Phoenix Beta n final

[steelie600]

Right starting a sesh now rcheliaddicts, password: rcha

[Dashik]

Well the Tuition Video's are now available as an update from within Phoenix.

looking pretty good and its nice to get a voiceover explanation of how and what your supposed to be doing.

I still think Ade Law's original figure 8 demo was a lot neater and more precise

[Rob O]

Ron i got onto the thai session this afternoon as well . some Guy with a smallish fixed wing just going round and round in circles like he was flying a control liner or something , . I only stayed for 10 mins or so i was starting to get bloddy dizzy just trying to keep away from him . The sim was actually pretty stable (shock) . But looking since there seems to be very few if any sessions going on . Rob

[Toolman]

On the sound settings, i'm using OpenAL which is the only one that sounds normal.
The other settings sound like either a muffler bolts loose or a tooth gone on the maingear! Wierd

Tim.

[moyesboy]

If you run 1.05j then its stable and reliable.

When you look at the website it no longer talks about beta test versions. The way its presented is the current version is 2.0n (currently) with releases occuring at very frequent intervals. Clearly with this policy very few users will have synchronised releases for playing online.

It looks to me like they don't actually have very many people on a beta test program to get the software into a usable state before they release it. what they are releasing is a beta for public testing and they should say that - and they should also state which they think is the last consistently stable version (ie 1.05j). Right now if I had just bought phoenix I'd immediately update to 2.0n or whatever the latest was and i'd quite likely be heading straight back to the shop to exchange it for something else without actually running 1.05j at all.

If the bugs get on your t*ts go back to 1.05j and look for others running that online. from what I heard 1.05j is still better than the other sims...

If this sim is starting to get a slagging here, then I hate to think what press its getting elsewhere!

EDIT: I just read the news page and I see they consider this 2.0n to be a final release, hence dropping he beta. I'm going to give it a while before I go for it - I bet they do an update within the week.

[PossessedGR]

Hello,I purchased Phoenix a few days ago,the cd version is 1.05j,I installed version 2.00n and did the automatic updates to download models,sceneries and video tutorials.I noticed today that some models (buzzard 50,kestrel 30,synergy n90 team canopy,t-rex 600n red canopy,scythe,extra 330,grumman goose,knight 3d float,t-rex 450 float) are not available anymore in the model selection menu.Anyone know why has this happened?

Also,i see that there is some disapointment with the new version,is this because of networking problems only?

EDIT:Nevermind,i noticed version 2.00x uses different file formats,so i guess some models haven't been yet ported from the previous versions.

[Vibe]

You will need to use the Auto Updates system to grab the 1.05 models when you install v2.0.

As for the TRex 600 red - this is now just a scheme selectable when you select the standard TRex 600, and the 3D heli float models were really just training undercarriage - and thats a parameter in the Model > Edit menu, so you could have any heli as a float model.