I agree Dick, to be able to create an animation that would react to weather without hacking ASM code wich i personally find difficult would be sensational.
I must admit tho, due to the efforts of yourself, Gerrish,Goran, Luis, Arno and many others i have come a long way in 3 yrs by saving the snippets of code you have all presented for Scasm that have enabled me to create some wonderfull stuff with FSDS , Sbuilder and Scasm. Now ive delved into Gmax, its a start all over again and something else to learn after hours of studying to understand what im doing. Keeps the Brain challenged wich i enjoy but at times id love to spend more time flying
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Nick, im sure MS are aware and like any good marketing company, release as much info as is required ( read, new hardware versions or should we say eg: latest printer or digital cam haha ) to ensure market share of a product.
One thing we shouldnt loose site of is that FS isnt open source and whilst we get frustrated at times, it is on the improve. I think one of the main areas is like to see improve is an expedited release of SDK's with a more detailed and exampled format that caters for those of us less experianced with code !
Still, it leaves a market for Payware and Freeware software that enhances the experiance that could easily be closed off to us, but on the positive side we have new Aircraft, Scenery , Design tools, Tutorials and a hobby ( obsession haha ) that keeps us off the streets
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better get back to the studying LOL
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rgds Jeff