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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

Milviz F-15E Service Pack

Hello John,
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I too have the fullest confidence that the issues reported here will be addressed. I am waiting with my purchase not because of lack of confidence but because of laziness; I do not want to stumble over and have to deal with issues that I know are already being dealt with. If there were not to be an SP I might have bought the plane anyway for it seems to be truly magnificent, but now that the SP is coming I’d rather wait for that. I understand the F1 wrapper requires you to uninstall a product and re-install the patched one instead of just applying a patch over the installed product. I do buy planes the moment they are released, but this time when I was ready to buy the SP was already promised. I share your appreciation for the dedication of the team and one way or another this plane will be in my hangar.
 
On their forums they have posted they will be shut down until this week, so suspect much more to come forth from their usual crew. As has been posted previously, it is a wonderful bird and they have done much to fix the gaping holes their coder left when he abandoned his post.

Matt
 
One hole i am glad that is not left open is the multiplayer part of our weapon system. Currently our weapon system is the only one out at the moment that can actually shoot eachother down in MP (yes its been confirmed) and see eachothers loadouts and weapon explosions in MP.
 
Does anyone know what the state of play is regarding the promised update for this aircraft is? It seems to have gone very quite.

Ian.
 
Everything is ready for patch release except we may have found a way to elliminate the annoying manual dll loading so that it wont interfere with other addons. Looking at another weekend release.
 
The jet's function is very stable and functional. And with the development and further refinement of the installer, we believe the customers will have a vastly smoother and consistent experience from the outset.

Ken
 
We are working on getting rid of the DLL issues that exist. So far our results have been pretty positive, and we think you guys will definately notice a difference in the aircrafts overall performance.
 
strykerpsg said:
Can't wait to see your evaluation of the Iris bird when released. I'm sure they're taking note.

Matt
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Well for their sake, I hope they at least got the lights right, or I'll be their worst nightmare. :icon_lol: When is the Iris bird suppose to be released anyway, I haven't heard to much on it?

Robert
 
Really, Robert? Our worst nightmare?

After having flown over 2,000 USAF combat sorties, and be shot at dozens of times while in the airplane, I serously doubt I shall be threatened by any of your words.

I sincerely hope you can find happiness in your life. I assure you that with two children, a wife of nearly 20 years, and a family and labrador retriever who all love me, and the satisfaction of surviving in one piece about a dozen combat deployments and retired after 24 years of service, that I can weather your "evaluations" and still retain a sincere pride in my small part of crafting this virtual jet which I am sure our customers by and large are enjoying.

Cheers, and best of days!

Ken Stallings
 
And also, if your implication of nightmare was referring to Iris, then let me take this opportunity to wish our competition the best. And I mean that most sincerely. I have respect for the work Iris had to put into their work, and I would not wish anyone to sully what they have done. So, once again, it is my sincere desire that you find happiness in your life so that you can avoid any desire to actually create a nightmare for anyone (whether Iris, MilViz, or frankly anyone).

This is a very small and low margin profession and hobby developing these add-on designs for FSX. The work required far exceeds any tangible rewards. It is mainly done for love of the creative process, and I hope people can see that enough to respect what is done, whether competitiion or not. For this reason, and many others, I respect the competition, and hope that everyone else can as well.

Cheers,

Ken
 
With the patch possibly coming out this weekend, I am sure all who purchased are looking forward to it. It would be best that comments like being a nightmare for someone be restrained. If anyone is not satisfied with the patch please post directly to the Milviz forum. Comments of a constructive nature are encouraged here as they will only make a good product better. Thanks for understanding, I want to keep this thread on a positive basis.
 
WOW Ken, it was a joke, but I see you must be upset about something.

At Stovall, I apologize I had no serious intention of being anyone's worst nightmare, I couldn't if I tried. I just thought it was all in good fun, but again, Ken tried to make it into something more. I think Ken is just a little upset that with all of his Air Force experience he didn't even know which lights go where. So with that in mind, again I apologize if you misinterpret my humor for something darker in your own imagination.


Thanks,
Robert
 
I have done beta testing for both Iris and Milviz. I can vouch for Ken comments on the dedication, love and perseverance of the developers and the beta testers. We do it for love of the hobby and the joy of creating something special. Why else would any sane (we are sane, aren't we?) person spend months flying the same airplane, over and over. Other sim flying (read fun) is forgotten as you test irritation after irritation of the model, flying the same profile over and over. I wish I had a dollar for every take off to mil/combat climb I have done, stopping every 5000 feet or so and recording times to test the climb profile.

Amazingly, after all those months, we can miss the color of the lights being reversed. Or miss the misspelling of a label, or some other detail that in no way takes away from the joy of flying the model. To those who want to forgo the whole to judge by the part, I say get your butt in as a beta tester. Give up weekends and evenings to make sure the lights and the labels are correct. Then you will have earned the right to tell the would how the paint is a bit too shinny or dull.

Otherwise you are nothing more than a Monday morning quarterback wasting your time and your fellow workers time, as you tell them how "insert name" is an idiot for not "insert play."

I am sure the Iris F-15E when it comes out will be a wonderful model and provide a lot of joy and satisfaction to the people who buy the airplane. I am sure there will also be people (most of whom don't purchase the airplane) who will trash it for "insert picayunish complaint." In doing so, they will miss the joy and excitement of imaging they are piloting a multi-million dollar military fighter, or other favorite dream of flying because it isn't perfect.

I have had the joy of actually flying multi-million dollar fighters and $100,000 GA aircraft in real life. Yet, I still smile and get goosebumps when the reality of a simulator slips away and I am transported back (even if for a moment) into the cockpit. I can still feel the Gs and relive the beauty and sense of closeness to God when you see the stars through the canopy at 30,000 feet. Or look down to earth and see a million lights, looking like diamonds on black velvet.

You know, at times like this, I could care less if the seat doesn't match the model perfectly or the Nav lights are crossed. I am in my own little world.

Thank you developers and beta testers from around the world for giving me this joy at so little cost.
 
jmig said:
I have had the joy of actually flying multi-million dollar fighters and $100,000 GA aircraft in real life. Yet, I still smile and get goosebumps when the reality of a simulator slips away and I am transported back (even if for a moment) into the cockpit. I can still feel the Gs and relive the beauty and sense of closeness to God when you see the stars through the canopy at 30,000 feet. Or look down to earth and see a million lights, looking like diamonds on black velvet.

You know, at times like this, I could care less if the seat doesn't match the model perfectly or the Nav lights are crossed. I am in my own little world.

Thank you developers and beta testers from around the world for giving me this joy at so little cost.
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Thanks for the really cool statement John. I envy your flying the real thing. Hearing that you, as a real pilot, can still escape from the simulation world into a world of your own is what attracts many of us to fly FSX. Flying an aircraft like the F-15E is about as close to the real thing as most of us will get. Thanks you for giving us your expertise as a beta tester for both Milviz and Iris. I know their products are better because of your efforts.
 
Well said, Skyhawk, Stovall and JMig. I deeply respect the effort and dedication of developers, be they freeware or payware. And I couln't care less if a bolt is missing or a light has not entirely the right color, as long as the product as a whole gives the immersion we are all looking for. It must be demotivating for developers to put all their energy and dedication into building a plane and then not just being commented on, but critisized for, petty details that even people who have flown the actual plane do not care about. Fortunately, as the above posts show, there are many happy simmers who appreciate the efforts of developers. I hope there are enough of us to keep our hobby prospering.
 
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