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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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Good developers

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paulb

Still here!
The recent episode with the Grumman Duck and the poor behaviour of Icarus got me thinking. :icon_eek:

Over the past year I have purchased a lot of addons for FSX. Some have been great and some just OK. However, certain developers have stood out for me - both in terms of the high quality of their products and the professional way that they have handled themselves both in this forum and elsewhere and in dealing with any queries that I have thrown their way.

So, I thought that I would take the time out to applaud their great work and their great attitude :applause:

In no particular order, my 'awards' go to -

FTX/OrbX - for their fantastic scenery
Classics Hangar - Love the FW190
A2A - Super Spitfire (and looking forward to the MkV)
Warbirdsim - Best P51 ever!
Flight Replicas - great Boomerang
RealAir - consistently first class
Tim 'Piglet' Conrad - freeware at its best!
Aerosoft - for their Beaver and F-16

The list above is not meant to be comprehensive, but these are the ones that have brought me the greatest amount of pleasure over the past year.

My thanks to all of the above for making my time on FSX more enjoyable :salute:

Cheers

Paul
 
I think it's safe to add these:

PMDG
Level-D Simulations
Lotus Simulations
Flight1
Hifisim
Real Environment Simulations (REX)
 
Hmmm... good quality products, good behavior and good quality support can be three different things ;-)

Depending on what you are developers ranking to, your above list could look very different :icon_lol:
 
I'd like to add both Aeroplane Heaven and Razbam to the list, both for the quality of their product and, more importantly, for the level of help and support they have offered me over the years, going well beyond the call of duty on more than one occasion. :salute:
 
You can add Vertigo Studios to that list thanks to their excellent models and first class customer service. Oh yeah, don't forget CR-1 for some of the most affordable models on the market.
 
I would like to give a big cheer to Alex at Sibwings, for his excellent response to me over the past 2 years or so.

Both the SAAB Safir and BirdDog have a fairly complex security system that works of a hardware fingerprint, (so it says) which require activation. My two new installs (due to new HD or OS upgrade) has required me to contact Sibwings and I always get a very quick response, sometimes in minutes!

They also get a big 'tick' for making the FSX Safir free to FS9 users and for making some of the very best flying aircraft in MSFS. If all payware developer's worked this way, I would be more than happy to pay out (slightly:icon_lol:) higher prices than the norm.
 
Just so no-one is 'offended' by my list, let me emphasise that I have shown developers that have pleased ME and whom I want to applaud and thank :applause:. So my list simply shows MY favourites out of the many that I have dealt with.

I am sure that there are other great developers out there, its just that I don't have personal experience of them yet!

Cheers

Paul
 
The Icarus situation was just a simple misunderstanding. No one got hurt. We can all get back to our simming. :sleep:
 
Hear! Hear!

As Paul notes, the list is not exhaustive...but I too concur with his sentiment and list. These folks have provided me with the highest levels of simming pleasure over the recent years and I have found that they are consistently first-rate: scenery, aircraft - you name it (I might throw in the BN-2 Islander from Flight 1 as well)...
 
An honourable mention to Iris Simulations...especially considering that they practically gave away their addons in their Christmas sale. :)
 
ryanbatc said:
This is a funny thread!

So who's going to make the "bad developers" thread? :running:
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Not me. What is the point of that?

Today, it's far too easy to criticise. Just hide behind the 'invisible' internet protection and you can (for a time at least) feel all powerful and moan about most things................ :blind:. Pretty sad really IMO.

I started this thread simply to applaud those developers that gave me a VERY POSITIVE experience. No more and no less.

As I said in my first post - I applaud the great experience that the mentioned developers have offered to me.

Cheers

Paul
 
My award goes to every freeware developer out there. Be it repaints, panel mods, sceneries, complete aircraft, etc...

And the developers who share their techniques, tips and tricks in the development forums.

You guys know who you are, so here's to you: :ernae:
 
Well Paul, though your Lightning packages were for FS9, currently someone updated it for FSX, so you could put yourself on the list!! :salute:

Cheers!
 
wellis said:
As Paul notes, the list is not exhaustive...but I too concur with his sentiment and list. These folks have provided me with the highest levels of simming pleasure over the recent years and I have found that they are consistently first-rate: scenery, aircraft - you name it (I might throw in the BN-2 Islander from Flight 1 as well)...
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BN-2 Islander...that would be the good folks over at Virtavia who were responsible for developing and building it.

Got to give a thumbs up as well to the folks over at JustFlight/Aeroplane Heaven for their contributions .
 
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