Hey Lou,We just have a ton of things to deal with now, including some personal issues I may add. I thank you for your support and kind wishes, and maybe one day, after this is all over, we will be back doing what we love to do.Thanks again Lou :-).Al Lynch Jr. - Member FSWorldonline.comhttp://www.fsworldonline.com/~imgsrv/MySignature1.jpg

Heh, heh......touch

>We just have a ton of things to deal with now, including >some personal issues I may add. I thank you for your >support and kind wishes, and maybe one day, after this is >all over, we will be back doing what we love to do. Al,I sincerely wish you and your team the best of luck that you will overcome whatever problems you are facing right now. There's nothing that cannot be resolved - stay strong and Godspeed, guys! :D

[http://www.avsim.com/dcforum/User_files/3cc5d15671f44040.jpg] I agree completely Mike. Why shouldn't someone be compensated for their efforts? I'm sure that it takes hundreds or thousands of hours to learn a modeling software, research an aircraft, obtain all the relevant data and drawings for it, model it, flight test it, flight test it, flight test it, paint it in god knows how many different paint schemes to satisfy the desires of every single simmer on the planet, (breathe), release it to the general public at the expense of the webpage operator who's paying cash out of his own pocket to pay for the bandwidth, support it via forums and the like, have it stolen, modified, or otherwise molested in spite of the fact that the readme says not to, (breathe again) spending countless hours responding to e-mails about "how do I" when it says so in the readme, spending even more time reading e-mails from people that tell you how bad your work sucks, and flight testing again.I mean that's what it takes to model an aircraft in FS and share it for free with everyone, right?Just imagine geting paid for it....BTW thanks for the best free Beech 1900D in G-max for FS2002, nothing beats it!CF-AOA

"aww shucks!!" man, the SB 346/345 is THE BOMB!! I can't beleive you guys closed.. you gotta open up again! if not, atleast put the files on avsim.com. justas everyone has said.. very sad to hear the closing of Simubuild.. was actually looking towards that MU-2! well. only time will tell...http://ftp.avsim.com/dcforum/User_files/3d51a5440e3ce469.jpg"come fly our friendly skies" (by friendly, we MEAN FRIENDLY ;)

Hey Al you guys will be missed. I got every livery you guys released on the A340-500 and the -600. I do hope you guys return, makes me sad to see Freeware groups close I was depressed when Project Freeware closed and now you guys its like that all over again.

IMHO, regardless if it's freeware or payware, expect criticism or complaints as it comes with the terrority. So don't expect to please 100% of people that have downloaded the software to be happy. As well as what Mike and csmz were expounding about as internal struggles could play an issue. I know that very well as I am doing a F-14D and with the amount of time and money invested...it's no cakewalk!Everyone has their opinions or views on how they would like software seen/replicated and it's their right to voice no matter how distasteful it can be. But I beleive can tact could be useful here in which it relates to constructive criticism. There are others that are just content on the current state of the software while there are others that would like things corrected or implemented. I don't think you can purely call one a "basher" just because he/she criticizes the product. Payware developers deal with this everyday. It is up to the developer regardless of payware to endure the criticisms. In the end, it is still a compliment to the developer that one downloads the software to try it out because of interest. I wouldn't be hasteful to judge people by saying they aren't appreciative of freeware. jd

Hehe. Guys, bashers really didnt have much to do with it. As I said, there were some personal problems, and a couple other things that we had to deal with.Just give us some time, we really need it. Thanks :-).Al Lynch Jr. - Member FSWorldonline.comhttp://www.fsworldonline.com/~imgsrv/MySignature1.jpg

I am deeply saddened by the desicion to close simubuild. I only have been with the group for a month. It is my hope that we will be back in the not so distant future with more addons. Enjoy the airbus guys. Ill still be around to do repaints of other stuff.http://www.fsworldonline.com/~rgrayal/signature.jpg

Can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Another one bytes the dust and it was so promising, well THeir aircraft is excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!Any one care to do a South African Airways repaint of the 346?PLease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!RegardsGian

What a great shame!! I downloaded the base pack but didn't download the Virgin Atlantic livery at the same time. What happens? I try to get on the website for days and it's gone!! For whatever the reasons it is a sad day for us all.I would be eternally grateful if someone could email me the Virgin Atlantic livery pack or tell me where I can get it.

If you can't locate the Simubuild files anywhere else I've got some copies available, at least until my server gets overloaded :)SimuBuild Airbus A340-500-----------------------------Base Pack --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...345basepack.exeEffects Pack --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...effectspack.exeSimuBuild World Tour --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...worldlivery.exeAir France --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...rancelivery.exeAir Canada --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...anadalivery.exeBWIA Airlines --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow.../bwialivery.exeAir Tahiti Nui --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...ahitilivery.exeAustrian Airlines --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...trianlivery.exeSimubuild Airbus A340-600-----------------------------Base Pack --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...6basepackv2.exeEffects Pack --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...effectspack.exeAir Jamaica --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...46/ajlivery.exeCathay Pacific --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...athaylivery.exeVirgin Atlantic --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...ginv1livery.exeSWISS Airlines --> http://gamesvr.googlebit.com/flightsim/dow...swisslivery.exeSorry folks, I couldn't locate these A340-600 files but will poke around a bit more later in the week: AOM French Airlines Air Canada Eva Air Egypt Air GulfAir Iberia Simubuild House Colours

Guys, your really not getting the picture here, please remove the files from the server, as we did not upload them there, and ask kindly that you remove them.Those files contain material that is not to be relased, and we cannot settle and reopen if you guys keep reposting files. We will not be held responsible for redistributuion.Al Lynch Jr. - Member FSWorldonline.comhttp://www.fsworldonline.com/~imgsrv/MySignature1.jpg

AL_SB wrote:>Guys, your really not getting the picture here, please >remove the files from the server, as we did not upload them >there, and ask kindly that you remove them.Perhaps I should refer you back to one of your earlier threads], where you said:> So far, the support from the flight simulation community has been> phenominal. So far, we have passed 17GB of data transfer for the> Airbus 340-600 alone, so I trust that you all are enjoying it, > and I hope that it was worth the wait, while we developed and refined> the aircraft."So why would I remove freeware files that were posted on the net for download without any EULA agreement forbidding re-distribution? Good luck stuffing that genie back in the bottle!I've read every post on AVSIM regarding the reasons for Simubuild shutting down. I haven't seen a direct answer to the question anywhere, just disingenuous blather like your posts in this thread:"really weird stuff was happening in the past few days, and we just really could not take it""We just have a ton of things to deal with now, including some personal issues I may add"Fine, whatever. You summed it up when you said:"[ Simubuild will not be held responsible for redistributuion."Now that you've provided that disclaimer, I can't see any reason why a flight-simmer should stop freely distributing files that were in freely downloaded from the net in the first place.

The short answer--Simubuild retains the copyright to those files, regardless of what's stated in the license agreement. If a copyright owner tells me to "cease and desist", I certainly would. Litigation has resulted from far more frivolous things.... -John