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'AlphaSim's Next Release'

VCN-1 said:
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.
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What sort of hydraulic fluid? MIL-H-5606, MIL-H-83282, MIL-H-87257, or Skydrol 500? They all STINK, especially the rancid stuff in brake assemblies that doesn't receive any dynamic pressure or fluid flow. That stuff STINKS when you tear down the brake!! :banghead:
 
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No bashing intended jmig. I know they'll do a good job on this model and there is probably a market for it. Those of us who have been used to what Alphasim has done for so long see the civi trend as rather boring despite the excellent quality found in these new models. Yawn simply meaning low interest by some of us. Hey, I hope it does well. More power to them!
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Ain't that the truth! Why can't people take a joke, why does everything need to be seen as some kind of personal attack? Lighten up people!:costumes: "

Yeah, I'll tell ya, the internet is a brazen & bruising place sometimes. Bad part is that no one can tell for sure if someone is joking around as I was or if they are serious. Typed words no matter how complex or properly detailed cannot always carry emotions, only tip them one way or another often creating some sort of firestorm triggering ill will and worse, overreaction by moderators who come off like parent/team coaches separating the "boys" when they get out of line. Quite frankly, that is insulting as hell. Things have reached a point here where no one can speak a dissenting point of view regarding a payware/freeware product, or anything else without taking heat over it or getting a thread lock much like other fanboy sites. I joined this site for one reason, the love of the hobby of flight sims and aviation. Even in aviation circles, you're going to have vastly different points of view and those who're going to say what they think. Those opinions are not always an insult and sometimes words spoken are akin to those you hear in a sports team locker room or military/squadron briefing rooms. You know, jabs and tongue in cheek stuff.
As Mud Marine said: "Lighten up people!" If not, I am outta here!
 
Communications breakdown, yes... I think in Mathijs's position, I'd be a lot more annoyed than he says he is. It doesn't look very professional to be working on something and offering it to one publisher, then the same developer doing the same model (different mesh or otherwise) for a different publisher without talking to the first.

This looks less like an "orchestrated attack" than "digging yourself a hole and forgetting the bring the ladder down with you" at the moment from an outsider's perspective.

Ian P.
 
I used to commute between islands in Islanders and Tri-landers. Great shorthaul STOL aeroplanes and deservedly should have a place in aviation history.

Good choice of subject and one that should be in FSX.

Also, wearing my consumer hat for a moment, I really must agree that all this unqualified criticism and sniping at material that has either just been or just about to be launched is what is turning a lot of people away from these sites, me included (for whatever that's worth). It really is reducing the fun of being around the place.

For pity's sake, lighten up.

I know we're all doing it tough (some more than others) but a bit of positive spin on things just might pull everybody out of the mire do you not think?

My apologies to the thread author but since suffering personal strife of my own recently, I've decided to say what I feel for a change.
 
I do agree with others here. I think this is not a bad choice. Nothing wrong with a few civvie planes in the hanger. Frankly, I would rather have a good GA sim than a half baked military plane... and please don't get me wrong in that comment. A military plane doesn't feel right without all the widgets and gidgets. I like working radards, gunsights, etc in my planes.

Frankly, GA aircraft in this regard in some circumstances are plain easier to build... Unless of course you start getting crazy with all the glass cockpits, systems, GPS units, etc.

Anyways, I'm rambling and it is late. Cheers. If Alphasim can keep up the work that was done on the T-34, LongEZ etc and move that into all their new planes, they will have regained my trust as a developer. I dont' perceive this as a bad move, nor do I see them moving away from their roots of developing military simulations. If anything, a well produced and high selling GA plane only serves to further their cashflow, which means more higher fidelity simulations.
 
Yes, it was a communications break down on my part and that much I admit.

The fact still remains that none of the 'rumours' are true.

THe AlphaSim Islander is NOT the Aerosoft Islander. How many times do I have to repeat that?

Best
Dan.
 
I think "I" and many here as well believe you Dan. There would be no reason to be illusive about this issue. Your admittance on the subject only further proves the point I believe as well.

Anyways, as I said on the Aerosoft forum, it is what it is. I have learned some VERY HARD lessons since working commercially Dan. I have embarrassed the hell out of myself with a BIG client and lost a major contract. Live and learn... well, at least in my case anyways.

Good luck regardless.
 
As Cody says, the critical thing is to learn from it, which hopefully will be the case. I know a lot of people (mainly publishers) who are tearing their hair out over similar things at the moment - don't feel singled out, Dan - you're far from alone in the industry!

For what it's worth, I do hope the BNI is a success. I can't say I'll be getting it at the moment, but it's a fun little aircraft and with such a wide range of applications and roles, it's definitely a good choice to model and has been missing from the sim for some time.

Ian P.
 
Thanks Ian. I certainly have learned a lesson from it- for better or for worse.

I will be posting previews of a few Islander schemes shortly, so watch this space!

Best
Dan.
 
Probably worth remembering that it's a BNI - more often than a Twotter - that does the shortest scheduled air service in the world, operated by Loganair. ;)

Ian P.
 
KD- we have 20 schemes planned for this package, so it is probably there.

To make sure though, could you send me a photo of the one in question?

BR
Dan.
 
Hi Nils,

Release is indeed planned for this month.

We have two types, both with the same powerplant- BN2A and B, basically. The two types of nose and different beacon arrays are represented.

We have no plans to do the Trislander or BN2T in future though.

The Islander has been crafted with kind assistance from Great Barrier Express, so instead of going wide with our plans, we chose to stick to the ones we could study up-close.

The cockpit on this one certainly is going to be fun, though. Single pilot ops, all the waY! :ernae:
 
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