Lockheed Hudson at 80%
Last week I received an e-mail from Simon Smeiman in SA, announcing that he is ready with his total rework of the Lockheed Hudson and will upload it to me as soon as he has a chance to visit someone with an internet connection. After that we’ll have to do some more QA testing of course, AND build the User Manual.
We’d also like to get ‘Lysander-like’ missions in the package, but are still looking for some scenery builder help in that area ;-)
The aircraft itself will be yet another improvement on Simon’s ever-increasing skills and quality and have some awesome features. It can even drop depth charges !!! Stay tuned for more news!
Aviasim gone
Win some, lose some. The guys at Aviasim who were so enthusiastic in joining FSAddon Publishing with their FS2004 products a few weeks ago, but never sold anything in spite of our caution, have decided they rather go with the Big Cheese after all. They have left us again and asked us to remove their products from our shop.
Now, on to more positive news….. read about the upcoming Hudson, ABOVE !
Glacier Pilot in our shop
Kurt Stoeckli provided us with a wonderful Youtube video showing his recent Glacier Pilot add-on. Glacier Pilot is an FSX add-on for users of Switzerland Pro by Flylogic (prerequisite) and adds a number of custom painted Super Cubs, Glacier scenery and Missions to the pack. Available now from our own webshop here !
New FS2004 Product on FSAddon
We’re happy to announce the cooperation with Aviasim Designs. Catering to our loyal group of FS2004 users we are happy to announce their first product, the German airfield of Saarlouis-Düren (EDRJ) that they have modeled for FS2004.
Aviasim Designs is a team of two developers dedicated for now to FS2004 products. Their next product will be Leicester Aeroclub (EGBG) which we will also publish. Keep your eyes peeled for more !
Saarlouis-Düren is available from our shop, click here !
VancouverPlus Version 3.0 Now Released !
At last we have what all those Version 2.0 owners AND new owners have been waiting for….. VancouverPlus Version 3.0 for FSX now is fully compatible with Orbx Pacific Northwest and includes many new additions and enhancements!It includes the city of Vancouver (not the airfield) and a huge region to the north and east of the city, including such famous places as Whistler Mountain!
Also included are two highly detailed regional/private airfields, Langley and Pitt Meadows.
It is FREE for current V 2.0 owners and only costs 25 Euros for new owners. That certainly is not expensive for an add-on so detailed and covering so much terrain, made by the landscape masters Jon Patch and Holger Sandmann. Get your copy here at FSAddon’s Silvercloud Store.
If you bought your Version 2.0 through simMarket, then get the new version from your existing account there (later this week). If you bought it from the Silvercloud Store (FSAddon direct) then send us a mail for instructions!
Dolomiti X – Zoldo
Finally, I got it uploaded. I’ve been trying ALL day, and literally wasting my Sunday, to get Zoldo and Vancouver V3 uploaded to the server. For some reason the connection is slow AND for some reason all uploads fail in sight of the finish line! Vancouver is still running as we speak.
But, Zoldo made it and is now available for purchase in our shop. CLICK HERE! Another master piece of Daniele Tona of RealEarth and another piece of the puzzle to get the Dolomites completed! We’ll have a freeware part added to it soon, portraying the majestic dolomites in the area. Stay tuned !
New stuff coming !
I am currently working hard on fixing my FSX installation. Something screwed it up royally.
But in the meantime we have Zoldo (a new Dolomiti X scenery from Real Earth X) almost finished for publishing, and the Jon Patch has made much progress with his brand new Version 3 of VancouverPlus for FSX ! More news on that when we have it….. beta is almost finished now !
On another topic, our webshop (aka Silvercloud Store), here’s some more exciting news: we’ll have new products coming from FranceVFR and Design4FS soon.
FranceVFR is publishing new parts of their HD photoreal scenery of France, with Normandy as the latest additions. This is truly awesome scenery and a real gem in our shop !
As for Design4FS: Kurt Stoeckli of Switzerland has made a product called Glacier Pilot, with a licensed FSAddon Super Cub as part of the product. Glacier Pilot is an add-on for FSX and Switzerland Professional and lets you operate from glaciers in the country of the clocks. Awesome scenery, great fun – especially for a mountain pilot like me – and also including new liveries and FSX Missions!
Stay tuned !
Vote for our products !
Flight! Magazine and its sister magazine Computer Pilot are asking their readers to vote for the best FS products of 2011.
Of course we’re proud to have some of our products listed in the first round! If YOU like them too, please have a look at the voting page of Flight! You are allowed TWO votes per category!
Lets see if we can get our Storch or Dolomiti software high up in that list !
VOTE FOR US ! THANK YOU !
Latest news from the Factory
First and foremost Nina and I are back home after two weeks of muscle ache, sunburn, skiing, walking, breathing fresh air and an eventful drive home with a stop-over in Luxembourg to discuss all things Computer Pilot Magazine. So back to work it is !
Next: Vancouver FSX Version 3 is well on its way to maturity with the first Beta Period coming to a close. This has been in the making for a long time, but we can promise you that the wait was worth it!
Next is Zoldo. A new release of a wonderful part of the Dolomiti, built for you and brought to you by RealEarth from Italy. Hopefully packaged and documented in 2 weeks from now and in the shop by that time!
Also, we are now featured on a website about ‘Social Studies’ built and maintained by mr. Jimmy Stockard of Florida. Check us out here (and some of his other pages).
During my Winter Vacation I have been working on researching the Hudson landings in WW2, and now have a list of Landing Zones to work on for Simon’s upcoming new release. We also intend to try and find some of them for real this Summer !
And last but certainly not least, yours truly is now in charge of Computer Pilot Magazine’s new website and community and involved in the re-launch of the magazine, now under new ownership of Marc Georgen from Maui Artwork in Luxembourg. I am sure I’ll be doing a tad more than just run the website, but lets leave it at that for now ;-)
Gotta dash… got a few jobs to do! Later !
Coming Soon: RealEarth’s Zoldo and Pelmo 3D
Here’s a wonderful little video showcasing RealEarth’s next title in the Dolomiti X series published by FSAddon Publishing; Zoldo and Pelmo 3D ! We’ll have it up in our shop in 2 weeks from now if all goes well.
For now, feast your eyes on FlyStudios’ new video
VancouverPlus for FSX V3 Beta
Yup, you’ve read that correctly. The beta test for the Version 3 of VancouverPlus has finally started. We’re happy to see that Jon Patch, the developer, is back on his feet and working again, and now it is up to the group of beta testers to do their work.
As always I am NOT going to give any release dates or other information yet… let the folks do their work in peace, and when it’s done, it’s done. Stay tuned for more info though……
When you get tired of MS Flight…..
…. then come back to FSX with some of the cool FSAddon Publishing/ Real Earth X scenery loaded. ;-)
We are pretty sure you won’t have a difficult choice to make anymore after that !
Here’s a nice little movie, courtesy of Mario Romeo on Youtube, showcasing some of our work !
Dolomiti X Collection now available
This week we have released Real Earth’s ‘collection’ of DolomitiX titles. The collection, also called Volume 1, encompasses ALL products released so far in a ‘light’ format. I.e. the resolution is less detailed than the more expensive individual products, and there are only two seasons included. Of course it only costs 25 Euros (download, ex VAT) too !
Nonetheless it is a wonderful set of products making your northern Italian mountains really come to life and if you will not or cannot spend 10-13 Euros for each highly detailed product, then this is a very valid alternative! Check out our webshop !
Ben Gurion FS2004 Review on Aerosoft
Kevin Schultz took to writing about our Ben Gurion for FS2004 title – Israel’s main airport – and posted his findings on Aerosoft’s new ‘news site’. You can read his review here. It is of course always difficult competing with a freeware title of the same topic, especially if that product is made by the same author as well!
I think Kevin is fair in advising the payware airport if you fly there regularly, and stick with the freeware if you don’t use it too often.
Haute Normandie in High Def !
You may not have seen this yet, so allow me to draw your attention to a new scenery title in our shop, made by FranceVFR; it is their Haute Normandie High Definition photoscenery! Being a total fan of the area myself, both in real life and in my ‘sim life’ I am of course thrilled with this release. It really is fun to fly over that particular area of France.
Better yet, FranceVFR is working on a VERY SPECIAL release of the western part of Normandy, the part where D-Day took place. I won’t spill the beans yet on that, but keep your eyes peeled for news !!!
For now, check out Normandy here on our webshop !
Dolomiti X DVD Version Coming
You all know the various parts of our DolomitiX series no doubt, covering an increasing part of the Italian Alps region. Well, we have something new coming for those of you who’d really like to go flying there but for whom the accumulated cost of the entire series is a bit too steep.
Daniele Tona, the owner of Real Earth X, has compiled a DVD version with REDUCED resolution, and less seasons, which we will sell for about 25 Euro ex shipping and ex VAT. It will comprise the regions of Comelico, Auronzo & Tre Cime, Pieve di Cadore, Alpago and a preview of Zoldo. Also included are fields and helipads, DLDA, ARNZ, AURZ, BL01, BL02, BL09, CSRZ and LCTL.
The DVD version is on LOD 15 (1 m/pixel) with Mesh pf LOD 14 (2.5 meters) and it will only have Summer and Winter seasons. Included further are day and night, water masks and full autogen (!!). Last but not least, the wonderful custom models of certain buildings found in the original series are also included.
We expect to have the DVD available in the shop some time next week already !
New Gladiator Repaint Uploaded
John Terrell has been working long and hard at a repaint for our beloved Gloster Gladiator, originally modeled by Simon Smeiman. The wait was sure worth it and John has kindly agreed for us to upload the zip file to our won website. You can find it now on the ‘free stuff’ page… just look for the Gladiator heading.
“…The repaint depicts the airworthy example owned by The Fighter Collection (one of only two in the world – the other example being owned by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, the one that is depicted in the original model), based at Duxford, England. The color scheme is that of 72 Squadron RAF, which was based at Church Fenton in the mid-late 30′s….”.
We hope you’ll enjoy the Duxford Paint as much as we do ! Thanks John !
Pieve di Caldore Released !
Another masterpiece of RealEarthX complementing their ever-growing series of the Italian alpine scenery ‘DolomitiX’. We now released Pieve di Caldore which connects to the south of the earlier released titles Auronzo and Comelico! There now is just one little piece missing to connect it to Alpago further south as well.
Ultimately the Italian developers are striving to get the entire Dolomiti region released in this very high detail fashion, true the FSAddon credo ‘We add reality’ !
SupportMyFS needs Experts!
SupportMyFS will go LIVE this week. We will step up advertising and making waves about it in the various media and on the Internet.
VERY IMPORTANT: we can still use EXPERTS on Flight Simulation. So head on over to the site (it is on-line already!) and register, then get in touch if you think you are a flight simulator expert and able to help fellow hobbyists with their problems.
It is FUN to help others and you can even make a little money with it to further finance your hobby !
SupportMyFS is the world’s first and only dedicated support company for the flight simulator hobby!
Awesome Red Flag Movie
If you’re an aviation enthusiast like me AND you’re into fighters, then this movie is a MUST SEE. Turn up your sound and switch to 1080 HD Full screen and just sit in awe…….. (wish I had the cameras these cameramen have !!)
Free Sardinia Mesh from Real Earth X
Real Earth X have released their new freeware title Sardinia Mesh (SardiniaFR on our webshop). Due to problems with the shop currently, I have made it available here in this post, and also on our downloads page under the new tab on this website: FREE STUFF (see above).
Sardinia Mesh provides a major improvement of the famous Italian island compared to the default MS mesh and allows you to see the proper elevations now!
Click on the picture to download your copy!
What else do we do !? Google Hangouts !
Because one of the primary bits of FUN running this particular company of mine is INTERACTION with our customers, here’s a little tip of the veil of WHAT ELSE I do besides running a flight simulator add-on company. All my life I have been involved in breaking (IT) technology and so I am also involved in Google+ and its Hangouts (basically multi-participant on-line video-calls or meetings). And by ‘accident’, through a good friend of mine in New York, I got involved with an experiment by a TV Station in the US of using the Hangouts directly in their news show.
So that’s how a little Dutch FS Add-on publisher got to speak all of a sudden on TV in mid Missouri to viewers of Sarah Hill, the news anchor. Weird !? You bet. Fun !? Absolutely. Fascinating!? Most certainly. And mind you, this is about tv stations, but the technology introduced here reaches much further and will very likely ALSO involve the FS communities in some way or other. Hence my post here.
Now, to learn more for those of you curious, here’s a tv program with an interview of Sarah, including a Hangout! Very interesting, so enjoy! And yes, I’ll have more FS news soon too, don’t worry :-)
Some new FREE stuff coming soon
In between interruptions by flu, elderly care, migraines, regular work and internet hiccups I am hard at work at releasing some new products from Real Earth X that have been laying around for some time now. Apologies for the delays… but hey… it’s free !
First to be released will be a LOD 13 resolution mesh product depicting all of Sardinia, the large island off the Italian coast. After that we’ll have the Italy Landclass for you, also available through our webshop. The latter is a ‘donationware’ title, with the revenue going to a Good Cause. (Minus the part that the banks take from us, of course).
And Real Earth has more coming, so keep your eyes peeled on the website here !
And last but not least SupportMyFS is now 99% ready for launch, so expect it to go ‘LIVE’ sometime next week. And oh, we are STILL looking for many more FS EXPERTS and SPECIALISTS, so be sure to read what we need! Could be a nice on-the-side job for YOU too !
2 more days of our discounts!
Watch it folks, there’s only TWO DAYS left for our combo packages with discounts. They have been a HUGE success since we launched them early December. If you are interested in any of these products (Lysander, Fieseler Storch, Super Cub, Tongass Fjords X, Gladiator)
MS Flight anyone??????
Since I am ‘under NDA’, i.e. I promised MS I wouldn’t tell anybody anything specific about their new ‘flight game’, I cannot tell you much. Yet. Because I am still heavily debating with myself if I should STAY under NDA or just call it a day with Microsoft ;-) I have been playing MS Flight Beta for a day, this week. That’s about how long it could keep me interested.
But, instead of me telling you things, why don’t you read for yourself what has happened since FSX was in the design phase? Since I was part of the projects since that time, I can confirm that what Randazzo (PMDG) writes in his post at Avsim, is correct.
Read it for yourself here and be sad….. or not. We’ll keep working on FSX !
