Thank you for the insight. It seems there are still some concerns regarding system implementation beyond what was featured by that one user in the video - see comments throughout the rest of that Avsim thread. In addition to those, do you have any thoughts on the reviews present on Simmarket?
I understand that you are still taking stock of issues that are not due to user ignorance, but it seems there may be some valid concerns expressed outside of the video. If you can share insight as to if real world Sabreliner pilots (or pilots familiar with similar aircraft) tested this addon, that would be great to know.
As a still-interested customer who uses P3Dv4.5, I'm happy to see responsiveness on behalf of a developer and continued support of this platform. I will be eagerly waiting to see what updates come to the surface. In my use of other AH products in the past, I personally find much of the texture work to be generally overly vibrant / too high contrast (almost cartoony looking) when compared to texture work from somewhere like Carenado or Alabeo, but the rest of the model usually makes up for it. The Lockheed Electra Model 10A that's now default with P3D is a favorite in any case and gets regular use. This is just a personal observation that I know is shared by a handful of others, but I don't mean to be overly critical or negative in light of the fact that you are offering aircraft that are still of high quality overall, that no-one else will touch, and in keeping in mind that my observations are a matter of personal taste. (everyone has an opinion...)
With all of this said, pending updates, I may spring for this one as private jet of this era has been a desire for a while.
Thanks again for the insight you've shared so far, and thank you for all of the addons you've provided to the community.
I understand that you are still taking stock of issues that are not due to user ignorance, but it seems there may be some valid concerns expressed outside of the video. If you can share insight as to if real world Sabreliner pilots (or pilots familiar with similar aircraft) tested this addon, that would be great to know.
As a still-interested customer who uses P3Dv4.5, I'm happy to see responsiveness on behalf of a developer and continued support of this platform. I will be eagerly waiting to see what updates come to the surface. In my use of other AH products in the past, I personally find much of the texture work to be generally overly vibrant / too high contrast (almost cartoony looking) when compared to texture work from somewhere like Carenado or Alabeo, but the rest of the model usually makes up for it. The Lockheed Electra Model 10A that's now default with P3D is a favorite in any case and gets regular use. This is just a personal observation that I know is shared by a handful of others, but I don't mean to be overly critical or negative in light of the fact that you are offering aircraft that are still of high quality overall, that no-one else will touch, and in keeping in mind that my observations are a matter of personal taste. (everyone has an opinion...)
With all of this said, pending updates, I may spring for this one as private jet of this era has been a desire for a while.
Thanks again for the insight you've shared so far, and thank you for all of the addons you've provided to the community.
We will be doing an update but I have to say that I was very disappointed with the Avsim review. For one thing, his P3D (appeared to be V5.1) was very poorly setup for graphics. His comments about the "blandness" are unfounded due to his graphics settings. I saw no light modeling at all on the exterior shots.The exteriors are full PBR and have very good, subtle features in the paint work, none of which was showing in his video. Going to 1024 textures was completely unnecessary as he appears to have a much higher end system than the one we used to produce this product!
In the cockpit, his graphic settings were so bad, none of the 3D gauge paint modeling showed up and he ignored the lighting rheostats at night. He had not read the manual properly so was guessing a lot of the stuff. In my opinion, NOT a valid review. Whether people buy or not on the basis of reviews like this is of little concern to me. What does annoy me is when our products are not presented properly.
I, personally, do not use 5.1 because of what they have done to the lighting engine. I use 4.5 which is chalk and cheese in my book. Even with good settings in 5.1, the Sabreliner looks and behaves like a totally different animal and not a patch on 4.5
We will be releasing an upgrade for the Sabreliner once the dust has settled and we can assess what work is needed where.
But please do not expect very much to be done on the basis of that video, it is flawed and of no use to us. All he had to do was contact us before, to check on some of the "issues" he encountered. Perhaps his opinion might have been a little different. Oh well, that's life.
