Comments on: Who Am I?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:14:00 +0000

'Who Am I' should be pinned somewhere on your blog. I mean, of course, who are 'you,' not me.

Glad you didn't take the controller job. Doesn't this give you more freedom and less stress? (Rhetorical question.)

vonhinx

By: Daveduck

Daveduck — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:11:00 +0000

Man, with a headline like that, you had me worried. The last thing anyone needs now is for 33% of Laminar's full-time time to lose the plot. :>

Looking forward to the jaw-dropping 9.30...as promised by Austin...

By: Murmur

Murmur — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:10:00 +0000

I second RD. Since (I think) every airport in X-Plane already has a "tower view" location, I think placing a standard control tower should not be too much difficult.

Similarly, there are other things "easy" (maybe?) to add but capable of improving a lot airport look and immersion, e.g. adding fences at airport boundaries, or using very hi-res textures for the airport grass: the area would be very limited (hence no big performance hit) but that is where one spends most time closest to the ground.

By: RD

RD — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:54:00 +0000

Benjamin,

I would be great if X-Plane would generate some kind of default scenery for airports. Even just a tower would be great. It gets boring landing at airports with nothing but a runway.

I know I can find buildings for some airports that users have made, but these are sparse, and a hassle. I would love to see a company offer a comprehensive package of buildings laid out for airports.

It would even be great if Laminar Research offered this as a separate purchase! I would buy it for sure, and I think others would as well.

Another option would be to cooperate with x-plane.org on a standard way of storing and retrieving airport scenery from their site, then provide an in-simulator method of downloading them directly. Like airports from your flight plan, or any arbitrary airport for that matter.

While the first option is preferable, I think option 2 would be good also.

Any ideas or plans along these lines? Airport buildings are something definitely lacking in X-Plane.

RD

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:50:00 +0000

Who Am I?

I ask myself this question every morning...

By: Paploo

Paploo — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:13:00 +0000

So how long should I wait before trying again Ben? I have a couple messages I posted to the scenery forum earlier this week and I haven't heard a response yet. Maybe I should resend them? ;)

Seriously though, good luck with keeping up with the influx of questions, and while I'd like a reply sooner than later, you work your ass off trying to keep-up and I appreciate that, so I'll try to be patient. :)

By: sothis

sothis — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:42:00 +0000

> my in-box is on the verge
> of complete structural failure!
> I try to answer everybody, but
> if your message gets lost, you
> may need to try again.

that's actually a bad excuse :P maybe all the try-agains are the reason for your messed inbox :)