Nick Cooper

Hello John, I understand an unwillingness to pay for the same product twice but I posted this cautionary topic on 31st August 2020 and nothing has changed since then. Perhaps, your message should be directed at Microsoft, rather than Orbx Direct, whose products are for a PC only, because, as stated then and again now, the Xbox is a closed system? Perhaps you can persuade them to give you XBox product licences because you bought them from a third-party developer.

Hello John, that's an easy one, none. The Xbox is a completely closed system and therefore no one else's installer has access to it. For anyone who thinks that the responsibility for this lies with third-party developers, it does not.

Hello, here are some English equivalents that I do remember: 3. Sweet cigarettes 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with silver paper lids (this still happens) 7. Party lines on the telephone 8. Newsreels before the film 10. Brylcreme (that was our hair product) 11. TV test card that came on at night after the last programme and were there until TV programmes started again in the morning. 12. Peashooters 14. 45 RPM records (also 78 rpm and 33 rpm) 15. Green Shield stamps 16. Hi-fi systems 17. Metal ice trays with a lever 18. Mimeograph paper 19. Blue flashbulb 22. Cork popguns 25. Washing machine wringers

Hello, it is not "on the back burner" or "shelved". I have now been told that it is in a queue behind another project, which is being worked on now. When that project is complete, work will start on the third part of the Great Britain series. As this topic has now served its purpose, I will bring it to an end with this good news. Thanks to all those who chose to contribute to it.

Hello Brian, Fact: the update will most definitely be taking place. I have collated all of the customer feedback and it is where the development team can see and address it. I am in direct communication with the development team leader. Second fact: As I am not a part of the development team, I am not in a position to either speculate as to how long this will take, or give an ETA. As a long-standing Orbx customer, you will know that Orbx do not give timelines for release dates in any case. I realise that this does not make any of us any the wiser but it should address the perceived lack of feedback that was being complained about.

Hello, thanks for your speculation. Like much speculation, there is no real truth in it. Indeed an update for this excellent aircraft model will be taking place but due to factors beyond the control of the development team, it has had to be delayed. Apologies for this delay but please be assured that the update is still planned and the full intention is to release it as soon as possible.

Hello, thank you for your feedback. I have checked Orbx Central and find that both the card payment and the PayPal payment systems are working.

Hello Rodger, a frighteningly large amount, within the context of my income. I justify it to myself as having had thousands of hours of entertainment, having made new friends, both online and in the real world, who share an interest in flight simulation and having a very good computer. This takes no account of the addon aircraft, scenery and utilities that have been bought and installed on successive computers since 1996. I am quite happy to avoid sitting down and adding it all up. What do you mean "its memory was full"? If you mean disk free space, that is one of the least expensive parts of a computer and as a rule, one of the most easily fixed.

Hello, I am sure that some kind person at the PMDG forums might answer you, but the Orbx commercial forums are not the place to discuss other developers' pricing policies. Thank you for your understanding.

Hello, the best thing to do is to enable the in-game tooltips, which are all in English.

Hello, it's just a matter of choice, unless any of these functions are of interest:

Hello Bob, there are very few MSFS addons that need their files to be in the Community folder. The Addons Linker is the best way to keep your addons away from the Community folder. This has two advantages: One, which has now been shown to have been redundant, is to protect addons from being deleted when MSFS is updated. In fact, this has only ever happened due to user error. The other is the ability to switch addons on and off at will. MSFS can only see Community addons when they are in the Community folder. If you think of the Community folder as the switch, then ON = in the Community folder OFF = not in the Community folder. The Addons Linker will work best with Orbx Central if you do not move any files. If you do move files and folders that were placed by Orbx Central, it will no longer be able to work with those files. The Addons Linker can see an Orbx Central Library, so if you have installed into one of those, you need only to tell the Addons Linker where it is. The easiest way to organise your other addon files is into categories, as chosen by you. They might be by region, aircraft type or any other parameter that suits you and makes them easy to find and identify. This is my way, there is no right way or wrong way, once it is understood that the files outside the Community folder are the storage and the links, inside the Community folder, are the place where MSFS can see and use the files.

Hello Rodger, as Doug says, short answer, you can either go with the flow, or put up with the inconvenience. I am only a mere 70 year old and I do remember what seems to have been a simpler time in the late 50's and 60's, but without the rose-tinted glasses, life may have been more simple but it was not as easy as it is now, as I am sure we all remember. My grandfather and his peers lived through two world wars and numerous local ones, not to mention TB outbreaks, influenza that killed and so on. Very few families of his generation did not lose someone to one of those and I guess that it is much the same over there. My father's generation had it easier and mine, easier still. My youngest daughter is just turned 24 and is a nurse. She works a strange shift pattern but for 37 1/2 hours a week and considers that to be long hours. She didn't get much sympathy from me, when I was her age, I was working between 60 and 70 hours every week, driving a lorry, or truck, as you may have it. I have a smart phone because I need one for other things, but I honestly have no idea how to pay for anything with it. When I do finally need to, I will ask my daughter to set it up, using the skill set that her generation has, that mine and yours do not have.

Hello, it can't be done, they are two entirely separate entities. Here is a fuller explanation:

Hello, please take a look here: Flight sim credits question - General Discussion & Interests / General Discussion - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums

Hello, all of the Support Forums were made read-only some time ago, when they were replaced by a Support Ticket system. Instead, there are the "Community Help Forums" where you can sometimes find peer to peer support. I am sure that the Orbx Products Reviews forum has always been only for Orbx staff to post into. It was never intended to be an opportunity for customers to post their own reviews. Customers can indeed post comments into existing posts in that forum.

Hello, welcome to the forums. You need only to enter your email address and password and you can log on. You will also need to respond to the forum registration email. It may be in your "Junk" folder.

Hello, CYEG is a Partner product and not an Orbx product. It is therefore not included in the Orbx sale.

Hello John, no, I wasn't joking. Because I can, I usually just upload a picture to the forum, like this: Blurry mess, unless clicked on. but I can also add a link from postimage, like this: Less blurry or imgur, like this: As clear as Iain's. So I have learned something new for today, from Iain, if you want your images on the forum to look like they do on your PC, use Imgur.

Hello, In this case, Orbx EGLC is acknowledged to be well and truly due an update and I have been told that one is scheduled. I have not been told when it might be complete, or whether it might be free of charge or not.

Hello, as it appears that you have not received it, I have sent you a copy of the response in a PM.

Hello Ian, in the specific case of EGLC, which flight simulator do you use when flying with Vatsim and do you know what version of EGLC that the controllers and your fellow Vatsim pilots are using that does include the new taxiway and apron that you mention?

Hello, is this link from the topic of use to you? https://developer.x-plane.com/article/how-to-programmatically-locate-x-plane-9-or-10/ Once you have found the x-plane_install_1x.txt file, the process is identical.

Hello Rodger, I have been very lucky with neighbours over the years, though it is 45 years since I lived as a single man in an apartment. These are known as "flats" in the UK, though (Real) Estate agents have long used "apartments" because they think that makes us all think that an apartment is grander than a "flat". Since I married, I have lived in a total of five different houses and my neighbours have all become friends. Sadly, by coincidence, tomorrow we are attending the funeral of a delightful 89 year old lady who had lived with her husband and family in the house next door to us since 1956. We have only been here for a mere 25 years and soon became friends with her now late husband and her two sons.

Hello, it's back, you can once again edit your own content for 60 minutes.