• 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 old domain name stealing credentials

  • Special Server Maintenance

    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

T-Prop Condition Levers

Tom Clayton

Administrator
Staff member
OK - now it's my turn to rant. All of this catering to the console users is getting out of hand. There is just too much interaction needed in a flight sim to be able to do everything with a controller that only has 15 total buttons. Console users should be advised to use a mouse and keyboard like the rest of us.

Now they've taken the axis function out of t-prop condition levers (used to be same mapping as piston Mixture), and made it a glorified switch - apparently to make it easier for console users. Meanwhile, there are a few hundred thousand throttle quadrant users (and a few of us die-hard X52 users) that are wondering exactly what good their fancy hardware is and why they spent so much money on them just for the dev's to turn around and take away 33% of their functionality!
 
But Tom, as Priller pointed out earlier, MSFS 'is the future'.......:victorious:
Of course the consoles will receive priority, Microcrud are right into the that market and don't sell our type of control units.
While the number of dedicated Flight Simmers (like us) who prefer to use 'the fancy hardware' is high the console users outnumber us hugely.
:banghead:
 
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