Time Acceleration

[Alex]

Just thought I'd chuck up this poll - how do you use time acceleration in FS?

Alex

[ooOO00OOoo]

I use it on almost all my flights...i'm an impatient person you see

[Mattnz]

Almost never, I'd much rather get the satisfaction of saying that I completed a 12 hour flight than speeding it up to do it in an hour

[Charl]

Interesting thread, defines the kind of simmer you are.
I'd rather watch paint dry than "fly" a real-time longhaul.
This probably demonstrates that I am not really suitable airline pilot material.
My second-biggest gripe is that FS won't let me accelerate 128x under autopilot!
Edit:
One of the biggest features in FS2004 was that you could load an IFR flight while underway.
So you load IFR, take off, and get to cruise. At some point thereafter you can speed up the sim to get to TOD, say within 100nm of the destination.
At that point you simply reload the IFR flightplan, and within a few minutes the AI is back, and you are into the approach and landing phase.
I wish real life worked like this.

[VH-CC1]

have NEVER used it, been simming since FS95

[Jimmy]

I would never use time acceleration. Personally I think time acceleration should not be used, if you don't have time for a flight, fly a differant route.

Thanks
James

[ooOO00OOoo]

QUOTE (Jimmy @ Oct 14 2007, 04:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I would never use time acceleration. Personally I think time acceleration should not be used, if you don't have time for a flight, fly a differant route.

Thanks
James

But some people like myself would like to fly a route but not have to see the whole cruise at night or where you see noting but 1 cloud covering the whole route you are flying.

[Kelburn]

I use it when the flight is over two hours so I don't get bored.

[VH-CC1]

why use fs or even fly if ur going to use Time Acceleration...

[ardypilot]

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I'd much rather get the satisfaction of saying that I completed a 12 hour flight than speeding it up to do it in an hour[/quote]
Ditto. In fact I just completed a 12 hour flight from NZAA to KSFO overnight- screenshots to follow soon!

[ardypilot]

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why use fs or even fly if ur going to use Time Acceleration[/quote]
lol i reckon ...
Ive use it sometimes but only with making movies ,but that is slowing it down not up for better capture of different effects etc...

[victor_alpha_charlie]

QUOTE (Mattnz @ Oct 14 2007, 02:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Almost never, I'd much rather get the satisfaction of saying that I completed a 12 hour flight than speeding it up to do it in an hour

I'd rather get the satisfaction of being able to say I didn't just sit in front of my computer for 12 hours.. Slightly nerdy isn't it?

QUOTE (VH-CC1 @ Oct 14 2007, 05:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

why use fs or even fly if ur going to use Time Acceleration...

Because you're really not missing much.. I normally use it from 10 mins after I reach cruise alt until about 5 mins before TOD. If I'm in a good mood.

[ardypilot]

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I'd rather get the satisfaction of being able to say I didn't just sit in front of my computer for 12 hours.. Slightly nerdy isn't it?[/quote]
I definetly didn't sit infront of my PC for 12 hours straight! I took off last night, watched TV, went to bed, woke up, watched the rugby, had breakfast and then landed at 11am this morning Real pilots do simular things, they take shifts in the cockpits while the others sleep.

[FunkymonkeyNZ]

Yup i have to say i have only used it a few times,

the only problem with using it which should be a good thing is that if you have planned an IFR flight you always have to be on the ball with ATC, because if you speed it up and miss a message then eventually they cancel the plan, so its best to always fly real time, plus if your goal is to be sitting in the real position in 5-10years time (ME ) then its best to get the training....

Thought i'd throw my 2cents in!

[AlisterC]

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Because you're really not missing much[/quote]
some of us do charts ,planing and talking to mates online ,also some dont just fly heavys and turn the auto pilot on ,ive flown one of my choppers around NZ three times landing at nearly every airport by hand twice and once with the help of AP ,those kind of trips take 12hours or more ,so it depends on what your realisum is to you ,
if you like just taking off/ speeding things up telling everyone that youve just done a 20 hour flight to the uk so be it i suppose ...

Last edited by creator2003 on Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Alex]

I personally don't use time compression, I just don't fly flights longer than an hour or so very regularly.

Thanks for posting guys - interesting replies.

Alex

[AlisterC]

I think what would have been an interesting poll Alex, would have been to add a little question on the end - IF you don't accelerate time, are you an online flyer? If you do accelerate time, do you fly offline? You've pretty much captured the essence of the online simmer and the offline simmer with that question. Both worthy occupations. Onliners don't accelerate time, offliners have no problem with it. I'm an onliner more than 50% of the time (and a VPA pilot, so it kind of goes without saying) so I don't accelerate time.

[victor_alpha_charlie]

QUOTE (creator2003 @ Oct 14 2007, 08:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

if you like just taking off/ speeding things up telling everyone that youve just done a 20 hour flight to the uk so be it i suppose ...

Well I can't say I do long haul flights to brag about it, who am I going to brag to? ( FS is like my secret shameful fetish noone knows about ) and I guess Alister was right, when you're flying online, you've got mates to talk to etc, so I don't speed it up when I'm online.

Generally I prefer to fly larger aircraft, but I don't have much spare time. Due to the fact that two airports capable of handling a 777/747 are normally quite far apart, the best choice for me is to fly those longer sectors while having the sim sped up.

[Alex]

QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Oct 14 2007, 09:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

...when you're flying online, you've got mates to talk to etc, so I don't speed it up when I'm online.

Also on the networks you aren't supposed to (read: against Rules & Regs) fly accelerated flights - which may have been in part what Alister was saying.

Well Alister, its easy to suggest good ideas in retrospect - but in the 'heat of the post', logical thought seems to fly out the window.

Alex

[VH-CC1]

QUOTE (creator2003 @ Oct 14 2007, 05:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

some of us do charts ,planing and talking to mates online ,also some dont just fly heavys and turn the auto pilot on ,ive flown one of my choppers around NZ three times landing at nearly every airport by hand twice and once with the help of AP ,those kind of trips take 12hours or more

Round Kiwi round 3 times, overnight stops.

Charts, planning, wind direction, stuff like that HAS to be sorted er route on x20billion speed there's no time.

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I'd rather get the satisfaction of being able to say I didn't just sit in front of my computer for 12 hours.. Slightly nerdy isn't it?[/quote]

dude, there's BIG BIG money in gaming, more you know about the product more chance you have of getting the sh!t right for it... Nerdy? having cr@p loads of money from playing a flight game, not really. 50% of my flight is for training, can u time accel in real life? NO..