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Safety is our priority, and we are investing in new technologies that provide enhanced training for our air traffic controllers," FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said. "The new simulators will help us achieve that by providing real scenarios to train controllers throughout the National Airspace System."

Modernizing the simulator system will also speed up the time it takes for controllers to fully certify at air traffic facilities. This is one of the many actions the FAA is taking to increase the number of controllers and improve training following the release of the National Airspace System Safety Review Team Report.


Dear Folks,



At this time we would like to show you the new 3D tower view and the updated radars and digital strips. For more images and information please head to -simulator-developer-blog-3/

Please note these are work in progress images we are still changing and adding features to these screens. No ETA for the release ?



You'll notice the images a bit blurrier than before; this is because of the glass reflection and the dirt on them. This is something we are discussing if it's better this way for realism or drop it for a better graphics.



As you can see we implemented a little view arc on the ground radar so you'll see where are you looking at. Also all screens are independent so you will be able to set one ground radar to show the whole airport and the other to some other part of the airport at a different zoom setting. The digital strip is fully customisable per each airport. You can set up any rows or columns, custom labels and custom automatisation.


You'll notice the images a bit blurrier than before; this is because of the glass reflection and the dirt on them. This is something we are discussing if it's better this way for realism or drop it for a better graphics.


In the most constructive way possible,....I'm wondering about the nuclear powered navigation lights on the airplanes. In the day they're nearly impossible to see and at night they're just a tiny speck. Could that be toned down before release?


Absolutely ? These are WIPs of the new 3D radars. We plan to show you some new things each month during our development and in the meantime you will see some unfinished things and placeholders. We would like to get back to our origin where we updated our fans during the development instead of just announcing the project and release it. We are honoured by the community we have here and we feel this is the right thing to show you things even while we work on them. So please expect to some updates in the next few weeks again ?


Yes, this is pretty high on our list and I personally would like to see it too. No promise but what I'd like to see is somehow detach each screen (scalable, moveable) and also an option to hide the 3D cab view as well.


Looking good so far. I am quite curious how the ATC "console" we see in the above pic will translate to... let's say a 32" 16x9 single monitor. Can you elaborate on that? I guess the old guy in me wonders how my aging eyes are going to "see" all these different parts of the game. Perhaps Function Keys or the like? Just curious!


Don't worry, I'm with you on the aging eyes ? We test Tower! Simulator 3 on it too and we instantly ran into this issue. So our solution is now shortcut keys to different views (this will be fully customisable and you would be able to save any view). Currently we use TIST for our testbed and I find myself having a preset where I can see the ground radar and the strips mostly. I also made a saved view that simulates "looking over the screens" sort of standing up.



It would be a new challenge for sure but it would be more close to real life. For who prefers the "old way" with the floating radars, likely it will be possible too (I'm saying "likely" is because it's planned but not yet implemented).


It would be interesting if it is in 3D environment of a real Tower, to implement TrackIR for view.

A lot of ATC controllers here use it for simming anyway. Problem of perspective could be solved out.


Thank you! We don't have TrackIR to test so it's not yet investigated. I think I wrote that earlier we will try to make Tower! Simulator 3 to be an evolving platform with regular updates. The reason I tell you this because we have VR headsets and personally I would love to see a VR version of T!S3 at one point. Possibly not right at release but in one of the updates. I don't know how exactly TrackIR works if it needs to be programmed or you can just set it up sort of a virtual panning system, but if we will see lots of demands for the compatibility I don't see why we would not implement it at one point.



Thank you


I don't know how exactly TrackIR works if it needs to be programmed or you can just set it up sort of a virtual panning system, but if we will see lots of demands for the compatibility I don't see why we would not implement it at one point.


It is not a simple third party tool installation but must be included in the code when then accessing the TrackIR DLL. It is however a fairly straightforward process. A software development kit and support is provided by NaturalPoint.




Tower Defense Simulator is a game made by Paradoxum Games created on the 5th of June 2019 and officially released on the 14th of June 2019. It involves players teaming up with one another to fighting waves of different enemies until they either are overrun or triumph that particular map. Players gain cash by damaging enemies and from wave bonuses, which can subsequently be invested in buying new towers or upgrading existing ones. Once players are defeated or triumph, they gain EXP, which is used to level up, and Coins or Gems, which can be used to purchase new towers, emotes or skins.


Most towers are offensive towers. However, some may provide support in its own way. Each have their own strategy associated to them and most towers can reach their full potential when combined with other towers or fighting against specific types of enemies.


Hopefully there will be a tower view as we had before in FSX and P3D.

For me the greatest error they made in MSFS2020, and I think there are a lot of people who would agree with me.

On the other hand: Obviously we have to buy a complete new sim, is there a possibility to upgrade from MSFS2022?

How do they call this: easy money making.


While it is possible to have a discounted upgrade path, it is not something I recall MS ever doing for a new MSFS sequel in 41 years, and not something Xbox Studios has done for their productions since they became a studio.


Asobo deserves credit for many things, but it could be reasonably argued that the product we all bought from them just a few short years ago is still unfinished, so I definitely get why some people feel put off by the thought of paying for a new iteration.


As for 2020, they have announced 12 million total players, and the last sales number they announced was 2 million, right before the Xbox version dropped. It is safe to assume MOST players came from Xbox on Game Pass and most people who purchased the game were on PC since no more sales figures have been announced since then and almost everyone on Xbox is on Game Pass.


But by releasing another sim to further appease the heavily Xbox leaning Game Pass subscribers they have an opportunity to grow their user base while maintaining their PC base. Because where else are PC folks going to go? X-Plane.


If it is a full sequel with the potential for full scale WUs and GOTY or Anniversary Edition style free content like we got with 2020, it is likely cheap at full price. That said, I do not expect them to reinvent the wheel (wing?) this time. 2020 came after a 14 year break. The tech advancements were stunning. This comes after 4 years on the same engine (anlbeit evolved) and will run on the same console hardware.


The solution is based on the most up-to-date legislation and requirements by ICAO, EUROCONTROL and under the rules of the National Regulations (ICAO Documents, Annexes) and CNS / ATM Standards and recommendations; complemented by valuable educational tools for high training efficiency. The solution represents an operational ATC / ATM System connected to a powerful simulator.

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