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On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 03:12:00 GMT, boB <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom>
wrote:
>Capt Bob wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:30:02 -0700, "Will"
>> <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Well, I couldn't resist after reading this post and I purchased
>>>ActiveSky 5. I guess I should have let my cynicism control my
>>>actions and should have waited for 5.1. This is buggy software.
>>>
>>>1) After configuring for Online Updates, it just hangs.
>>>However, if you manually select Download it works.
>>>
>>>2) After several configuration dialogs, suddenly the online
>>>updates get "Main thread error" and time out to the next refresh
>>>cycle.
>>>
>>>3) Several configuration dialogs simply generate errors that make
>>>the program disappear.
>>>
>>>On a purely aesthetic level, once again I'm very frustrated by
>>>the user interface. It's very modal and overly complex for
>>>simple things.
>>>
>>>I was disappointed that I could not load new cloudscapes, or
>>>change the resolution of cloudscapes from 256x256 to 512x512 in
>>>real-time. This requires a restart of FS2004.
>>>
>>>FS2004.5 was very reliable for me. I'm going back to that until
>>>they fix these problems.
>>
>>
>>
>> And the reason that you posted this here instead of the Active Sky
>> Forum on Avsim.com, where the authors of the program are answering all
>> questions is............?
>>
>>
>> Bob
>
>I'll take a guess. .... Because so many people asked for a review???????
Well I have read dozens and dozens of reviews on the Avsim forums on
both the MSFS pages and the Active Sky forum and have yet to read of
anyone having these problems. Sounds like system problem or a
installation that went bad. The experts on this program are at
Avsim.com on the AS forum as I previously stated.
Bob