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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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Alphasim....how the mighty have fallen, discuss!

We're still alive

Hey guys,

Thought you'd like to hear from one of the team members. After a long hiatus I have rejoined the AlphaSim team. I was very happy to discover that there are quite a few projects currently in the pipe. The company is alive and well, and we are preparing to release quite a few new aircraft as well as updates to older releases.

I'm excited to get back to work myself!
 
I always wonder what effect piracy actually has on sales of FSX related goodies.

I have never pirated anything (except downloading a back-up of something I already have bought and own, which is of course perfectly legal - and none of those things flight sim related). The only real figure that matters from a financial standpoint (differing from a moral standpoint) is the percentage of people who would have bought the item, yet did not because they pirated it instead. It would be completely wrong to suggest this number was anything close to 100%, I would imagine it is around the <10%, or therabouts.
 
I'd like to comment on the FSX dev side if I may.

For AS I think FSX was a driving factor, not a limiting one. The SE.5a was one of the first commercial FSX products to be made available for example, and there was always a drive to upgrade and update all old models to FSX standard. FSX and its abilities were always foremost in planning. This did lead to problems, given, but generally it worked out.

There are plenty of reasons I am sure for the lack of publicity of present, but I don't think (speaking as someone who 'was there') FSX is to blame.

Best
Dan.
 
I hate to say it, but i think it's a bit of what have you done lately. This is a hobby all about what is new, and instant gratifcation. In this e-market you need to regularly put out products to keep yourself on peoples minds.
 
I never had a problem with alphasim. And I own just about every plane they produced. I hope they come back stronger than ever.
 
Shane Olguin said:
Hey guys,

Thought you'd like to hear from one of the team members. After a long hiatus I have rejoined the AlphaSim team. I was very happy to discover that there are quite a few projects currently in the pipe. The company is alive and well, and we are preparing to release quite a few new aircraft as well as updates to older releases.

I'm excited to get back to work myself!
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Good to hear! Still waiting with baited breath for that Jaguar!
 
I contemplated buying a lot of AS aircraft, and actually bought a couple. What really turned me off was when they started doing the EA6B and A6 packages, and charging rediculous amounts of money for them. I bought the EA6B, only to have Razbam make a better one later down the road at a far cheaper price. So where I shelled out over $100 at the time for the AS A6/EA6B package I wound up once I got the Razbam models never installing the AS ones on the system again. I really have my hopes up for the C-17, and I hope once the VC comes out I can convince myself to make the purchase and give them another shot. I have learned the hard way over the years not to buy incomplete packages because you never know what may happen after the fact. It seems that business model is slowly spreading through the payware dev's tho. It is good tho to hear there are quite a few new projects in the pipeline and that the company is doing well. Always interested to see what new aircraft have to bring to the sim.
 
Shane Olguin said:
Hey guys,

Thought you'd like to hear from one of the team members. After a long hiatus I have rejoined the AlphaSim team. I was very happy to discover that there are quite a few projects currently in the pipe. The company is alive and well, and we are preparing to release quite a few new aircraft as well as updates to older releases.

I'm excited to get back to work myself!
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Good to hear Shane!

I look forward to some new AS planes.

v/R

-G-
 
To be honest with you the boss has given me quite a few assignments so there are definitely new releases and updates in the works.
 
Ten years ago the models were simple. I loved the accurate exterior shape of the old alphasim mdls. Price was low, you could buy them like candy. I still pull these aircraft out to admire them. The later Jay McDaniel flight models where great. Good evocation without the need for any further tweaking. Just turn on the mags, swing the prop and go. Great stuff.

Like all flightsim creationists, Alpha's facing a new sim and more powerful pc's that require much greater detail/complexity to maintain the sim-experience. Longer production hours, fewer products, higher costs. It's a Darwinian cycle. Amongst the flightsim creators, commercial and freeware, who will stay with it ?

Many have left us, but surprisingly, more artists have stayed with it than I would have predicted. It may have more to do with how aviation and flightsims get under your skin, than so much to do with profit margin.

I'm curious to see where this all is ten years from now.

Alphasim?

:guinness::guinness:
 
OK, I am a glutton for snipes but I thought I would respond to this.

As a team member of AlphaSim I can tell you I am still doing textures.
And I working on them at this moment so AlphaSim is still alive.

Russ
 
i really like cupcakes. but i also like pudding. i like doritos but prefer to drink pepsi whilst i eat them.
what i don't like is turkey bacon or onion bread or things made with cottage cheez.
has anyone ever tatooed a fish?
 
cheezyflier said:
i really like cupcakes. but i also like pudding. i like doritos but prefer to drink pepsi whilst i eat them.
what i don't like is turkey bacon or onion bread or things made with cottage cheez.
has anyone ever tatooed a fish?
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Thems fightin' words. I like turkey bacon.:icon_lol:

I'm still looking forward to the AS Jaguar packages.
 
cheezyflier said:
i really like cupcakes. but i also like pudding. i like doritos but prefer to drink pepsi whilst i eat them.
what i don't like is turkey bacon or onion bread or things made with cottage cheez.
has anyone ever tatooed a fish?
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Wow !, I 'really' want some of what you have LOL.
 
cheezyflier said:
has anyone ever tatooed a fish?
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No, but I know someone who had one that was tatooed.

Brian

(regarding Alphasim, I was kind of wondering where the original thought came from for the thread. Is it just because they haven't released anything for a couple months? Or that they haven't posted teaser shots of upcoming projects, drawing the ire of people complaining that it hasn't been released yet? Did they do that anyway, until release was nearly imminent? Kind of damned if you do, damned if you don't in that respect)
 
Michael Davies! Last I collected of your work were superb steam locomotives for MSTS. You still carving molecular ether into 3d shape?
 
Personally I steer clear of all Alphasim products simply because I dont think they are worth the asking price. The 3d models are very often quite a bit far off from the actual aircraft (look at their Gripen f.i, it looks nothing like the real thing), there is little or no system simulation, and the flight model is often horrible. When I buy an add-on I want it to be as close to the real thing as possible, and so I would rather spend my money on add-ons like the VRS Superbug or the IRIS F-16D than any Alphasim product.
 
cheezyflier said:
has anyone ever tatooed a fish?
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OT...but since you asked...yes, there is an entire cruel industry centered around tattooed and color-dyed fish. Valentines Day will find various Tetras and Gourami's being tattooed with hearts and I Love You in red and pink. Some fish will be tattooed with polka dots of various colors and sizes. Some fish will have their entire bodies died colors they would not wear in their natural form...Blueberry Oscars, Day Glow Green Tetras. These practices are very painful, drastically shorted the life span of the fish subjected to this cruelty as the dies and inks accumulate in the livers of the fish, turning the livers hard and crystalized. An estimated 70% of the fish that under go tattooing and dying do not survive the process. I will not purchase dyed or tattooed fish nor buy anything from any pet store that has them in stock.

OBIO
 
OBIO said:
OT...but since you asked...yes, there is an entire cruel industry centered around tattooed and color-dyed fish. Valentines Day will find various Tetras and Gourami's being tattooed with hearts and I Love You in red and pink. Some fish will be tattooed with polka dots of various colors and sizes. Some fish will have their entire bodies died colors they would not wear in their natural form...Blueberry Oscars, Day Glow Green Tetras. These practices are very painful, drastically shorted the life span of the fish subjected to this cruelty as the dies and inks accumulate in the livers of the fish, turning the livers hard and crystalized. An estimated 70% of the fish that under go tattooing and dying do not survive the process. I will not purchase dyed or tattooed fish nor buy anything from any pet store that has them in stock.

OBIO
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darn once they have batter on them
who knows:engel016:
H:icon_lol:
 
magoo said:
Michael Davies! Last I collected of your work were superb steam locomotives for MSTS. You still carving molecular ether into 3d shape?
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Wow, that is going back a few years, was it the payware LNER Pacific's or the smaller freeware LNER mixed traffic locos.

Yes I still bully the molecules, since MSTS some models for Alphasim (hence the association in a previous post), the Seaking was the last major model of mine, though assisted in one small way or another with most helos there after.

Since late last year a personal resignation to get away from it all, take time for my other hobbies and re asses whether FS modeling is really what I want in the future, but I still dabble in Max, some aircraft, some ships and some trains.

I seem to remember your handle from way back ion CFS2 days ?.

Kindest

Michael
 
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