utterly phenomenal graphics!!! 🎉🎉🎉
It should look amazing!
Wow, amazing
I sure hope there's a way to turn off those "Toggle EFB" and "Toggle Pins" labels. They will ruin every screenshot & video if you can't turn those off.
Yes, I found them to be a bit distracting too.
hope we can do this in vr with vr controllers
Yeah, I was doing this 4 years ago in MSFS2020 in drone view slowed right down. I see little difference. Could even do a walk around in cockpit view on XBox. It was a huge help for real world flying. Nothing new here.....
It's obviously not for you then...
The details are they like puddle cause there going to be exploration in the future as the dev have talked about It. Did you know all the animals in planet zoo will be in the game. To find them is going to be wild. But it's why YOU Can walk.
Many player have asked if they can walk around walk on hike path that they know. Just sit with friend in a silent place up on the mountains.
And they did not release full version it be even more amazing!!!
It is going to be incredible to behold!
@@Huddison yes I might never go out again!! All the money saved when I can just fly to Mt Everest on my pc. 😂😂😂😁😁🤣
I'll be cutting my grass in the back garden 😂😂
😂
please do a video visiting some POIs: there are many interesting castles in the caribbean and Europe, are they included??
There's not a great deal of photogrammetry included in this Alpha; just the odd city/area.
Amazing
Need a first person shooter & fighter helicopter mode
I’d buy that module
It will look way better when the grass is switched on lol
Definitely.
why there is no grass？
Coming in the full release.
Stuning
It really is.
Wow! This will be fun to play. Looks like some sections of the ground need some work, but I’m sure they’ll have that fixed at release.
@@nate_riggins_photography I think we're in for a real visual treat with it.
A cautionary tale for current and prospective Meta Quest VR headset owners for MSFS 2020/24:
I'm on day 7 of Meta holding my Quest headsets hostage. I've been using Oculus/Quest devices from the day they started making them (10 years ago?), and have not been required to give my date of birth to Meta in all this time. But they recently demanded my DOB under threat of disabling my Quests, and they made good on that threat 7 days ago. Meta can metaphorically brick your headsets, any time they want, and for any reason they want, and you will have no defense against it.
Conclusion: don't BUY anything from Meta, ever. The thing you BUY will not be yours.
How's that even remotely relevant to this video?!
@@jamiesalmonsculpture8599 A cautionary tale for current and prospective Meta Quest VR headset owners (for sim'ing or gaming):
I'm on day 8 of Meta holding my Quest headsets hostage. I've been using Oculus/Quest devices from the day they started making them (10 years ago?), and have not been required to give my date of birth to Meta in all this time. But they recently demanded my DOB under threat of disabling my Quests, and they made good on that threat 8 days ago. Meta can metaphorically brick your headsets, any time they want, and for any reason they want, and you will have no defense against it.
Conclusion: Think carefully before you BUY anything from Meta; The thing you BUY will not be yours.
Time to visit Disney Land.
;)
Loved this video mate, amazing details. I can't wait to experience this in VR. Take care.
Thanks Steve. Trying this type of thing in VR will be next level - shame they didn't let us try it in the Alpha.
@@Huddison You've inspired me to make a video actually, btw, I learned how to run! Using an X Box controller, it's the right trigger while pressing forward :)
@@VRFlightSimGuy Ah Brilliant! I look forward to seeing your own video ;)
All this talk of walking around and I’ve even heard walking up mountains, for me the most important details are the flight physics,AI traffic and ATC which are not fantastic in2020. Eye candy is great and helps with immersion but I’m not looking for a wander the world game I want a decent home sim
Physics is not MSFS focus as we know
Trees are great. Now if only they could get their ground textures and grass up to the standard of even a basic video game ! These are just plain embarrassing !!
This is not the finished product; still a huge improvement over FS2020.
From what I’ve seen and understand I feel the walk around mode is poorly designed. It shouldn’t be like a mode you end up in by exiting the aircraft as most advanced planes like the Fenix or pmdg doesn’t have a way to exit the plane. It shouldn’t be a camera/mode you enter through the camera menu.
Let's see what they have cooking.