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FSD Commander

Lionheart said:
As a modellor, door issues are hurrendously difficult. Sometimes they smooth perfectly after being cut, sometimes because of their locations, they will just not sit right as a blending surface with the fuselage.

Also, most aircraft cuts, at certain angles with light shading just right, can make them look horrible. That can be the conditions of the sim, lighting, etc, not so much the model.



I get so many complaints on my planes because of my Strobes. :d I use that circuit for other things, so I wire in my strobes to the nav lights. People really hate that. I may stop doing it because of the complaints, but its the way I make my birds. (I like being able to turn on the dome light with a simple keyboard key stroke. Strobes have 'O' (oh) key, so I used that circuit to have a seperate dome light, then instrumentation on the Nav circuit. Works great till some people freak because they turn on strobes and get a dome light instead. :kilroy: ).



Bill
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Dear Bill

Dont do that.I cannot see why I want to shift nav lights indipendantely

If you go to more complex lights pls remember there are just 18 lights with 10 sources(Nav,etc)

So we ran out of lights in the Starliner project as we need 4 lights for each engines flames and annother 4 for the(independant) fuel dump

So if you can make it work with less lights-->always better

Roland

aka

Thunder100 Starliner Team
 
Hey guys,

Dang.. Well, thats good to know. See, my strobes issue just gets worse adn worse, lol.. arrghhh.. :kilroy:

I'll curve that one on the new Kodiak.




Bill
 
pbearsailor said:
I'm . .I dunno. I understand a few minor issues, but this one seems so far away from being useable I've got no desire to register at another forum, wait for an activation, and then spend hours of my time helping to fix something that shouldn't have been released too early to get our before Christmas.

Like most of us, I've got a limited amount of time to enjoy flying FSX. Why not fly something that works properly?

Most of my posts are positive ones and I hate to be negative, but this plane and another I recently purchased have been a waste of around $70 USD to me. Nobody makes me buy anything, so it's my fault and I'll admit that, but in the future, I'm going to be much more selective about the developers I do business with. Again, sorry for the negative post.

cheers,
steve :wavey:
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I agree Steve.

I am so disappointed with this one but having been a fan of FSD for years I have in fact held back on a lot of subjective (may be non constructive)critisium i could make, and resisting from biting back at some of the explanations offered.

I respect Jim for his prompt promise to resolve some of the irritating issues that have been brought to his attention.
 
Yea but Bill we all wuv's picking on you :costumes: One of the things that I found out was if any of you guys brought the RealFlight F6F Hellcat, RealFlight went through FDS for the setup and download. Bad thing about it is now FDS got your email and now you get there spam crap.The email they send you doesn't give you the opition of stopping there sales crap:banghead: I don't wanna tell ya what I think of FSD because we aren't allowed to post that kind of lanuage in these forums.
Lionheart said:
As a modellor, door issues are hurrendously difficult. Sometimes they smooth perfectly after being cut, sometimes because of their locations, they will just not sit right as a blending surface with the fuselage.

Also, most aircraft cuts, at certain angles with light shading just right, can make them look horrible. That can be the conditions of the sim, lighting, etc, not so much the model.



I get so many complaints on my planes because of my Strobes. :d I use that circuit for other things, so I wire in my strobes to the nav lights. People really hate that. I may stop doing it because of the complaints, but its the way I make my birds. (I like being able to turn on the dome light with a simple keyboard key stroke. Strobes have 'O' (oh) key, so I used that circuit to have a seperate dome light, then instrumentation on the Nav circuit. Works great till some people freak because they turn on strobes and get a dome light instead. :kilroy: ).



Bill
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I am intending on buying an FSD product for the first time when they release their Lockheed Jetstar. I am watching carefully how the 'after sales customer care' issue plays out with the Commander. Hope this also does not delay further the release of the Jetstar.
 
expat said:
I am intending on buying an FSD product for the first time when they release their Lockheed Jetstar. I am watching carefully how the 'after sales customer care' issue plays out with the Commander. Hope this also does not delay further the release of the Jetstar.
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Hi Expat.

I have to say that in fairness I have been delighted with all their other products for FS9 and they tend to be responsive.

Im definately going to buy the Jetstar and the MU2 as I still have faith in them - its just the Commander that is a bit lacking.
 
N2056 said:
I am certain that many things will be looked at concerning the Commander, but please have a bit of patience as some members are taking time off as it is the Holiday season...I'm sure Jim has something in mind.

It really would be helpful to us if you could please contact us through our support forum about your problems.
http://www.fsd-international.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=1
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What a load of BS :bs:, this still doesn't justify the fact that it was rushed out the door for Christmas (ring a bell anyone?), "Hurry push it out the door so we can get money! We'll worry about the bugs later", makes me sick how some of these developers think sometimes! If I did that at my job I would be canned in no time, and don't harp on how hard it is to model, Im in the graphic and animation business so don't try to school me.
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Same thing is happening all over the gaming industry, look at the newly released GTA IV for PC, what a flop that is, just horrible. Most of this is due to the fact that the game and many others are ported over from xbox 360, thus yielding pretty bad results around the industry as care as compatibility with various pc systems. Then the patch trail begins!

I have many FSD products and love them all, so don't sit here and say it wasn't rushed, and if it wasn't rushed you need more experienced model/gauge personal because this bird is surely not up to par with the FSD reputation!
 
"I have many FSD products and love them all, so don't sit here and say it wasn't rushed, and if it wasn't rushed you need more experienced model/gauge personal because this bird is surely not up to par with the FSD reputation!"

I never said anything about whether it was rushed or not. I had very little to do with that project until now. There was no BS in my post that you quoted. I stated exactly what I knew at the time.
 
Bandit said:
What a load of BS, this still doesn't justify the fact that it was rushed out the door for Christmas (ring a bell anyone?), "Hurry push it out the door
so we can get money! We'll worry about the bugs later", makes me sick how some of these developers think sometimes!
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~Whew~ Good riddance, imo. Good call, admin, banning the undisciplined guy.

Chaps my gluteous maximi to read stuff like that, knowing full well that the updated Commander was anything but rushed. Release was 3
weeks after a publically disclosed estimate a week beforehand gave December 3rd as the likely release date. Elusive bugs were chased.

Am wholeheartedly agreeing with Bill & Robert: give FSD a chance as well as a proper accordance of dignity in allowing them to work things out
& take the abnormalities experienced into their Support Forum. Surely they have earned this much respect over the years of great FS add-on aircraft.

Am owning each & every plane they've put out, only exception being the military version of the '337 (the O2A) &, for one, am going to state unequivocally
that FSD does it right. They will support your concerns in their Support Forum. My problems were... & you would do well to consider doing the same, imo.
Am willing to wager that the new Commander will end up another FS classic.
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I agree with Boxcar. All previous FSD aircraft have been great. Ok there are a few problems with the Commander but I’m sure that they will be rectified in time, just give those guys a break instead of what is beginning to look like a witch-hunt (a public one too).<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice" /><o:p></o:p>
Any misdemeanours that FSD may be guilty off pale into insignificance in comparison to those committed by other pay-ware manufacturer’s i.e.<o:p></o:p>
Alphasim selling there pack3 F4 Phantom as FS9 & FSX (before FSX was released)<o:p></o:p>
Cloud9 promising a free FSX upgrade to their F4 Phantom & Dreamfleet selling their Dakota as being compatible with32-bt Vista when for a large number of users (judging by comments on their form) it is not.<o:p></o:p>
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Regards,<o:p></o:p>
Ian
 
"Dreamfleet selling their Dakota as being compatible with32-bt Vista when for a large number of users (judging by comments on their form) it is not."

That should read 64 bit , and the RXP Garmin is the problem , not my work. CJ

Also , after having watched with some horror the Witchhunt that follows the mere use of the letters "FSD"
by members and even staff ( who later edit ) i kind of wonder whats in store for the Navajo , i have absolutely no intention
of seeing many months of work flamed because of peoples passion for bonfires... i would just as soon keep it as my own, i have not forgotten
the Hellcat release , in fact i kept a copy of a few of the choicer posts from the staff & members before edit as i could not believe my eyes at the time.
Personally i need it like a second Ahole and don't plan on giving anybody the pleasure if the best i can expect is what i see going on here.

This is probably as close as anybody is going to get to one hell of a fine model
 
Chuck,
Thank you for your observations, however the problem with the Dreamfleet Dakota is not confined to 64-bit <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Vista</st1:place> but also the 32-bit version (as is my own)
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There have been several posts from 32-bit users who suffer CTD when using the Dakota. The company released a beta patch to try to solve the problem but that only worked partially, occasionally I can get to fly the aircraft for a short period, which is a pity because it really is a nice airplane to fly.
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Yes I appreciate that the problem is with the Garmin or Reality XP gauges and as I say the Dakota has the potential to be one, if not the best GA aircraft available for FSX if I could gat the thing to run reliably.
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Responses on the Dreamfleet forum are not very helpful, one even suggested that the aircraft was only designed for FS9, so what can you expect. When I bought it I bought the FSX version and unusually for a ‘port over’ it does work in DX10 mode!
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Since the release of the beta patch Dreamfleet do not appear to be showing any interest in rectifying this problem or releasing the promised Dakota Turbo upgrade.
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My point in all this is that I am confident that FSD will remedy any problems with the Commander unlike what I have come to expect from some other manufacturers.
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Regards,
Ian
 
1 out of one hundred Vista 32 bit installs went south , about normal .. and that is a fully FSX aircraft , i should know i did the work ,
as regards the Dakota Turbo , thats more private stock as it stands ,, works fine on my machine ( vista 32 ).. long story behind that one
 
Witchhunt???????? All I and others have done is point out facts about the product - the same way others do about other producers on 100s of topics before this. I have no axe to grind and have pointed out that i am just diappointed that this product was not as excellent as other FSD aircraft and it is worrying that they thought that this would satisfy FSX users.

I assume everyone defending them has actually bought or has the product by other means? If yes then fine. If no then you are not really in a position to comment.

All i want is a good product that looks good and works for my money. Too much to ask????????
 
I'm afraid I don't care much for the "witchhunt" branding either.

I posted my displeasure at it in the release thread. I was specific. I was more specific on the FSD forums. I spent $30 on something that is unusable.
I have every right to express my opinion about this plane without needing to worry about hurt feelings. What I've gotten so far are some condescending posts about my ability reading manuals.

I'm trying and will continue to try to give FSD the opportunity to make it right, but I've never felt more ripped off by a payware product. Not a witchhunt, just my honest opinion.

steve
 
Chuck,
I would dearly like to know how you got the Dakota to work on your <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Vista</st1:place> 32 machine, because it has frustrated me for so long. I was even thinking of buying the FSD radio stack when it is released to replace the Garmin one that comes with the Dakota.
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Regards,
Ian
 
I just went to purchase the Commander & was unable to do so. I get an error when going to checkout that I either dont have cookies enabled (I do) or that I come to that page from a old link ( I didnt).

Any help here?

Personally I find all this bashing unwarranted. FSD has always made fine products & am am willing to bet (with my dollars) that they will make this one right as well.
 
Boomer said:
Personally I find all this bashing unwarranted. FSD has always made fine products & am am willing to bet (with my dollars) that they will make this one right as well.
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I agree.. Rubbing it in their face will only make things worse. Bringing up faults and issues like gentlemen will help them 'mentally' to get things right faster and more orderly. Telling them to remodel their doors and wingtips is like telling an artist to use a different paint brush or change his technique...



Chuck,

That twin is looking mighty nice. I'll have to make room in my hanger for that one...




Bill
 
Lionheart said:
I agree.. Rubbing it in their face will only make things worse. Bringing up faults and issues like gentlemen will help them 'mentally' to get things right faster and more orderly. Telling them to remodel their doors and wingtips is like telling an artist to use a different paint brush or change his technique...



Bill
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Im sorrybut the wings and doors just are not shaped correctly and ruin the shape of what should be a striking aircraft. I remember when Alphasim let their Sabre go with a square looking intake there were complaints - this is as bad.

If you bought an airfix kit and found that they had modelled it wrong you would not be happy - same applies here.

Now i dont care what anyone else posts after me now - I wont respond now so that this thread can drop out of sight quicker,
 
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