It seems that Dave Eckert has not been the only one to encounter grief in the simming crowd...

Simmers are becoming more demanding it seems...

One site has shut down...according to Eckert, it was due to grief he had from sites...(read his article here), in addition Bill Lyons has shut down for the summer for that same why...

Now I mean neither to preach nor to start a debate here, but something I have begun to do is send e-mails of thanks to designers who make planes, repaints, scenery, etc. that I like, and I would suggest you do it too.  Maybe between simming, browsing downloads, posting on forums, take a few minutes and write a word of thanks! (e-mail was how I got the fix for Holger Sandmann's new mesh by the way...)

You might make a freeware developer's day

J - You hit it on the spot.,

Developers like to receive good job e-mails.  Many times they know they have to make trade-offs between accuracy and what they can do with the available tools (and knowledge).

This is one of the reasons Simviation set up this "Designer Feedback" board - to heap praise on those developers.  I've taken the liberty of contacting some when their name has come up, and the reaction is positive.

At least this is one oasis where a developer can come in and made to feel good.




(Of course, when I saw the title, I dreaded reading it, since my mind immediately went to "A Modest Proposal ...")

I guess the key word here is "Freeware"!
Some forget that...But nothing is worse than spending $39.95 on payware and saying to yourself...I've seen better freeware!
Some designers spend 100's of hours the project, I personaly dont' have the patience or the time!

I'am guilty of not thanking them...but now maybe I'll change and start dropping them a line or two...

Thanks Jordan, For bringing this up!

Bill Lyons bowing out too?  ???   I hope he comes back soon.  Unfortunately, this is not a new thing.  Back in the days of FS98/2000 there was a very talented designer named Matt Grizz (www.grizzcreek.com). ; Does anyone remember him?  He made wonderful bush planes and had a killer JN-4 Jenny that I flew almost constantly.  Eventually, so many people got to telling him how he should do his models, and criticizing him so much because he wasn't doing things the way THEY thought he should be, that he just gave it up and got out.  His story is not unique, and it's a shame that some people forget what other people do for them.  Personally, I sat down todsay and e-mailed several different designers to thank them, just to make sure someone told them it's appreciated.