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Self-importance and its detrimental effects on our community
We flight-simmers are a tragically fascinating bunch. A close knit collective that’s united across the world, regardless of religion, encompassing many different lifestyles, all brought together by one common passion – frolicking the virtual skies. It’s perhaps because of this the community can end up being divisive, taking sides to an argument and fighting to the bitter end. This is best exemplified by the “sim vs. sim” war some like to have between the mainstays in the scene, Prepar3D and X-Plane – the latter of which has really progressed in maturity as a platform and 3rd party add-on support in the last year or so.
One of X-Plane 11’s biggest victories is how it’s managed to convert so many large ESP-platform developers, who used to ridicule X-Plane, into viewing the platform as a viable business option for future products. Outfits like UK2000 and FlyTampa previously turned their heads at the thought of XP, but both now have products out for…
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Self-importance and its detrimental effects on our community
We flight-simmers are a tragically fascinating bunch. A close knit collective that’s united across the world, regardless of religion, encompassing many different lifestyles, all brought together by one common passion – frolicking the virtual skies. It’s perhaps because of this the community can end up being divisive, taking sides to an argument and fighting to the bitter end. This is best exemplified by the “sim vs. sim” war some like to have between the mainstays in the scene, Prepar3D and X-Plane – the latter of which has really progressed in maturity as a platform and 3rd party add-on support in the last year or so.
One of X-Plane 11’s biggest victories is how it’s managed to convert so many large ESP-platform developers, who used to ridicule X-Plane, into viewing the platform as a viable business option for future products. Outfits like UK2000 and FlyTampa previously turned their heads at the thought of XP, but both now have products out for…
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Analysis – The State of X-Plane Development in 2020: Coronavirus and Microsoft Flight Simulator
With the end of the novel coronavirus pandemic still months away, how will X-Plane be impacted? Will Microsoft Flight Simulator affect X-Plane too?
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