August 30, 201312 yr John.... I am sure they set target dates internally and probably come close to meeting them every time. I could be wrong. The great part about my idea is we would never know unless they came out a told us Personally I really don't care. I don't want them to change a thing. Yes its hard waiting but I know in the end its always well worth the wait.... Have a great weekend and hopefully a weekend with a T7... This I did not think about....! Even PMDG can not escape the Flight Sim Paparazzi lol..... But PMDG did come out and tell us, it's right there in the announcement . I'm sure they have internal targets as well, but what they have told us is that with only a week to go to release, the closest they can predict the actual date they will be done is within a seven day window. More than a year before that window will only be larger. My putting still in italics may have distorted my meaning. I only meant to point out how large the uncertainty in the release date was, even though we are very close to release. It wasn't a criticism. If PMDG can't predict the actual date less than a week in advance, it's highly unlikely that they could have secretly posted the release date a year ago (as was suggested in the post I was responding to). John-Alan Pascoe
August 30, 201312 yr We need to remember that that is what they are aiming for. There is no confirmation of this at all, they could run into a bug before now, and it could push the date back. All we can do is hope, and look forward to it, we know it will be brilliant, and it is nearly with us. I know what I hope the release date to be, but I am not 100% sure it will be anywhere near then. Alex Jones
August 30, 201312 yr they could run into a bug Yep, and he said they were tracking a bug that had potential to delay release...
August 30, 201312 yr Yep, and he said they were tracking a bug that had potential to delay release... Thats true but I don't think AoA would have gotten the plane if the bug wasn't fixed and they didn't plan on releasing it in the coming hours and days. Paul Smith
August 30, 201312 yr I have no idea about their working hours but if they are like most people they work standard office hours so wont work on the weekend. So it may be released today. And its getting close to 1700z.
August 30, 201312 yr well every thing can happen i as beta tester i know you say 1 thing but they never promised it was 100% gonna happen as if 1 other thing pop up it cold delay can happen at any time.. in other words i have not seen many that havent made last minut edits.. even as tester you get a release version and when released new stuff is poping up that beta testers dident se as they dident test it. and people start blaming the testers and in some way i feel thats hard some times but we just have to think we did the best we could whit the data we got.. and thats often a result of giving a hint of a release date as if the tester should keep testing for every small last minut edit they made it´s not posible to say anything at all, as testing takes time.. some times i have a feeling people dont know how mutch work there is to it. I often see guys say i want to be tester as they might think free product and you get it before all other, but the true story is it´s hard and demanding and takes a lot of time.. to tell you a true storry i have some airports i have been testing and i dont ever fly there even i got it for free qustion why? you know the airport / project inside out. Sorry the side step it´s just to tell that we can guess from now on and to we aren´t here anylonger for any airport aircraft.. it makes no difference, it´s not helping developers they often think why can you guys just dont understand how complex this is and things takes time.. and at some medias we have seen they upset the developers and why they work hard for you.. as ex. some years ago i self was working on a project whit some airport objects, not many but i worked 14-16 hours a day the rest was sleep, how well is that for the body as well you have no life.. i know how hard it is to wait i fully understand but if you get deeper in to what the job is like you would se how hard it is, on the other hand you can say it´s the same as any other job you have some good times or how i should say it as designer, betatester but no different from any other job as you have sad hours as well where things just not go well.. So onece again sorry for all this talk out of the box i just think those posts here can be fun in the beginning but at the end of the day it makes no difference it´s not like you help the developers doeing there job, it has more negative effects.. Best Lars N. I have no idea about their working hours but if they are like most people they work standard office hours so wont work on the weekend. So it may be released today. And its getting close to 1700z. have in mind the PMDG Is american i guess the office so they have 12 hours behind us or how much it would be.. so i guess it´s only mornig over there Best Lars N. Best regards Lars N.
August 30, 201312 yr Lets get this release done and over with so we can Look forward to the 747 : ) John C
August 30, 201312 yr For "Me" the weekend starts the moment I close my office door on Friday! It's a long weekend in the States too! Yippie! It was a national holiday here on Thursday. You can imagine a fair bit of people took Friday off for a four day weekend! I hoped it would be released on Thursday to keep with the tradition, although it seems not this time. Oh well. --Peter Fabian
August 30, 201312 yr I have no idea about their working hours but if they are like most people they work standard office hours so wont work on the weekend. So it may be released today. And its getting close to 1700z. Remember that PMDG's employees do not report to work at some central office headquarters. They work from their homes and are scattered across multiple time-zones/countries. Thus I seriously doubt that they follow a "9-5" workday schedule. I think this would be doubly true approaching release time. RSR has mentioned in the past that he and others have at times worked 12+ hour days when needed. Andrew Jones Andrew Jones
August 30, 201312 yr This won't be a popular opinion, but I hope they do take a day or two to relax before release. We all know the forums, and probably their website too, will go bonkers upon release. Name available upon request
August 30, 201312 yr This won't be a popular opinion, but I hope they do take a day or two to relax before release. We all know the forums, and probably their website too, will go bonkers upon release. True, although I think most of us have waited long enough ^_^
August 30, 201312 yr Just to chip in here, the 777 schematics show as release "Within hours" but I don't know how long that's been in there. The page also has the wrong HTTP title (NGX title) Karl Brooker
August 30, 201312 yr the 777 schematics show as release "Within hours" Where? What do you mean by this?
August 30, 201312 yr True, although I think most of us have waited long enough How long is a piece of string though? Paul Curtis - Englands foremost air conditioning engineer. You take a mortal man, you put him in control, watch him become a god,....watch peoples heads a.roll!!!! Do Al-Qaeda (the base) have prayer mats...or their own agenda?
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