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--- Quote from: simmerluke on July 17, 2023, 03:08:26 am ---each of your points seem to be compromises that other vendors are prepared to make, or are at least prepared to offer the option.
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I think I already explained why this is the best option FOR US.

"Other vendors" don't usually have the same level of intertwined interactions between products like sceneries, interacting with GSX, which works with several simulators at once, with most of its code shared, that's why what might be the better option for others, is not the better option for us.

Again, we made the software, we know how it works, we know what is shared between the simulator and what isn't, and that's why we decided that having all FSDT products together IS the better option AND it DOES allow you to reach your goal of "installing outside the simulator" as well, without all the disadvantages I already explained if we allowed to needlessly "split" our installed products "by simulator", which will only give you an ILLUSION of better "flexibility", with no real advantage and only downsides.


--- Quote ---As it stands I believe I am back to my post from a couple of days ago where I concluded that in a world where everything else I currently own is separated by simulator, it does seem that I will have to choose one drive or the other to install everything FSDT, or the C: drive.
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That issue is your assumption that, just because everything else you own is separated by simulator, this would automatically be the best solution, when it's not.

- For products that don't have any interaction or shared files in different simulators, having them separated "by simulator" might make you happier to have them organized in the way you like, with no big downsides.

- For OUR products that DO have lots of shared files across different simulators AND a common updater that supports all simulators, the downsides I already explained several times, will far outweigh the psychological effect of them appearing to be "separated by simulator".

The thing that matter, from a functional point of view, is installing outside the simulator, which we comply to and we did that before everybody else. Artificially separate them further "by simulator" when they are already installed outside of it, won't give you any benefit, just extra problems and wasted disk space.

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