Yidahoo Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantskruv Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 Impressive shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance_co Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 Hiya Yidahoo, In the old Visa Advert Voice we had many years ago here in ole blighty That'll Do Nicely !! Yummy Scrummy, just more tease tease tease hehe Have Fun Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yidahoo Posted December 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 Just one more then. Taken at 30,000 above the Alps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance_co Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 Teaser !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrr Deep breath deep breath Hmmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmm, chant chant chant Lol Great again Tony ps : No more tonight, my heart keeps missing a beat hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseCFII Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 Can you please post a pic in the VC at high altitude just to see how far the clouds extend to the horizon. I'd also appreciate a video showcasing transition from one front to another. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMAXX Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 Not really flying between cloud fronts but dipping into a break in the overcast as reported by the metar: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Stian Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 +1 Looking forward to the release. Keep up the good work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMAXX Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 Just now, Tom Stian said: +1 Looking forward to the release. Keep up the good work. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Stian Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 X Plane 11, SMP 4, Star Wars. A perfect ending of the year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3saul Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 The clouds look fantastic - nice and thick. Can you post a video showing the plane going through these thick clouds to give us a sense of how the clouds are modeled on the inside? There are times with SMP1,2,3 where the cloud looks big, voluminous and thick but once you get inside it that sense is lost and it feels more like the plane is static until you pass out the other side. Again, looking great in the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamSammich Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Sorry to play house skeptic but. I dunno. Pictures 1, 3, and 5 seem to suggest unnatural "edges" of cloud coverage. I might be mistaken, but picture 1 shows signs of it in the distance, while 3 and 5 have evidence of the old "No clouds here, tons there" problem in the foreground. Hope I'm wrong, but looks no different from past releases. Can someone from SkyMaxx give me reason to believe this is not the case, and this time will be different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Sorry to play house skeptic but. I dunno. Pictures 1, 3, and 5 seem to suggest unnatural "edges" of cloud coverage. I might be mistaken, but picture 1 shows signs of it in the distance, while 3 and 5 have evidence of the old "No clouds here, tons there" problem in the foreground. Hope I'm wrong, but looks no different from past releases. Can someone from SkyMaxx give me reason to believe this is not the case, and this time will be different? You're wrong. Distance has been increased to an insane degree. These images depict use of RWC, so it's possible for edges TO exist...just like they would eventually end in real life too. Of course, that's assuming you ramp up the new draw distance coverage. I've been running it with satisfactory results here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamSammich Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Cameron, I'd like to be wrong. I'd really, really, really like to be wrong. When it comes to this, though, I'm always feeling like Charlie Brown, with my best friend's sister on the grass in front of me, holding a football. How long, approximately, before this thing comes out and I'm gloriously proven wrong? And if I can gently administer a little internet truth serum and ask, Cameron, do you benchmark against Active Sky, and in what ways do you see it as better or worse than SkyMaxx? Best, Marshall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Cameron, I'd like to be wrong. I'd really, really, really like to be wrong. When it comes to this, though, I'm always feeling like Charlie Brown, with my best friend's sister on the grass in front of me, holding a football. How long, approximately, before this thing comes out and I'm gloriously proven wrong? And if I can gently administer a little internet truth serum and ask, Cameron, do you benchmark against Active Sky, and in what ways do you see it as better or worse than SkyMaxx? Best, Marshall I do not use MSFS or P3D. My interest in that platform stopped at FS9, so I'm not going to be the guy to answer that question for you reliably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamSammich Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Cameron, You misunderstand. I wasn't asking whether you're interested in the platform. I was asking whether you, or the rest of the SkyMaxx people, look at a competing product, one that is widely seen as being state-of-the-art, and benchmark against it. Do you look at it, see how it renders a given METAR, how it draws and manages transitions, how it depicts clouds? It's like Mercedes buying BMWs, Lexuses, Cadillacs, etc., tearing them down, and using the knowledge to make better Benzes. They do it all the time. I guess I'm a little surprised that you don't. I was happy to help you fix a problem with low clouds and fog recently. Had you been benchmarking other weather apps that do it right, you wouldn't have needed me to bring it to your attention, and you'd probably have a better shot of finding other shortcomings sooner, fixing them and delighting your customers. Best, Marshall 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Cameron, You misunderstand. I wasn't asking whether you're interested in the platform. I was asking whether you, or the rest of the SkyMaxx people, look at a competing product, one that is widely seen as being state-of-the-art, and benchmark against it. Do you look at it, see how it renders a given METAR, how it draws and manages transitions, how it depicts clouds? It's like Mercedes buying BMWs, Lexuses, Cadillacs, etc., tearing them down, and using the knowledge to make better Benzes. They do it all the time. I guess I'm a little surprised that you don't. I was happy to help you fix a problem with low clouds and fog recently. Had you been benchmarking other weather apps that do it right, you wouldn't have needed me to bring it to your attention, and you'd probably have a better shot of finding other shortcomings sooner, fixing them and delighting your customers. Best, Marshall I didn't misunderstand you at all. I said I don't use or have interest in the platform. I cannot benchmark software if I don't utilize the software it runs in to begin with. It's rather ballsy of you to deduce I would have solved something without user feedback. After all that time, if it were truly that obvious you wouldn't have been the one to first shout and curse to fix it. In the end, thank you for your help. We rely on users' feedback to improve the product. You offered feedback, we fixed it. Hopefully that willingness was a delight as well. I digress...your original question was about Active Sky. The answer is no. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamSammich Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Cameron, Deduce? Sometimes I can barely find my way home at night, let alone deduce. :-) I only was saying that anyone using AS2016 would have easily spotted the problem I did. I mean, editors at The Times read The Washington Post. GM tears apart Hondas. Wal-Mart shadow-shops Target. That's what I was getting at. Best, Marshall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamSammich Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 >>Hopefully that willingness was a delight as well. << It was certainly a plus. As is this conversation, believe it or not. :-) Best, Marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 I only was saying that anyone using AS2016 would have easily spotted the problem I did. Hmmm, well, I guess that means the market we cater to doesn't seem to care as much about that product then (no matter how great it may be). Good thing you've used it I guess! I mean, editors at The Times read The Washington Post. GM tears apart Hondas. Wal-Mart shadow-shops Target. That's what I was getting at. I'm sure they do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance_co Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Well i l'm lovin it Roll on release day, whenever that is Have Fun Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3saul Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, HamSammich said: Cameron, Deduce? Sometimes I can barely find my way home at night, let alone deduce. :-) I only was saying that anyone using AS2016 would have easily spotted the problem I did. I mean, editors at The Times read The Washington Post. GM tears apart Hondas. Wal-Mart shadow-shops Target. That's what I was getting at. Best, Marshall Marshall-They're not understanding what you're getting at, but I do. Benz make better engines than Hyundai - if Hyundai recognise this and wish to improve that aspect of their product they could look at how Benz do it. But recognition and acceptance are prerequisites. On that note it would be great to see a video of improvements in SMP4 when going through clouds - previous releases tended to not give a sense of volume as you passed through clouds. But all is well and looking forward to a high quality release S Edited December 9, 2016 by 3saul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundog Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 We focus on what our customers tell us, not on competitors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamSammich Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Appreciate it, Saul. Amen to recognition and acceptance. I know a news anchor who once praised a writer of his this way: "You take 'I hate it' better than anyone I know." Which, in this anchor's case, was really just extreme shorthand for saying that his writer knew how to mine criticism for ways of improving the end product. Ah, but we're speaking in parables, now, aren't we? And I'm looking forward to a high quality release, too. Best, Marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamSammich Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 1 minute ago, sundog said: We focus on what our customers tell us, not on competitors. Frank, Then I'll be very straightforward. This customer uses both and would dearly love it if your product were as good as, or better than, the competition. The Saab is. The IXEG, within their own stated limitations, is close. SkyMaxx, in my view, and with all due respect to your hard work and good intentions, simply is not. Perhaps not yet. Perhaps not ever. That's your riddle to solve. Best, Marshall 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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