April 14, 201214 yr Could someone explain what exactly is an Alpha Model? My guess is it's the first model ha. I saw Tabs or Ryan his name is saying the 777 was the Alpha version so was curious to what that even means. Cheers! - Luke Pabari
April 14, 201214 yr An alpha is a product version mostly complete & being subjected usually to internal testing. Betas are tested by a larger group typically of people outside the company. After beta comes the final product. Pmdg made use of two beta teams for the ngx. If I recall correctly one was basically a technical team, looking for bugs & the other a group of real world 737 crewmembers helping to fine-tune the flight model & systems. That may not be exactly correct, but it's pretty close. Kenneth Weir My Saitek yoke mod i7 2600k @ 4.7 8GB Gskill CAS7 2x GTX580 SLI Surround + GT520 Accessory Win7x64
April 14, 201214 yr Author An alpha is a product version mostly complete & being subjected usually to internal testing. Betas are tested by a larger group typically of people outside the company. After beta comes the final product. Pmdg made use of two beta teams for the ngx. If I recall correctly one was basically a technical team, looking for bugs & the other a group of real world 737 crewmembers helping to fine-tune the flight model & systems. That may not be exactly correct, but it's pretty close. Ah right, thank you Kenneth! - Luke Pabari
April 14, 201214 yr Commercial Member Alpha = our internal testing, features still being coded/added. Tech team members (actual pilots, maintenance etc) involved, but no wide beta team. Beta = aircraft is feature complete, just bug fixing. Wide beta team involved. We go version Alpha 1 through Alpha X until it's ready to go beta, then version Beta 1 through Beta X and then finally 1.0 when it releases. Ryan MaziarzFor fastest support, please submit a ticket at http://support.precisionmanuals.com
April 14, 201214 yr Author Alpha = our internal testing, features still being coded/added. Tech team members (actual pilots, maintenance etc) involved, but no wide beta team. Beta = aircraft is feature complete, just bug fixing. Wide beta team involved. We go version Alpha 1 through Alpha X until it's ready to go beta, then version Beta 1 through Beta X and then finally 1.0 when it releases. I see, makes sense. Thanks for clearing it up! - Luke Pabari
April 14, 201214 yr The final version is technically known as the "release candidate", meaning that it is considered ready for release to the market. Matthew Bellette
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