Posts by psionmark

  • Is it worth me buying? (Mac)

    Quote from KP164

    Could you describe technical specification of your computer? I am planning to buy iMac, so your informations will be very helpful for me.

    Hi KP164 - mine’s a late 2015 27" with 24Gb RAM and a 2Gb AMD Radeon R9 M390 Video card. AF2 performance is good with settings at Fullscreen, Vsync on, medium graphics quality and 75% pixel density.

    If you’re going for an iMac Pro I’d guess it’d be even better. I’m hoping to get one at some point but probably not until early next year.

    You probably know already, but get the best video card you can when you get it as you can’t upgrade them.

  • Is it worth me buying? (Mac)

    I'm running on an iMac and it looks beautiful. I've a 2Gb video card and that's just barely enough so your 0.5Gb may struggle.

    If 0.5 is okay, keep in mind there's no DLC (that I know of) for the Mac version (and no indication when there may be) and it's not been updated the entire time I've had it (I got it in March - not sure exactly when it was released). If you're happy with it out of the box (which of course you won't know until you get it), you may be okay. If you're looking to be able to get new stuff for it, or even updates, might be better to hold off. Or maybe try the Windows version under Bootcamp? Not sure if that's viable, but you'd at least have access to DLC.

  • Separate area for Mac?

    Quote from drhotwing1

    As we stated many times before, both Mac and PC versions of Aerofly are virtually the same. You are referring to DLC here which we also stated that we are working towards having more DLC available to Mac users in the future. Also, we are not a 2 man team, we have 10 people working on various aspects of development.

    As for support, we have been extremely responsive with support so I find this remark inaccurate and a bit upsetting. We answer every question posted on various forums ands also have a dedicated support section where you can email us directly with any problem that you have.

    If you want to come onto our forum with this kind of attitude then it may be best for you to adhere to what you stated and leave for a bit then.

    “This kind of attitude”?

    If you look back over my previous posts, you’ll see I’ve been pretty supportive in the past. And patient. I’m a developer so I know things take time sometimes. However, it’s getting harder and harder to find anything Mac related here, which is a bit of an inconvenience, to say the least, hence my requests for a separate forum. To be honest, I can’t see what the issue is. However, I appreciate the status quo is always the easiest option and it’s much easier to leave things as they are.

    One thing I have noticed (and I’m sure I’ll get shot down for this, too) is that, unless you’re being positive around here, you’re likely to get a finger in the eye. Well, unfortunately, life isn’t always like that and sometimes the paying customer might not be happy with everything. Me? I’ve paid my money for the Mac version, which hasn’t had a single update yet, nor the ability to get any DLC, paid or otherwise. As I’ve mentioned above, I’ve been patient and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to request a distinct Mac area for the forum. But apparently I’m wrong.

    I guess that’ll be it for me. I was happy to wait and see how things develop, but looks like you don’t want anybody here who’s not showering you in praise every second of the day.

    What a shame. You’ve got a beautiful sim (even with obvious bugs) but, honestly, your attitude stinks sometimes.

    And I apologise for thinking you were a 2-man team. However, with 10, that raises a lot more questions, but I don’t really see any point in bringing them up now.

    I suppose I’ll have to amend my glowing recommendation for you on my own flight sim site following this.

    Farewell and good luck for the future.

  • Separate area for Mac?

    Quote from drhotwing1

    At this time we are keeping them together.

    Okay. Guess I'll just stay away from the forum for now, then. Seems a waste of my time going through every nice looking add-on only to find I can't use it. Especially now you've confirmed the Mac and PC versions aren't now the same thing, which was the reason given for having a single forum.

    Gotta say, and I know you're only a 2 man team with a lot on your plate, but the support leaves a lot to be desired. To the point where I don't feel like I want to invest the time if the developers don't.

    See you all some other time, perhaps.

    Happy flying.

  • Separate area for Mac?

    Quote from admin

    We will try to bring the Mac version to the same level as the PC version, but Apple introduced some changes and limitations lately on a few things that requires us to rethink how we implement a few things internally and this is currently quite time consuming.

    Due to limitations in the Mac App Store itself, each update that we come out with, would require a complete download of the whole package, which is clearly no solution as well. We hope this will change in the future.

    That's fine - things do change - but this is even more of a reason to have a different part of the forum for Mac users.

  • Orbx just announced the first Global Airport for AFS2. Ready for this? Freeware by our very own Sylvain.

    This is a terrific announcement.

    However, at the risk of upsetting someone, I'm still confused about the situation with the Mac.

    This bit of the forum apparently applies to both Windows and Mac, yet this terrific looking DLC seems to need the Swiss DLC which appears, from what I can gather, to be Windows only.

    Unless my assumption is wrong, this is an example of why I think it'd be useful to have a separate Mac section of the forum.

    Here's an announcement of a fantastic add-on, so I go to the dev page, get all excited about a new toy, go through all the awesome looking screenshots, only to find I can't use it.

    Very frustrating, to say the least.

    I accept the sim seems to be the same base product, but the add-ons don't appear to be.

    Happy to be corrected if I'm reading this wrong.

    Regards,

    Mark

  • Mac DLC?

    Hi folks,

    Sorry if this is FAQ but I couldn't find anything specific elsewhere.

    Is there any DLC available for the Mac yet? Such as that detailed here.

    Or will all Mac DLC only be available through the application? If so, I'll stop looking here and wait for any updates. Everything I've seen so far points to Steam, which is Windows only (for FS 2, at least).

    I know it's early days for the Mac version and don't want to keep pestering but also don't want to miss out :)

    I'm really loving this sim :thumbup:

    Regards,

    Mark

  • Using FSWidgets

    Quote from FSWidgets

    Hi Ed and Ray, thanks for your helpful suggestions, G8tr is now up and running once the local IP address was plugged in.

    As for the Mac edition users of AFS2 (psionmark and others), thanks for getting in touch with us over the last few days and there does indeed appear to be an issue that is not present in the Windows edition. We have been in touch directly with the AFS2 dev team, please be assured a fix is coming.

    Great news. Thanks for the update. I've been scratching my head thinking it's something I'm doing, but as it's now a known issue, I'll leave it with you folks 😄

  • Using FSWidgets

    Quote from edpatino

    Well, we tried at least, but it seems something's maybe wrong with the AFS2 Mac edition, as per the posts before.

    I downloaded yesterday on my Mac the igmap trial version (locked to SF area) for Mac and it connected right away with my Win10 laptop running AFS2, but this is a different case, since the running machine is on Windows.

    Keep us posted about any progress after the issue is sorted out.

    Cheers, Ed

    Will do and thanks again for the suggestions 😄 There's a few things not working on the Mac version (e.g. screenshots) so hopefully a fix will come along soon.

  • Using FSWidgets

    Quote from edpatino

    This could be tricky. I had a similar issue in the past and had to run the ipconfig in Windows (look for a similar instruction in the Mac) to see the correct IP address my PC was broadcasting.

    Cheers, Ed

    Hi - yes, I'm using ifconfig on the Mac to get the same. Still no luck, though. But thanks for trying 😄

  • Using FSWidgets

    Does anyone have any troubleshooting tips for using iGMap with AF2 on a Mac?

    I'm pointing iGMap to my Mac IP address, using port 58585 as instructed on this thread, but the app reports "Simulator Unreachable".

    I've got no firewall blocking the Mac and no VPN on the iPhone that might be causing an issue.

    I can ping the Mac from the iPhone.

    I've rebooted both the Mac and the iPhone.

    And yes, I've set the option in AF2 to send the flight data 😄

    Anything else I can try?

  • Separate area for Mac?

    Quote from drhotwing1

    I thought you were referring to the forums in your post.

    The Mac and PC versions are essentially the same however the DLC's released for each platform may vary.

    Both, really. The existing forum refers to add-ons that don't apply to Mac users, so I'm spending time reading through stuff only to find it's no good for me, hence the suggestion to have something separate.