Bram Stikkel

I was wondering, if the two PNG addons are still on the list to be created for MSFS2020. They used to be, but has that plan changed? Kind regards Bram Stikkel

As a information to Orbx I would like to let know here, I am a bit disappointed after purchasing the PAKT Ketchikan International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator that is on Thursday sale at the moment. Compared to the version of this airport for FSX and P3D, it is just not as great as I was used to expect from Orbx products in the FSX/P3D productline. And I know, it didn't cost much, certainly with the Thursday sale action. But should I expect a quality-level that is pricelevel related? I hope not. One thing I used to love from PAKT Ketchikan International Airport for FSX and P3D, were the very wel worked out hight level differences that is so distinctive of this airport. In the Microsoft Flight Simulator version the levels are much more equal, so with far smaller hight differences. Besides that, there are strange effects in the mesh around the airport. I do like the worked out surrounding of the MSFS version airport. The south-east waterside areas close to Ketchikan International Airport, have been worked out beautifully. Many objects that bring alive the surroundings. The north-west part of the watersides however, shows several blurry in texture objects and far less modelled objects. It would have been nice, if this side would have been modelled as beautifull as the south-east area. I do not want to be a just complaining customer. In the past years I have purchased a great lot of Orbx addons and they were all fantastic! And I do realize, there is a lot of work to do on the Microsoft - Asobo side. But for the first time in my long Orbx relation, I do notice some hesitation now. Not only because of this product only, but also when looking at the screenshots coming with other MSFS products on the website. Might also have to do with the fact, animated people and animals - like in Objkect Flow technology for FSX-P3D - seem not to be possible yet. But for what I know from develloping, it should be possible to create smaller mesh files that are very detailed, for close around the airport. And e.g. a lack of such detailed mesh around Ketchikan, makes me feel it is an not really finished product. I hope and expect Orbx want to keeps going for the same level of quality in MSFS products as they used to have with the FSX-P3D addons. Keep our expectations high, Orbx! You did it for years! I would really appreciate if you keep going for it related to MSFS. Kind regards! Bram Stikkel

Hello Nick, Thanks for the reply. Might be I am overlooking a very obvious option, but can you tell me, how one selects all products for a specific flightsimulator? Thanks! Bram

Hello Orbx, One can choose all addons for a part of the world for a specific flightsimulator and aircraft or tools for a specific flightsimulator. As far as I can discover, at this moment there is no option to choose a product-selection of all products for a specific flightsimulator. Could this option be added? So, selection 'all products for a sim? Kind regards Bram Stikkel

Really great, Sabretooth78! Thank you very much! I will think of your job, every time I fly there. Greetings and health! Bram Stikkel

So beautifull! LOL: Here I see the several shots that seem to have the red-orange soil color I am searching for in the LC Africa screenshots :-)

Okay, sorry for apparently have missed that or - occurring more and more often - have forgotten that...:-)

Thanks, Nick. Is, by the way, Pilot's correct, that Global Vector is now totally at Orbx' care ? Greetings. Bram

I received an answer from Stefan Schaefer from Pilot's. Stefan writes: "the contract with ORBX ended and they took over all Vector development. " Therefore I hope, someone from Orbx will look into this topic. In earlier days there was a need to put ordernumbers as information below the topics, as proof of purchase of the products. I this still needed and is this the reason there is not any reply to this topic until now? If nessecary I can ofcourse provide the ordernumber but I suppose this is not needed anymore since this is easy to check in the ORBX Central database With all understanding for busy periods, could somebody of ORBX please give a reply...

Today I have also sent an email about the issue to Stefan Scheafer from Pilot's. Stil feels a bit disappointing I do not get any response on the topic here. Kind regards Bram Stikkel

I would appreciate to know if there is going to be any action on solving this - I think - rather big missing part in Global Vector I brought in in oktober 2018. Is it going to be picket up in the next Vector update?

Hello Orbx, First ofcourse: thanks for the recent update of Global Vector. It is great, you guys and gals keep improving products and I really appreciate that. I expected an error I brought in a few months ago - and that was suffixed as Noted - to be solved in this update, but it was not. Therefore I would like to attrackt your attention to it a second time. It is described here: Hoping ofcourse it wil be solved in the next Vector update or if needed in the next LC South America update ... :-) Thanks! Bram Stikkel

Hello Orbx team, Today I discovered, a significant part of the Suriname river, just next to Paramaribo, is missing. Since it is about water, I suppose this is an Global Vector issue, but it could also be an issue of Open Landclass South America, maybe. Probably the screenshots make clear what part is missing. There is a screen with the real situation taken from Google Earth. Another screenshot shows FSX with Global Base, Global Vector and Open Landclass SA. The situation in P3Dv4 is the same, by the way. A remarkable thing is, there is a "small stream' vector running through the landscape, following the line of what should be the northern border of the very wide part of the Suriname river at that location. Hope you can fix it. I did not check every river, but at least there is another place more to the south, where Vector shows a small stream instead of a wider river. Maybe you can check all the big rivers for these kind of errors. However, the most remarkable one is certainly the missing part east of Paramaribo. Thanks! Bram

What a great idear to centralize the requests! And thank you all, guys and gails, who create these freeware addon fields. Well, ofcourse I can add some wishes too,,, What I really would like to see, is a field in the Northern Territory, Australia, named Gove. It has a very interesting surrounding too, with oil and mining companies. It has a very unique shape of passenger terminal, build in shapes of the Aboriginal culture. Ofcourse this can become a payware field too... The other area I hope to see some freeware field too, is mountainstrips in Indonesian Papua. We have great addons for Papua New Guinea and maybe something like that is possible for Papua too. Greetings ! Bram