What drives me crazy some days is trying to keep all my add-ons up-to-date. Staying on top of updates, hotfixes, Service Packs etc. is a bit of a nightmare when the number of add-ons in your install base gets large (to say nothing of actually applying them).

 

I propose that it would be a great service to the FSX community if AVSIM could offer a forum dedicated to add-on update announcements. No comments, discussion, etc. - just one place where vendors could announce their fixes and maybe post a link, and the rest of us could check in every once and a while and see what's come out.

 

Just thinking out loud....

What drives me crazy some days is trying to keep all my add-ons up-to-date. Staying on top of updates, hotfixes, Service Packs etc. is a bit of a nightmare when the number of add-ons in your install base gets large (to say nothing of actually applying them).

 

I propose that it would be a great service to the FSX community if AVSIM could offer a forum dedicated to add-on update announcements. No comments, discussion, etc. - just one place where vendors could announce their fixes and maybe post a link, and the rest of us could check in every once and a while and see what's come out.

 

Just thinking out loud....

Great idea +1

And who will bell the cat  keep the list manageable by editing down all the fluff the vendors sneak in append helpfully to their additions to the list?

Don't various FS news sites and blogs cover this already?

 

 

various FS news sites

Link(s)?

While I like the idea, I think it would take just as much time to go through that new type forum, which would have 100's of entries eventually than it would just to go to the developers site and see if you have the latest.  I've done that a few times before I selected an addon.

 

I've also created a little spreadsheet of what I had, what version and what I would like to get.  It gives me a little snapshot but even that requires upkeep.  Then there are those 3rd parties who even offer "push" technology to let you know when they do have a new version but some simmers complain how intrusive that is.  Not sure what the answer is other than one's own due diligence.

Great Idea. Moderation nightmare.

Link(s)?

http://www.avsim.com/

 

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php

 

http://www.simflight.com/

http://www.avsim.com/

 

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php

 

http://www.simflight.com/

Heh heh. Funny. Useless... But funny. :lol:

 

While I like the idea, I think it would take just as much time to go through that new type forum, which would have 100's of entries eventually than it would just to go to the developers site and see if you have the latest.  I've done that a few times before I selected an addon.

 

I've also created a little spreadsheet of what I had, what version and what I would like to get.  It gives me a little snapshot but even that requires upkeep.  Then there are those 3rd parties who even offer "push" technology to let you know when they do have a new version but some simmers complain how intrusive that is.  Not sure what the answer is other than one's own due diligence.

That may be the way to go. I like 'push' technology (where someone tells me what's new) rather than 'pull' (where I have to go and find it), but yes, it's a bit of a logistical nightmare to manage.

 

A good alternative is to be able to register for update notification via email. But for those sites that offer them, they don't seem to work very well - I've ended up with daily spam half the time and a distinct lack of update notifications.

Good ideas, if the poster can update his post, then its easy, one post per addon, easy to navigate and no moderating burden.

 

 

Heh heh. Funny. Useless... But funny.

 

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just one place where vendors could announce their fixes and maybe post a link, and the rest of us could check in every once and a while and see what's come out.

Don't at least some shops provide info about released updates?

I'm pretty sure simmarket has the option to notify you if there is an update available for one of the products you bought.

 

But I agree with you, it would really help a lot to have one database that provides the current version numbers (and perhaps even a link to the download) of all available addons.

 

 

On a second though, if it were only keeping on top of all the updates, that wouldn't be so much a problem. Sometimes, I even lose track of all the addons I have!

Unfortunately, the idea has merit but for many reasons it won't work.  Vendors prefer you to visit their website and read their marketing stuff etc.

 

I tried asking this over at Orbx and was told that I should just use their forum and read the Central report.  I checked mid summer and found out I was many, many patches short especially on airports versions....and then there are the one off fixes that are just posted into threads.

 

It all takes time, you go away on a holiday and come home and there is tons of stuff happening you can never catch up.

 

I know there is a natural urge to want to be fully updated.  The only way I can do it is to keep a list of all my addons and the vendors and visit their sites and look around.  It takes time and a few coffees but I don't now if we will ever be so lucky to have a one stop service.

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