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Capt Sim releasing B52H Exterior only this month

Given that the first previews of the B-52 showed up about two years ago and we're just now getting an external model, I'd expect the VC to be done sometime around 2012-2013.
 
Eight engines into an FSX system that can only handle a maximum of 4? Hmmmm... I'll wait until the systems are done to see how/if they can solve that little problem.
 
Im a gluten for punishment , we dont see Stratofortress in the NZ due our anti Nuclear stance , politics , but honestly we could'nt land them here anyway .. damn runways just are,t wide enough , but due to the quality off Captain Sim aircraft , no hesitation ! :salute:<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">
 
I have always been a fan of Captain Sim and have purchased a lot of their craft, but my latest purchase, the 767 is plagued with a buggy AP and FMC, Until that gets fixed i'm not interested in an incomplete aircraft.
 
papab said:
It says on the posting:

** - VC, 2D panels, sounds alias default FSX B747
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I meant to say I'd rather fly from a B-52 vc rather than the FSX 747. As I tell my wife, you're supposed to hear what I'm thinking, rather than what I say/type :icon_lol::icon_lol:

Darrell
 
From a developer´s stand point:
What the f*** is with this ****ng trend to release unfinished products????
These guys are BIG (not like us or many i know)why don´t they assign more people to the project??..they are going to ask an eye and an arm for it anyway....

Prowler
 
Prowler1111 said:
From a developer´s stand point:
What the f*** is with this ****ng trend to release unfinished products????
These guys are BIG (not like us or many i know)why don´t they assign more people to the project??..they are going to ask an eye and an arm for it anyway....

Prowler
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Beats me :isadizzy: dont agree when AS did it, still dont agree now. There are fans who'll buy it and be very happy, their choice of course, but not for every one I fear.
 
flaviossa said:
I think doing the model is much easier then doing the vc and systems .... isn´t it?
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They both have their challenges. But if you go deep with the cockpit systems then
building the external model is absolutely easier! IMHO anyway. (I do neither but I
do get very involved with the development of both.)

Heck I'll take a good looking B-52 shell if it's priced as a give-away. I'm not too proud
to fly it with some default VC or even the 2D panel from Alphasim's FS2004 B-52
set (which someone recently updated for acceptable FSX use).
:ernae:
 
This discussion has happened before, and is guaranteed to happen again!
I still compare this to buying a car with no engine...but hey! We should have that done soon! It's your money, mine stays in the wallet on this one. :d

This one gets the monkey...

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Though I have anxiously awaited the arrival of the BUFF, I refuse to get into the exterior only puchase. I did that with CS once and never ever again. Even more, I do not wish that experience on anyone.
 
BOOM said:
I'm wondering how the people who bought the Alphasim C-17 without a VC feel now that it's been out a few months and still no VC?
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They were charged full price too. :isadizzy: If the Buff is 1/2 or less I may take it.

David
 
BOOM said:
I'm wondering how the people who bought the Alphasim C-17 without a VC feel now that it's been out a few months and still no VC?
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Why, we feel exactly the same as we did on day 1 after installing it! :d
Money in their bank, helping them develop a brilliant finished product.
Times are tough, if that's the basis of the business then so be it.
There may well be some heartaches ahead, doing it this way, but would you rather have the developer fall over, and that's the end of the Golden Goose??

One could take this further: sell cheaper "shell" models which can be further developed by the freeware user community?
 
They've had the exterior done for like two years. Why are they doing this?

DEVELOPERS NEED TO STOP RELEASING UNFINISHED PRODUCTS.
 
Wing_Z said:
Why, we feel exactly the same as we did on day 1 after installing it! :d
Money in their bank, helping them develop a brilliant finished product.
Times are tough, if that's the basis of the business then so be it.
There may well be some heartaches ahead, doing it this way, but would you rather have the developer fall over, and that's the end of the Golden Goose??

One could take this further: sell cheaper "shell" models which can be further developed by the freeware user community?
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And this answers Kiwikats question.

The people who buy these half finished products are not so much customers as investors (particularly in the case of Alphasim where they paid full price). They invest their money into the publisher. The publisher then has some capital (interest free thank you very much) plus they've offloaded some of the risk onto their customers. If the project falls through they've already got your money and aren't going to give you a refund. The customer has only spent a relatively small amount of money so they are less worried about any loss they may occur.

Publishers probably like these customer/investors better than real investors because real investors expect a share of the profits for taking the risk of investing.

Just be aware that when you buy a half finished product that is all you are buying. A half finished product. Nothing more, nothing less.
 
anthony31 said:
Just be aware that when you buy a half finished product that is all you are buying. A half finished product. Nothing more, nothing less.
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If it were HALF finished, I'd give you that. In this day and age, an exterior model is hardly 1/4th of the final product... :kilroy:
 
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