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'AlphaSim's Next Release'

Maybe they can mount some .50 cals on it for us military type? :costumes:
 
warbird861 said:
I heard something that this was supposed to be publiced by Aerosoft and that the developer just started working for AlphaSim for some reson. :kilroy:
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The alleged developer was already working for Alphasim at the time, in fairness at that time ( two years ago ) Alphasim was not courting civil aircraft, so a in house developer who had a pen chance for such things tended to sell them to a publisher who's catalogue better fitted the subject matter, I did it with the Citation X for Feel There whilst still active with Alphasim, on reflection that was probably ( Seaking aside ) the most rewarding model I ever made.....yes yes, yawn yawn such private feelings are out of place in this holy grail of combat enthusiasm LOL, but its the truth, after (then) nearly 100 combat models, a civil was a breath of fresh air.

Best

Michael
 
Michael, I have always loved the Citation X! Even better knowing you made it! I am not a huge fan of Wilco/FeelThere, but that plane in particular is a very rewarding plane to learn and one of my more favorite GA models. To be honest, and I know I'll take flak for it, but I prefer the Wilco Citation X WAY more than the Eaglesoft offering.
 
The thing that speaks to me is that it's a STOL plane. I think I'll enjoy flying it. In FSX one of my top 5 planes was the Caribou.
 
CodyValkyrie said:
Michael, I have always loved the Citation X! Even better knowing you made it! I am not a huge fan of Wilco/FeelThere, but that plane in particular is a very rewarding plane to learn and one of my more favorite GA models. To be honest, and I know I'll take flak for it, but I prefer the Wilco Citation X WAY more than the Eaglesoft offering.
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Thank you, though your too gracious LOL.

Well I didnt and wont get into politics, dont think it was that bad back then anyway, that belly fairing caused weeks of grief, back and forth we went until it was just so, the windscreen was redone umpteen times over as well LOL, all that is old hat now with new modeling tools and techniques, what took weeks back then takes mere hours these days.

To be clear I only did the exterior with textures, not the VC, credit for that and the rest of the package goes elsewhere. attached renders from way back then, when FS gets occlusion lighting like this then were all in for a treat.

Anyway, not to digress too far from the thread, I think the Islander will do well for AS, though it may take some time for the pure Civil enthusiast to begin to take it seriously, shaking off a pure military history might be quite difficult for Alphasim.

Kindest

Michael
 
Chaps,

I post here because I respect to all and I hope that the 'situation' will be understood with clarity.

I was not working with AlphaSim in the position I am now when the Aerosoft Islander was proposed. That much is made clear through the personal emails that Mathijs kindly posted on numerous boards.

The Islander to be released by AlphaSim is NOT the same mesh, nor textures, nor anything else.

I have both source sets to prove this.

I do admit that I may have failed to communicate things clearly to Aerosoft, but what I do not appreciate is what appears to me to be a campaign to ruin my reputation.

The bottom line is that the Aerosoft project was never signed nor continued. It got as far as painting before I had to abandon it.

That much in itself should be the end word.

Best
Dan.
 
d0mokun said:
Chaps,

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but what I do not appreciate is what appears to me to be a campaign to ruin my reputation.

Best
Dan.
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In all fairness everyone here has in the past and will probably in the future heaped praises on your work and effort, not entered into a campaign to ruin anyones reputation.
 
CodyValkyrie said:
It will be interesting to see how this turns out. I certainly won't hold anymore against them. They surprised me with the T-34, however I am waiting for a patch.
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Please read page 16 of the T-34 manual. Using the tools listed there might help.
Don't wait for it to happen, ask through the proper channels if it is available.
:ernae:
 
Sorry if my couple of posts above seem completely out of place or in poor taste. I'm working my way through this thread. No intention to detract from the serious nature of the most recent ones by Dano or others.
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michael davies said:
In all fairness everyone here has in the past and will probably in the future heaped praises on your work and effort, not entered into a campaign to ruin anyones reputation.
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Hi Michael,

I don't doubt that the good chaps here have no interest in what I describe as a campaign.

I wouldn't have described it as such if the email and dispute hadn't been carried to a few forums.

In my eyes it could've been easily resolved in private, or on the board it started on.

But, end result is that I've been told by Phil to step it up and get previews of the Islander out.

Expect them very soon. Putting all the rivets on is a difficult task. Especially when I'm juggling painting with defending my integrity!

BR
Dan. :wiggle:
 
d0mokun said:
Hi Michael,

I don't doubt that the good chaps here have no interest in what I describe as a campaign.

I wouldn't have described it as such if the email and dispute hadn't been carried to a few forums.

In my eyes it could've been easily resolved in private, or on the board it started on.

But, end result is that I've been told by Phil to step it up and get previews of the Islander out.

Expect them very soon. Putting all the rivets on is a difficult task. Especially when I'm juggling painting with defending my integrity!

BR
Dan. :wiggle:
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Dan, your young, but heres some bitter advice ( FWIW ) from an old grizzled long timer, don't use the forum to defend your integrity, use your work, its a far more succinct and powerful message, took me nine years to work that out, about two days before I consciously decided to pack it all in ironically.

Look forward to the Islander images.

Best

Michael
 
By my account, this is the 74th posting and this thread has been accessed 1,451 times ---- including this one ---- in short, in case any reader would like some info on the Islander the web sites below may help. STOL is interesting as well as the long active history of successful commercial use in many fields of aviation. A workhorse hardly noticed in the shadows of Jumbos. :ernae: Cheers

http://www.britten-norman.com/products/bn2b/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britten-Norman_Islander
 
Thanks for the advice Michael- I shall do just that and show everyone a wonderful little Islander!

Cody, on the contrary- there is every need to contact us via tech support. Whilst the patch is not ready, I can offer a fix. I can't you help if you don't contact support in the first place.

Best
Dan.
 
He He we are a funny lot here
thats why its called the outhouse:bs:
looking over this thread in general
i can see why some people are not interested in non ww planes
and especially at this site, what would happen if piglet proclaimed
he was working on an airbus
would we jump :jump: or maybe not:costumes:
bottom line is we are all simcrazed with our own opinions
and what we love, i bet if i did a poll
to what we fly here and another at say flightsim and avsim
one would see 3 different results
bottom line is we need great designers coming up with a
choice of different designs
and flavors, We the consumers can choose what we like
i love ww planes but i still have a bunch of GA and tubeliners
for different reasons
can we really tell designers what to make
most i know make what they feel
and from my point of view im glad to take advantage of there talent.
a good friend of mine makes aircraft or did
and they were not my favorites until he made them
then they became just that
a man cannot live on mossies alone :costumes:
H
 
If Alphasim could produce every variant of a particular plane and a VC so realistic that you could smell the hydraulic fluid and got 40 FPS and only charged $5 per copy there would be complaints.

It should have gotten 45 FPS, a toggle switch is .5 inches from where it should be and there are not the proper number of rivets on the access panel and the paint color should be 49.48.35 not 49.48.34. For $5 it should have been capable of dripping oil on the tarmac.

BTW I read at the SOH forum about the FSD Commander but I don't see "yawns" there. Must be very popular. For what it is worth I liked it.

I think that respect issue has appeared again.

I am not trying to insinuate<style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} span.EmailStyle15 {mso-style-type:personal; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-unhide:no; mso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> that Alphasim has released a perfect package in any of their releases but I am unaware if any other developer has either. Enlighten me on the perfect package if it exist I may want to purchase it.

Panther, not that you need it but, you have my permission to delete this post and I won't ask why.

I will get off my soap box.

VCN-1
 
Killbilly said:
If you check the statistics, civvie planes almost always outsell the military ones. That's probably why AlphaSim is changing over. Civilian simulation seems to be the ham everyone prefers. I love a good military bird as much as the next aviation and history buff, but flying a weaponized plane in a civilian sim (without any real ability to dogfight or destroy targets) is a lot like snuggling with a prostitute. It's nice and all, but it's not really what she's there for (insert multiple yawns here). I find myself flying the civvies quite a lot more than I do the military payware I have (though I often fly the missions that came with Razbam's Intruder).

I'm glad to see AlphaSim making quality civilian planes. I've always liked medium size twins like the BNI. I'm in line for this one provided the performance hit isn't too large.

Thanks for the heads up, Panther. :ernae:
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Nice post, thanks for the support!

I do believe Phil wants to tap into the civilian market a little more as it is indeed a more lucrative one. However, that doesn't mean we're turning our backs on our roots; I know for certain we have a couple military aircraft in the works once we get the next batch of high-quality releases out.
 
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