Here is a post I just found on the forum.

 

 

Posted: 05-16-2014 at 4:23am

The 757 is next. Has been in development for over 8 years actually. ;-)

Open the project, make it open source and ask for donations!
Everyone benefits from it and everyone can use the project to create other planes!
I'm sure many developers in this community would be happy to use some time for it.

Well, all I can say is that I love the Level D 767 and would certainly purchase the 757 if Level D made it...but I am an old geezer like mid 70s and I decided on the QW 757 which is quite fine.. And yes to all the  others who might reply....YES I have the capt sim...757 as well....but personally ,,,I like the QW 757 better...however, again....if Level D makes the 757 I would be a customer for sure but to me ....doesn't look like it anytime soon....let me know if I can buy it...LOL...Travis 727

I think its time for this thread to be put to rest... like their 757 :-)

Oh I wouldn't be so sure of that

Oh I wouldn't be so sure of that

Why are you saying that when this has taken so long John?

Call it a hunch. I'm confident this project will see the light of day..

Call it a hunch. I'm confident this project will see the light of day..

Even if it does, would you really be interested in procuring software that began development 8 years ago?  To add some perspective, PMDG 747 V1 is 6.5 years old and most consider that "dated."  I suspect LevelD reached a similar conclusion and no longer wish to invest their time developing a product with a limited market. 

The code remains the same. It's only the visual elements that would need updating.

I think there's a big difference between what was considered a complex simulation 8 years ago and what is today. PMDG, A2A, some Aerosoft titles and many others made a big step forward in complex simulation over the last few years. 8 years old code can of course still work but wouldn't be considered on the same level as today's products in my opinion.

The code remains the same. It's only the visual elements that would need updating.

That's simply not true.  It's evident that you have no experience in software development.  Trust me, I look at some applications I authored 8 years ago and wonder what the heck I was thinking.   Your tactics  are constantly evolving as you become more adept at your skill.  Also, the language itself becomes more powerful with each iteration, which allows the programmer to accomplish more.  What about the operating system?  8 years ago it was Vista/XP...you have to your product will work on modern platforms.  Will it work, maybe, but it certainly won't be as efficient or capable as software created within the past couple of years.  Moreover, if you put yourself in LevelDs shoes,  would you continue investing your time developing an 8 year old product marketed for a dying platform?  After all, how many people will switch to Xplane ,P3D, or the impending ' 15 Dovetail release?  I know the developers persist that it's still being worked on (actually it's the forum moderator via the developers) but logic suggest otherwise.  These things tend to happen in software development, which is why Vaporware is such a commonly understood phrase.  Sometime life just gets in the way of your passions...          

 

Simply put, it isn't as simple as you suggest...far from it.... 

The 757 level-d project platform is dead you are not going to see it.

 

Here is a post I just found on the forum.

 

 

Posted: 05-16-2014 at 4:23am

The 757 is next. Has been in development for over 8 years actually. ;-)

 

HAHAHAHAA! HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHA!

I am not sure when Level-D will be ready to get the 757 out of the hangar. It has been 8 yrs!!!!!! I wouldnt hold my breath for this one. 

 

Good luck waiting.......

 

 

David

What's a level D anyways? What are we even talking about?

 

 

 

 

 

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