RichFR Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 5i is available for download now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichFR Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I find the models really slow with sluggish controls. Good for total beginners but I doubt its realistic. I only have 15% expo on my handset and everything flies like its on very low rates. The Hawk is very slow to do anything even adjusted to advanced. On version 4 it was uncontrollable without some rates. I like to use Duel rates as I think it will be good practice for me to play around with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichFR Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 5j is available today updates still happening quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispin church Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 5J working well and 4S to 5 is now running well as long as you dont select videos training it seems to fail with that selected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Now up to 5.0.k. And quite a few bugs in the multi-player setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Olsen 1 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Not just the multiplayer...I just tried selecting the F16 and it instantly blows the program away. OK, I admit it, I was going to try the underwater flying thing again to see if they had fixed that. Obviously it won't work with the F16 now, but it still works with the A10...however the behaviour has changed a bit. The rudder used to work quite well for steering in the water, now it doesn't. I haven't tried the multiplayer with k, but with j last night I found I could not join any sessions. Maybe being down under it thinks my lag is too long? I was able to start a session OK but nobody joined it. I've also been trying the Sopwith Camel with each version. With V4 I never used to have any luck flying that, maybe fluke one landing in ten. Of course if the model is true to the behaviour of the original that might be quite realistic. With V5 I can fly and land it just as well as anything else...however with 5.0.k it does seem to have acquired an interesting wing dropping habit that I have never noticed before. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Wright Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Nearly just updated my V4 but thought I would take a looksee on here due to all the updates in thier news section. Have it on my laptop & workstation, is it worth giving it a go yet or wait for some further patches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Olsen 1 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I've updated my desktop machine, but not my laptop, so I have the option of either. So if you have it on two machines you could consider that for an option. So far the things I have encountered are mostly just oddities, apart from the F16 one acting as an instant kill for the program. When I play on the laptop, I plug it into my sons 40 inch TV in the lounge and get a good widescreen view. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispin church Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 5 K not bad but still no autogyros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Posted by crispin church on 05/03/2014 16:26:59: 5 K not bad but still no autogyros I asked and was told that ALL the so called add-on download models, inc autogyro and the tilt rotors and even things like the Cessna 182 are currently put to one side until the program is sorted, then will be re-added at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Jones Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Cessna 182 and some others now available for download and so it V5i. Trying now, first thing I notice is that the Flight Info box now correctly shows whether the undercarriage is up or down. Just need the same for flaps and be starting to feel a lot happier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Risky business being a test pilot, eh? I must say I'm very grateful to all you chaps, tearing your hair out on everyone's behalf to get it working, but if it's all the same with you, I think I'll wait for V6 - shouldn't be long....... Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Jones Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Bomb target is round again but multiplayer modes seem very jerky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Jones Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Posted by Pete B - Moderator on 05/03/2014 21:02:22: Risky business being a test pilot, eh? I must say I'm very grateful to all you chaps, tearing your hair out on everyone's behalf to get it working, but if it's all the same with you, I think I'll wait for V6 - shouldn't be long....... Pete Hmm, you have a point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Can someone PM me when they reach V5z? It might be working by then! Not impressed with the story so far I have to say. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Posted by Ian Jones on 05/03/2014 21:31:52: Bomb target is round again but multiplayer modes seem very jerky. Not jerky here..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Posted by Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 06/03/2014 00:10:24: Can someone PM me when they reach V5z? It might be working by then! Not impressed with the story so far I have to say. BEB SUMMATION OF CURRENT STATE (based on 5.0l (thats an L, BTW, getting near halfway to "Z" It is my opinion purely as a user that after many many often frustrating hours testing and lots and lots of reporting to them of items found that making the free update switch to v5.0 is now practical, as long as:- 1. You are prepared to lose the use of all existing flight envelope variants. Add on graphics and sites do still work, but not model variants. 2. You can live without the Scale Wizard till they get around to replacing it. That is not to say it's now otherwise perfect, it isn't, but my opinion is that it is now good ENOUGH to make the transition and that they now NEED a wider base to give feedback to get the final anomalies of certain conditions or hardware sorted. Unless you are a 3D modeller or "content creator" you will not see much change if any, but to be fair to them, remember this is a facilitation update to be able to go on to "do" more than the software used on v4.0 would have allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john melia 1 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I think the actual model physics are better than V4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 So can I now upgrade to V5 from where ever I am on V4 or is the server still down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Should be able to Steve. I upgraded from 4 to 5 on both laptop and desktop machines earlier this week. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Price 2 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I have V3! Can I upgrade direct from this to the latest version? Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat (rActive) Harbord Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 You will need to update to 4.0.s and then let it update to 5. You will find a manual update to get you from 3 to 4 on www.phoenix-sim.com/downloads you'll find the link you need at the bottom of the page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat (rActive) Harbord Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 sorry duff link www.phoenix-sim.com/downloads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Wright Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 upgrading my workstation as we speak. Did I see you can't scale planes yet? If so I will hold off doing my laptop, can't fly my Wot4XL otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Price 2 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Thanks for that Pat. Will try later. Do I have to go all though the 4l to 4k and so forth? Or can I go direct to 4s? Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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