Flightbeam, Drzewiecki Design, Fly Tampa, etc... What's the common point between these developers ? They usually need (or asked for) the AES well known enhancement. But the more they develop new airports, the more they have to wait for AES materials. So is there a bottleneck ?
In my first opinion, i thought that AES was seriouly late. But studying the ten latest airports updated, we can find UK 2000 Newcastle, Drzewiecki Design Bornholm X and even Imagine Sim Denver. These are very recent airports.
Does Oliver Pabst give Aerosoft some priority ? Not really. Among AES 2.12 airports, we find 5 independant designers and even 1 freeware designer (Max Kraus).
AES has no bottleneck at all. And designers complaining about delays must have some other problems.
Good luck and good night.
In my first opinion, i thought that AES was seriouly late. But studying the ten latest airports updated, we can find UK 2000 Newcastle, Drzewiecki Design Bornholm X and even Imagine Sim Denver. These are very recent airports.
Does Oliver Pabst give Aerosoft some priority ? Not really. Among AES 2.12 airports, we find 5 independant designers and even 1 freeware designer (Max Kraus).
AES has no bottleneck at all. And designers complaining about delays must have some other problems.
Good luck and good night.
3 comments:
Good post! The balance does seem fair between Aerosoft- and non-AS-airports. But nevertheless, there are too many opportunities left out.
I'm sure AES is still a real money maker for AS....and that's why I don't understand why they don't have anyone on their team taking care of the new airport configs. That way Mr. Pabst could finally come to terms with new features of this good addon.
I like AES, but I don't think developers should think that having it is the only way that a scenery should work good. Take a look at Orbx, they don't need AES and they do an amazing job (peopleflow). Now FSDT is understanding that AES isn't something that only Aerosoft can do and they are doing their GSX. I really hope all developers find their own ways of enhancing scenery like AES and not depend entirely on other software from another company.
The only bottle necks are Oliver Pabst him self and technical things with certain scenery's. Oliver Pabst develops AES as a hobby besides his normal job. He is also working on AES NG (new functions, new looks). Recent updates took longer because of that.
It's a popular addon, that's why I don't understand Aerosoft...they could a few more developers. If Oliver continues his work on AES NG, somebody else could make the updates.
Another reason for delays with AES for certain scenery is of technical nature. FlightBeam KSFO for example. There were problems with the AES integration so Amir had to remake and adjust a lot. AES is now planned for his KSFO v2.0 upgrade. Certain other scenery’s are also not suitable for AES, Cloud9 KLAX and ENBR for example.
It often happens that Oliver needs action to be taken by the developer and if that doesn’t go fast enough, the airport scenery in question might not make the release of the update and has to wait for the next.
I personally only use scenery with AES support. I hold of buying an unsupported addon.
AES is important for me; I only fly to designations with addon scenery and AES. I really hope AES NG will be out soon and will continue to support the airports that are supported now…
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