Posts by AOB

Probably a lone voice of dissent and this post will probably not last long enough for most of you to read but .... Complete lack of excitement regarding the "big update coming soon" announcement. The graphics in the current version are already way ahead of other sims. The planes are fine as they are. A meaningful update to me is where we get significant new sceneries, helicopters, and cloud/water management. This update is care factor zero for me and this whole sim is going the same way the longer it takes for REAL improvements to appear.

Yes I agree. I usually have to go to Google Maps to find where I want to fly from then go to AFS2. Not very professional at all.

Is it me or has Carson City not been modelled very well? I cannot find the State Capitol building and no sports stadiums in 3D?

Maybe IPACS is modeling cabin crew behavior ?

I came back from a long vacation last Monday. We flew to Tokyo and cruised from Yokohama to Vancouver via 3 Japanese ports and Petropavlovsk in Siberia. It snowed on some days and the ship was covered in a light covering of snow. The Cherry blossoms in Japan were beautiful. After a week staying with friends in Seattle and Whidbey Island we cruised up to Alaska and back on a different ship. Again the scenery was gob smackingly stunning and I can recommend that Alaska cruise to everyone. The whole experience reminded me of why I got into flight simming many years ago. That was to experience virtual tourism and to go to places I could not afford to visit at the time. So .... more scenery in this fine simulator would be much appreciated.

PS. Sometimes the folk you meet on board have strange or different ideas. One guy I spoke to said that their bucket list was to visit every state capital in the USA! How many State Capitals are there in AFS2 already?

IMHO this company is into pushing the boundaries using new technology. I imagine that their vision is a bit different from those who seek to preserve the old ways.

What a neat looking device. Thank you for posting that.

Without detracting from the many good commercial products out there anyone wanting to build a cheap motion simulator might want to try this.

I bought the plans years ago but then lack of time and space ..... It seems very easy and cheap to build.

I just fired up FSX and flew my B24. Real teeth rattler with the Buttkicker turned on. AFS2 Corsair not so much but still nice.

jt8d9a wrote:

there already is a heli for AFS1. I don´t understand why it is so hard to make a heli for AFS2.

Interestingly enough there is no heli in FSW either and that one is FSX based! Maybe it is one of the most difficult of vehicles to model in any sim?

I just bought it. I am thinking it would be good for the butt kicker.

Thank you Phil for this wonderful work.

New York?

I prefer the cruise ship dock

What a joy that would be. To be able to fly over the old dart, my birthplace! Fond memories of Southend on Sea which has a nice airport too.

Kangaroo Island would be nice to see one day. Miles of deserted beautiful beaches, Seals, Penguins, remarkable rocks, and of course those Kangaroos

Steam has an active forum too.

ok thanks Asheroo.

Trying not to buy any more DLC till the Orbx FTX Australia Region is released (and hopefully a copy for our AFS2). Hints of a revamp of that have been sighted but does anyone know if it is actually planned for release for us?

All those orange roof tops looked horrible before. Now it looks good. Thanks for the update.