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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
I would have to agree that the developer used a poor selection of "low-res" images to sell a "Highly Detailed" aircraft. Probably not the best idea, but after reading through the list of animations and details included with the aircraft (2048x2048 textures) and if I was a fan of the airplane, I would probably take a chance on it despite the poor quality screenshots. This appears to be the first offering for this developer who, I don't think, even has a website set up yet. The airplane also appears to have self shadowing which is a nice touch.
Ok, I don't get into all that to be honest. All those things like bump mapping, specular yada yada and self shadowing are lost on me. I just enjoy flying airplanes and spend little if any time ooohing and ahhhing over the extra's. Thanks though for pointing that out.:salute:FSX does that all on its own with any fsx native plane, dev doesnt have to do anything
It takes a tremendous amount of work to just make the mesh, let alone, painting it, sounds, gauges (ackkkkk! ), animation coding for custom work, getting the SDK system to work right, packaging and installers that can find FS on most all computers and windows variants, as well as taking pictures and.... if you are in another country of another language other then English, then translating your work of art into that language you may not know... Everyone has their starting points. I wouldnt be so hasty to shoot him down so quick. He might one day become like one of the greats in this small world of FS aircraft construction.
Maybe send him some kind, informative advice instead of shooting down his hard work.
Its not easy...
It just felt like they didn't take the right approach here and wanted to get a second opinion. The words "high detail" here and quite misleading. It's a quite complex second opinion as I don't want it to lead to any discouragementIndeed there is a starting point, this is defenetly no shootdown
I'll reiterate what I posted above and which no one seems to have paid much attention to. There is an e-mail address on the product page that goes directly to the developer. I e-mailed him this morning and within an hour I had a reply. I posted his information above. If you're concerned about refunds or anything else related to Mike's work, why not send him an e-mail rather than waiting for someone to buy it or wondering about any return policy. He seems receptive to inquiries, so maybe rather than dragging it around in the forum, a cordial e-mail to Mike would answer some of those questions.