16 minutes ago, psolk said:

we have to wait and the Devs have to wait for it to be released to the masses

As explained in the blog post:

Why a limited rollout? A soft release like this allows us to stress-test community features and backup infrastructures, gather initial feedback, and address any issues before a full-scale global launch. We aim for ChasePlane to deliver the smoothest experience possible when it reaches the masses, from onboarding to advanced usage.

I think it's reasonable to test with a wider audience. Let them test this thing.

The price is in line with what I expected. I was hoping less than 30 bucks, but if you consider the add-on is used every sim session, I'm ready to pay that price.

Looking forward to it!

How long would it take until Chaseplane is released to the general public?

As of now, for someone that has never had any Parallel 42 products, I'd have to part with $72 if I want it this week. Not liking that...

33 minutes ago, SierraDelta said:

As explained in the blog post:

Why a limited rollout? A soft release like this allows us to stress-test community features and backup infrastructures, gather initial feedback, and address any issues before a full-scale global launch. We aim for ChasePlane to deliver the smoothest experience possible when it reaches the masses, from onboarding to advanced usage.

Got it, I hadn't seen the blog thanks for the background.   If that was the end goal then they would have been better off doing a paid early access where you know everyone purchasing is going to provide feedback vs "Club 42" where all you know is they already spent $42 on who knows what from parallel42...   Get a targeted audience at least.  

In any case, can't wait.  

The last thing we want is for people to have a bad experience. We've tested with around 20 people internally to ensure it works great and everything is covered but issues always show up on the 21st person. Limiting this release to our most loyal users enables us to react quickly to any unforeseen problems and address them before expanding to everyone. This is also why we release on 2020 first.

Quick question. Is the product likely to change significantly for 2024? I'm not using 2020 much these days but I'll get this for 2020 and get to grips with it now (not used it before) if doing so is going to provide the ability to get straight into it when the 2024 version comes along. What I don't want to do is learn something that I won't subsequently use.

Edited March 10, 20251 yr by andy1252
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3 hours ago, chapstick said:

The Club 42 access thing feels pretty gimmicky. If you bought CP way back in the day, you don’t get early access. 

I don't really mind. Im pretty sure I purchased CP from OldProp direct many years back I wouldn't expect the transaction to carry forward. I'm guessing this is an entirely new product although I'd be very happy if it could read and import my views from the previous version. I'd expect to have to edit them all anyway but it would be a great time saver. 

Can’t use it with Tobii and can’t use it in 24. Until those two elements are changed, then I can’t see much point in picking this up. It’s a shame really because the physics camera in XP12 is good! 

Looks like this releases to past P42 purchases today at 4:42pm GMT. 

Finally we have a proper spot plane view and controls that don't lock when you pan. Can't thank the P42 team enough for doing Asobo's job for them. This is an absolute game changer that I have been waiting for since December 2019 Tech Alpha 1.

1 hour ago, kiwikat said:

Can't thank the P42 team enough for doing Asobo's job for them.

Yeah - it's brilliant. I just spent the past 30 mins playing around and settting up views for the A35K. Very, very happy with it!!

Waiting until release to general public 🥱😢...

In the meantime, for those who could purchase it: is it possible to snap between cockpit views, with no transition at all? Something sort of what was available in the old FSX/P3D Aerosoft buses (which I had replicated for all my aircraft in these sims).

Edited March 14, 20251 yr by Luis Hernandez

16 minutes ago, SierraDelta said:

Yeah - it's brilliant. I just spent the past 30 mins playing around and settting up views for the A35K. Very, very happy with it!!

Have you noticed any FPS reduction and stutters during panning in the cockpit? I installed it and all my planes, the fps went down

I thought I can purchase it now from P42 website, it still says unavailble for me, hmmmm 

Edit: nevermind...I miss understood

Edited March 14, 20251 yr by emsss78

22 minutes ago, Luis Hernandez said:

Waiting until release to general public...

In the meantime, for those who could purchase it: is it possible to snap between cockpit views, with no transition at all? Something sort of what was available in the old FSX/P3D Aerosoft buses (which I had replicated for all my aircraft in these sims).

I can confirm that you can turn off the transition effect. Works very well!