FSAddon's Lysander is released !!!

***Francois*** · December 24th, 2009, 02:21

Well, I know of one person here who will not like my advertising ;-), but after 6 years of research, planning and development of my Personal Pet Project, I simply have to get people to download the 'Lysander Special Operations' package !

Available now at simMarket, and soon also from my own website using the Flight1 wrapper.

http://secure.simmarket.com/fsaddon-...erations.phtml

I hope I can finally get some sleep in the next few days.

MERRY CHRISTMAS everybody !!!

**JayKae** · December 24th, 2009, 02:36

Well done mate, off to buy now, Merry Christmas Francois

**bushpilot** · December 24th, 2009, 02:43

Looks great:salute:. And moonlight missions behind enemy lines

. I'll wait for the F1 wrapper version, so I can dodge that darn VAT

***jankees*** · December 24th, 2009, 02:47

Excellent, Francois, enjoy your holidays!

For those that buy it, these are still in the pipeline:

**IanHenry** · December 24th, 2009, 02:59

Looks great but I think I also will wait for the Flight 1 wrapper.

Ian.

**peter12213** · December 24th, 2009, 03:42

Great Woo Hoo, Merry Xmas fellas!

gajit · December 24th, 2009, 03:48

Wow it looks great - i will buy if someone can tell me if there are reflections in the vc glass as i hate cockpits with nothing but fresh air - unless they are open ones of course!!

***Roger*** · December 24th, 2009, 03:59

***Francois*** · December 24th, 2009, 04:04

Originally Posted by gajit

Wow it looks great - i will buy if someone can tell me if there are reflections in the vc glass as i hate cockpits with nothing but fresh air - unless they are open ones of course!!

It has full bump mapping and cockpit glass reflections of course... AND you can open the cockpit anyway if you so desire

(FSX SP2/Accel, non-preview mode, as advertised).

6297J · December 24th, 2009, 04:15

Originally Posted by Francois

It has full bump mapping and cockpit glass reflections of course... AND you can open the cockpit anyway if you so desire

(FSX SP2/Accel, non-preview mode, as advertised).

Do you have any screenshots of that? It's hard to tell from the shots of the VC on Simmarket but it doesn't look like there are reflections from inside.
There is one shot here on FSAddon - http://fsaddon.eu/wpfsaddon/product-...-the-lysander/ but you can't be too sure there either.
Nice and shiny from the outside though :mixedsmi:

gajit · December 24th, 2009, 04:17

Originally Posted by Francois

It has full bump mapping and cockpit glass reflections of course... AND you can open the cockpit anyway if you so desire

(FSX SP2/Accel, non-preview mode, as advertised).

Thanks Francois - i will buy it from SimMarket now

***Roger*** · December 24th, 2009, 04:25

Works fine in DX10 preview mode...

**ananda** · December 24th, 2009, 04:41

Taking off from Tempsford at dusk

Waiting for passengers

gajit · December 24th, 2009, 04:59

Francois - i am VERY annoyed as there are no VC reflections and realise that you did not answer my question in this thread. I would like a refund please.

6297J · December 24th, 2009, 05:02

Originally Posted by 6297J

Do you have any screenshots of that? It's hard to tell from the shots of the VC on Simmarket but it doesn't look like there are reflections from inside.
There is one shot here on FSAddon - http://fsaddon.eu/wpfsaddon/product-...-the-lysander/ but you can't be too sure there either.
Nice and shiny from the outside though :mixedsmi:

Never mind

gajit · December 24th, 2009, 05:06

Yes - the outside model is great but the VC is disappointing compared to the standards of recent products - many of the switches just look unfinished.

**Nick C** · December 24th, 2009, 05:09

The glass doesn't have reflections textured on it, however it is tinted slightly so it doesn't look like there is no glass.

I actually prefer not to have reflections as often they can be over done and also at night they don't look right IMO. Just my two penny worth.

***Francois*** · December 24th, 2009, 05:10

Originally Posted by 6297J

Never mind

What took you so long ??????

***Francois*** · December 24th, 2009, 05:13

Originally Posted by gajit

Francois - i am VERY annoyed as there are no VC reflections and realise that you did not answer my question in this thread. I would like a refund please.

Hi 'Gajit', sorry for the misunderstanding. I was talking about the 'glass'..... meaning the 'canopy'. I guess you mean the glass of the gauges.

Well, I am sure they've heard all reasons for refunds at simMarket by now, so yours is no worse than others. You'll have to file a trouble ticket with them I'm afraid, as is usual. I won't see any money until half January.

Bests,
Francois

gajit · December 24th, 2009, 05:14

Originally Posted by Nick C

The glass doesn't have reflections textured on it, however it is tinted slightly so it doesn't look like there is no glass.

I actually prefer not to have reflections as often they can be over done and also at night they don't look right IMO. Just my two penny worth.

I forgot that Lysanders had tinted glass.

**IanP** · December 24th, 2009, 05:28

"Painted" reflections on the front panels of aircraft have always bugged me anyway, because that's the one thing which an aircraft windscreen (windshield to the Americans

) is designed to reduce or remove - simply so you can see at night.

Having sat in, been flown in and flown several hundred aircraft, I have only ever seen reflections in glass when overhead lighting has been used at night. Specifically because this causes reflections in the windows so you can't see outside, overhead lighting in cockpits/flight decks is used as little as possible - often never as map and small spotlights are used to see what gauge backlighting cannot illuminate. Unfortunately, FS forces us to use overhead lighting almost constantly, particularly in GA aircraft, which really isn't realistic at all.

That's not a comment for or against this model, it's just an observation from many years of flightsimming and cursing incorrectly highly visible reflections on glass interiors.

Edited to add: My personal reaction to this release is that I haven't seen the fully finished package, but RAFs Tempsford and Winkleigh are FTPing onto my site as I type.

***Francois*** · December 24th, 2009, 05:31

Originally Posted by IanHenry

Looks great but I think I also will wait for the Flight 1 wrapper.

Ian.

Available now on our website: http://fsaddon.eu/wpfsaddon/fsaddon-products/

The CD option is added too... still need to make the 'graphic' for it. Maybe I'll tend to Christmas first now ;-).

Seen some nice pictures from our customers already. Good stuff !!

gajit · December 24th, 2009, 05:34

I also have over 500 logged in real world and have never flown anything (other than a Tiger Moth and a Stearman) that lets you see the world un hindered by glazing.

gajit · December 24th, 2009, 05:36

Originally Posted by Francois

Hi 'Gajit', sorry for the misunderstanding. I was talking about the 'glass'..... meaning the 'canopy'. I guess you mean the glass of the gauges.

Well, I am sure they've heard all reasons for refunds at simMarket by now, so yours is no worse than others. You'll have to file a trouble ticket with them I'm afraid, as is usual. I won't see any money until half January.

Bests,
Francois

Never mind Francois -I wish you good sales with this one and a healthy and wealthy new year. :ernae: