Re:Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: WebAssembly SDK
by ocf on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @07:10PM
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When did you last try it? The scenery and GPS/FMC has come a long way in the last 20 years I've been an X-Plane casual, but not so sure how much of that was in the last few.
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Re:Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: WebAssembly SDK
by lovecg on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @09:56PM
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I’m comparing X-Plane 12 to MSFS 24. MSFS 24 is a great aid and near picture perfect when preflying real world routes, with 3D buildings and everything, and the latest G1000 implementation is pretty complete too. But X-Plane still wins on physics realism and systems fidelity. I’d be happy if there was a way to combine the strengths of the two in one simulator somehow..
Re:Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: WebAssembly SDK
by DarKraD on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @10:29AM
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I don’t know much about MSFS plugin system so I don’t know if this is possible but you can easily extract data from X-Plane and then send over to MSFS. So that you use XP as physic and model engine, only MSFS as out-the-window view.
Basic things like latitude/longitude/altitude/heading should be straightforward. But then you might have problems with mismatch scenery, like missing airports/runway, different terrain heights, etc. And then the weather synchronization is another can of worms. Matching what you see with the physic model can be challenging.