robert_basil
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I Agree to a point.
If it was Freeware then and only then, I commend them for doing this of their own time and love for our hobby.
But if it's Payware, then if you want my money, well you better work for it. That includes doing research on how the actual aircraft is, and not faking it with inaccurate or even missing parts.
If you look at the big companies, like VRS, Aerosoft, PMDG, and A2A, of course I am not trying to forget some of the up and coming talented ones making it to the stage now-a-days. But, I feel, just like the "MS Flight" discussions, we need to keep the integrity of Flight Simulator just that, a simulator, and not a Flight Game. If that means to make sure a developer does his home work and makes the aircraft like the real thing, then so be it. Not put in false parts or even totally change how it is because they didn't take the time to make sure it is correct.
See when we start allowing these developers to cut corners or even give us ridiculous or non-existent things on the aircraft then we might as well be playing MS Flight. I would hope people would say something, cause I sure would, especially if I see something going the wrong way and it's something I love.
I don't want to put no developer down, but when they act as if I am attacking them, instead of just pointing out the obvious, then I guess we will have a problem. That is what happens these days, developers don't want to hear if something is wrong and once their ego is bruised they will retaliate on the person expressing the issues. And, what is really a tragedy is when we as a whole allow them to do that.
There are a lot of former pilots, or people with backgrounds of the real aircraft that need to speak up. It's unfortunate that I have that background with the F-15. Now if it was not the case then I wouldn't have spoken or even said anything. But it's my passion for the sim, that compels me to say something so others who have never seen the REAL cockpit will get the ability to learn what the REAL thing is like and not something that is faked with "make believe" items in there.
I just call it like I see it,
Robert Basil
If it was Freeware then and only then, I commend them for doing this of their own time and love for our hobby.
But if it's Payware, then if you want my money, well you better work for it. That includes doing research on how the actual aircraft is, and not faking it with inaccurate or even missing parts.
If you look at the big companies, like VRS, Aerosoft, PMDG, and A2A, of course I am not trying to forget some of the up and coming talented ones making it to the stage now-a-days. But, I feel, just like the "MS Flight" discussions, we need to keep the integrity of Flight Simulator just that, a simulator, and not a Flight Game. If that means to make sure a developer does his home work and makes the aircraft like the real thing, then so be it. Not put in false parts or even totally change how it is because they didn't take the time to make sure it is correct.
See when we start allowing these developers to cut corners or even give us ridiculous or non-existent things on the aircraft then we might as well be playing MS Flight. I would hope people would say something, cause I sure would, especially if I see something going the wrong way and it's something I love.
I don't want to put no developer down, but when they act as if I am attacking them, instead of just pointing out the obvious, then I guess we will have a problem. That is what happens these days, developers don't want to hear if something is wrong and once their ego is bruised they will retaliate on the person expressing the issues. And, what is really a tragedy is when we as a whole allow them to do that.
There are a lot of former pilots, or people with backgrounds of the real aircraft that need to speak up. It's unfortunate that I have that background with the F-15. Now if it was not the case then I wouldn't have spoken or even said anything. But it's my passion for the sim, that compels me to say something so others who have never seen the REAL cockpit will get the ability to learn what the REAL thing is like and not something that is faked with "make believe" items in there.
I just call it like I see it,
Robert Basil
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