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Now Microsoft just needs to update their flight modeling to use blade element simulation like X-Plane.

strogonoff 6y ago
I’d rather see X-Plane improve graphics instead. Feels better to support a small shop rather than give my money to one behemoth of a corporation. X-Plane dev team are chill and host live video Q&A sometimes, I think they have been porting graphics from OpenGL to Vulcan & Metal lately so there’s hope.
- johnghanks 6y ago
  What a stupid comment. Who cares who makes the games you enjoy?
  - arcticfox 6y ago
    Apparently the person you responded to? I also care, at least somewhat, who makes the games I play. If I know or like the team who made the game, I tend to get a bit more into the game / community. As an extreme example, I made a (really bad) Quidditch game in Flash when I was in high school that I played for dozens of hours... pretty much only because I made it. (It was kind of surreal at the time having simple AIs that I coded outplay me.)
    - Talanes 6y ago
      Did you play it because you liked the creator, or because the creator had a strong insight into what you like?
      - strogonoff 6y ago
        Not OP but I find I’d easily get a game because I empathize with its creator in some way. It’s more likely what they make may align with me, though even the act of choosing to acquire a game makes it more likely I would enjoy it (mere-exposure and you can’t enjoy a game you wouldn’t buy). I’m hardly a gamer at all, but that’s how I ended up getting Disco Elysium—and it didn’t disappoint. I think Patreon takes it to the extreme—you can literally support a game developer, and get whatever they make without knowing what it will be. (Related: buying merch of your favorite band, even if you don’t really need those T-shirts and rarely wear them.) With X-Plane it’s different; I got it for state-of-the-art flight model simulation (surprisingly low price point pushed me) and only recently started paying attention to who makes it. It’s really cool: I reckon they must make most profit from selling FAA-certified version for professional pilot training, but they still choose to offer pretty much the same program (sans some really specialized hardware support) for peanuts to enthusiasts. Supporting non-enterprise consumers must cost them, though I suppose they get bug reports in return. Liking the creator doesn’t only cause one to buy a product, but significantly increases the chances they will champion it to support the creator further.
    - ftio 6y ago
      I played many bad Quidditch flash games back in the day, and I enjoyed each and every one tremendously. Before the WB branding juggernaut took over, there was precious little interactive Harry Potter content online outside of the news sites, so I took whatever I could get. Did you ever publish your game? What was it called? Tell us more!
    - pbhjpbhj 6y ago
      Meta: I can't reply to the parent comment by johnghanks, but this is what I don't like about moderation here. I disagree strictly with their assertion, and the way they said it, but the comment is useful and opens a conversation I'm interested in. Do people here really not want to talk about how/why origin of games might be pertinent, whether games are fungible? Isn't it at least interesting that this viewpoint exists? Mind you I'm also interested that it's disliked; but I don't want to discourage such comments. Strictly I'm against the site rules (discussing downvotes) but hey ...
    - scpedicini 6y ago
      @johnghanks I can't tell if you're trolling, but I'll take it in seriousness. Because you may not want to financially support a company that you disagree with ideologically? (cough) blizzard (cough)
- himinlomax 6y ago
  Google should them by providing them with Google Earth data in order to compete with Microsoft.
- matthewmcg 6y ago
  The last few betas have decent Metal support on recent Macs.

I’d rather see X-Plane improve graphics instead. Feels better to support a small shop rather than give my money to one behemoth of a corporation. X-Plane dev team are chill and host live video Q&A sometimes, I think they have been porting graphics from OpenGL to Vulcan & Metal lately so there’s hope.

johnghanks 6y ago
What a stupid comment. Who cares who makes the games you enjoy?
- arcticfox 6y ago
  Apparently the person you responded to? I also care, at least somewhat, who makes the games I play. If I know or like the team who made the game, I tend to get a bit more into the game / community. As an extreme example, I made a (really bad) Quidditch game in Flash when I was in high school that I played for dozens of hours... pretty much only because I made it. (It was kind of surreal at the time having simple AIs that I coded outplay me.)
  - Talanes 6y ago
    Did you play it because you liked the creator, or because the creator had a strong insight into what you like?
    - strogonoff 6y ago
      Not OP but I find I’d easily get a game because I empathize with its creator in some way. It’s more likely what they make may align with me, though even the act of choosing to acquire a game makes it more likely I would enjoy it (mere-exposure and you can’t enjoy a game you wouldn’t buy). I’m hardly a gamer at all, but that’s how I ended up getting Disco Elysium—and it didn’t disappoint. I think Patreon takes it to the extreme—you can literally support a game developer, and get whatever they make without knowing what it will be. (Related: buying merch of your favorite band, even if you don’t really need those T-shirts and rarely wear them.) With X-Plane it’s different; I got it for state-of-the-art flight model simulation (surprisingly low price point pushed me) and only recently started paying attention to who makes it. It’s really cool: I reckon they must make most profit from selling FAA-certified version for professional pilot training, but they still choose to offer pretty much the same program (sans some really specialized hardware support) for peanuts to enthusiasts. Supporting non-enterprise consumers must cost them, though I suppose they get bug reports in return. Liking the creator doesn’t only cause one to buy a product, but significantly increases the chances they will champion it to support the creator further.
  - ftio 6y ago
    I played many bad Quidditch flash games back in the day, and I enjoyed each and every one tremendously. Before the WB branding juggernaut took over, there was precious little interactive Harry Potter content online outside of the news sites, so I took whatever I could get. Did you ever publish your game? What was it called? Tell us more!
  - pbhjpbhj 6y ago
    Meta: I can't reply to the parent comment by johnghanks, but this is what I don't like about moderation here. I disagree strictly with their assertion, and the way they said it, but the comment is useful and opens a conversation I'm interested in. Do people here really not want to talk about how/why origin of games might be pertinent, whether games are fungible? Isn't it at least interesting that this viewpoint exists? Mind you I'm also interested that it's disliked; but I don't want to discourage such comments. Strictly I'm against the site rules (discussing downvotes) but hey ...
  - scpedicini 6y ago
    @johnghanks I can't tell if you're trolling, but I'll take it in seriousness. Because you may not want to financially support a company that you disagree with ideologically? (cough) blizzard (cough)
himinlomax 6y ago
Google should them by providing them with Google Earth data in order to compete with Microsoft.
matthewmcg 6y ago
The last few betas have decent Metal support on recent Macs.