Comments for Flyin' and Ridin'

Comment on Quoted on Techflash by Tom Constantine

Tom Constantine — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:58:22 +0000

From all that I have been able to read about Cascade Game Foundry, it looks like they have two things in the pipeline. I can’t tell which will be released first, the smoke or the mirrors.

Comment on Step One by Francois

Francois — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:44:22 +0000

Thanks Bill !!

Comment on Step One by Bill Womack

Bill Womack — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:07:19 +0000

Say, your new Silver Cloud site looks great! It’s a big improvement over the old one. The Gladiator is a fine looking steed as well.

Comment on Gloster Gladiator Production in Final Stages by Francois

Francois — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:53:11 +0000

Watch it. I’m coming over in October !!!

Comment on Gloster Gladiator Production in Final Stages by Bill Womack

Bill Womack — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:58:04 +0000

Hey, that Gladiator is looking good! Simon’s skills just keep improving, don’t they?

I’ve been flying around Emma Field X this morning, just enjoying the fact that I’m the only person on Earth who can say that. Hmmm… it’s kind of fun… maybe I’ll just keep it to myself as my own private Olympic hideaway. heh.

Comment on FS users jumping ship….. errrrm, plane? by Tom Constantine

Tom Constantine — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:08:14 +0000

>But maybe we are going back to the good old days when there >was a much smaller, but more tight community of >flightsimmers. That wouldn’t be all bad, now would it?

I think it is a good thing. Over the life of FS9, all too many people built unattainable goals for themselves and for developers. Those people are now quitting in frustration because their goals will never be met. With FSX we have a “final” version that is just now maturing. Those who still expect their unrealistic demands to be fulfilled are doomed to disappointment and will slowly fade away. Those who understand the limits of the sim and the possibilities for enjoyment will be around for a long time. Look at Train Sim. Despite tooz manyz versionz of Trainz and despite that other train thing, even after 9 years and despite the long grey beard, MSTS is still number one as a train sim. The same will always be true for FS9 and Golden Wings and for FS9 and Bus Drivers. Look at the freeware airline traffic for FS9. Superior in every way to payware that tries to be all things to all simmers. The tube flyers have also answered the whine “Why can’t Microsoft make good ATC?” by taking VATSIM to new heights.

Similar ideas are now beginning to bear fruit in FSX as developers are learning the secrets and using them to good advantage while at the same time, the hardware is catching up. The FS future is bright indeed.

So, I say to those who are leaving a hobby that they never understood, “don’t let the door hit you in the a** on the way out.”

Comment on No market for magazines…. by Francois

Francois — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:06:50 +0000

Yes, we’d need something like the AOPA Pilot or EAA Sport Aviation…. but for FS

Comment on No market for magazines…. by Tom Constantine

Tom Constantine — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:25:25 +0000

All these years in FS and magazines have never held any appeal for me. There is always too much about commercial jets and never enough about GA. No matter how detailed or how accurate or how carefully written or how gorgeously illustrated, I will never have any use for an article about the 737. To interest me enough to subscribe, an FS magazine would need to be 105% General Aviation and then, of course, nobody else would buy it.
Still it is sad to see so many FS related things wither and die.

Comment on Exit simFlight stage right…… by Francois

Francois — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:50:38 +0000

Thanks Don

Comment on Exit simFlight stage right…… by Fragmentum

Fragmentum — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:47:50 +0000

Good luck with whatever endeavors you pursue my friend. Change is good, look at the blank sheet in front of you and grab some Crayons!!!