Yes MC - agreed - that is more encouraging if it is their own.
Why would that be?
I am not sure why some people insist on "bashing" our stuff but really...
Every dev's stuff has issues when it's first released. Everyone's. It's not just ours. Bash me personally, I don't mind, (too much). It's a given that I'm not exactly the most socially normal person around. Fine. But, our products look great and, once the kinks are ironed out, fly great too.
We're still trying to get the most of out FSX. We are pushing the limits. We will encounter problems. That is not our exclusive domain. All we can do is fix the problems we do encounter, and I have to say, that out of the over 600 people who bought the Huey so far, only about 20 had any complaints. That's a pretty good margin. Plus our customer support was and is, second to none. We fixed every single thing (except for the darned wipers) in both patches. Part of our deal is that even though the model is the "product" of another "dev" we also take responsibility in the effort to make the product look right, feel right and fly right. That's not something that everyone else does. Certainly not in a public forum.
And while this may sound defensive, all we supply to the Nemeth's is the model(s). Just like the Vulcan, the F-111 and the F-20 pit for Iris, 17 models for Alphasim, the F-102 and some stuff for their upcoming SLUF for Razbam, the Lear 20 (no comments on the pit please) and the Bell X-1A for Xtreme Prototypes and some planes for A2A, (lets NOT get into THAT or I will end up banned for life). Sheesh... That's a lot of planes.
We DON'T do the coding. EVER. All we do are the models cause that's what we do best. But do note that even though we don't code, we have taken the view that we are responsible for that as well and we push hard to fix as many, if not all, of any bugs or issues.
We intend to do a Mi-24 Hind once the Skycrane, Super Cobra and Apache are done. By that time, we should have the process for choppers nailed.
Thanks for listening to my rant. Mods, do as you will but... People, I really do think that Milviz Inc. deserves a bit of a break from this kind of thing...
kc