10 minutes ago, RW1 said:

He still owns Orbx. He posted in 2020 about the changes to the company.

Do you have a link? 

Im interested. They're (ORBX) definitely not what they use to be, I barely buy anything from them any more. 

I use to buy EVERYTHING when it came out, no matter what it was. JV had a lot of passion of FSX, I miss that guy. 

11 minutes ago, RW1 said:

this woke CEO took over

Orbx product quality (as expressed here in texture quality and FPS over time) has declined because their CEO has progressive social attitudes? Ooooh, I'd love to see some proof of that one.

14 minutes ago, cavaricooper said:

I’m scratching my head on this one…. Why couldn’t we just update from Orbx Central? I guess I had better ask there….

You can. You must first unistall v1.  Then go back to the page and it will say install and free.

 

35 minutes ago, Cognita said:

I really do not know what happened to ORBX. This was a developer that had a lot of passion for quality scenery, even trying to establish ambiance. I never bought into True Earth because of the space requirements and I did not want a bunch of postage stamp size areas of the world looking differently than everything else, but, it was innovative and revealed that desire to try to push the boundaries of the sim. I bought two of their sceneries when MSFS came out -- this one and KSBA -- and found both lackluster. In the two years since I have purchased nothing more from them, not as a protest but I just have not seen anything I really liked and thought was worth the money they were charging.

I think I will skip this version 2.

I echo your thoughts exactly.

30 minutes ago, RW1 said:

When JV stepped aside and this woke CEO took over we saw a mass exodus of freelance developers leave as well.

Your bigotry coded talk will not work here....knock it off please!🙃

Thanks!😏

Why don't we drop the politics.  Just because you don't agree with someone doesn't mean they're woke or bigoted.

This thread is about, well the fall of Orbx - at least apparent with this product.  Hopefully they take a look at their product quality for future releases.

26 minutes ago, ryanbatc said:

Why don't we drop the politics.  Just because you don't agree with someone doesn't mean they're woke or bigoted.

This thread is about, well the fall of Orbx - at least apparent with this product.  Hopefully they take a look at their product quality for future releases.

Politics aren't the problem here. The problem is someone posting so reckless and distasteful on forums they do not own.

We don't know what relationship ORBX has with AVSIM, it's a pretty bad look to read such rhetoric on a message board/forum where the actual staff/owners don't even feel or would speak in such a way.

This is also place of business, not RW1's personal diary/manifesto, certain things should be kept to one's self.

It was pretty distasteful and irresponsible to make such generalizations of ORBX's CEO on someone elses forums and most importantly reputation!

Peace!

Edited May 18, 20224 yr by blueshark747

2 minutes ago, blueshark747 said:

Peace!

Peace

Still only seeing V1.01,tried uninstalling in Orbx app,no joy.

2 hours ago, Cognita said:

I really do not know what happened to ORBX. This was a developer that had a lot of passion for quality scenery, even trying to establish ambiance. I never bought into True Earth because of the space requirements and I did not want a bunch of postage stamp size areas of the world looking differently than everything else, but, it was innovative and revealed that desire to try to push the boundaries of the sim. I bought two of their sceneries when MSFS came out -- this one and KSBA -- and found both lackluster. In the two years since I have purchased nothing more from them, not as a protest but I just have not seen anything I really liked and thought was worth the money they were charging.

I think I will skip this version 2.

Good decision on True Earth. But, you really need to buy just one more scenery, Orbx's KAVX, as a companion piece to KBUR and KSBA .🙂

(1) New ORBX Catalina (KAVX) Scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - YouTube

Edited May 18, 20224 yr by bofhlusr
Added YouTube link.

5 hours ago, Cognita said:

I really do not know what happened to ORBX. This was a developer that had a lot of passion for quality scenery, even trying to establish ambiance. I never bought into True Earth because of the space requirements and I did not want a bunch of postage stamp size areas of the world looking differently than everything else, but, it was innovative and revealed that desire to try to push the boundaries of the sim. I bought two of their sceneries when MSFS came out -- this one and KSBA -- and found both lackluster. In the two years since I have purchased nothing more from them, not as a protest but I just have not seen anything I really liked and thought was worth the money they were charging.

I think I will skip this version 2.

Yep - it's a real shame.  I used to have bucket loads of their scenery for FSX but they've fallen away since the arrival of the new CEO and MSFS.  It's become all business now.  More focus on P and L than on the quality and optimisation of their scenery I would imagine.

I compare two major airports YBBN by ORBX and NZAA by FlightBeam.  The detail of FlightBeam compared to ORBX is night and day, plus, their NZAA is smooth as silk and well optimised.  I wish someone from ORBX could do a little research on how to build in more quality and have the scenery optimised to FlightBeams level.

Anyway, it's a shame, however so many good developers are making amazing scenery.  The competition has stepped up a bit over the last couple of years.

Jase

Any mention of beautiful downtown Burbank reminds me of Gary Owens. Here, he loses it on live radio...

 

10 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

What's the difference?  Version 1 appears to be a direct port from p3d.  It's got some of the lowest rez textures I've seen in MSFS yet.

Sadly, this is the "new Orbx" rolling out since MSFS.

Some of their other P3D airports were also ported over and are poor quality in comparison to what many other devs are producing for MSFS.

2 hours ago, JaseMelbo said:

Yep - it's a real shame.  I used to have bucket loads of their scenery for FSX but they've fallen away since the arrival of the new CEO and MSFS.  It's become all business now.  More focus on P and L than on the quality and optimisation of their scenery I would imagine.

I compare two major airports YBBN by ORBX and NZAA by FlightBeam.  The detail of FlightBeam compared to ORBX is night and day, plus, their NZAA is smooth as silk and well optimised.  I wish someone from ORBX could do a little research on how to build in more quality and have the scenery optimised to FlightBeams level.

Anyway, it's a shame, however so many good developers are making amazing scenery.  The competition has stepped up a bit over the last couple of years.

Jase

Well said.

It is a sad reflection of what they've become since MSFS.

I thought this was a paid upgrade. Did they change it to free for existing users?