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Hello, Captains!, Today we are pleased to announce the release of the Saab 340A! After more than three years and endless hours of testing, researching, and creating, we are happy this day has finally arrived! All of this time has resulted in: An amazing new 3D sound engine with more than 130 sources of sound32 liveries included at no extra costA study level simulation with accurately represented systems via pluginA ground breaking interactive aircraft menu system...and much more! We would like to thank all of you for your patience throughout the development, and we hope you enjoy this awesome simulation! You may learn more and purchase the Saab 340A now! Happy flying, folks!

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HERE WE COME........................ WOW!!! Extremely fair price,Honestly when I heard of all the work and special features going into this aircraft I thought the price would be double what it is. Congrats and Thank You for all your hard work. Cheers!!!

Alright... More shots as promised, flying the tutorial flight. I know Flybe doesn't fly here.. but I love the livery! She taxis like a dream.Climbout.And some forest fires...

Words cannot begin to describe what I feel right now. This is for me almost a spiritual moment ... and anything I say will be hopelessly inadequate to describe how TOTALLY *UCKING AWESOME this SAAB is. You guys are GREAT!

FIRST!!!!!!!!!! More shots to come!

Congratulations to the Saab team: LES, X-Aviation, all the testers and others who made this happen. This is another huge advancement for X-Plane and flight simulation! Awesome accomplishment!

Sounds like you're waiting for just the right asset to appear so you can "borrow" it......

SNEAK PEAK EPOCH SIM- "Ultimate Survival Alaska" Episode 10 -- Extraction To be released on Monday. If you choose to land on the Peak of Observation Point, It CAN be done, but I highly reconmend using a turbine engine that has reverse thrust, that;s the ONLY way I would do it, other than Helicopter. I also recommend landing from the West because of the longer uphill slope that is not as steep. Also, don't linger around too long or you will find your way down the hard way!. The weather is not cooperative and the icy ridge is very icy!.

File Name: Take Command!: Saab 340A Paint Kit File Submitter: Cameron File Submitted: 22 Sep 2013 File Category: Heavy Metal X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 10 Livery For: Click Here For Aircraft This file is the paint kit to allow customers to create and re-distribute liveries for the Take Command! Saab 340A. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact any of us here in the Leading Edge Simulations section of the forums! Click here to download this file

Testing, to make sure I don't get burned again.

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Climbing out over an Alaskan storm ...

Now, THIS looks EXTREMLY good!

Show off! Looks like vaporware to me.

Thanks, Sergio! We appreciate the kind words and enthusiasm!

Watermark fix worked just as good as the main installer ... smooth as silk. Thanks for the quick fix! You saved me from an embarrassing rant post considering the patch was already waiting for me in my email.

oh, ok, I will trust it then. Also, I claim first post on the 340A support forum unintentional, though.

Download and install was fast and efficient. I put it on the ramp and let auto-start demonstrate the sequence. Everything is perfect so far on a Mac Pro. Thanks for all the hard work. This one is a cut above the rest!

I try and stay out of it, but that about sums it up...........

Hi, All, Here's a quick livery lineup shot of all the liveries included at no additional charge with the Saab 340A! We have also included this shot in our gallery images, but I figured posting here doesn't hurt either. Enjoy!

Hong Kong Intl Airport terminal model preview-

Found the problem. I have fixed this. Will be in the next update. Jim Lead Programmer LES Saab 340A

Those radios don't allow me to program keys apparently. Could use some advice. Mouse really doesn't work well for them.

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Today, some people have posted about the Saab (not me. I'm done with that.) in the shoutbox and the screenshot forum. I wonder how long these posts will last. By the way, .org customers today got a newsletter, incl. special deals on the Q400, the ATR 72-500, and the Jetstream 32. Strange coincidence.

When will it be released? We are waiting for soooo long!! (Just kidding ).

(My route and more pictures here.)

I am almost certain that the global shadows are causing your issues. Please try overlay or 3D aircraft shadows. As usual, HDR is a killer on most systems for the moment too. I alternate between it, but just play with these settings (I personally think HDR is too contrasty in the day anyhow).

Not part of the Saab team, but certainly deal with these two issues as a custom developer. These are somewhat "sore spots" for a developer for a few reasons. 1.) Custom sounds can't be "sped up" or "slowed" down in x-plane so in a replay situation, if a user selects anything other than normal forward speed, the sound will be off. In addition, replay mode is what Laminar calls a "limited mode" and several sources of data that are depended upon to program in additional accuracy aren't available in replay mode. Basically my personal opinion is that replay mode was/is cool....but was designed as a 'compliment' to the default aircraft and getting it to work consistently for highly customized aircraft is a decent sized problem in and of itself. One CAN program to allow for replay mode to a limited extent though the problem there is its a whole other programming paradigm that has to be added to the developer workload for little return. As a developer, you approach "replay mode programming" after the fact and add in "what you can"....its hit and miss to see what you can make work. My personal opinion for developers....at least at this stage of the x-plane game is to get these products on the market, get revenue going to better self-sustain and with the "funded time" then take closer looks at these replay and "mid-start" situations. Laminar's architecture works great with its simplified default aircraft, but these highly customized ones present new challenges that teams have to take looks at for the first time and generally end up trying to"reverse engineering" x-plane or engaging in conversations with Laminar. I'm sure the Saab team will put these on the list to "look at". TomK

Cmon, that ones not even activated yet...

Beautiful, isn't it?

Hey, there, This is just momentary. I am making a small update on the server and it will be back in a few minutes!

Glad that's over with. QUICK!! Everyone over to the Citation II thread and start pestering about that! Great work everyone involved. I'll have a late night flying this beauty, installer is doing it's magic right now.

Congrats!! This aircraft is priceless can't wait to read the manuals and dive in Hope you guys have vacation planned with lots of beer!

First photo - Bwolf7 First Support Topic - ss8913 First Response to release - Orcair A day of firsts

Downloading now! Heaps of thanks to LES and X-Aviation for making this possible!

Thanks for the comments. A lot of programming went into all of that. We also upped the deployment system with ultra fast servers around the world to serve the files from the closest one to you. We've tested this extensively for weeks now and haven't heard of that one, but we'll keep an eye out. May well be an issue on your end.

VERY fair price!!! Congrats!

All I can say is congrats guys, it has taken years, but I'm sure it will be worth it. Conveniently startup repair is currently fixing disk errors at this time... I will buy ASAP!

Cameron, we need a father figure...

Tweaked lights: Chris K's Modified Lighting for X-Plane 10. Why don't you throw in some wide taxiway markings and HD Taxi signs?

OK I need to get back to work, here is the last tease for today:

Hey here is something else Id like to point out in regards to SMP. This shot shows how large the clouds will be at a distance. Have you ever seen towering cloud formations in real life? This is a few cumulus layer and I set the maximum cloud size pretty high......It makes for a dramatic and realistic environment.......Again this is a good benefit of procedurally drawn clouds....

Well, hello...

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