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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

New update for Aerosoft's PBY Catalina!

If you bought the Catalina from Simmarket, as I did, all you need to do is log into your account to get the update link.
 
As a person who has both the Cat and the A2A B-17 (Actually my brother has the Cat be we use the same FS computer, so no licensing issues here :) , the B-17 is far better in terms of realism, as well as faster, as Alan pointed out. The Catalina is fairly good, though the B-17 is much easier on frames than the Cat, and IMO is visually more refined. If you need a floater/amphibian and want an quite a bit of realism (Over the default A/C), go with the Cat, If you need good frames, and want the fully monty, including the responsive crew and persistent damage, go with the B-17. It will cost you though. I have had fun with both models, though i do find the B-17 more "enriching" to my flightsim experience. :) :wavey:
 
I, too, had not updated to v1.11. Doing so began a long series of events and fixes. During
one of my "cleaning house" activities I removed some Cat paints and planes. Wrong!! When
attempting the update I received a message to reload the Cat from the beginning. Ouch! Anyway
I attempted to see if anything had changed and trying to load ANY plane in FSX caused the
program to crash. Ignoring the Visa message to wait while the problem was being reviewd for
the cause and cancelling the review resulted in the FSX process not being seen and not
allowing a restart of FSX because FSX was still running, and requiring a reboot to run FSX.
Deleting the Cat, reloading it, the updates, and paints finally had FSX and the Cats going
again. 4hrs wasted! Lesson learned. Don't remove paints or planes that may be updated. Had I
known what and how future updates were to be achieved the grief caused by the updates may
have been avoided.
 
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