New update available

[coptermanic]

I downloaded the beta upgrade, ran it, and now the program halts when looking for "a newer version available". MMM

[chipbutty]

Got it working pretty well under Parallels 5 on my Mac. The only way I could get it to load was by changing the Phoenix exe file compatibility mode to Windows 2000.

Very impressive for a beta. The physics are much, much better. Remember folks that you install any beta at your own risk! Expect bugs. It's looking very good for the the final release version.

[heliphil]

downloaded the beta which then updated itself all with out any fuss - will try it at home as well tonight - it does seem that any probs are caused by incomplete downloads !!!

took me a while to get rid of my buddy Nigel who insisted on flying a Trex 600 nitro indoors.... surely the programmers can add some commonsense to the buddies !!!!!

[challis349]

guys, have you got turn your anti virus software off to install this, as everytime I dowlaod the file norton gets rid of it

[discoferret]

I would. That's why I never use Norton it seems to block everything.

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[Milamber]

A clean install, add the 3A beta, then the system automatically updates to 3B. Seems to me that all the models are easier to fly

M.

[Guest]

Downloaded update from Stuart's link and installed and running OK
The graphics are a bit jittery, may need to lower the settings
Been running full setting on 2.5v no problem!

[LaurenceGough]

Probably because of the new smoke effects etc.

[oneandonlyian]

I had to delete everything and start again it running fine the simulation is 100 times better on my system I like the tuning wheel thingy up it to 100% and heli is balistic.

Thanks for help getting this running guys was close to giving up

[Gaza07]

Both updates installed no probs on a win7 64bit lappy

[D1zzy]

Awesome update by the Phoenix team... and quite unexpected!

No probs here running on 32bit Vista besides the ignorant install location during setup. The installer will not change paths, so if you're running 2.5 in a location other than C:\Program Files\ etc, simply copy over the new files from this location to your existing directory once installed.

Running the new 3v beta seems to work fairly well. The buddie thing needs a little more work and I'm experience occasional crashes when switching models, particularly from the new "favourites" toolbar (which by the way doesn't seem to scroll). But as others have said, this is clearly a Beta. Interesting to see DX9 files being required, tho!?!

Those with connection issues are running into the same problem as before... yes, it's ports again... bear-in-mind however, that port forwarding work boths ways. If the host hasn't opened them, you'll still run into problems connecting to their session.

I was able to connect to Harry's session yesterday Mark, so it would seem your ports are now OK

[chipbutty]

Yes, I'm quite impressed so far for a beta. I just wish Phoenix had stated exactly what a beta release is to the uninitiated on their web page. It would have avoided some of the frustrations I've seen in some forums. An explanation in big red capital letters would have been good!

I've got it running in Parallels on my Mac running Windows XP. Runs pretty well with all that voodoo stuff going on!

Awesome update by the Phoenix team... and quite unexpected!

No probs here running on 32bit Vista besides the ignorant install location during setup. The installer will not change paths, so if you're running 2.5 in a location other than C:\Program Files\ etc, simply copy over the new files from this location to your existing directory once installed.

Running the new 3v beta seems to work fairly well. The buddie thing needs a little more work and I'm experience occasional crashes when switching models, particularly from the new "favourites" toolbar (which by the way doesn't seem to scroll). But as others have said, this is clearly a Beta. Interesting to see DX9 files being required, tho!?!

Those with connection issues are running into the same problem as before... yes, it's ports again... bear-in-mind however, that port forwarding work boths ways. If the host hasn't opened them, you'll still run into problems connecting to their session.

I was able to connect to Harry's session yesterday Mark, so it would seem your ports are now OK