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what 3rd party programs do you use
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10-10-2011 4:00pm#1
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You had to ask stork eh? :P
Me:
Scenery:
Orbx Aus
Orbx NA (yes, all of it)
CEN4 freeware airport (canada)
bowerman
A few of the orbx usa airports, I forget which.
Ground environment X Alaska and Canada
Ground environment X Europe
Holger's freeware death valley, and aus mesh
'stuff':
Shade
Shockwave 3d lights
activesky
Aircraft: (I'll stick to currently installed)
Carenado Cessna 206
Carenado Cessna 172
Carenado Cessna 152
Carenado Cessna 337 skymaster
Carenado Cessna 185 and bush 185
Carenado Beech Baron B58
Real Air Duke, Piston. (Have turbine but uninstalled it)
Cerasim Bell 212 twin huey.
PMDG BAE Jetstream JS4100
Aerosoft Beaver x (Disapoint)
Aerosoft Twin Otter
Wilco 737-300 thingy
aerosoft airbus x
A2A Accusim Piper Cub, and Accusim 377 stratocruiser
Carenado Cessna 340
Carenado Piper Senica
Carenado Piper PA28
Flight 1 Pilatus PC12
CLS MD83 and 7
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Justflight dc3... its poo.
Wilco airbus.... naff
Flight 1 Cessna 441... aweful
Digital Aviation Chayanne... meh
And Anything by Nemeth Designs... avoid.
Freeware: um, lots, notably Manfred Jahn's DC3... quite possibly the best yet. and Paul White's Canadair CL215... Waterbomb winning
Seems like a lot, but its been aquired over time, As you may guess, I'm a crazy bush pilot Iz fun (I like scaring moose) 0 -
Firekitten wrote: »You had to ask stork eh? :P
Long list, I know, I just started thinking about the add-ons I use, like the OP, and it just grew and grew...just goes to show I have way too much stuff. and I'm currently holding off buying any more - particularly aircraft.
I'm interested in why were you disappointed with the Beaver. I wasn't as happy with it as I was expecting, but I couldn't quite put my finger on why...apart from those stupid audible checklists - talk about a solution in search of a problem... I don't like the Just Flight DC-3 either. But I do love the Digital Aviation Cheyenne. Of course, I'm a big fan of the Navajo, which is a close relation.
I haven't come across Nemeth Designs before, but I'll watch out. I'll add my own warning about anything from Abacus or first Class Sims. In a word, it's sh1t. I'd be embarassed to release some of their stuff even as freeware. I don't know how they get away with charging money for it.
From payware that doesn't make freeware quality to freeware that could pass for payware...aircraft by Tim "Piglet" Conrad. I've downloaded his AN-32 and his Pilatus PC-6 and they're not half bad, and he has others.
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Do NOT buy the NGX yet. Its still having massive bugs, and issues fixed with practically weekly hotfixes, and patches. It was released in a beta state, and has issues with many systems, and interactions with activesky, vatsim clients and other features. I want it, but I'm waiting for it to be actually 'finished' first.
Half of my VA have it, and they don't stop cursing it.
The beaver x.... the vc feels like playdough, its blurry, and the controls look horrid. The engine sounds, while they 'feel' meatier, are unrealistic. The default beaver actually has real sounds! (A beaver pilot told me that) The flight dynamics are also off too, but as the only one with wheels... I suck it up and use it sometimes. Working on a repaint project myself at the moment for it.
the cheyene, i like the idea of, but the actual ship i dislike, its... I dunno, hard to place a finger on it, but it looks odd from the outside, its a 9 port, and shows it.
Nemeth designs; gorgeous helicopter models, but unfortunately, they fly like grand theft auto helicopters... like toys.
Drdeadlift: thank god someone made me and stork look reserved! Though I didn't include the freeware stuff I use, theres a ton, but its mostly scenery, as i found better payware ships, 0 -
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Firekitten wrote: »Nothing I've said is based on hearsay. Its based on the experiences of users. About 20 infact. Primary evidence? no, Secondary? yes. I never said it was my experience. However, I ask that you do not treat me like a rumour mongering eejit on the internet, spreading crap about something without evidence. From the experiences of many pilots within Canadian Xpress va, its had problems, and they have said if it was thier choice, they wouldn't have bought it yet. Yes, its got detailed simulations, most pmdg ships do. However, its had several rather big issues. Notably a response to activesky wind conditions creating massive problems with the flight handling.
Its not good enough yet, from what I've seen.
I'm not making you out to be an eejit at all but you're passing on opinions of a product that you do not own, and have not used. You're basing this on what you've been told by others. That is the definition of hearsay.
You say that there are 20 people on that VA of yours saying that they wish they hadn't bought it. I wonder what they're using instead of it? Definitely not the Ariane or iFly competitors if their standards are so high anyway.
It was in development for 3 years and in beta testing with 20-30 testers for 2-3 months. I find it hard to believe that 20 of your mates in that VA are experiencing such problems.
If you look at the PMDG forum, you'll see exactly what problems people are experiencing. People who aren't having problems won't be posting, and I'd imagine this is one of the best selling addons for FS so the number of customers would be very large (considering the relative size of the FS Addon market).
Can you name even one complex addon that did not require any updates or service packs? Even the LDS 767 had several updates and that was/is the benchmark that all sophisticated addons are compared against.
They've really pushed the bar with this addon in many ways. The night lighting in the VC is one of them, and it's incredible when you consider the restrictions that FS X imposes.
Anyway, that's all I'm going to say on the NGX. I'm not getting commission for sales, and that's the way it's beginning to look, but you can consider me one very happy customer 0 -
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Okay, lets get back on topic.
My add-ons are as follows,
Aircraft
PMDG- MD-11
- B747-400X
- 747-8i
- 757
- 777:(
- A380:o:(
- Airbus Long-Haul
- B767
Scenery
Aerosoft- London Heathrow
- Frankfurt
- Paris Charles de Gaulles
- Manhatten X
St. Marteen- Boston V.2
- Tampa
- Vienna
- London Gatwick
- London City Airport (on order)
- Manchester
- Birmingham
- Dublin Airport
- Cork Airport
- Bangkok Intl.(can't spell its original name)
- San Francisco
Utilities- FlighSim CommanderX
- REX v.2
- Active Sky Evolution
- AirHauler
- FSPassengers
- DBS Walk and Follow
- Ultimate Traffic 2
I have many more add-ons which are downloads or on CDs that are not visibly seen to me at the moment.0
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