As I said I would do this (since nobody was welling to do so) I went to Simforums and asked Nick some questions raised by some members here about his bible and the way he conducted himself in it in regard to other developer(s). 

 

I could not think of everything or every questions raised here but it does look like (from his reply) he's welling to answer me and possibly other fellow simmers if their questions are legitimate (look like he won't put up with any bull ****). 

 

This is what should be happening here (or in any other forums), we should not be scared to ask hard questions and ask for explanations on ALL the good or the bad (if bad there is) of any products one may think of buying or already bought.

 

Anyway, here is the link,

 

http://www.simforums.com/Forums/hello-nick-i-need-to-ask-about-your-ftxg-thread_topic46860.html

well, if questions 4 and 5 were based on my little post I made last night, I would say that you did not quite grasp my point.  to perhaps make it a little clearer:  GEX has an Interface and GEX has an Uninstaller.  Now say you were a flight sim noob who Nick is so earnestly looking out for.  If you did not read the entire manual for the small paragraph where it describes how the uninstallation works, an average simmer could quite innocently just run the GEX uninstallers like a normal tech savvy computer user would without thinking of running the interface first. and not realize that all that happened was the uninstallation of some background program files and the interface itself; and not the GEX textures that reside in your FSX folders.

 

Is this grasping at straws? sure, but so is Nick's entire series of posts about the issue.

 

There's a couple of points I want to make crystal clear though.  Nick obviously was reacting to your questions, which weren't my questions,  but my GEX regions are all paid for, thank you.  And I got years of good use out of them, no regrets.

 

the facts as stated by Nick are correct: FTXG alters core files, and it doesn't have an uninstaller,  nor does it have a true default mode in ftx central any more.  these facts are posted by Nick on his forums, and to be brutally honest,  these facts are posted by JV on ORBX's forums, and were there even prior to release.  the problem is that these facts are only part of Nick's postings,  the rest is attempted demagoguery and hysteria.  these facts are inflated by Nick to conclusions that are untenable.  that's the problem.  and it's perhaps acceptable at some level from a regular forum hack to make comments like that, and another thing entirely when a developer does it.  

 

you've also been hinting that we should be asking Nick these questions on his forum and that we are somehow being furtive and unreasonable by making comments here without going to the source.  the first point is that deep down, I really don't care enough about what Nick thinks to start some sort of conflagration with him anywhere.  I'm just a regular FSX user, and he's the incredible St. NickN who has helped simmers with hardware issues for a decade while saving orphans, and solving world hunger at the same time.  I am being sarcastic, but the point is, Nick has a deserved reputation and I deservedly don't.  The second point is that if I DID want to start a fight with an angry bear, the last place I would do it is in his Den where he has all the advantages of total media lockdown and I don't.  Why don't you ask Nick why he doesn't post his opinions on a public site, not of his making?  You confronted an angry bear in his den once, how did that work out for you?

 

I also read your exchange on a blog that shall not be named or linked to, with a gentleman from Croatia.  I would characterize that conversation as "a guy with an agenda trying to goad a reasonable person into saying something that he wasn't saying."  that Croatian gentleman seemed pretty spot on to be honest, and he wasn't making the point you wanted him to.

 

Bottom line,  your files are backed up.  there should have been an uninstaller, or a default option (although Nick says there's 'no technical reason you can't'  going to default textures from FTXG would take file operations of a considerable amount of time, not something you would expect from a 'switcher'  I wouldn't have had that as an option myself)  there will be one in the future, Nick is making hay while the sun shines.  life goes on.

Don't know  what all the  fuss is  about you either  stick with gex  and don't  use  ftxg at all  or vise versa its simple

Don't know  what all the  fuss is  about you either  stick with gex  and don't  use  ftxg at all  or vise versa its simple

+1

 

Someone please lock this stuff. Its getting old.

 

C.

+1

 

Someone please lock this stuff. Its getting old.

 

C.

 

Come on now, did you have to read it, somebody else may think that this might be informative.

I agree with Alain... About not locking it.

Shawn, you are making some valid point but let me respond if I may to some of your statements, (in no particular order).

 

I also read your exchange on a blog that shall not be named or linked to, with a gentleman from Croatia.  I would characterize that conversation as "a guy with an agenda trying to goad a reasonable person into saying something that he wasn't saying."  that Croatian gentleman seemed pretty spot on to be honest, and he wasn't making the point you wanted him to.

 

I ask this gentleman why he wanted to uninstall FTXG after I saw his post on the product forum, he gave me the same answer as he poster on his blog, I did not coach him a bit, as for me having an agenda...none what so ever, sorry if I came across as if I did, here is a quote from a review you probably read, http://fsxtimes.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/204-ftx-global-second-impression/#more-8172

 

Quote: "To me, the FTX Global is trying to play the role of The Ring — the one ring that tries to rule the others all."

 

Should we call his review an agenda or informative?

 

The second point is that if I DID want to start a fight with an angry bear, the last place I would do it is in his Den where he has all the advantages of total media lockdown and I don't.

 

Who's talking about starting a fight? I did not see my posting or his answer to me as been trying to pick a fight, I see this as being informative.

 

well, if questions 4 and 5 were based on my little post I made last night, I would say that you did not quite grasp my point.  

 

I might not have and for that I apologize, no harm done.

+1

 

Someone please lock this stuff. Its getting old.

 

C.

Yep I agree  all we doing is going  around in a circle, the op made his point  and  now lets all of us move on as I said  stick with gex or  ftxg  your  choice

Yep I agree  all we doing is going  around in a circle, the op made his point  and  now lets all of us move on as I said  stick with gex or  ftxg  your  choice

 

 Pete,

 

Did the gentleman in the post above ask to have FTXG removed because he liked GEX better?

 

Why is everybody trying to make it sound like it's about FTXG vs GEX or the other way around when (to me) it's not??

 

 

Shawn, you are making some valid point but let me respond if I may to some of your statements, (in no particular order).
 
I also read your exchange on a blog that shall not be named or linked to, with a gentleman from Croatia.  I would characterize that conversation as "a guy with an agenda trying to goad a reasonable person into saying something that he wasn't saying."  that Croatian gentleman seemed pretty spot on to be honest, and he wasn't making the point you wanted him to.
 
I ask this gentlemen why he wanted to uninstall FTXG after I saw his post on the product forum, he gave me the same answer as he poster on his blog, I did not coach him a bit, as for me having an agenda...none what so ever, sorry if I came across as if I did, here is a quote from a review you probably read, http://fsxtimes.word...sion/#more-8172
 
Quote: "To me, the FTX Global is trying to play the role of The Ring — the one ring that tries to rule the others all."
 
Should we call his review an agenda or informative?

 

I hadn't read that review previously.  I'm confused, is Tom Tsui the same guy we are talking about?  I have no prior knowledge of this reviewer or if he has any agenda or prejudices or not.  On initial read, I don't agree with some of his conclusions, and there isn't really enough meat to the writing to say to me whether due process had been done to ensure that the issues there were really caused by the product.  I don't know whether he has an agenda or not.  no judgement from me on the veracity of the review.

 

It is fairly common knowledge that you have had an axe to grind with ORBX, or the head of ORBX, for a while.  you do have praise for their products, and nobody can truly understand all of the inner workings of another man's mind, but I don't think it unfair to say you have a bit of an agenda.  Understandable even, given what's happened.

I hadn't read that review previously.  I'm confused, is Tom Tsui the same guy we are talking about?  I have no prior knowledge of this reviewer or if he has any agenda or prejudices or not.  On initial read, I don't agree with some of his conclusions, and there isn't really enough meat to the writing to say to me whether due process had been done to ensure that the issues there were really caused by the product.  I don't know whether he has an agenda or not.  no judgement from me on the veracity of the review.

 

It is fairly common knowledge that you have had an axe to grind with ORBX, or the head of ORBX, for a while.  you do have praise for their products, and nobody can truly understand all of the inner workings of another man's mind, but I don't think it unfair to say you have a bit of an agenda.  Understandable even, given what's happened.

 

I can see your point, but I can assure you that I have no agenda, no more than peoples praising FTXG, I would not say that they have an agenda because of that.

 

No Tom Tsui is not the gentleman from Croatian, this is a review I found on the internet.

Alain, given your recent suspension from these forums and being asked to refrain from posting about Orbx, you are doing yourself no favours at all by continuing to grind your axe at every opportunity.

 

You've made your point time and again. Please, just drop it now and move on.

Alain, given your recent suspension from these forums and being asked to refrain from posting about Orbx, you are doing yourself no favours at all by continuing to grind your axe at every opportunity.

 

You've made your point time and again. Please, just drop it now and move on.

 

You are probably right, why should I awake the sleeping dragon by my undesirable action.

 

It's late here so I'll go to bed.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU

Alain, given your recent suspension from these forums and being asked to refrain from posting about Orbx, you are doing yourself no favours at all by continuing to grind your axe at every opportunity.

 

You've made your point time and again. Please, just drop it now and move on.

+1  give it  a rest

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