With 10.50 expected to be released Monday or Tuesday according to Ben, is the DC-6 10.50 ready?

Well done. But I like to have a ingame patch ability so I don't have to redownload the whole package.

We're working on this for the future via the OC, but right now, it's a full download.

Well done. But I like to have a ingame patch ability so I don't have to redownload the whole package.

You just have to download the installer (which is rather big) and it will update the aircraft.

Hi guys thanks for your hard work on the update, Shes a blast to fly....thanks again!

 

 

Not a bad update for the week after initial release, eh?

 

Awesome plane ! Just picked this up. Flys really nice, great frame rates, looks are amazing ! Now I need to read the manual !

 

Any plans to add animated rain drop to the windshield ?

 

Regards..........

Thank you for update Robert!

With 10.50 expected to be released Monday or Tuesday according to Ben, is the DC-6 10.50 ready?

 

That's the first public beta, not the final release, so unless PMDG was/is a member of the team that tried 10.50 in the private beta test it's hard to tell if the DC-6 is 10.50 ready.

Really beautiful piece of software craftsmanship. Worth every cent IMHO. Huge fun - especially that active co-pilot doing all the learning-curve work!

Please continue creating aircraft for X-Plane.

 

 

seeing as though X-Plane has the ability to simulate rain drops on the cockpit windows, is there any possibility of adding that functionality to the DC-6? 

 

Per default this only works with 2D panels. If you want to have this in a 3D cockpit, you need to develop it on your own.

Per default this only works with 2D panels. If you want to have this in a 3D cockpit, you need to develop it on your own.

That I didn't know. Thank you for informing me about that. 

Great update, Thank's Robert.

As a new PMDG customer, let me say "I'm impressed"!

Welcome on Board,John You'll find us a (mostly) friendly bunch.

I notice that there is an un-install entry in the Windows registry, so it appears that the days of X-Plane addons not touching the Windows registry are over.

This may (or may not) have something to do with it.

There is also a lot of stuff which I believe they have done outside of the X-Plane engine - this may well need to be coded differently for different O/S's. Of course this is pure conjecture on my part - what do I know anyway?  :wink:

 

FWIW, the IXEG 737b also has an uninstall entry - to date, these two are the only such occurrences that I have ever seen.

 

 

FWIW, the IXEG 737b also has an uninstall entry - to date, these two are the only such occurrences that I have ever seen.

 

The reason for that might be that the DC-6 and the IXEG 737 (as well as all other products you purchase from X-Aviation) have installers. The installers usually write registry entries because these are needed if you want to uninstall anything.

 

I prefer the good old manual installation (just extract a zip file to the proper folder), but for many people installers are just simpler to handle.

 

 

There is also a lot of stuff which I believe they have done outside of the X-Plane engine

 

What are you referring to, here?

 

 

 

The reason for that might be that the DC-6 and the IXEG 737 (as well as all other products you purchase from X-Aviation) have installers. The installers usually write registry entries because these are needed if you want to uninstall anything.

 

Correct. It's a standard location that Win users go when they want to get rid of things, so we might as well do what we've been doing for our FSX and P3D products for consistency.

 

 

 

I prefer the good old manual installation (just extract a zip file to the proper folder), but for many people installers are just simpler to handle.

 

I've heard this a few times and I don't quite get it. If the exe does the same thing, what's the difference for the end user? Is it a control thing?

(That's not meant to be mean: I used to be the king of obsessive compulsion when it came to organizing folders and keeping things where I wanted them up til about college. As such, a number of add ons didn't work because I tried to force their folder structure into what I found 'logical'.)

 

The difference for us is that we don't have a bunch of people not reading the readme file explaining where to put it and so on.