MSFS2020-PilotPathRecorder VS TJAPlayer3-f

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There are many ways to approach the planning and recording your progress, but I will advocate for simplicity here. Google Earth is free and widely used app. The reason I use it for planning is because you can examine the terrain in 3D and determine if it will be interesting enough to fly over. But it also becomes a great visual record of the trip once you use a simple app like PilotPathRecorder that is a freeware and it will generate a Path that can be easily imported into Google Earth as KML file.

This was the track of my attempt in MSFS 2020 to land a Cessna 172 at KIAD 1R using the localizer with DoNotBeOnFire's fog preset active. I tracked the approach using Pilot Path Recorder, then recorded the track in Google Earth using OBS.

I recently completed a scenic tour of the US in the DC Designs F-15. I designed the route around national parks, major US cities, and places I've been before. The speed of this plane enabled me to cover hundreds of miles in 30-60 minute flights, and finish the trip in a reasonable amount of time. The flights were recorded with pilot path recorder and imported into Google Earth. VFRmap was also used for navigation. I took close to 500 screenshots from the trip, but narrowed it down to a few below.

TJAPlayer3-f runs natively on Linux but its code needs to manually changed in order to be able to do anything other than autoplay. This is the required code but it needs to be implemented and compiled, which is a real barrier to entry for many. My impression is that this fork will likely never be made playable by default.

There's a more cross-platform simulator (still TJAPlayer3-based) in development here, though I don't think it works in its current state.