BillCusick

Ha ! Beam me up, Fr Bill (..bbut please do not eat me) :Nail Biting: Regards ..another Bill

I bet his stall warning gave him a headache... :Nail Biting: I'd love to hear that CVR recording though.. Regards Bill

Nah, I just live under the R03 approach. Not to hijack the thread, but I've been lucky enough to have flown as baggage with a PPL friend in a Warrior, with a video camera, and as a result I've produced my own scenery, with ai etc. (Look for it in the library) A frustrating task though - I included some 800 trees, and 12,000 houses....it wasn't until P3d arrived that I had decent frame rates. Regards Bill

Good one, Dave. Now you've got me worrying when my 'Call-up' papers are going to drop thrugh the letterbox...I've been simming since '86. Do you think that they've forgotten my details ? :Nail Biting: Regards Bill

Wow ! Thanks for posting. I envy those two. I bet it's hard work, though. Flight 250 in 25 seconds ? Knowing how 'they' hide the full specs, I bet it can do better.... I like that part - where the 'other' aircraft doesn't know that you are there, before 'bang', it's gone. Scary. I love the way the media go on, and on, re costs/overruns. I like to think of it this way. If you don't spend it - you're gone. Sigh. Back to P3d and my JF Hawk T1. Where's my afterburner ? Bill

Todd.. Well said. I spent years 'playing' with Assembler - programming procedures, getting my library of routines, and after a while it becomes so tedious - when a 'mental block' occurs. You come across a point where whatever you try, that hiccup in the code will not right itself. So you lose interest - for a while. Can you imagine someone like Lefteris at FSL trying to 'bring together' a group of like individuals on such an intensive program ? or PMDG for that matter ? I'm really not surprised at the time it takes to consider release. I'll bet if those staff were working in the same building, and not in the 'global' village, they may have come to blows at times.... I found that family life was a great release. I could return to my programming after a few months and the fault was eventually found, and removed. I have only admiration for some of these teams, who eventually release their work. It is so easy to criticise a product, especially in this hobby, which, when you sit back and realise the complexity of something like a 'bus or some commercial scenery. I found that the frustration on many occasions nearly caused me to quit - I could afford to - I wasn't committed in order to earn my bread and butter - but many are in this game. Simulation is, IMO, much more difficult. It has to mimic reality - exactly - if our current membership of this hobby are anything to go by.... Regards Bill

That is absolutely brilliant. I couldn't watch more than a couple of minutes - couldn't see the screen. Priceless. Thanks for posting. I haven't seen that before. Bill

Fascinating. Thanks for posting - a real eye opener. FSL still has some work to do before release... Oops, wrong plane, wrong thread....... Regards Bill

I agree, it is the user's decision. I suspect, however, that most of us here will continue with future P3d versions - there is no equivalent alternative. I'm hoping that LM will consider allowing us to keep two copies (or two versions) on the same machine - this 'patched' hotfix v3.3 and a future version - both accessing the same scenery. I don't think a different config will do the job ? I'm going to fly locally until the situation is sorted. I'm an optimist. I don't think many developers will let us down. Let's face it - many of them are enthusiasts too. I think we must support them - if the hobby is to survive. Regards Bill

Well done, Sam. That's how I feel when I take my A2A Cherokee up over my own EGOW Woodvale scenery (compiled with the P3D SDK, BTW). I am also in FS Heaven - I have actually flown from/around EGOW in a Warrior II, also filmed my RW flights (as baggage) from the front passenger seat, and I'm flying the same R27 approach over the dual carrageway in P3D 3.3. It can't get any better than this. Ok, I'm having the same problems as other UK2000 users of EGGP & EGCC, but what the heck, I know that Gary won't let us down. So meanwhile I'm practicing my 'local' approaches... I take my hat off to LM. May this progress continue. As an 'old' ASM programmer of sorts (I even had my own 3d clouds in FS 5 using SCASM) I realise the problems which Gary & others are facing. I only hope that it doesn't cost me too much.... Regards Bill

I was going to buy it, but I've decided to wait until there's a review on Avsim... Regards Bill

Hi Bill.. Did you ever see Raquel Welch about that time ? I think it was about 1,000,000 yrs BC ? (..For those wondering - she was in the movie 'One Million Years BC') :wub: ..Another Bill

Absolutely brilliant. An eye opener. I think that says a lot about Nvidia - allowing the cameras in. Nice one, Nvidia. Puts a different perspective on my mobo.... Our host also did a nice job of filming under those conditions. Well done. Thanks for posting. Regards Bill

Vic.. Nice one, Vic. Farming background, I wonder ? Bob... Well done, Bob. Your post is a bit of fresh air. I wish for a few more posts like yours. I'm also having a ball. I started with FS1 back in '86. That's 30 years ago ! (..and some £20k over those years) I'm lucky enough to be able to create my local area to fly over, with my own ai and road traffic. It is sheer heaven to fly this sim when it all comes together. My favourite aircraft is the A2A Cherokee 180. I also fly around G. Summons' UK2000's EGCC and EGGP. Fantastic. I often use three monitors, with the left, right & centre views. Talk about 'Being there'. I think LM has excelled, and it can only get better. Glad it also works for you. Although I have had control of a Warrior on occasions, I'm not a pilot. I have great sympathy for those pilots like yourself who are now grounded through no fault of their own. Sims like P3d must be a lifeline. I'd like to see more really positive posts like yours for P3d. The sim deserves it. Regards Bill 0.9nm SW R03 EGOW i7-3770K 4.7GHz, 16GB, GTX 970 4GB, Win 7 64bit, Dell U3011, CH Yoke & Pedals Horizon GenX UK/UK2000 EGGP & EGCC/FS Commander 9.5 737NGX/A318/A319/A320/A321/A2A Cherokee 'Live' ATC on an ICOM 8500/AR 8200/AR8600 Scanners Racal European Approach Plates (4 vols) ..and a flight attendant's uniform for the missus...unworn

No, Wizzards. We machines do not get lonely....do not get lonely....do not get lonely....do not get lonely.... do not get lonely....do not get lonely....do not get lonely.... Ooops... Seriously - that is one fantastic pic. Well done, NASA. Bill