John Venema Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Hello everyone, FTX Global Beta 1001 has been tested for the past four days and during this time we uncovered a few bugs in FTX Central and some of the core product files. We're now in the process of assembling Beta 1002 to validate the bug fixes. Once B1002 passes muster we will make a full release candidate installer called RTM-A. RTM-A will be tested against FSX, P3D including mature, tweaked and virgin installs on many different types of PCs. If we get at least three greens on RTM-A we then hand it over to flightsimstore.com to wrap it and populate the CDN for release. If not, we fix critical bugs and move to RTM-B. we repeat this process until we have a rock solid product for you. Based on past experience this means an RTM-A in testers' hands by Thursday and all going well a release on the weekend. Yours in updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Great news John , thanks for the update . Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabnz Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Yay - My fingers and toes are crossed Good Luck guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Excellent news John, hope everything will go on the right way ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Wow, JV -- you are the update-master extraordinaire. I need to use you as an example to emulate in my normal job. EDIT: Are we really wearing you out that badly, asking 'when' all the time, like little kids? Good problem to have, gotta admit : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonduck Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 See.. this is EXACTLY the reason you gotta love ORBX... keeping everyone in the loop... to satisfy the insatiable FS community Good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Watson Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 V for victory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 See.. this is EXACTLY the reason you gotta love ORBX... keeping everyone in the loop... to satisfy the insatiable FS community Good stuff! It is one of the reasons, yes. The main reason I love them is because they release good work; they set the bar high and keep raising it. Probably that is why we are all so keen to get our hands on the next big thing from ORBX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosta Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Thanks for the update, happy about this, however a bit sad, since I have a simming session with a friend of mine on sunday afternoon local, I was hoping to have the global in the sim... ah well. We'll do it at the next session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Great news! I really hope those green lights come through - but will also gladly wait a bit longer if necessary... Cheers Mallard (wow - Global on short finals and "the baby" both announced on the same day... Not bad!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hamilton Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Global on short finals and "the baby" both announced on the same day... Not bad! Two births would've been even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaseman007 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 RTM-A.....you little ripper!!! Go RTM-A, you can do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Kae Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Once I have the final file I will start a thread with population percentages to let you all know where we are at in regards to the final distribution as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabnz Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Once I have the final file I will start a thread with population percentages to let you all know where we are at in regards to the final distribution as well Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjallen Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Way to go John! FTXG will surely be way bigger than a new baby. Regards jja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Thanks John & Jay, I have my CC ready to go, I know you will get it right b4 release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFlySimX Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Yay!!! Amazing news!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRIS - David Brice Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Fantastic news John, looking forward to this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost in Isaan Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Can we get a rough idea on what the download file size will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamJSS Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 This Friday is my payday too. Nice. Looks like I am buying flowers and taking the wife out to dinner Thursday or Friday. Lol. Sent from my Apple communications device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindrift Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 This Friday is my payday too. Nice. Looks like I am buying flowers and taking the wife out to dinner Thursday or Friday. Lol. Sent from my Apple communications device. This will be my Plan-Of-Action as well! HA! It should be recommended during the install process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Friday is pension day, so I'm right to go. Someone asked about the size: JV explains it all very carefully back in an earlier release announcement. But it is big - at least 5gigs I believe, maybe larger. So like me if you are not on cable or NBN in Aus it will be a long download ... and its download only. Funnily enough, this is so large that DVD would have been a good option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArGee Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Sounds great. Should be a grand improvement to FSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Friday is pension day, so I'm right to go. Someone asked about the size: JV explains it all very carefully back in an earlier release announcement. But it is big - at least 5gigs I believe, maybe larger. So like me if you are not on cable or NBN in Aus it will be a long download ... and its download only. Funnily enough, this is so large that DVD would have been a good option. Macca, dvd is 4.7gb 5gb would not fit or were you thinking Duel Layer DVD's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacedivision Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Credit card ready to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliguy52 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Awesome news, John!! I hope everything works out well for you and your workmates!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper9t3 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Excellent news...thanks again for keeping your customers informed!! PMDG could learn a lesson here!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Hey Wombat, I thought of it as a set of at least two. They could come in relatively cheap sleeves. But I suspect there will be no option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Thanks JV and JK. I hope this sells like gangbusters for Orbx. I'll be fully supporting it and all it's add ons down the road.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaiiden Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 excellent, I'm looking forward to pairing this up with Drzewiecki Design's New York City X 2013 scenery hopefully releasing this week as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Hey Wombat, I thought of it as a set of at least two. They could come in relatively cheap sleeves. But I suspect there will be no option. I did not think of that option, but then again I am only a wombat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petfy Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The Flight Sim Store offers REX as an 8G dowwload, but also offers it as a DVD option (presumably 2 - split), so I am hoping that FTX Global will be offered the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturi Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 PMDG could learn a lesson here in customer relations! Thankfully me pension arrives tomorrow ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I would be happy to buy the disks, however: my ADSL2 gives me a best download speed of 1.5 MB/sec. The arithmetic says an overnight download. But many others are on slower connections. I have a feeling these columns will be filled with complaints about download speeds, time and ISP costs. Oh dear. However Orbx has made it clear, only downloads now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I would be happy to buy the disks, however: my ADSL2 gives me a best download speed of 1.5 MB/sec. The arithmetic says an overnight download. But many others are on slower connections. I have a feeling these columns will be filled with complaints about download speeds, time and ISP costs. Oh dear. However Orbx has made it clear, only downloads now. Actually I think you can have both. You will get a download link when you purchase FTXG from FltSimStore, but , you should also have the option to have them ship you a set of DVDs in a plain brown wrapper to use as a backup or an initial install if you want. The thing that was stopped was the fancy DVD cases with artwork, etc. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Great news, and thank you for the update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danterra Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Thanks. That's what I was asking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibidut Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Hey Wombat, I thought of it as a set of at least two. They could come in relatively cheap sleeves. But I suspect there will be no option. I would be happy to buy the disks, however: my ADSL2 gives me a best download speed of 1.5 MB/sec. The arithmetic says an overnight download. But many others are on slower connections. I have a feeling these columns will be filled with complaints about download speeds, time and ISP costs. Oh dear. However Orbx has made it clear, only downloads now. Hey Macca. Im not sure you are quite right there. as far, i understand, there will "always" be the Digital Media service: http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=96 possibility. Its just The Hardcover/box edition(with no registration) there is off the market, as Dragdhorn say. Henrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Lehmann (FSS) Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The FlightSim Store will be making FTX Global available on disk as all Orbx download products are. The Download with DVD-ROM (Digital Media Service) delivery option will be available which provides for delivery of the software on DVD in plain paper disk sleeves delivered in a disk mailer, as well as giving you the ability to download should you wish to. As far as I know the product will not be produced as a manufactured boxed edition in a plastic DVD case with printed insert and shrink wrap, as this practice has been discontinued by Orbx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi stu Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Good news Adrian,I for one will be taking advantage of the disk Cheers stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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