5 minutes ago, Sethos said:

The guy up and left the scene for over a year, with no information to his customers, leaving his addon in a weird state after a large update that caused a performance hit, because he didn't fix it. They then did some shady stuff of locking down his Discord, removing all criticism and notices of him not updating the addon, communicating weirdly with customers through email that the customers then passed on to the community, much to the bewilderment of everybody. 

He kept people in the dark and was being ultra shady just so people would keep buying his dead, unfixed addon. Only ONE DAY ago did he finally announce his departure from the addon scene. He doesn't deserve the red carpet treatment. 

Also the transition freeware > payware wasn't smooth. 

Back to the topic, I actually don't like it. Orbx isn't matching the ground colors like the default trees. The trees look better, but the colors not matching feels out of place. Also, in 4 months thoses billboard trees will be in the past.

Edited July 6, 20241 yr by ca_metal

3 minutes ago, Sethos said:

The guy up and left the scene for over a year, with no information to his customers, leaving his addon in a weird state after a large update that caused a performance hit, because he didn't fix it. They then did some shady stuff of locking down his Discord, removing all criticism and notices of him not updating the addon, communicating weirdly with customers through email that the customers then passed on to the community, much to the bewilderment of everybody. 

He kept people in the dark and was being ultra shady just so people would keep buying his dead, unfixed addon. Only ONE DAY ago did he finally announce his departure from the addon scene. He doesn't deserve the red carpet treatment. 

*Delete please*

Edited July 6, 20241 yr by ca_metal

I'm not saying Bijan acted shady. But since we have "banners" in 2024, I expect all sorts of self glorification and advertisements will be sneaked into addons on flightsim.to.

Political messages. Cheap shots at rival sports teams. Hidden things that you don't notice right away, but one day at just the right time and place, the banners appear.

39 minutes ago, ca_metal said:

Also the transition freeware > payware wasn't smooth. 

Back to the topic, I actually don't like it. Orbx isn't matching the ground colors like the default trees. The trees look better, but the colors not matching feels out of place. Also, in 4 months thoses billboard trees will be in the past.

Ground color (grass, dried leafs, soil, rocks, etc) should be different then tree color.

I think the ORBX trees look pretty descent, I might pick up depending on price.

9 minutes ago, strider1 said:

Ground color (grass, dried leafs, soil, rocks, etc) should be different then tree color.

I think the ORBX trees look pretty descent, I might pick up depending on price.

Not at all... the "ground color" is actually the trees colors in the satellite imagery. For this reason I like the way Asobo/blackshark did it. 

It's up now. $21.48 USD... 16.79 pounds.

oops, no, that's for FSX. So not available yet I guess.

Edited July 6, 20241 yr by Fielder

46 minutes ago, ca_metal said:

Not at all... the "ground color" is actually the trees colors in the satellite imagery. For this reason I like the way Asobo/blackshark did it. 

Not sure what part of the world you live in, but in CA the tree color is not the same as the ground color.

2 hours ago, Sethos said:

The guy up and left the scene for over a year, with no information to his customers, leaving his addon in a weird state after a large update that caused a performance hit, because he didn't fix it. They then did some shady stuff of locking down his Discord, removing all criticism and notices of him not updating the addon, communicating weirdly with customers through email that the customers then passed on to the community, much to the bewilderment of everybody. 

He kept people in the dark and was being ultra shady just so people would keep buying his dead, unfixed addon. Only ONE DAY ago did he finally announce his departure from the addon scene. He doesn't deserve the red carpet treatment. 

He's not getting any red carpet treatment, some false was info stated about the extent of his tree work and it was corrected.

The mod still works great as of today July 6th 2024.

Quit reaching with the whole 🎻 drama as if the guy stole your cat or dog.

OMG he locked his discord...omg and then he didn't "transition correctly from freeware to payware".😂

Who are you all? The FDAAA( Federal Digital Aviation Addon Administration)?🤣 DFOH

Edited July 6, 20241 yr by blueshark747

4 minutes ago, blueshark747 said:

He's not getting any red carpet treatment, some false was info stated about the extent of his tree work and it was corrected.

The mod still works great as of today July 6th 2024.

Quit reaching with the whole 🎻 drama as if the guy stole your cat or dog.

OMG he locked his discord...omg and then he didn't "transition correctly from freeware to payware".😂

Who are you all? The FDAAA( Federal Digital Aviation Addon Administration)?🤣 DFOH

Your weird kneejerk defence tells me you're very invested in this guy and his mod. 

22 minutes ago, Sethos said:

Your weird kneejerk defence tells me you're very invested in this guy and his mod. 

You're right I received his secret much improved continued version with constant updates as kudos for giving him you know... just a tad bit of patience, compassion and benefit of doubt through his absence.🙃😛

Edited July 6, 20241 yr by blueshark747

19 minutes ago, blueshark747 said:

You're right I received his secret much improved continued version with constant updates as kudos for giving him you know... just a tad bit of patience, compassion and benefit of doubt through his absence.🙃😛

Yeah, I also hug and embrace developers who act extremely shady, keep my customers and the public completely in the dark to squeeze more money out of people and completely kill the main channel of information, that makes me feel good about myself 🤡

Is Bijan Hibashi hiring folks to stir up the pot on the REX and Orbx forums? Is the pay any good?

24 minutes ago, Sethos said:

Yeah, I also hug and embrace developers who act extremely shady, keep my customers and the public completely in the dark to squeeze more money out of people and completely kill the main channel of information, that makes me feel good about myself 🤡

It's weird I was a paying customer as well, my interactions with Bijan were always positive.

Was always super attentive and helpful, these were the earlier days of the mod though.

Some of that stuff you've listed feels like a general reach but those are your feelings about a product you've paid for.

Sorry to hear that, glad I wasn't around for the Discord drama maybe I would feel the same.😢

Edited July 6, 20241 yr by blueshark747

Seasonal differences in the Orbx product preview (all images are Orbx, just different months.