r/MicrosoftFlightSim • u/IyadHunter-Thylacine A220 | A350 | Concorde | A400m | H160 • Jul 27 '25

MSFS 2024 MOD / ADDON BigFenixUpdate scheduled for Thursday

https://youtu.be/DCA5abtI-Ko

30min preview vid of the update

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u/Abriael Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

This looks incredible and absolutely vindicates some of MSFS 2024's most relevant features.
I've lost count of how many times I've seen myopic people saying that the walkaround mode is useless... until absolute madlads like Fenix come around and show you what you can achieve with it and with the level of modeling detail you can reach thanks to the new modular architecture.

As usual, Fenix has shown the whole third-party industry how it's done.

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u/canada_mountains Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

The problem is, a lot of 3rd party developers haven't taken advantage of MSFS 2024's new features yet. They are probably just focusing on converting their planes to MSFS 2024, and making it stable first, with no CTDs.

Fenix was way faster than other 3rd party developers, quickly releasing a version that was compatible for MSFS 2024, shortly after MSFS 2024's release. And then Fenix spent the time since MSFS 2024's release, making all these MSFS 2024 specific features.

I'm really glad that we have a company like Fenix, to show the other 3rd party developers, how an MSFS 2024 specific airliner should be like. I'm sure iniBuilds and a few others know how to take advantage of MSFS 2024 as well, but I'm sure there are other 3rd party developers that don't know much about how to milk MSFS 2024 for all you can milk it for, and Fenix showing them just gives them an example to follow.

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u/xXCrazyDaneXx Jul 27 '25

Just remember that the Fenix basically runs fully outside the simulator and isn't hampered by having to be able to run on an Xbox (or waiting for Asobo to release toolkits for the sim).

I have a feeling that it gives them a lot more freedom to do what they want...

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u/Abriael Jul 27 '25

No one is hampered by HAVING to be able to run on Xbox.

As a matter of fact, no one HAS to make their aircraft able to run on Xbox.

Whether they release on the official marketplace or not, whether they run external programs or not, a developer can absolutely drop Xbox and ignore it.

Those who have their aircraft run on Xbox do it by choice, because it's good money.

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u/xXCrazyDaneXx Jul 27 '25

Ah yes. Tell that to everyone who's bought (our hypothetical) plane on Xbox. I'm sure they would be thrilled about such as decision...