Alphasim releases Supermarine Scimitar

[Quixoticish]

Just a footnote here.....My post over at Alphasim has been "locked" I wrote nothing malicious in that post....Are they always like that over there?

Tony

Has it now been deleted as well? A quick skim through the forums reveals no locked threads.

[Angus Prune]

Has it now been deleted as well? A quick skim through the forums reveals no locked threads.

Look at the Technical Support forum thread titled "Scimitar......?" I think it was locked by one of the moderators and later unlocked by Dan.

[Michael davies]

I wont speak for others or blue on blue, but by christ l spend an inordinate amount of time on research and money on books and such for projects, some with gestation periods amounting to years. If what l do is not good enough then let me know, l do at least klnow where the door is and am willing to use if required.

I know one or two others in Alphasim that do the same, sorry to be defensive but l think this is a case of too much smelly stuff being thrown and fragments sticking to innocents.

Best

Michael

take the time and pride that a freeware publisher takes?
Tony

[Jason32]

I have purchased pounds of books and downloaded pay-procducts to help me assist my freeware repaints, do you see me throwing my dummy out.... :gigle:

[TSR2]

Righty chaps

I think this has been done to death. We've all had our tuppence worth, some valid points have been made by all.

Can we move on now please.

[Jason32]

I agree...

...lets move on to ripping the next AS release to bits.

JOKE JOKE!

Yes lets all move on to better things.

[Michael davies]

Nope, but by your inference l do ?.

I have purchased pounds of books and downloaded pay-procducts to help me assist my freeware repaints, do you see me throwing my dummy out.... :gigle:

[DelP]

I was just about to post the same thing Ben ;-)

I don't want to stifle anyones opinions but a review of a product has turned into a slanging match.

It needs to stop now.

Derek

[Michael davies]

I have no intention of wrapping up my UK models ( in progress or planned )on someone elses say so, l'll just look somewhere else to release, anyone here want a Jetstream 41 ?.

Regarding CBFS, well l think everyone knows the truth of the matter, l dont know why Alphasim issued that comment....though did they actually name CBFS ?....I dont agree with it but then they may know something l dont.

This middle gorund is killing me, shortly l'm going to have to make a decision....l suspect it might already be made for me, but wearing two hats isnt becoming any easier.

Kindest

Michael

For anyone to suggest that CBFS has caused Alphasim to wrap their combined hands in with UK aircraft because of adverse critisizm is complete bo11ocks and immature. It has been well documented that UK based models are usually 'non-profitable' for them due to the size of the market and that their biggest buyers are in the US hence, the plethora of American models.

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[AndyG]

..... but wearing two hats isnt becoming any easier.

But it keeps your head nice and warm Michael. ;-)

The problem is that we on this forum have been spoilt by the work put out by Rick, Dave, Mr Maltby Sir, Da, Del, Jens ........ Well, you get the picture. I think there is a tendency, sometimes, to have foolishly high expectations of other products (payware, freeware or whatever), and we (collective Forum time noun) can get a little over-critical - WE might see it as constructive criticism, but if you are not use to the individual idiosyncracies of the people who post here (and, boy, are we an idiosyncratic bunch :roll: ) it doesn't always come across that way. Inevitably people elsewhere can start to get a little defensive about comments made, however well meaning they are.

If you read the posts here and, for example, at the Outhouse about some recent Alphasim releases, or Itosans recent output, you would think they were about completely different products! Maybe we can be a little over sensitive about Brit aviation subjects.

Yes, Alphasim have let the ball drop a few times recently, but they will usually rectify the problem and it isn't difficult to redownload the patch. As I said earlier in this thread, DB made some valid comments about the Blenheim, they fixed them; I made some comments about the Javelin, Phil released extra versions. Taking the Scimitar, the nosewheel issue (which is about to be patched) has made Dan aware of a potential issue when exporting from Max.

So I'll be buying the Scimitar when it's patched, as we're unlikely to see one as good from another source. I won't be buying the Blenheim because, without the gunpack, it doesn't fill a hole on my system and I do know that we will see a better one from another source. ;-) Alphasim, for all their faults, have given us some good stuff. Let's hope they learn the lessons from some of the recent issues and don't get an Abacus-like reputation.

My twopennorth!

Andy