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Flytampa, Flightbeam, FSDT and 29Palms future products to be P3D4 only
jabloomf1230:
It's an example of what's called self identification. If you are either a student of flight simming, a pro at flight simming or you think you might want to develop content, then pick a license type. If you are beyond the pro level, that just means that you like to shoot at other aircraft and drop bombs. ;)
kmanning:
--- Quote from: jabloomf1230 on July 29, 2017, 04:02:26 pm ---It's an example of what's called self identification. If you are either a student of flight simming, a pro at flight simming or you think you might want to develop content, then pick a license type. If you are beyond the pro level, that just means that you like to shoot at other aircraft and drop bombs. ;)
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I really don't care for the Professional Plus that allows for shooting down other aircrafts and dropping bombs, not to mention there're other things I should put that much money into. Even the Professional one is quite expensive and I'll have to wait on that one, if I don't qualify for the others. I hope I can purchase the P3D4 soon.
virtuali:
--- Quote from: kmanning on July 28, 2017, 07:20:57 pm ---But does the Developer's license require that I be a sim developer or a scenery developer, meaning that I have to develop addons for the P3D?
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Just read the LM website and the developer license EULA:
http://www.prepar3d.com/developer-network-program/
The website says:
--- Quote ---Anyone can become a Prepar3D Developer! No matter if you are a seasoned developer, or just starting out, we want to encourage you to develop for Prepar3D.
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And, nowhere in the license agreement it says you MUST release/publish/sell an add-on. You can get it to learn how to develop for P3D, and the license ALSO contains a license to use the sim itself, but you are not bound to release something.
FLYERFROMOREGON:
At the current time FSX is the largest market. Do you expect that to shrink so much in the next two years that is not worth offering customers scenery at the loss of your income. Yes it might be easier to develop products for the new platforms 64 bit. As a business decision, easier at loss of income might be self defeating. If you have investors, which I have no idea if you do or are totally privately owned, they might not like leaving a market that provides income to the bottom line. I think as any investor might until that market FSX is no longer viable in terms of costs vs income, that it should be sustained for the time being. Especially Flightbeam who came out with KPDX in development just as P3V4 came out. This is a disservice to those who have been waiting a long time for a good Portland airport scenery and a major disappointment. I think you should have given it at least another year before deciding to cut off FSX users. >:( Other developers I purchase from have not made this decision at this time, and will be writing software for FSX for the time being and into the future as long as the market is large.
Hnla:
--- Quote from: FLYFROMUTAH on September 12, 2017, 08:09:34 pm ---At the current time FSX is the largest market. Do you expect that to shrink so much in the next two years that is not worth offering customers scenery at the loss of your income. Yes it might be easier to develop products for the new platforms 64 bit. As a business decision, easier at loss of income might be self defeating. If you have investors, which I have no idea if you do or are totally privately owned, they might not like leaving a market that provides income to the bottom line. I think as any investor might until that market FSX is no longer viable in terms of costs vs income, that it should be sustained for the time being. Especially Flightbeam who came out with KPDX in development just as P3V4 came out. This is a disservice to those who have been waiting a long time for a good Portland airport scenery and a major disappointment. I think you should have given it at least another year before deciding to cut off FSX users. >:( Other developers I purchase from have not made this decision at this time, and will be writing software for FSX for the time being and into the future as long as the market is large.
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