Tim Barbright
Advice from a Flight Sim Historian and 20 year sim veteran:
Check your add-ons for malware.
Flight Sim legal threats are always meaningless.
Don’t tell the cops you’re a simmer.
No, you can’t land a real plane.
Go-arounds are for quitters.
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Reddit Post Claiming to be by FlyByWire Developer Accuses iniBuilds of Code Theft, Licensing Violations
21.11.2023 – In a post on the Microsoft Flight Simulator subreddit, a FlyByWire developer has claimed that iniBuilds’s upcoming Airbus A320neo violates license agreements by reusing code from FlyByWire’s own freeware A320nx project.
Simcident Report: The SATCO Schism, The Rocky Origins of Online ATC and the Rise of VATSIM and IVAO
4.5.2023 – This is the story of SATCO, flight sims premier multiplayer ATC network, and how it was torn apart by secretive deals, internal power struggles, and accusations of theft and fraud. The collapse of which, would lead to the rise of two of the most popular competing ATC networks, VATSIM and IVAO. Welcome to Simcident Report, where…
Microsoft Making Changes to the MSFS Marketplace, Developers to Test Own Content
10.3.2023 – Marketplace Partners will be solely responsible for the functional testing of all products. Microsoft will remain responsible for ensuring that content complies with marketplace rules and terms. Previously, Microsoft had been responsible for both testing and certifying products once they had been submitted to the marketplace.
Flightsim.to Officially Rolls Out New Content Deletion Policy Amid Mixed Response From Developers
24.2.2023 – Flightsim.to caused a stir in the freeware add-on development community when several high profile developers launched a boycott of the site over its content deletion policy. The site has rolled out a new policy in response, to mixed reaction.