PSA: All my autopilot problems were solved by going back to MSFS 2020
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@Black-Square mentioned that there are some unresolved Asobo MSFS 2024 bugs that affect Starship, so I decided to try some flights in MSFS 2020, and lo and behold, all the navigation issues I've been seeing are gone.
- RNAV with GNS just works
- GS just works
- HDG mode does not mess with AUTO LEG
- Custom tail sign just works
I feels like a more polished experience when these nav issues aren't there. If you want to learn the navigation system, I highly recommend using 2020 and use 2024 if you want to do simple flying with only VFR or just basic Starship FMS (ok, maybe ILS). I miss the walkaround features and the lighting looks less realistic, but at least you're far less likely to run into issues that aren't your fault.
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Tell me about it... The solution that I'm working on now should at least solve many of these issues, though I have no control over the GNS, obviously. The tail numbers hurt me particularly, since I (don't) see them in every screenshot, but I know the rest is more important to the Starship flying experience in the meantime.
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I feel like I had issues in 2024 as well, but it was in the beginning, so I assumed it was user error. I have done a fairly equal number of flights in both sims, and my latest 2024 flight were flawless. Having said that, I don't use the GNS, except for TCAS, and I only used HDG once and it didn't seem to matter when arming NAV.
Yes, the registration problem is an Asobo issue, from what I can tell, as are many other issues with 2024. 2020 was a bit of a disaster when it released, so I expect 2024 to need a few more updates before we are in a similar boat as 2020. 2024 AI is all over the place (e.g., low flying lost aircraft over airports), performance can be poor depending on your environment/aircraft, and a myriad of other things that are broken. I would venture to guess a lot of developers are still slow-rolling their products because Asobo is going to break them as they release updates. The sim just isn't stable yet. I have very few problems and prefer it, but it needs a lot of work.
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Tell me about it... The solution that I'm working on now should at least solve many of these issues, though I have no control over the GNS, obviously. The tail numbers hurt me particularly, since I (don't) see them in every screenshot, but I know the rest is more important to the Starship flying experience in the meantime.
@Black-Square said in PSA: All my autopilot problems were solved by going back to MSFS 2020:
Tell me about it... The solution that I'm working on now should at least solve many of these issues, though I have no control over the GNS, obviously. The tail numbers hurt me particularly, since I (don't) see them in every screenshot, but I know the rest is more important to the Starship flying experience in the meantime.
We have a workaround for the tail number issue at least. The navigation issues are the bad ones, turns out everything works just as you described. I bet several other people were banging their heads against the wall trying to setup approaches and all along it was these 2024 bugs getting in the way.
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I don't doubt that, which is really unfortunate. This is exactly why I have been slow to update my aircraft for MSFS 2024, just as @Orlaam said. Even today I read about something else that was broken in the latest SU Beta regarding GPS navigation. Hopefully I can get away from some of these by doing all my own navigation math and waypoint sequencing.
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It's just gonna take a few more months. I mean look at all the logged items that are broken in 2024, lol. It's a long list. I live in Phoenix, AZ and I can't get the buildings or terrain to look anything like the real thing. 2020 looks way more accurate for me in PHX, but I swear I've seen V1 fly on his streams and PHX looked great. It's very strange.
The problem I think a lot of us have is the way MS/Asobo are creating a sim, updating it, then abandoning it for a newer version. The atmosphere, sky coloring, ground textures are so much better in 24, as is the FDE and other features like the tablet with charts and a good little planner. However, it'll be several months before we can positively say it's "stable". Heck, even AI traffic in 2020 with FSLTL is still goofy at times. In a way it's always been this way, FS2002, FS9, FSX all had relatively minor updates every 4 years, but they did break older add-ons. It's just that you had 4 solid years of code that didn't change. Now it's much like P3D where frequent updates require developers to go tweak things to continue to work. I don't envy developers in this regard, but make no mistake, the work you guys do is very much appreciated and I really enjoy some of the art we get.
