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Captains, Welcome to the new JGX-Designs forums section on X-Pilot.com! You can read more about the people involved with this forum, as well as announcement of their first product here: http://forums.x-pilot.com/index.php?topic=683.0 Thanks for looking, and happy postings!

Captains, Certain that many of us feel the same in that we all don't like being left in the dark, it's important to share info as to why there was a downtime throughout the last 15 or so hours. Our primary disk on the server had a major failure causing system files to go corrupt. As such, the server went offline, and we were forced to restore from backups. It is important to note that we keep continuous backups of all our data, and that NOTHING was lost in this. At this time, the site is functioning normally, however, we are transitioning all data to a new server in the same data center. During this transition you may experience some slow loading of pages, however, we don't expect any further downtime while we migrate from one server to the next. We do apologize for the inconvenience throughout this process, but welcome you back!

This topic has been split to keep the posts in this section of the forums related to JRollon works. If you'd like to view the A380 by Peter Hager discussion, please go here: http://forums.x-pilot.com/index.php?topic=463.0

Donald, Yes, everyone starts at "0". We have now re-coded the Karma system. You are no longer able to continually applaud or smite someone for a particular post. Additionally, a log system is now implemented that will show who has applauded or smited an individual, and anyone who uses the system to abuse or try and take down an individual will receive a suspension or ban depending on the severity of the abuse for the system. This does not mean that an individual should be in fear of their membership here for giving a smite or applaud to someone, however, it will be quite evident when someone is abusing the system. As such, be sure you are only giving an applaud or smite to a post because it is your opinion of the post, and not your distaste or liking of a particular individual. Lastly, you must have a minimum of 5 posts to be able to use the Karma system.

Captains, We apologize for the downtime over the last 24hrs. Unfortunately, the company that hosts our main servers went out of business without any notification to its customers, leaving many with web servers and important data stranded. X-Pilot is a bit more fortunate than others we have read about regarding this incident, as we keep daily backups of our software in multiple locations. We have purchased new servers, and uploaded backups of the forum system to them. There has been a minimal data loss (about 5-10 posts). It's not entirely possible to backup everything when you run a "live" forum, but we believe it's minimal to the point where not many will notice. The loss of data is literally a matter of a few hours worth of posts. Happy posting!

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You mean Nicolas decided to censor your download and remove it from the community eye? Did he give any kind of reasoning? I'm sorry to hear about that, Jason. If you'd like to send it to me, I can put it up for you. Send an e-mail to cameron {at} x-aviation.com This topic has been split. For a continuation of the posts that proceeded the above quotes, please go HERE. If you have comments that pertain to the above livery, please continue posting them in this topic. For all other posts regarding Nicolas or X-Plane.org, please follow the above link to the split topic.

Captains, We are pleased to announce that we have migrated to a new server successfully today. We apologize if this caused any convenience to you throughout the day while trying to visit this site, however, you should notice a significant increase in speed and response time now with X-Pilot. Happy surfing!

Mark, We welcome anything that benefits and expands/promotes the X-Plane community, and thank you very much for sharing it! Cheers!

Captains, Due to increased visitor volume and database work on our server, we are going to be experiencing a few up and down times throughout the day. If you have experienced some already, we apologize for this. As we work to roll out the new X-Pilot features, we will continue to keep you updated. Thanks very much for your understanding and continual visits to our site!

Duly noted, Jim! I've added this to the main list.

For those of you looking to purchase X-Plane, there are a number of options out there. The traditional option is to purchase it from http://www.x-plane.com for $39+ shipping At this time, Avsim has a great deal going on for $29, and you can purchase that by clicking here. Another alternative is X-Plane.org's store. You can purchase for $39 by clicking here.

Captains, I'd like to bring light on how to modify your profile and adjust the time within it. Doing this will allow you to view posts and what time they were made in YOUR time zone, and not the forums. Please Click Here to view how to do this. To get to your profile, click the "Profile" link in the orange menu bar above. When there, click the "Look and Layout Preferences."

Captains, We are noticing a few people coming over from different sites now, so I am posting this news publicly. In short, if you had an account previously on the X-Scenery.com or JRollon.com forums, your accounts are valid here. If you are from X-Scenery.com, you will have an additional step to activate your account here. Please read the following news announcement: Hello!, X-Scenery.com and JRollon.com are proud to announce a new partnership with an up and coming community entitled: X-Pilot.com. As such, this will mark the end of the X-Scenery.com and JRollon.com site forums. As part of this transition, all registered users of JRollon.com and X-Scenery.com have had their member accounts moved to the new community site. This will save the step of having to re-register for all current users. If you were a member of both JRollon.com and X-Scenery, please log-in with your JRollon.com account instead. If you were not a member of JRollon, but a member of X-Scenery.com, here are the steps to activate your new account: 1.) Click here to go to the new X-Scenery member activation. 2.) Enter your X-Scenery.com username or e-mail address. 3.) Activation details will be sent to your e-mail address on file. Please follow this step! That's all that you need to do! X-Pilot.com is the start of a new era for the X-Plane community, and we're happy to be a part of this movement. We encourage all users to look around and engage in topics like you would in any other community forums. To learn more about X-Pilot.com and what it will have to provide to you, please click here.

This is something I've been unable to find so far in a X-Plane community, and I thank you for working this idea. It's rare that I add a new forum to my list of favorites, but I am getting the feeling that this may be one... Thank you all! Welcome aboard, Kaphias and thank you for the comments! It's great to have you here.

Captains, I've received numerous messages today asking what the karma feature is on the forums. If you're not familiar with what I am speaking about, look just under any posters name in a thread, and you'll see the karma feature located there. Karma is a reputation rating. It indicates whether people believe you contribute or make good, reliable posts in the forum that are informative, or have a reputation of doing so. You get +1 or -1 point in your Karma based on whether people applaud or smite your posts. If you think someone makes a positive contribution to the forum, it is encouraged that you acknoweledge this by applauding one's post. If anyone has any question on this feature, please don't hesitate to inquire about it here! Blue skies to you all, X-Pilot Administration

Absolutely stunning, Javier! I can't wait for this one!

Thanks for the support, Mark! Much appreciated.

No need to apologize, Jason! As long as you're having fun, all is well! The YouTube tags aren't used in many places, and this is our own code format, so it's natural that people will need some guidance from time to time. Blue Skies!

Jason, Thanks for sharing! Your original video post wasn't working, so I've corrected this. Please click here to view a tutorial on posting videos with the YouTube tag.

Thanks for doing this, Jason! You beat us to the punch. I have re-formatted your post a little bit to make the appearance a little better. The words were on separated lines before in some cases. Thanks again!

Dave (and all others), Thank you for your comments. It is definitely a motivating force when others share our thoughts, wants, and appreciate the hard work that goes into making it a reality! The X-Plane community has, for a long time, deserved something professional and informative. We hope to be able to offer this here right from the start. Thanks for your interest and support! Without the community...well, there is none!