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Zatoichi

Zatoichi

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All my purchases are deactivated. Attempts to login in unsuccessful. Visiting from a google search yields one plane for MSFS with no other pages...where used to be able to activate etc.

And they do not respond to email - 4 weeks.

Zatoichi

Zatoichi

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Since they maintain an online license portal, that should be a red flag for a cash grab.

Unless they have a seperate license arrangement for the one product.

qqwertz

qqwertz

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They just released the turboprop version of the BN-2 Islander for MSFS a few days ago, but I don't see any mentioning of P3D/FSX on their web page anymore. Only products for MSFS.

jason74

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its Blackbox what do you expect? a leopard never changes its spots , they might have changed there name but still have the spots. they might be going back to their previous name  PSS [ Phoenix Simulation Software] days and rip people off again

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Blasb

Blasb

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I reached out to them on facebook and they confirmed that they will release their old products as freeware (just taking some time with the migration). So that is good news!🙂

 

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Luis Hernandez

Luis Hernandez

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I had an activation issue last weekend with their A330. I exited P3D, opened the BBS Configuration Manager, found out it was deactivated and then I reactivated it. Somehow it worked.

But yes, at one time I had a license issue for two weeks. That and their undelivered promises make me distrust them.

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blaunarwal

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9 hours ago, Blasb said:

So that is good news!🙂

What's good about unfinished products?

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Addons=ORBX, ASCA, AS, TOGA and tons of sceneries, aircraft

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Blasb

Blasb

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I meant more that it is good news that they are at least not just removing the products completely (e.g. like PMDG). I agree on the "unfinished" part, and do feel they have acted like quite a scam in in this regard since they marketed them as "early access" and apparently it is ok then to just pull the plug (even though they promised updates), but I still fly their A340-300 from time to time and find it to be a decent "easy to pick-up and fly" kind of aircraft. 

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i7 13700K @ 5.3 ghz / DeepCool AK620 Cooler / MSI Z790 Tomahawk WiFi / 32GB Trident DDR5 RAM @ 7200 mhz / 24GB Gainward 3090 Geforce RTX  / 2 TB SSD WD Black SN850X NVMe / 1 TB SSD Samsung 990 Pro series / 2 TB SSD Samsung 980 Pro Series / 500 gb and 250 gb SSD Samsung Evo 850 / RM1000W Corsair PSU - P3Dv5.4, X-Plane 12, X-Plane 11 and FSX

C2615

C2615

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1 hour ago, Blasb said:

but I still fly their A340-300 from time to time and find it to be a decent "easy to pick-up and fly" kind of aircraft. 

But hard (almost impossible)to flare...

Hope someone could patch that if it's out for free.

Blasb

Blasb

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21 minutes ago, C2615 said:

But hard (almost impossible)to flare...

Hope someone could patch that if it's out for free.

I have noticed that it does sometimes flare but that you do not notice it from the virtual cockpit..haha such a weird bug that can really screw up a landing! I do hope someone can solve when its released for free (maybe we will even see someone make some nice PBR updates to the exterior model)🙂

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i7 13700K @ 5.3 ghz / DeepCool AK620 Cooler / MSI Z790 Tomahawk WiFi / 32GB Trident DDR5 RAM @ 7200 mhz / 24GB Gainward 3090 Geforce RTX  / 2 TB SSD WD Black SN850X NVMe / 1 TB SSD Samsung 990 Pro series / 2 TB SSD Samsung 980 Pro Series / 500 gb and 250 gb SSD Samsung Evo 850 / RM1000W Corsair PSU - P3Dv5.4, X-Plane 12, X-Plane 11 and FSX

Luis Hernandez

Luis Hernandez

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3 hours ago, C2615 said:

But hard (almost impossible)to flare...

I think it's hardcoded in the gauges. Somehow BBS tried to replicated the RL flare mode, but went overboard with that.

Best regards,
Luis Hernández 20px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png20px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png

Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX3060 Ti 8GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120 Hz (G-sync compatible, but disabled), Windows 11 (at last!). Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020 and even FS9. On the fence for MSFS2024.

Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there for airliner ops. FSX-SE also installed, just in case. Lossless Scaling in al my rigs. What a godsend...

VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/travel.

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