phoenix 5m out

[Red3]

just done the update 5m now

[Dave Rand]

Is it usable yet, have been putting it of?

[z0m8i3]

Fairly, not 100% yet thought IMO

[WildWake]

As we are now up to V5.m, 13th update in as many days and only 13 letters of the alphabet left. I might just wait for Phoenix V6.0.

[chucky21022010]

As we are now up to V5.m, 13th update in as many days and only 13 letters of the alphabet left. I might just wait for Phoenix V6.0.

Or as someone said before, when they reached z it will be 5.1a, 5.1b etc

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[Rob Barnes]

Don't know which update im on but I still love it !

[SaneAdam]

Don't know which update im on but I still love it !

I am all up to date and it feels great I find it hard to put down at the moment. A more vivid flying experience overall from the previous versions. I find it my practice is having more of an instant impact at the field due to the improved physics. Usually there was always a few mins where i had to tweak my methods that i had practiced on the sim to actually relate to a real heli in the air. But it is more seamless now in terms of control switching between the 2

I think the biggest improvement is how gravity feels a bit more natural in terms of how you would expect it to impact on a model in the air. Also related to that is the weight of the model in the air and how that weight works with gravity in a more natural way. Especially during knife edge moves.

[Gixxer]

I do find it a little ironic that people are complaining that updates are being released to improve the program.

Personally, I'm really happy that the developers are working hard at improving my experience, and the fact that they haven't charged me to upgrade from V4 to V5 is a major bonus... I wonder how much the update would have cost if it was a Mikado sim?

[WildWake]

It's Great to read SaneAdams post, I might sit on the PC tonight until I can get v5 downloaded.
Due to the problems I didn't want to update till the bugs had been ironed out.
Gix, don't take any of my posts as a dig at Pheonix,
I totally appreciate every update they have release since v2.5...
Updates are released to improve our experiences.
How many products offer FREE updates?
Not too many....
That's why I have respect for Pheonix & Sp####n.....

[Dave Rand]

Well that was a piece of cake, took 10min start to finish.
Flys wonderful much better I'm one happy bunny

[Gixxer]

Gix, don't take any of my posts as a dig at Pheonix,
I totally appreciate every update they have release since v2.5...
Updates are released to improve our experiences.
How many products offer FREE updates?
Not too many....
That's why I have respect for Pheonix & Sp####n.....

Not at all... my post wasn't aimed at any particular person, just some of the posts I've seen where some people seem to be complaining about the frequency of the updates.

[ROCKET RONNIE]

We'll I'm just updating mine now, I will have a go later and see how it is ?? Should be all good


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[parksy]

Did the v5 update last week and found the heli spoolup clunky but heli flew nice and smooth and looked pretty. Updated again tonight to v5.m and seem to have lost the video tutorials, which is a pain as I only just found and started using them, really thought it helped with flips etc and now its gone!!! Anyone know where or how to get them back? Now I just have English > Fixed Wing > Helicopters, click on either and get nothing, click start vid, get target area and controller but no vid, fast forward rewind play pause all there but no choice of vids HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPP P please.

[SaneAdam]

At the end of my download i got an option box pop up that asked me if i wanted to download the tutorials. I just clicked yes, but i don't use them. You must be able to do it manually without the prompt box. Email support if you are having problems

[tomatwalden]

Not at all... my post wasn't aimed at any particular person, just some of the posts I've seen where some people seem to be complaining about the frequency of the updates.

I don't think it was the frequency of the updates that frustrated people - more that frequent updates were actually needed in the first place! It's not unreasonable to expect v5 to have been better out of the box than v4. As it was, it appears that v5 had too many problems that were fixed in public rather than in a controlled software develop/test lifecycle.

Linked to the download problems - there's nothing on this earth that can cause as much annoyance as a computer system. As the saying goes, " ... to err is human, but to really f**k things up, you need a computer!"