June 25, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, JonathanC said: Yeah it’s weird cause the whole point of game DRM is to give the product a few days/weeks of security before it inevitably gets cracked. That way you get all the real buyers and the people who would never pay anyway just wait. but here, the plane was cracked and ready for download within minutes. So all their DRM does is anger their real buyers. Quite the opposite of what it should be doing. There is no "cracking" for anything which runs entirely in the sim that is available for purchase outside of the marketplace. All you need is the contents of what's in the Community folder. It's that hilariously easy, hence why this can happen within minutes.
June 25, 20241 yr Just now, Andrew2448 said: There is no "cracking" for anything which runs entirely in the sim that is available for purchase outside of the marketplace. All you need is the contents of what's in the Community folder. It's that hilariously easy, hence why this can happen within minutes. That’s even funnier then. Why bother with aggressive and yet totally useless non-working DRM at all? Anyway, I’ll stop talking about this and get back to flying. 9800X3d, 4090, 64 GB DDR5 6000 RAM, 4 TB NVME (2x2), 4K Ultra + Framegen
June 25, 20241 yr It was just posted on the official forums that basically 6000 of the earliest orders got put into holding because the initial demand was so high. Should be released in the next 90-120 minutes… 🙄 https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/307044-what-the-f-k-is-happening-now-that-i-have-your-attention-come-over-here-and-read That’s me done for the night. Will they learn something for next time? One can hope but history seems to repeat itself. Edited June 25, 20241 yr by regis9 Dave Current System (Running at 4k): ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F, Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 5090, 55" Samsung Q80T, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, EVGA CLC 280mm AIO Cooler, Brunner CLS-E NG Yoke, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS & Stick, Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant & Add-on, VirtualFly Ruddo+, TQ6+ and Yoko+, GoFlight MCP-PRO and EFIS, Skalarki FCU and MCDU
June 25, 20241 yr Unfortunately just so predictable - despite having 25 years plus of IT products being released over the internet we still have these issues. I was going to be a day 1 purchaser but I think I will leave it until week 2 maybe things will be sorted out by then. Bruce Bruce Bartlett Frodo: "I wish none of this had happened." Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
June 25, 20241 yr He actually posted a short version of the explanation 😆SHORT VERSION AT THE TOP: A few minutes after we made the 777 live, we experienced a sales spike that exceeded 20 sales per second for more than 4 minutes. Our providers had stressed tested for a theoretical limit that was 7x higher than what we saw with our 737 release, but this number was higher. That caused a few thousand orders to get "batched" into holding while the system triaged itself to keep running. Once beyond the peak, the system stopped falling behind, but at it's worst there were 6,000 orders in holding for processing. That number has been halved in the 2hrs since release, and at the current rate of processing we anticipate all batched orders will be processed in the next 90-120 minutes. Their providers had scaled up the system to handle orders that was 7x higher than the 737 on release, but this was even higher 😮 ... just those 6000 orders in holding in initial minutes/hours is a cool $466,000.00 Edited June 26, 20241 yr by lwt1971 Len 1980s: Sublogic FS II on C64 ---> 1990s: Flight Unlimited I/II, MSFS 95/98 ---> 2000s/2010s: FS/X, P3D, XP ---> 2020+: MSFS Current system: i9 13900K, RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 4800 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD
June 25, 20241 yr So my ILS equipment stopped working with fob and 0 visibility but went ahead in anyway to crash. Got it....🧐 Chris Chiozza
June 25, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, lwt1971 said: He actually posted a short version of the explanation 😆 Must have taken this forums’ advice to use ChatGPT 😂 Dave Current System (Running at 4k): ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F, Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 5090, 55" Samsung Q80T, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, EVGA CLC 280mm AIO Cooler, Brunner CLS-E NG Yoke, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS & Stick, Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant & Add-on, VirtualFly Ruddo+, TQ6+ and Yoko+, GoFlight MCP-PRO and EFIS, Skalarki FCU and MCDU
June 26, 20241 yr Got it first to buy and first to get the scre****! I cant stand type A's Chris Chiozza
June 26, 20241 yr 18 minutes ago, lwt1971 said: He actually posted a short version of the explanation 😆SHORT VERSION AT THE TOP: A few minutes after we made the 777 live, we experienced a sales spike that exceeded 20 sales per second for more than 4 minutes. Our providers had stressed tested for a theoretical limit that was 7x higher than what we saw with our 737 release, but this number was higher. That caused a few thousand orders to get "batched" into holding while the system triaged itself to keep running. Once beyond the peak, the system stopped falling behind, but at it's worst there were 6,000 orders in holding for processing. That number has been halved in the 2hrs since release, and at the current rate of processing we anticipate all batched orders will be processed in the next 90-120 minutes. Their providers had scaled up the system to handle orders that was 7x higher than the 737 on release, but this was even higher 😮 I'm impressed the 777 is more popular than the 737, I think people were really needing a higher tier long haul: Quote Thanks to you- this release was FAR more popular than even our most aggressive modeling. To put it into perspective, first day unit sales of our 737 were exceeded within minutes. This is truly a compliment to the members of the PMDG team and we cannot thank you enough for your confidence in us. 9800X3D@H150i // Msi RTX 5090 Trio OC // 64GB DDR5 6000mhz CL30 // 2TB + 1TB Nvme Dell 27" 2127DGF - 1440p - Gsync - 165hz Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus // TCA Quadrant Airbus // TFRP T.Flight Rudder Pedals // Logitech Flight Multi Panel
June 26, 20241 yr 20 minutes ago, lwt1971 said: He actually posted a short version of the explanation 😆SHORT VERSION AT THE TOP: A few minutes after we made the 777 live, we experienced a sales spike that exceeded 20 sales per second for more than 4 minutes. Our providers had stressed tested for a theoretical limit that was 7x higher than what we saw with our 737 release, but this number was higher. That caused a few thousand orders to get "batched" into holding while the system triaged itself to keep running. Once beyond the peak, the system stopped falling behind, but at it's worst there were 6,000 orders in holding for processing. That number has been halved in the 2hrs since release, and at the current rate of processing we anticipate all batched orders will be processed in the next 90-120 minutes. Their providers had scaled up the system to handle orders that was 7x higher than the 737 on release, but this was even higher 😮 ... just those 6000 orders in holding in initial minutes/hours is a cool $466,000.00 So basically, PMDG made almost $400,000 in 4 minutes. Cool hahaha Gaming rig Intel i9 13900k - NZXT Kraken Z73 cooler - ASUS Maximus Hero Z790 64GB Trident Z 6400MHz DDR5 - Gigabyte 4090 GAMING OC 24G 10 x 120mm Lian Li UNI fans - Lian Li OD11XL Case - Corsair HX1500i PSU
June 26, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said: I spent 45 minutes with that, and finally gave up for the evening. some browsers also have a built in pop-up blockers, make sure that's also disabled.
June 26, 20241 yr Just now, Tuskin38 said: some browsers also have a built in pop-up blockers, make sure that's also disabled. That is where my problem was, just fixed it...
Create an account or sign in to comment