New phoenix beta

[Fixxxer]

As the titles says, head over to phoenix.

[jboweruk]

Thanks for that Fixxer. Much appreciated. Heading there tonight.

[mattydred]

will every1 be downloading the 1.05d beta version. i ask this because if i download it and others havnt then i wont be able to use the multiplayer. i have the 1.05c version which most others have at the moment i think. i fly mostly with dashik, madetofade, seseme, fatmantom and tonyheliman. i'll ask them if they are going to download it.

i just been on the phoenix website and noticed the blade 400 has been added so i downloaded it. no1 told me it had been added - it was added on the 10th of feb.

[cambs flyer]

Cheers for telling us mate, I've just downloaded it and my sim has never run so smooth.

I still have to have the water effects disabled so the water scenes work but hey, this is a teaching sim not a bloody PS or Xbox game, and I focus on what I'm flying, not the pretty backgrounds.

The only thing I can't do is fly the 450 on the sand bar screen, as the heli sometimes disappears off the screen, but thats a minor flaw and one I can live with without a second thought, all the other aircraft work OK so it's not important.

Many thanks Phoenix, you've address issues that had plagued me with running glitches if I'd downloaded another updates other than the default settings on the disk, it now runs better than ever and I'm all Up to date.

Bravo.

[cambs flyer]

The Blade 400 is one cool little flyer.

[moyesboy]

I hope this version is actually worth running on my PC. Then I can gain access to the multiplayer sessions and actually have a few more of the features I paid for i.e. the features written on the side of the phoenix box.
The last beta I tried was so bad I went back to an earlier version so I have been unable to use multiplayer features since.

[cambs flyer]

IS it just me or does the new update seem to slow all the control services down a touch, making flying so much easier?

I've just compared the latest update downloaded on my laptop to the one on my desktop. and in all honesty the difference is unreal, the desktop goes like a dog on heat whereas the lappy seems to be in serious chill out mode, to the point where flying is that easy it becomes boring, I never thought I'd say that, none of my settings are different, only it's gone from V4.01 to the latest Phoenix has to offer and it it all seems far slower than before???

Anyone the same?

[cambs flyer]

I've contacted Phoenix and there asked me if I have speedstep or CPU throttling function on your laptop

I'm not going to start messing about with settings like this! honestly compare the early versions to this update, and its like FMS all over again.

At first I thought it was fantastic until the penny dropped that I was getting away with far too many mistakes I have never before.

I fear I'll be going back to the original 4.01 again as there's just no challenge now.

[mattydred]

I've contacted Phoenix and there asked me if I have speedstep or CPU throttling function on your laptop

I'm not going to start messing about with settings like this! honestly compare the early versions to this update, and its like FMS all over again.

At first I thought it was fantastic until the penny dropped that I was getting away with far too many mistakes I have never before.

I fear I'll be going back to the original 4.01 again as there's just no challenge now.

have you tried running the new beta 1.05d on you pc?
ive not downloaded it myself yet untill i find out what the other guys i fly with on multiplayer sessions say about it.

cheers - matty

[moyesboy]

same old same old.
I'll not bother then.
when will there be another "sorted" stable full release rather than beta? and when it comes will it last a while so we actually have some worthwhile online use of it before everyone changes to the next flakey beta?

[cambs flyer]

Hang on guys, I ddin't really want to load it on the desktop but I have just to test if for you, give me a few minutes and I'll tell you if it's the same.

[cambs flyer]

Can you believe it on the desktop it works great, smooth and just as fast.

But then again my PC has always been more user friendly then on the Lappy.

But how many other people will have this trouble? Anyone with the same chipset as my brand spanking new Dell laptop will!

Or possibly anyone who have had issues with previous updates, I guess all I can say is suck it and see.

[t4ttyt3ddy]

I'll load it on my laptop when I get home, Will let you know how it goes!

[cambs flyer]

Also Phoenix runs just as fast without any CPU drag while conected to AOL and running PS CS in the background, if anything it's improved the performance on my PC desktop

But I'm wondering no whats correct the fast moving graphics on the desktop or the laptop, it must be the latter as evevn the LT was this fast before the last update.

So there seems to be a serious conflict somewhere with that type of chipset.

Bear in mind my desktop is a three years old P4 3.0 ghz with 1gb RAM

[jboweruk]

Nothing like that goes on my Lappy, that's what my Desktop is for, lappy is just for doing stuff when I'm not near desktop, ie writing stuff, spreadsheets, websurfing and astronomy etc. Desktop is for anything that can be remotely considered a 'game' or a 'simulator'.