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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:28 pm
by ardypilot
Hi all,
Welcome to the September Newsletter from the New Zealand Flightsim Forums.

The hottest news this month is all about VPN! We have officially gone into partnership with the VOZ Powered News team, in an effort to improve Trans-Tasman simming relations with the Aussies. The monthly online publication, that features the latest happenings from the Vista Austrails community (and now NZFF), is available for free download from here: http://www.orbxsystems.com/vozpowerednews/. In the September issue, the thousands of readers worldwide can expect to see a special ANZAC article, showcasing some of our forums finest work, including a few of your own screenshots. For more information, check out this thread: http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4123

Also, you may wish to view the 2nd edition of Sim Pilot Magazine which goes live on September 1st over at: http://www.simpilotnet.com/. Articles of particular interest include "A Fletcher for Flight Sim' and "Arctic Cargo Run - Explore the Fiords of Alaska' "“ the latter written by yours truly winkyy.gif

In other news, Snowman (aka Lawrie Roacher) from The NZ Retro AI Project, has been busy developing some freeware New Zealand airports for fs2004, including the Chatham Islands, Hamilton Airport, Napier Airport and Ryans Creek on Stewart Island. Gisborne Airport and Palmerston North Airport are also under development, so look out for those in the Announcements forum and on Avsim.

Also, a whole host of Air New Zealand repaints for the new Project Airbus v2 have been uploaded to Avsim.com this month, have a browse here: http://library.avsim.net/search.php?Search...t&Go=Search

If you haven't seen it already, we have a special screenshot competition running this month. If is different from previous contests because we have lifted the theme restriction, which help many users back from entering at the beginning of August. Instead, you can enter any shot you wish- as long as it is over New Zealand scenery, plus you can pick your own prize if you win! That's right, you can choose between either taking home any REAL NZ product that you fancy, or a 20 EURO SimMarket voucher! For more details, see this thread: http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4318

Another first is the new NZFF Video competition, which can be found here: http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4319. The idea is exactly the same as the above mention screenshot competition, but requires a short video clip instead of a stopped motion image. The theme for the first video competition is "low level flying' and the winners video will be showcased over at the Sim Pilot Magazine.

Finally, congratulations and welcome to member number 500, "Yoda' who sighed up on the 30th of August. We hope to continue growing with new members in the future, so spread the word about NZFF.org to all your mates!

Cheers,
Trolly, and the NZFF Admin Team

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:48 am
by jastheace
Hi trolley, not sure if anyone else is haveing the same problem as me, but i get 3 copies of the email, i must be special!!! can you advise on that please

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:05 am
by Mattnz
jastheace wrote:
QUOTE(jastheace @ Sep 1 2007, 09:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi trolley, not sure if anyone else is haveing the same problem as me, but i get 3 copies of the email, i must be special!!! can you advise on that please


Lucky, I only received two copies tongue.gif

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:36 am
by NZCoffee
I'm extra special; I got four!

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:57 am
by ardypilot
Dam, I thought we fixed this problem.

I'm very sorry about this folks, we need to get it sorted out asap!

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:47 am
by jastheace
thats ok trolly, these little issues are no biggie, just thought i would mention it

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:37 pm
by Alex
Oops lol, that would be my fault. We found out about this last month, but I couldn't find an easy fix, so I did a few tests and it worked perfectly fine, we were going to use this newsletter as a final test to make sure it was working - but obviously not eh? So, I'll get onto it again. winkyy.gif

Alex

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:54 pm
by Naki
haha I must be extra special I got 6!

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:06 pm
by Alex
Naki wrote:
QUOTE(Naki @ Sep 1 2007, 02:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
haha I must be extra special I got 6!

Can anyone else top that? rolleyes.gif tongue.gif

Alex

PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:24 am
by K5054NZ
sad.gif I only got four, too.....

Great newsletter this month guys, looking forward to the next one! If you're like me and can only get online every other day, having the monthly catchup is a great help.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:02 am
by Alex
We think we've found what the problem was (PHP script timing out), and how we can fix it. It is a little variable, and we're not sure how well it will work straight-off, but once we have a little time to fine-tune it, it should be right. smile.gif

Alex