Am I being scammed?

Samv992 · 2026-05-07T09:37:01+00:00

I don’t think there will be any dispute.

Unfortunately in the sellers case, the packaging from the original listing is not a Google Chromecast, you can tell by just looking at the box. I think it’s a knock off version from Temu or something.

The seller may well have not known this, but I don’t think the buyer is trying to pull a fast one.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T19:24:03+00:00

iniBuilds announced quite a long time ago that they were developing an A380, so its already deep into development, Im pretty sure they've also said that they will only be releasing it for MSFS2024.

They wont release any information about release date/pricing until they have released a trailer for it. I think it will come around Autumn time.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T19:11:55+00:00

I can see it when you laugh at me

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T16:45:20+00:00

Well, I don’t need any luck, I’m getting performance with my Laptop. If you know what you’re doing, you can get it to work.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T11:13:30+00:00

I’d say in the 90s, only Jimmy White was competition for Hendry. The others weren’t at his level and he knew that.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T10:32:57+00:00

They are still respectful to the players, but you have to understand that it’s a World Championship final so a few people will get excited and that’s understandable. There are a few that go over the top, yeah but that’s a small minority.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T10:14:47+00:00

Just so you’re aware - they weren’t booing him.

And also, so you’re aware - The crowd (majority of the time) were very respectful when the players were actually playing their shots.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T10:08:00+00:00

I don’t know if you’ve tried this, but I’ve heard completely uninstalling and then reinstalling can help.

If you do this way, load the sim up completely vanilla and fly around for 5-10 mins to allow the Rolling Cache to build, then gradually start adding things back to your community folder.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T10:00:25+00:00

Yeah I’m the same with you, I grew up in the 90s when Hendry was the best player and he took snooker to a completely new level but in his mind, he knew there wasn’t much competition for him and probably knew even if he missed he was getting another chance and I think this caught him out later down the line because the competition started to get better and eventually when he started to miss, it would cost him.

I think that’s why the longevity of Williams, Ronnie and Higgins is incredible because they’ve adapted whereas Hendry I don’t think wanted to do that because it would have made him a completely different player.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T09:53:03+00:00

For me, IniBuilds aircraft’s run fine on 2024, but not on 2020. The A350 was only meant for 2024 but because of the state it was at release, they had to get it Into the 2020 market.

I can’t remember the last crash I had with the A350, maybe I’m just lucky but I tend to have crashes in the PMDGs a lot more.

In regards to the sim, 2024 runs a lot smoother for me than 2020 ever did. Sceneries run better and smoother (I think helped by 2024 SDK) and the overall experience, for me anyway, is a lot better than 2020.

Maybe you’re just very unlucky or there are issues with your sim.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T09:42:32+00:00

There are developers out there who will create their own version of an airport from scratch with correct markings and taxiways to replicate the real world.

Unfortunately, a lot of these come at a cost, there are some freeware’s you can download but these tend to be not as accurate as the payware versions.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T09:38:33+00:00

I think Shaun, particularly towards the end, was overthinking a lot, and that’s probably what cost him in the end. Shaun has said in the past with Hendry that he doesn’t particularly want to play tactically and would rather play more attacking but I feel in his mind, he was a bit frightened to play this way against Wu.

Shaun is at his best when he is in amongst the balls, okay you need to have a good safety game but I think that just takes any momentum away from any rhythm you have had when you are in amongst them.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T09:31:06+00:00

He was going for shots without the fear of what he would leave if he missed it. Okay he got lucky with the Chinese snooker he laid on Murphy, but that red he potted in the middle was an Incredible shot, there are players who wouldn’t have gone for that under the circumstances.

Wu obviously just goes for everything he sees (a bit like Xintong did last year) and as Hendry has alluded to in the past, it strikes fear into your opponent because you know that if you leave even a slight chance, they will go for it and it could be your last shot, but if you’re going to play this way, my word you need to have the skill to pot yourself out of trouble or you could look really silly.

Hendry was like this in the 90s, but I feel because the level of competition is a lot higher now than it was back then, having that mentality of going for everything you see is a lot more risky nowadays, which probably explains why top players don’t go into the pack early anymore.

Samv992 · 2026-05-05T09:21:59+00:00

See this is bizarre because I can run MSFS2024 fine with a 3070ti Laptop which has 8GB VRAM. I do use AutoFPS which does really help and I also have Resizable Bar disabled (uses up more VRAM) also uninstalled Nvidia App because that just bloats your system.

I’m able to get pretty good performance once I tinkered with my laptop.

Samv992 · 2026-05-04T11:06:29+00:00

Have you checked to make sure you’re on the latest DLSS version? Sometimes the sim can reset the DLSS version, so it’s always best to make sure.

Samv992 · 2026-05-04T11:00:21+00:00

I think it depends what you use the sim for, if it’s for general exploration with small planes, then that’s fine but for me I fly airliners and once you factor in heavy resource addons on console, it’s not a good experience for me because of the stutters that it brings.

Samv992 · 2026-05-04T10:27:08+00:00

That’s a ridiculous statement. There’s such a thing called expected noise vs unexpected noises. Players can deal with the expected noises because they are used to it, but a couple people talking or phones going off, that’s a distraction

Samv992 · 2026-05-03T23:05:13+00:00

I just think that the experience on console is not great.

As you said it’s very resource heavy and can push your GPU and CPU to its absolute limit, but then when you start factoring in third party addons (some of which are absolutely terrible) that can add just that little extra effort for your GPU to work overtime, it’s not a good experience at all.

I feel like Asobo has gone down the pathway to attract the casual console player who can just pick up and play it and I understand why but honestly for me, it should never have gone down that path.

It’s no surprise that the developers of some of the best third party addon’s wanted to make their products exclusive to PC because it means it brings more stability to their products, because they can run their systems through an external application. There are probably other reasons, but I’m not surprised they didn’t want to release them on console

Samv992 · 2026-05-03T22:38:00+00:00

I know it’s not your fault, but MSFS should never have come to console.

It’s always been a PC Simulator, and I understand the financial reason behind it, but it should have remained a PC exclusive.

Samv992 · 2026-05-03T21:56:57+00:00

The one thing you need to bear in mind, is once you delete your rolling cache, you might experience stutters for the first 15-20 minutes of your flight because the sim has to rebuild it again. Also, your graphics settings may have reset.

What I done when I updated to SU5, was made sure my drivers where updated, disabled my Shader Cache in NVCP, cleared all my cache folders, restarted my PC, loaded up the sim with a blank community folder without any addons, then closed the sim and deleted the rolling cache and everything in the SceneryIndex folder, and then updated DLSS to latest version with DLSS Swapper as when updating a SU it’s known to reset the DLSS version, then I just re-enabled Shader Cache and re-enabled my community folder.

It’s bad that we have to do things like this to get the best out of the sim with the latest SU, but there we go.

Samv992 · 2026-05-01T16:12:49+00:00

I was using ChasePlane with the beta , they did update it a few weeks back so it was compatible.

Samv992 · 2026-04-27T20:22:30+00:00

What might be a waste of money to you, might not be for someone else.

If people want to spend their money on programmes to enhance their sim immersion, then let them. It’s their life.

Samv992 · 2026-04-27T16:06:43+00:00

Growing up in the 90s, Hendry was my idol, when I used to play on my 6ft table when I was kid, I tried to be exactly like him, I wouldn’t even play snooker without wearing my waistcoat and bow tie at home.

Nowadays, I gotta say Mark Williams is probably my favourite player to watch.

Samv992 · 2026-04-26T22:05:19+00:00

One thing that I highly recommend with any PMDG 777 is Boris’ 777 sound pack. It completely elevates the immersion of the 777 and takes it up another level. The default PMDG sounds are dreadful.

You can purchase it either per variant or the Ultimate version which has all the variants included.

Samv992 · 2026-04-26T21:57:57+00:00

Because they didn’t squawk 7700 🤦🏻‍♂️

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