why are there so few aircraft to download on fsx?

[stick4000]

hello all. i have a question. it may seem a very silly question to some of you, but im curious as to why there are so few aircrafts to download on simv, compared to when fs 9 was the current model. the planes to download appear to have frozen up. am i not going to the right place for them? or are there just not people creating aircraft now?. i understand that aircraft packages dont create themselves and that there is obviously an enormous amount of time involved in making one.so please somebody get back to me and let me know. any answers would be appreciated, sarcastic or not

[Hagar]

Give it time. There is always a lull before the developers get to grips with the latest features of a new version of FS. The first files to be uploaded are usually repaints of the default aircraft along with updates of existing 3rd party models from the previous version modified to work in the new one. This has always been the case.

FSX is the most complicated yet so this might take a while & development of new aircraft using the new features will obviously take longer. Meanwhile, the expectation from the end-users becomes more demanding. Consequently I don't expect so many individual freeware developers to be creating aircraft for FSX as for previous versions of FS & the trend seems to be towards more & more payware.

[Daube]

You also have to notice that a huge part of the FS9 planes work with no problems in FSX.
And for the FS9 planes, remove the repaints and you'll see, there won't be that much left....

[Brett_Henderson]

It's probably just me, but it seems like time has sped up in the FS world since FSX's release. Building an FSX specific airplane feels like rushing into a time-frame of unknown duration... and to complicate things, the new modeling techniques are taking longer to adapt to. It's a larger commitment of time for a product that's taking longer to reach mainstream acceptance.

I did my best to make the Cardinal FSX compliant, and it is, in that it uses FSX materials and FSX animations... but I never did get a grasp on getting bump-maps to work without degrading the already delicate balance between diffuse-maps, spectural-maps and both of their alpha-channels.

I'm about 1/2 way through an FSX Cessna 310 and intend figure out bump-mapping before releasing it... but I'm a little woried about how much of a change there will be for FSXI.. and am starting to think about taking the, "wait and see" break   :-?

[krigl]

My understanding from Phil Taylor's posting is that, instead of trying to get the max out of FSX and deliver all that was promised, graphically at least, they've given up on it now after two 'tuning' 2 SPs and a small datadisk, and are getting on with other stuff, which may or may not include FSXI, which probably will not be backwards compatible. It doesn't surprise me that a lot of modellers are sticking with FS9, or just updating stuff, and not getting stuck into all the new things in FSX. A rough announcement about when FSXI might be ready would help some - for example, if it's in 3 years then 'getting into FSX' will be worth it for more people.

[Mothball]

Well, FSX has been out about a year, FS9 has been out for four years. Just my view of the world. Semper Fi, Dave

[JBaymore]

I see this as a FIVEfold issue:

One, the complexity of creating models for FSX that actually can take advantage of the existing capabilities of all of FSX's features has reached a new level of complexity.

[richardd43]

I have spent very little on FS-9 software over the years because of all the excellent freeware.

It is very obvious that once the dust settles and the latest updates for FSX are purchased/downloaded and installed, payware will be in my future.

I am waiting for the new hardware to come out and either Nick, Brett, or any other knowledgable person to submit a shopping list of parts to maximize FSX with the new hardware that will be available.

[JBaymore]

I am waiting for the new hardware to come out and either Nick, Brett, or any other knowledgable person to submit a shopping list of parts to maximize FSX with the new hardware that will be available.

Just look up the word "Cray".  

Seriously... NickN is the man to steer you right.  Probably clean out your WALLET in the process....... but he knows what he is talking about.  If he says, "With that you still won't be able to max out the sliders." then .....you won't.

best,

............john

[Brett_Henderson]

I'll happily post my step-by-step dive into a new computer... and share what I learn (should be happening soon), but remember that I know just enough about this stuff to get into trouble

NickN has forgotten more about hardware stuff, than I know in total  

[richardd43]

I know just enough about this stuff to get into trouble

LOL.... that is my problem. I have worked on computers of some sort most of my life (I'm 64) and I am either learning less or forgetting more, not sure which.

I was looking at the Asus X-38 today but want to hold off until I see what the new CPU lineup will be like. Would hate to shoot myself in the foot with an early buy.

This is getting off the original subject of the thread... am sure there will be plenty of discussion about the new hardware later.

[Camel_Moe]

LOL.... that is my problem. I have worked on computers of some sort most of my life (I'm 64) and I am either learning less or forgetting more, not sure which.

Hehe, I hear you. My first comp of my own was a Tandy TRS-80. Dad had been working with machines since the 1960's punch card computers, and there where others around the house, but the tandy was mine. I knew it inside and out.
By the time of Dos machines became the thing, and Basic was becoming extinct, I stoped following the trends so much. Now there are twelve year olds that know more about programing than me, and I am only 32. ROFLMAO