7 minutes ago, reignman40 said:

Thanks Tod! I will try this out when I finally get around to loading this 777 up. (been so busy with work this week) What is sad is simple things like this not making it to release. Makes you wonder if CS did halt production and release before the upcoming freeware 777-300 comes out. 

I know, right? Anyway, this took me all but 10 mins. Hope it works well everywhere, both default and payware airports. I only tested at 2 default airports in the US. Fingers' crossed! 

6 hours ago, Moria15 said:A few quotes for example from various places talking about msfs2020 recently...

They act like spending more money makes you superior in some way and shame others for not using "study-level" airliners which they still complain about.

If you are about to release anything for MSFS2020 and it's not study level or free or preferably both, don't waste your time announcing it on AVSIM, it will only depress you.

Their forums are a heady mix of elitism and toxic moderation. The only assets they have which actually generate traffic are the file library and the PMDG forum. These are the only things keeping Avsim alive.

for want of a better word the 'anti-flightsim forum' as they represent everything that is ****** up about about simming, avoid avoid avoid unless you love PDMG.

If you don't love study level airliners it's toxic, toxic, toxic.

If you just want to fly and have fun.. don't go to AVSIM unless you are prepared to discuss in detail the fraction of a millimeter that a dial is mounted off-center.

Graham

My observation of this is, that whilst some of it may or may not be true,  all of it indicates to me, the bias, attitudes and prejudices that Avsimmers are accused of.

Let us not forget that they are all as deeply ingrained into publicising their own Forum and if they can do that by denigrating another forum, then so be it.  I don't agree with that principle but everyone is entitled to their opinions (even though they are wrong if they don't agree with me LOL)

Regards

Tony

6 hours ago, Moria15 said:

well in a way that is true,  but remember that a lot of new users will also be using things like reddit and other places to talk about MSFS2020 in this generation, and frankly, AVSIM has an aweful reputation on some of these other sites...  I know very little of the history of AVSIM and I enjoy my time here even though I hate the phrase study level and I consider myself a gamer  (ducks), but it should be realised that even though it crops up in Google searches, many may not use it because of information on other sites 🙂

A few quotes for example from various places talking about msfs2020 recently...

They act like spending more money makes you superior in some way and shame others for not using "study-level" airliners which they still complain about.

If you are about to release anything for MSFS2020 and it's not study level or free or preferably both, don't waste your time announcing it on AVSIM, it will only depress you.

Their forums are a heady mix of elitism and toxic moderation. The only assets they have which actually generate traffic are the file library and the PMDG forum. These are the only things keeping Avsim alive.

for want of a better word the 'anti-flightsim forum' as they represent everything that is ****** up about about simming, avoid avoid avoid unless you love PDMG.

If you don't love study level airliners it's toxic, toxic, toxic.

If you just want to fly and have fun.. don't go to AVSIM unless you are prepared to discuss in detail the fraction of a millimeter that a dial is mounted off-center.

Graham

Well, actually, the opposite is true. Instead of discussing how ‘awesome’ the $30 new ‘777’, or showing off screenshots on reddit, discord or some other means, we’re here trying to assist gamers like yourself, by telling you it’s not worth the price. It has the quality of an average freeware add-on from FS2002. 
 

 

3 hours ago, tod said:

Thought to lighten the mood, if that's even possible after 28 pages of mostly venting over CapSim choosing another target audience that is eye-candy oriented, not sim oriented. Anyway, wanted to share my mod to improve the Jetway, Luggage and Catering truck contact points. DISCLAIMER: Far from perfect, but better than default settings from CapSim.

You know the drill - locate the flight_model.cfg file, open with Notepad / Notepad + + and search for this section and replace it with my modded coordinates.

[INTERACTIVE POINTS]
number_of_interactive_points = 17
interactive_point.0 = 0.4, -150, -9.6, -1.9, 0, 0, 0, -82, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.1 = 0.4, -160.2, 7.4, -1.3, 0, 0, 0, 102, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.2 = 0.4, -32.2, -8.1, 11.2, 2, 0, 0, -90, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.3 = 0.4, -32.2, 8.1, 11.2, 2, 0, 0, 90, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.4 = 0.4, -57, -10.3, -1.3, 2, 0, 0, -90, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.5 = 0.4, -56, 10.3, -1.3, 2, 0, 0, 90, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.6 = 0.4, -94.6, -11, 1.1, 2, 0, 0, -90, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.7 = 0.4, -93.4, 11, 1.1, 2, 0, 0, 90, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.8 = 0.4, -132, -10, 1.1, 2, 0, 0, -90, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.9 = 0.4, -131, 10, 1.1, 2, 0, 0, 90, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.10 = 0.4, -18, -8.9, -3.5, 0, 0, 0,-86, 52, 16, 35, 3, -2, 0
interactive_point.11 = 0.4, -15, 9.2, 1.3, 0, 0, 0, 85, 35, 1.5, 25, 4, 0, 0
interactive_point.12 = 0.4, -36.3, 7, -7.4, 1, 0, 0, 90, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.13 = 0.4, -145, 6.4, -6, 1, 0, 0, 95, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.14 = 0.4, -87.98, -58.25, -12.6, 3, 0, 0, -45, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.15 = 0, 1.9, 10.8, -10.5, 4, 0, 0, 45, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
interactive_point.16 = 0, -96, 0, -8, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
 

Hope I've somehow improved your flying experience with CapSim's 777.Mod at your own risk, and please BACKUP in case you want to revert back to the default contact points. 

Have a nice weekend and happy flying!

An upcoming Update from CS will fix this soon but anyway thanks for the points !

cheers 😉

33 minutes ago, pmplayer said:

An upcoming Update from CS will fix this soon but anyway thanks for the points !

cheers 😉

I hope so... On facebook they said 

Quote

It's not the 10% but 100% done product which worth every penny of the $29.99.

That was 4 days ago of course.

Edited May 22, 20215 yr by reignman40

 

Clear demonstration that this garbage product is motivated by nothing but greed.  

I don't really give a toss if someone sells what some think is junk as long as they're upfront about it, but that move is pretty next level.

The extra daffy thing is that they'll probably lose more than a few sales as some people only want to fly something with a third party paint job.  

They're obviously embarking on some sort of good will burning experiment. And doing a very nifty job. 

Edited May 22, 20215 yr by superspud

1 hour ago, Zangoose said:

 

maybe they are following PSS way of thinking, you know back in 2002 🙂 

It never and I mean never ceases to amaze me how stupid some people are.    what a bunch of tools

saying that though CS are about to make a ton of money with unsuspecting dads buying their 11 year old sons and daughters nice pile of streaming rubbish, and the 11 year olds will probably love it.

what a way to make a buck.   Its like the candy crush of the flightsim community.  and the kids are going to LOVE IT. 

 

Edited May 22, 20215 yr by fluffyflops

I have no words really.

Whatever the apparent legalities, CS is a PR timebomb, you should be totally ashamed of yourselves.

The community could of (maybe) warmed to your creation, but you decide to bash the hammer down.

Wonder if ASOBO will demand you take your content down for using their 747 panel.

MS/Asobo should maybe take the same action with CS....

lol  and now CS has downloaded all the free textures before they were stopped from being downloaded and added them to their ACE system with no credits to the authors...

and claiming "current complete collection of the 777 Captain III free liveries from all over the Internet included"

https://www.captainsim.org/forum/csf.pl?num=1621690095

Graham

These fools just lost a future customer in me. I will never ever buy a CS product no matter how good it may be. I hate these arm twisting tactics. 

So are the repaints just converted FSX/P3D textures or just being made using an old paintkit that may be of lower quality? If they are afraid of low quality repaints possibly making the product look bad, that is pretty ironic.  

So CS accuses freeware livery painters of publishing low quality content, yet republish the same liveries without painters' permissions. This is after selling their first MSFS 2020 payware product that is in a word: Amateur? Unbelievable. Apparently, freeware modders and developers in our FS community are all incompetent and inferior to the great CS. Like none of us can mod their amateurish EICAS displays and host of other issues. Pleeeease!  CS just lost another customer.

 

Edited May 22, 20215 yr by tod