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Ok....Here's a few in-progress shots just to feed the hungry and prove our time is well spent. We are texturing and adding detail in the cockpit and cabin. There is still some programming to be sewn up though so we've a few months yet...not sure how many and I won't say because I don't know. We move steadily and you can see form the exterior/interior shots we're are plodding along. We are absolutely insistent on maximum immersion visually and audibly and it just takes a while. Tom Kyler IXEG / Laminar

Just to make it clear, the highest priority in this project is making this aircraft as realistic as possible from a PILOT and ENGINEERING point of view. In plain text that means that any real 737 pilot should feel right at home sitting in the pilots seat and everything in the cockpit should look, feel, behave and sound as expected and the aircraft perform as it should. Like the big real simulators. To us this is the what makes the basis for good flight simulation, and we will make a minimum of compromises and as few loose ends as possible in these areas before any release. This is also because the systems complexity we expect a majority of "bugreports" to be user error, so if we release too soon it will just slow down the development process chasing ghosts and spending time (which we don't have a lot of as you know) on customer support. As for everything else (like what the big real simulators don't have) - gaming perspective "nice to have" category bells and whistles - it is likely we will release before all this is complete. M

Very alarming topic title. I first thought it's about a real world Airbus because in the "Recently discussed forum topics" you don't see the name of the subforum.

We have very much considered many types of users, including beginners. We are endeavoring to provide a series of documentation and tutorials that will help ease folks into the complexity of the product and also get enjoyment out of it even without having to dig deep. We will not just be copying Boeings manual and our manual will be significantly less than 1000 pages . Jan's insight is extraordinary as is his delivery...he just has a way of explaining things and knowing what folks want to know that make it easy to understand and we are going to try and capture that in our docs. I envision other methods of teaching folks....I think teaching material can be entertainment in and of itself (think AoA media)....but of course this all takes time to develop and it is my thought that we'll probably see more training tutorials after the product is out and we can facilitate a nice delivery mechanism....but we are indeed thinking of the "complex simmer first timer"......After all, I am one myself. TomK

Rest assured, it is about 5x more complex to operate the DCS A-10C compared to even a real 737. I have spent a lot of time with the A-10, and whenever I don´t fly it for 2 weeks, I have to start over learning the systems and controls from scratch. It is a nightmare in ergonomics, not quite as bad as russian hardware, but close. The 737 is made to be easy to learn and fly and not to give you a tough time when times are tough (unlike some more "modern" passenger airliners ). Jan

Departing from Berlin-Schönefeld:

Quick, someone call PMDG and tell them they're doing it wrong!

It's been about 2 years since I last flew in X-Plane. With life moving in the fast lane, college classes begining, and starting multiple of my own businesses I unfortunately had lost my time to use X-Plane. Luckily, I decided to find the time to start flying again! Here's a screenshot from tonight's flight! Flew from KMIA to TNCM in an Air France Airbus A319.

Hi, guys! The Saab 340 is a very impressive airplane indeed! The Saab 340 cockpit simulates just about every function I can think of! Thanks for this great piece of software! Cheers, Vincent

Good work. Keep going on the project! Great to see it back on track!

Thanks for sharing, igorland.

I read EVERY word you said. You're missing the point entirely. The way you put it makes it as though to say the products' complexity will be its own downfall. You try to back this up with proposing an easy mode for dummies. Regardless of whether the general market will or will not utilize every feature (I have no idea if your stats are right, but I doubt it) is really irrelevant, and this is where you are not understanding me. Plain and simple: who cares if some people don't do it right? That is their choice. If they're having fun that's all that matters. There's a reason PMDG and their product type is so successful, and they don't cater to "dummies" just to get their dollar. As many times as a product has been released by that company, I think the message is quite clear on what people enjoy. With IXEG, they can do the same. Now back to your regularly scheduled 737 chatter.

Because your comments were logically silly. You said 80% of people won't be able to operate (how do you even know that) it, and that IXEG will frustrate "sunday simmers". My point of post is quite clear: The number of customers developers like IXEG are targeting far outweigh that of "sunday simmers" (a group of individuals that IXEG is surely NOT targeting). PMDG has been around for a very, very long time. I don't think those people keep returning for every product they churn out with frustration in their mind. Obviously they're doing something right, and as we have seen, complexity sells.

As you can see, it has been all about the small details recently. I have added the top details, redid the windscreen for a smoother and better shape, i redid the windows, i redid the engine blades to match the real engine better. I also added gear doors for the rear and front gear. Upcoming things, finish gear doors, make rear landing gear, cut out door and just finish off with some more nose detail. More pics can be found here http://xtremesimulations.blogspot.com

The ground work hasnt started yet, after the terminal and Airbridges are done and modelled, the concrete detailing, and the gate makings will start. Enjoy! And don't forget to comment!

Actually Frankenfurter .. it was you Bravo Morten! IMO, like it or not, whatever an individual's take on Gizmo, Linux or Windows might be ... it's undeniable, the combination of ALL these factors that make an X-Aviation product experience has set a standard ... that leave others tumbling in it's wake. OK .. I've got a bit of a skinful @ the moment ... on Ballandean's finest red .. but by jingo, I swear that the upward moving trajectory began with the Moo and it's been a consistent theme from that point forward. I raise my glass to you guys! Sometimes it feels that X-Aviation is an oasis in dry lonely desert ... Here's to talent unleashed ... Cheers!

the new exterior for the -8 is done, it's mostly just a streamlining of the fuselage to allow for easier painting abilities, on the request of elias portillo (EPORT) untitled1.bmp

This isn't minecraft. It doens't work here, trust me.

OK one more....

Of course. But guys, don't forget that perfection doesn't exist in the sim, even the PMDG 777 isn't perfect. And Cameron, wont like me (once again), but even the Saab isn't perfect. So just relax, don't take this too serious and try to have fun or try to give us some fun ;-) My guess is that people are supporting the "perfect"-strategiy just because they haven't any choice. Let's start a thread asking people if the would like a pre-version, flying it and helping improving it before a new release came out. You will be wondering...but i admit that i can't judge about what this would mean on the technical side. Once again: the example of Jar's A320 shows me and him that this is very appreciated as well ;-) Just my 2 cents..

Thanks Ill remember that from now on Did I ever mention How much I LOVE this plane?????

You are a master of understatement.

Perhaps I should add the differences at night time. The lighting is dramatically better at night with HDR on.

Falco landing at DCA:

Sequoia F8.L Falco near Victoria International Airport (CYYJ) with the new 1.40 update ! But I'm still waiting for the Gizmo Linux version to be able to use all the buttons inside this awesome Falco cockpit. Happy flying ! ;D