How is Beta Testing Going?

[Tabs 2,790]

>>By the way, what do you mean by "Test-to-Completion"?>>A fancy way of saying the product is in beta testing...>No, it means we're going to keep it in beta until everyone is satisfied that it is "complete" and ready for prime-time so to say... He's saying that they're not going to release the plane until everyone on the beta team is satisfied that it's ready for it.

[Guest Robin.B]

Is it possible for you to give us any filesize estimates Robert? Dial up users might want to get ready for the shock earlier on :(

[rsrandazzo 6,353]

Matt-The MD11 production is on-going, but obviously slower than the 744 at this point. Bill Grabowski and I spent two days meeting with Boeing and conducting a number of tests in their simulator at Long Beach two weeks ago....It's coming along nicely. ;-)

[rsrandazzo 6,353]

Robin-Right now the product is 50MB large. I expect marginally more growth, and expect to conclude around 60MB...RSR

[Guest beren2ke]

>Robin->>Right now the product is 50MB large. I expect marginally more>growth, and expect to conclude around 60MB...>>RSR>>Thanks for the info, Robert.By the way, do you have a release date yet?RegardsChristian

[markadeane 274]

60MB?! For a package this complex that's incredible!!!How do you do this? :-)Mark

[Chaos81 110]

>Thanks for the info, Robert.>>By the way, do you have a release date yet?>>Regards>>ChristianDid you miss the second sentence in his original post? ;) I'm sure if they had a release date they would have told us by now.Robert, thank you for the download size update. Like was said above, 60 megs isn't bad at all for a package this complete.

[michal 44]

>60MB?! For a package this complex that's incredible!!!>>How do you do this? :-)Mark,You took this sentence out of my mouth, how do you do this?. LD-767 download is above 170 MB, Flight1's ATR is almost 150 Mb so how come PMDG can deliver comparable (allegedly) functionality and detail for less than half the size. Michael J.WinXP-Home SP2,AMD64 3500+,Abit AV8,Radeon X800Pro,36GB Raptor,1GB PC3200,Audigy 2http://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/747400.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/images/asv_beta_member.jpg

[falcon999 24]

>How do you do this? :-)It's PMDG magic! :-lol

[michal 44]

>It's PMDG magic! :-lolLess is more ;)Michael J.

[Chaos81 110]

>It's PMDG magic!>>>:-lol:-lol:-lol:-lolOne more question though. How big will the package be once it's installed?

[markadeane 274]

Now now Mike, to paraphrase advice given by any responsible doctor: It doesn't matter how big your package is, as long as it is as functional and bug free as possible! :-lolSorry I couldn't resist...Mark

[Chaos81 110]

:-lol :-lol :-lol :-lol :-lol :-lol That made me spit my ice cream all over the place. :( Talk about a mess.

[Guest brettdonahue]

Cream every where eh? ...:-grnmd Would you consider that a white out or foggy conditions? Hope it wasn't Rocky Road.Brett Donahuehttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/800driver.jpg

[Guest neil_b]

They've said that it will be framerate friendly so perhaps the small size of download is an indication of the techniques they've used to keep it detailed, yet small and therefore framerate friendly (I hope :))