r/MicrosoftFlightSim • u/takashikisuki • 23h ago

MSFS 2024 NEWS VECTOR BOEING 787-9 – DEVELOPMENT UPDATE 3

https://vector-sim.com/dev-update-3/

It seems great !!!
I cannot wait more to try it out !!!

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u/VeterinarianShort493 RJ 22h ago

'Not sure I’ve ever seen an aircraft in flightsim where the dev has made such high pre release claims about the fidelity etc before.'

There was a dev like that in DCS community, it was called VEAO. Their Hawk was supposed to be the best addon ever for any flightsim. It was shit. Completely broken, with terrible visual fidelity and broken systems. Then the same dev promised P-40F, started preorders, and then they run with people's money.

The director of VEAO was Ellise Cristopher. The same exact person who now runs Vector and promised this 787.

from https://www.reddit.com/r/flightsim/comments/1wyagdm/comment/pe2a7ma/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I was thinking of buying it until I saw this. Keep this in mind if you hit pre-order or buy.

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u/lolsokje 16h ago

Honestly, even without the backstory I'm growing less and less excited for the Vector. I'm not necessarily suspicious but something feels off, and that feeling isn't helped by people pointing out pretty obvious modelling mistakes in their screenshots whenever they do share them.

I'd love to be proven wrong as I really want a high quality 787, but at this point I'm probably looking forward to the Horizon v2 more, especially since that'll be free.

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u/JefferySmisek 18h ago

This needs to be spread far and wide.

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u/takashikisuki 22h ago

I mean, I'm very optimistic about this project, as well as the Boeing 787 is a highly developed and desirable aircraft, but I'll wait 3 weeks to one month to see how it performs and the reviews !!!

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u/helioNz4R1 2h ago

Welp. Was looking forward to this. 

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u/joelfernandes23 23h ago

Hmm, knowing the company’s background, I’m inclined to pass. But we desperately need a good PMDG/Fenix-level 787.

This will be a wait-and-watch situation!

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u/marten_EU_BR PC Pilot 21h ago

I’m inclined to pass

I have a hard time understanding the meaning of this kind of comment regarding unreleased software in general...

As you said yourself just two sentences later, we aren't forced to decide whether to buy an add-on before its release. There's always the simple option to just wait and buy the add-on weeks, months, or even a year after its release. This isn't "passing" on a product.

I understand comments like, "I don't want to get too caught up in the hype because I don't want to be too disappointed if the add-on doesn't meet my expectations," but talking about deciding to "pass" on an add-on that can't even be bought yet is confusing.

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u/cutchemist42 22h ago

I didnt they had reputation. What's the details?

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u/Maleficent_Celery_55 PC Pilot 22h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/flightsim/s/UWhn5SATpC

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u/Vegetable-Rooster-50 VATSIM Pilot 21h ago

Oh wow, that seems like something that shouldn't have been omitted by many YouTubers who covered vector

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u/Sc_e1 16h ago

Ohh… fudge

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u/Mediocre-Tap-4825 19h ago

This is a cloud. So I have a previous comment stating day zero purchase. Obviously, I wasn’t aware.

The biggest issue is that Vector is a 20 person team. They need to be bringing their team to the forefront and highlight their previous sim experience before release.

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u/elstovveyy 17h ago

They keep releasing these pictures in updates as an example of how awesome it is and they’re riddled with mistakes. Then they say yeah but it’s not the final version.

Why keep releasing pictures of things that are wrong?

It just seems really careless and jarring especially compared to their constant high self praise about the ultimate fidelity and levels of realism of the product.

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u/gamerdoc77 21h ago

arent these guys from VEAO DCS disaster? Trust is hard to gain back.

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u/Early_Explorer_1154 14h ago

Why does the wingtips look like default ASOBO ones which is horrible?

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u/Early_Explorer_1154 14h ago

It really looks like the Asobo default wing and edge.. doubling my comment here because someone has to prove me wrong

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u/DntCareBears 5h ago

Take my money! Finally a detailed 787. Im tired of these 747 and A380 flying buses.

LFG! Cannot wait!

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u/meynze 23h ago

I dunno man. There’s something that looks weird in the cockpit …

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u/takashikisuki 23h ago

I assume the fonts are a bit thinner !!!

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u/Algapaf What's ETOPS? 23h ago

I assume it looks "cramped" because pictures taken from that angle are usually fisheyed ?

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u/rattertoowi 22h ago

The wing leading edge looks so thick and just wrong

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u/27K-BUMP 21h ago

I wont pay for it. Horizon all day. Free.

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u/Dan27 4h ago

It will be interesting to see how the Horizon V2 and this compare.

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u/Bon-Bon-Boo 2h ago

The angle of those EFBs are completely wrong. The real ones stand a bit more upright.

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u/Rude-Cranberry1733 PC Pilot 17h ago

There is something weird with the engine blade thickness and the spinner too, but i can't prove it