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Yep, appears so. Merry Christmas to all, and I wish success to you all in the New Year.

Thanks for keeping this open for a response, Frank. Yes, the original thread obviously deteriorated and this one followed along, as well. Ben reacted, and I reacted in kind. Then Ben overacted, and I countered with an equally childish overreaction. I understand that from Ben's (and perhaps your) myopic viewpoint as a programmer and producer of software, piracy is a major concern in this world. The problem is, and what set me off was, that it is a part of doing business in this day and age. BUT, I was no part of that and his response appeared, at least to me, to imply that. In terms of physical merchandising, it is called inventory shrinkage (shop lifting). It is a real life part of doing business. Ben's assumption, whether he or you realized it, was that because I didn't want to "register", I must be up to something, must be hiding something. That is not paranoia on my part. Ben put no qualifier on his statement, such as, "This may not apply to you, but. . .". That could have been the case. BUT. that was not, in fact, the case. Ben is the one who brought up software piracy. I simply asked how to buy without registering. Medical practices, in general, are not terribly concerned with software piracy. However, I was also president of a software development company involved in interpretation software for data collected from medical instrumentation for lung function testing (talk about a vertical market!). I knew that our software was being copied and relabeled. I also knew that the effort to completely eliminate it would be costly and protective measures would be counterproductive for our clients. We adjusted our pricing accordingly, using restrictions that were acceptable to the medical community (a very fickle user group, for sure) . When I sold out to begin another medically related business, the company was, and remains, successful and the software is used internationally, albeit with a few pirates. I admit it. Because of business lumps and bumps that I have taken, I have a short fuse with software developers who do not appear to have a full understanding of the business side of running a software development company. Crooked people do not play nice. Accept it. Move on and make your fortune. Or, find another way to make a living. But, keep in mind, there are crooks in all walks of life, even in the medical field. And, most of all, remember that most of us are not crooks. I apologies to you, Ben, and your readers for my lapse.

Uh, uh. I said go back and play in your sandbox. NOW! Don't make me mad, Bennie.

Truth hurts, doesn't it? Revealing the truth does not make me a troll. You just need some adult supervision and things will work out fine. Now, go back and play in your sandbox.

Cameron said: No not enough said, procedures are in place to combat piracy..... Nobody implied anything you are being very sensitive about the reasoning ...... The only one making any assumptions is you by assuming Ben was implying your intent.... BULLSHIT! There are plenty of ways to combat piracy without needing personal info. X-Plane does it. They look for my serial number every time I download updates. You kids need to find an adult supervisor who knows a bit more about business operations, rather than just hiring hexheads. Bye for now, kiddies.

Wow, Ben. Pretty paranoid and immature response. You are exactly correct. How could you possibly imply piracy? But, that is just what you did in that quoted statement. You implied that by requesting information on how to check out without creating an account was suspect. It was a simple, straightforward question. Lots of sites allow for guest checkouts. The fact that your site doesn't is your choice. But, your implication that anyone who wants to check out as a guest must have some nefarious goal is, as I said, pretty paranoid. Enough said.

From the horse's mouth: "..so is the amount of piracy, sharing and credit charge backs that we have to deal with. " Interpret that any way you want.

Wait a minute. Are you implying that I am or have attempted piracy??? What would be your basis for that? If I am checking out as a guest using PayPal, I am obviously NOT committing piracy! Sorry, Ben Your insult is WAY off base here and uncalled for.

Bummer.

I just went to the store to purchase SMP4 and RWC. However, when I went to check out, the site demands that I create an account. How do I check out as a guest and not leave any stored information? Thanks in advance for any help.

You go first. . .

Thanks for the quick response, Cameron. I have just started using X-Plane, starting with v11, so I was not familiar with SMP versions 1, 2, or 3. I did read that link. Sorry, I missed the "3D volumetric clouds" feature. So, when I fly into a cloud using SMP4, the scenery/horizon will disappear, as viewed from the cockpit, correct?

Hi, Cameron and thanks for the explanation. Since I am new to X-Plane, I am still not sure that I understand your answer. Does SkyMaxx Pro v4 have volumetric clouds? Is that possible in X-Plane? If not, as JeffLeh asked, does SMP4 create an opaque view when flying through clouds? Thanks in advance for explaining, Wilson

Actually, his avatar does say that he was banned.