Parallel 42 Stripr

[Keven Menard 658]

3 minutes ago, Alvega said:

Hi Keven,

Just got an email saying there is an update for Stripr. Where can I find the changelog? Can't see it in the site and no Stripr channel on Discord either.

Thanks.

We're looking for a way to automate our entire changelog system so it feels a bit sparse right now.

We've added a channel on Discord just now and you can see the latest updates in our Release Dashboard.

[Alvega 2,124]

Just now, Keven Menard said:

We're looking for a way to automate our entire changelog system so it feels a bit sparse right now.

We've added a channel on Discord just now and you can see the latest updates in our Release Dashboard.

Yep, just saw it. Thanks.

[F737MAX 5,586]

Don't know what to make of //42 any more. Whereas in P3D their ChasePlane add-on and Immersion (aircraft effects) packages were must-buys, it now seems like they're making products and trying to create a market for them afterwards.

In case anyone was tempted to buy Stripr primarily for the bonus feature of 'Skip MSFS Intros: Allows you to skip annoying intro branding trailers (asobo/blackshark/etc).' Just to let you know that you can easily do this already by using the Windows '-fastlaunch' instruction as described here:

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by F737MAX

[Bdub22 1,609]

I'm sorry, maybe this will be an unpopular opinion, but this seems like a ridiculous cash grab. "Loading screen anxiety"? Really? I mean, if they were offering this for 3 bucks, thats one thing, but for the current price, it boggles my mind why anyone fork over that amount of money for literal loading screens. I guess some people truly are laughing themselves to the bank with MSFS. This is wild.

[Alvega 2,124]

6 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

I'm sorry, maybe this will be an unpopular opinion, but this seems like a ridiculous cash grab. "Loading screen anxiety"? Really? I mean, if they were offering this for 3 bucks, thats one thing, but for the current price, it boggles my mind why anyone fork over that amount of money for literal loading screens. I guess some people truly are laughing themselves to the bank with MSFS. This is wild.

What is wild is your comment. You didn't even buy it and think it's a cash grab when people who bought (like me) like it? I think it's some of the best money I spent in MSFS lately. 

[V1ROTA7E 718]

4 hours ago, Bdub22 said:

"Reduce Loading Screen Anxiety: Say goodbye to the frustration of wondering if Microsoft Flight Simulator has locked up during loading. "

"Loading Screen Anxiety" is something I'm not familiar with. I'm getting a pretty good laugh at that one.

Your system must be rock solid then. I have loading screen anxiety.....sometimes i can't tell if the sim is loading or has hung up. It's only happened lately since I've left the beta....extremely annoying, especially since loading into a flight can take up to 10 minutes...3 times in a row is already an half hour wasted.

[hjsmuc 393]

It's no snake oil, and no panacea either. Just a little tool, maybe a little bit expensive for what it does, but the counter alone makes it useful for me. 

[Alvega 2,124]

5 minutes ago, hjsmuc said:

It's no snake oil, and no panacea either. Just a little tool, maybe a little bit expensive for what it does, but the counter alone makes it useful for me. 

And as someone who loves satellite imagery, the airport images alone (from all over the world) we see while waiting to load makes it worth the money for me. It's 12 dollars for something you're gonna use every time you fly, for Christ's sake,  sometimes we pay much more than that for a plane or scenery and use it once or twice.

[qqwertz 781]

2 hours ago, Keven Menard said:

We're looking for a way to automate our entire changelog system so it feels a bit sparse right now.

We've added a channel on Discord just now and you can see the latest updates in our Release Dashboard.

Could you confirm that this removes the id**tic "bandwidth too low, click OK" pop-up? That would be a really big thing for me.

 

[Bdub22 1,609]

Ok, obviously I'm alone on this one and fair enough. I would never tell anyone how to spend their money but I am entitled to my opinion. Yes, I do think this is a cash grab for that amount of money and you guys know that in the event of a long loading time, you don't have to sit there and stare at the screen while it loads, right? 

[Alvega 2,124]

4 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

you don't have to sit there and stare at the screen while it loads, right? 

That's what I used to do before (go to the window, check the smartphone, etc) because it seemed to take an eternity to load, now it seems to load too fast because I'm having pleasure sitting there watching the images.

[MattNischan 3,778]

Just a strong word of caution:

There's no way that I'm aware of for this addon to prevent the updating of the executable (i.e. Windows Store or Steam) portion of the update. Therefore, if you skip the package updates once inside the sim, you'll be left with a bunch of packages expecting a different version of the sim executable code. I cannot strongly enough recommend against running your sim in that way.

[The Flight Level 2,113]

@F737MAX and @Bdub22 Kinda agree with your sentiment. I run the sim the way it is meant to be. Was just about to comment on people having problems loading the sim and a post appears from @MattNischan along the same lines. I personally think the opening splash scenes are great (that change with each update) with the minute or so of load up time. To each his/her own!

[Alvega 2,124]

10 minutes ago, MattNischan said:

Just a strong word of caution:

There's no way that I'm aware of for this addon to prevent the updating of the executable (i.e. Windows Store or Steam) portion of the update. Therefore, if you skip the package updates once inside the sim, you'll be left with a bunch of packages expecting a different version of the sim executable code. I cannot strongly enough recommend against running your sim in that way.

Thanks for the heads up, Matt. I unchecked the option to skip the updates screen because I always want to have the sim updated.

[Keven Menard 658]

40 minutes ago, MattNischan said:

Just a strong word of caution:

There's no way that I'm aware of for this addon to prevent the updating of the executable (i.e. Windows Store or Steam) portion of the update. Therefore, if you skip the package updates once inside the sim, you'll be left with a bunch of packages expecting a different version of the sim executable code. I cannot strongly enough recommend against running your sim in that way.

This option is now disabled by default. This is only really useful for devs or creators with low bandwidth that need access to the sim at a very specific time and cannot wait for the large download to finish. Things can go wrong at some point but the fix is always a simple relaunch away.

Edited May 24, 2023 by Keven Menard