Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:59 pmIssue 4 is 100% Wellington, with a huge chunk of autogenned photoscenery, plus a 'transitional' Wellington airport. I have just today removed the info from the site stating that projects like Wellington Airport won't be included -- as I've explained before, if I don't make it part of the subscription, then it is entirely possible that it'll never see the light of day.
Off the record, my immediate plans (subject to raising the airfares/car rental/motel) are to visit Napier/Hastings, so that there'll be at least two fully-modeled airports as part of the Subscription. Also off the record, October is 'crunch' month, where if I don't get new customers I have to reconsider the viability of the subscription. That'd be a shame, as it was the only way I could figure how to keep on developing New Zealand scenery.
So here we are 40% into the subscription period, now would be a good time to think about subscribing. Current installments are 3 x $33, but bear in mind that I am open to arrangements other than 3 monthly payments. For example, it would not be an entirely silly idea to arrange the first installment now, download all the available scenery, then put the rest on hold -- sure, you'd lose access to the downloads once I catch on to the fact that you won't be paying the second installment, but you'll still have the scenery to keep, provided you downloaded it before I cut you off...
This type of arrangement really only works with a manual order, contacting me by email, rather than the in-built Paypal installments.
And then, when you are ready, you could contact me to arrange the balance of the subscription.
There's been a bit of discussion about the forums on the likelihood of future New Zealand releases from Orbx, but it does seem that this won't happen. Orbx have stated that the limited market doesn't justify any further development, and I've always been aware that this is true. I've said before that putting your money into something like the Subscription is your best bet for ongoing, dedicated development of NZ scenery, even though it may hurt a little in the beginning:) I would love to do this full-time, but I'd need to make enough to match the dole, plus the cost of visiting airports etc. That means at least 300 subscribers, and I'm only a quarter of the way there.
Click the link in the sig for details of the subscription. There's a few screenshots of Wellington,plus a quick video of a heli flight from Porirua.
Off the record, my immediate plans (subject to raising the airfares/car rental/motel) are to visit Napier/Hastings, so that there'll be at least two fully-modeled airports as part of the Subscription. Also off the record, October is 'crunch' month, where if I don't get new customers I have to reconsider the viability of the subscription. That'd be a shame, as it was the only way I could figure how to keep on developing New Zealand scenery.
So here we are 40% into the subscription period, now would be a good time to think about subscribing. Current installments are 3 x $33, but bear in mind that I am open to arrangements other than 3 monthly payments. For example, it would not be an entirely silly idea to arrange the first installment now, download all the available scenery, then put the rest on hold -- sure, you'd lose access to the downloads once I catch on to the fact that you won't be paying the second installment, but you'll still have the scenery to keep, provided you downloaded it before I cut you off...
This type of arrangement really only works with a manual order, contacting me by email, rather than the in-built Paypal installments.
And then, when you are ready, you could contact me to arrange the balance of the subscription.
There's been a bit of discussion about the forums on the likelihood of future New Zealand releases from Orbx, but it does seem that this won't happen. Orbx have stated that the limited market doesn't justify any further development, and I've always been aware that this is true. I've said before that putting your money into something like the Subscription is your best bet for ongoing, dedicated development of NZ scenery, even though it may hurt a little in the beginning:) I would love to do this full-time, but I'd need to make enough to match the dole, plus the cost of visiting airports etc. That means at least 300 subscribers, and I'm only a quarter of the way there.
Click the link in the sig for details of the subscription. There's a few screenshots of Wellington,plus a quick video of a heli flight from Porirua.
