write a nice letter thanking them for allowing us to come along for the ride

 

I like your sentiment (although I suspect it's a little tongue-in-cheek) but I am not thanking a company for allowing me to spend my money with them.  It's not entirely a one way street, while we get a fantastic still developing sim for serious use; LM get a truck load of highly motivated, experienced simmers paying to be testers.  

 

I think it's fair to say the deal works for both parties at the moment; but be under no illusion, if it serves their purpose to jettison the home users they would absolutely do that.

 

 

I think it's fair to say the deal works for both parties at the moment; but be under no illusion, if it serves their purpose to jettison the home users they would absolutely do that.

I respect your opinion and yes they would do the same thing that Microsoft did to us if it served their purpose.

Um, that's called business decisions. Mainly made for the good of the business.

 

A few years ago when LM first released P3D, there was a lot of nay sayers speculating on how long it would be before LM dumped us.

 

I said it then and I say it again - who cares? I jumped on board V1.4 and haven't looked back - to those who sat on the fence with 1.4 and stayed there - you have NO idea what you missed.

 

Vic

What 3rd party aircraft carrier was that?

If anyone doubts Prepar3d is the premier sim now and in the future is sorely mistaken

 

Indeed Prepar3d is a great platform, but hardly premier...may I remind you that it is still a 32bit platform and of course if you think about it for 1 sec, it's because of MS FSX, P3D is what it is now, take away all the gazillion ($$$$) addon's available and what do you have left. 

 

Having said that, I do like P3D even though I don't have it, tried for 30 days but it just did not meet my specifications (no blurries, VAS limit, microstutters) and besides I rather spend my $$$ on my beloved hobby (RC helis) then on a sim, that is why the "other sim" works for me.

 

...and no I'm not a troll, hopefully one day P3D will go to 64bit, may be then I will give it another try for sure.

 hopefully one day P3D will go to 64bit, may be then I will give it another try for sure.

 

It is coming but not sure the benefit will be worth the cost of getting all of your favorite addons back up and running - thats the big question so with that said if our current 32bit platform somehow can be optimized how many people will actually switch - for me depends on how much 32bit legacy products can be recompiled and I dont know the answer to that as I have heard both sides stating it can be done and it cant be done easily and not sure who is right 

It is coming but not sure the benefit will be worth the cost of getting all of your favorite addons back up and running - thats the big question so with that said if our current 32bit platform somehow can be optimized how many people will actually switch - for me depends on how much 32bit legacy products can be recompiled and I dont know the answer to that as I have heard both sides stating it can be done and it cant be done easily and not sure who is right 

 

I've tried both X Plane and seen videos of DTG Flight school, and I will keep my 32 bit P3D....

I've tried both X Plane and seen videos of DTG Flight school, and I will keep my 32 bit P3D....

 

Well that makes sense to me - not enough bang for the buck maybe

It is coming but not sure the benefit will be worth the cost of getting all of your favorite addons back up and running - thats the big question so with that said if our current 32bit platform somehow can be optimized how many people will actually switch  

Completely agree. I even would go so far to believe LM has a 64 Bit version running at home but didn't release it just because of invalidating nearly all present addons. Besides, at lot of folks requiring a 64 bits P3D will be the first ones complaining about having to buy all their addons again - given they will be available at all (think of Vancouver 3+ and the like).

 

This said, it's my feeling LM will release a 64 bit version either this or at least the following year. DTFS, XP, and AeroflyFS2 are all 64 bit and require new addons anyway, thus we're entering a new situation by the end of this year -  with 32 bit addons fading away pretty soon. There are even voices suggesting not to buy any more 32 bit addons during this year.

 

Kind regards, Michael

Completely agree. I even would go so far to believe LM has a 64 Bit version running at home but didn't release it just because of invalidating nearly all present addons. Besides, at lot of folks requiring a 64 bits P3D will be the first ones complaining about having to buy all their addons again - given they will be available at all (think of Vancouver 3+ and the like).

 

This said, it's my feeling LM will release a 64 bit version either this or at least the following year. DTFS, XP, and AeroflyFS2 are all 64 bit and require new addons anyway, thus we're entering a new situation by the end of this year -  with 32 bit addons fading away pretty soon. There are even voices suggesting not to buy any more 32 bit addons during this year.

 

Kind regards, Michael

 

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if our current 32bit platform somehow can be optimized how many people will actually switch

 

 

If LM somehow finds a way to optimize it even more and as long as the dreaded blurries and microstuttes are gone (I can deal with the VAS limit) I will give it a try once again, I don't really need much from the addon stand point, I will settle for a good weather injector like ASN and a couple of GA planes like the 172 from A2A, for comercial, I have the IXEG for XP which is a beauty to fly and that is all. . 

If LM somehow finds a way to optimize it even more and as long as the dreaded blurries and microstuttes are gone (I can deal with the VAS limit) I will give it a try once again, I don't really need much from the addon stand point, I will settle for a good weather injector like ASN and a couple of GA planes like the 172 from A2A, for comercial, I have the IXEG for XP which is a beauty to fly and that is all. . 

 

Not understanding your stutters and blurries I have none of this - you have seen my screenshots right 

Indeed Prepar3d is a great platform, but hardly premier...may I remind you that it is still a 32bit platform and of course if you think about it for 1 sec, it's because of MS FSX, P3D is what it is now, take away all the gazillion ($$$$) addon's available and what do you have left. 

 

Having said that, I do like P3D even though I don't have it, tried for 30 days but it just did not meet my specifications (no blurries, VAS limit, microstutters) and besides I rather spend my $$$ on my beloved hobby (RC helis) then on a sim, that is why the "other sim" works for me.

 

...and no I'm not a troll, hopefully one day P3D will go to 64bit, may be then I will give it another try for sure.

 

 

I use XP (I think you know that, we've discussed stuff before). I really like XP and it being 64bit is crucial as given that I routinely hit 12-14GB of VAS when using HD Mesh. 

 

But 64bit is only useful if you actually need it within a given environment. For me, with P3D 3.2, I haven't had a single OOM. I use Orbx regions, ASN, A2A planes, REX textures, etc. 

 

In my case, 64bit is a solution to a problem I don't really have. I.E. OOMs from add ons. 

 

With that said, I support advancement to 64bit over the long haul. But only if LM actually uses it to improve the engine vs. just being overhead for more add ons. Which means higher LOD and most importantly to me, a much larger autogen radius and higher mesh detail. 

 

 

I've tried both X Plane and seen videos of DTG Flight school, and I will keep my 32 bit P3D....

 

yep me too, tried P3D and seen videos from DTG, will keep my 64 bit XP10 and will wait and see what's coming with XP11, it can only get better.

I use XP (I think you know that, we've discussed stuff before). I like XP.

But 64bit is only useful if you actually need it. For me, with P3D 3.2, I haven't had a single OOM. I use Orbx regions, ASN, A2A planes, REX textures, etc. 

 

For me, 64bit is a solution to a problem I don't actually have. 

With that said, I support advancement to 64bit over the long haul. But I think way too many people are quick to say "but it's not 64bit!!!" without caring what they actually means at the moment. 

 

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