Christopher Low

I only switched to MSFS 2024 in December last year. I had been resisting the upgrade because I had a few reservations about the new version of the simulator. However, I decided to bite the bullet just before Christmas when I purchased a new PC.......and I am very glad that I did. It is better than MSFS 2020, and perfectly stable for me. Better lighting, more convincing dawn/dusk colours, vastly improved DEM data (no more late loading small islands or cliffs), considerably improved vector data (far fewer "black lakes" and low resolution coastlines), better integration of water features in the landscape (they just look and feel more natural to me), 3D trees that are light years beyond anything in MSFS 2020, and no more LAND BARS (those horrible strips of land that covered numerous river mouths, harbours and lakes). I was one of those users who desperately wanted addon developers to keep releasing products for MSFS 2020, so I do understand the frustration. However, now that I have (successfully) made the transition, I will not be looking back.

I have just upgraded to MSFS 2024, and I noticed the blurry taxiway sign textures at IniBuilds EGGW Luton (I have sent a report to them). It is worth noting that this is not exclusively an IniBuilds problem, as the same issue exists at MK Studios BIKF Keflavik v2. I am working my way through all of my addon airports, so I will report issues as and when I find them.

I also mentioned this to them (plus the offset runway threshold arrows at the 08 end), so hopefully a fix will come soon!

There must be plenty of users of the IniBuilds EGNM Leeds Bradford/AIG AI combo on this forum. I was hoping to get confirmation that there is a problem, or that it is something that (for some bizarre reason) only affects my installation.

Does anyone else have a problem with AI planes at this airport? No matter what time of day I fly there, I only see AI airliners parked at (I think) Gates 7 and 8. The rest of the line is empty. However, this airport is a Jet2 base. There should be Jet2 planes parked at most of those stands/ramps from 5 to 18. The fact that I am not seeing ANY airliners parked at those stands makes me think that there may be a problem with the AFD file. Are the parking spots defined correctly? Are they large enough for airliners? Does anyone else have this kind of problem at this airport? My AI database is a massive collection of AIG planes and flightplans, and I know that the Jet2 data is working properly because I see plenty of them everywhere else.

It takes up to two weeks for updates to be cleared on the MS Marketplace.

I am sure that they will correct that with an update (unless it has already been done; the trailer could be a pre-release version).

I also noticed Termimal 2 in the trailer.