Captain Lars

I am extremely grateful towards Orbx that they took up the challenge and once again committed to the development of OpenLC Asia. Breaking their vows and discontinuing the development a second time is virtually impossible to imagine for me. Of course, an update on the state of affairs is always welcome. And yes, great products take their time.

@EasternT3 I was at work yesterday and didn't have the time to reply to your posting. Your post contained a lot of 'misconceptions'. To my memory, I didn't comment on any roadmap. But the willingness to spend is indeed very relevant to a roadmap. Bigger customer bases allow for smaller prices, that's correct, but finding a 'good' price is not at all a trivial thing to do. Customers are generally charged what they are willing to pay. If they are willing to pay more, they are charged more. This is another simple side of economics. Another assumption based on thin air. Apart from this, MSFS was released in august of 2020, so this is 18 months and not two years, if I'm not mistaken. That numbers will grow is obviously not a fact, it's an expectation, which is a tiny difference. I did not bring up the MSFS subject. Actually I never bring this subject up, because I have absolutely no interest in bringing it up. I have an interest in OpenLC Asia, as should anyone who enters a thread that has "OpenLC Asia" in its title. The subject was brought up by another user; I suggest you have a look. At the moment, I couldn't care less about MSFS. As I said countless times, MSFS has obviously much better visuals, which is no wonder since it is a much newer platform. Nobody doubts that, nobody said anything different. MSFS is not going to be 'neglected' because of Orbx developing a product for P3D. But MSFS is not a sim that I am going to use in the near future. Why? That's my cup of tea and I don't owe you an explanation. Honestly, I don't understand why you are active in a thread called "OpenLC Asia Phase 1", as you are obviously not interested in OpenLC Asia. You have nothing to lose out of this product. Your beloved MSFS is not getting smaller, slower, or less fantastic due to it, there's absolutely nothing taken away from you. I suggest you just let others enjoy what they like. We are living in a free society, after all, and this means that we are not stepping in others' affairs and trying to ruin their hobbies. Posts like yours aim at some kind of delegitimization of OpenLC Asia, and we are witnessing them since Orbx committed to its development. They are destructive.

It's not only about the size of the community, it's also about how much a member of a given community is willing to spend. Prices called out for MSFS products in comparison to P3D prices speak a clear language. I have a hard time imaging that the advent of MSFS has created such a large amount of die hard simmers. It has created a large amout of casual simmers of whom 95% will soon be off to more 'gamey games' or whatever distracts them best. Let me be crystal clear: OpenLC Asia will be released, and it'll be this year.

Personally, I'd join Siberia to one of the other parts and make a third part maybe out of SE Asia, but that's only my point of view. What I don't get is, why the integration of the roads has to be redone for Asia. I didn't perceive any problems concerning roads in one of the other four parts.

While I have other routes in my internal store of potential routes, I'd really like to return to Asia soon. There are very interesting routes with Ethiopian or Kenya Airways over India to Hong Kong. Or think of the Pilot's Eye story of Joe Moser's farewell flight EDDP-VTBS-WSSS-VOBL-EDDP. One of my favourites, I'd love to recreate this with the appropiate aircraft and the appropriate airports, but I'm not going to do it without the appropiate landscape addon.

Maybe Valentine's Day is the new Christmas?

I wonder what the state of things is. My last information is that Eugene is working on the roads...

Alex Praglowski definitely would.

Great mountain panorama there and the Taipei 101, a really unique skyscraper.

On a light hearted note: the same is true for every thread, so in relation it is still true.

Thank you Iain and Merry Christmas to you, too.

Beautiful wingview video indeed.

Thank you, that's what I think, too: extremely disrespectful. I think there is only one guy, Eugene, who is tasked with OpenLC. Cheers!

Hope dies last.

In the end, only the youngest among us will have the opportunity to benefit from OLC Asia... Maybe they should put an "in memoriam" line into Orbx Central for those we lost on the way to OLC Asia? Just kidding. Actually, it is not that funny when you consider that some of the folks here are a bit older.

No, I don't remember this. But cool anyways.

Outstanding shots, Carlos! The water is so lifelike, you can really perceive the second shot like a photo.

This is a landmark you actually notice when passing through it by train. Very roughly the area where the Germans beat the Romans. Great shots!

Carlos, no me digas que este mapa represente tu trayecto por el mundo MSFS!? Wow! Looking forward to the Himalayas!

Terrific shots, amigo. The clouds in MSFS always seem to hold a lot of sand. Superior lighting anyways.

A wonderful flight, Gerold. I love those long haul domestics. Thankfully, you had the attention of the girl in the spotted bikini this time.

They are looking at a giant octopus that tried to reach for your landing gear while you were on approach...

Wow! These are incredible.

Fantastic thing.

lifejogger "Ketchikan by dusk" Oil on canvas, ca. 2021.