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Well now. I am using GroundMaker Beta 4 :| Made for sumin like FS2000. 
Anyone know about Beta 5? Due to be released in 2003 and yet....
Anyone know about Beta 5? Due to be released in 2003 and yet....
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I think we can say that GroundMaker is no longer being develloped. I had contact with the author a few years ago, but he does not respond anymore. This is a pity, because I like the interface of GroundMaker a lot. But I think we must see it as a great tool for Fs2000, but not of much use anymore know in Fs2004.
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Jonathon Schutte said:
Yes, it will still work. I can also design a scenery with the tools from Fs5. But you can not take advantage of the new techniques of Fs2004 and in the end the performance is probably also worse.
So it will work (just like FSSC and Airport for Windows still work), but if you want to make use of the Fs2004 techniques (XML style airports, floating point commands for your 3D object, etc) then using these old tools might not be the best choice.
Seems to be a common paradox....what is the definition of "it works!"
Way back when asd was a great tool, and its authors claimed it to still work version after version, long after its usefulness was dwindling severly and alternatives abounded...but folks got fooled by the statement from the authors that it was compatible.
The evidence was screen shots that "it works". Of course screen shots could be taken, but the real expectation from users and designers for "it works" must include:
1. When used with a complex set of models, users frame rates are competitive with the best tools available at that given time
2. available features desired in the industry are made available within that tool.
3. Current sim version sdks are adhered to within the processing stack for future compatibility.
Any tool that meets the 3 criteria above merits "it works!". Any tool that doesn't meet these criteria is not preferred regardless of the presence of screen shots.
Bob
Way back when asd was a great tool, and its authors claimed it to still work version after version, long after its usefulness was dwindling severly and alternatives abounded...but folks got fooled by the statement from the authors that it was compatible.
The evidence was screen shots that "it works". Of course screen shots could be taken, but the real expectation from users and designers for "it works" must include:
1. When used with a complex set of models, users frame rates are competitive with the best tools available at that given time
2. available features desired in the industry are made available within that tool.
3. Current sim version sdks are adhered to within the processing stack for future compatibility.
Any tool that meets the 3 criteria above merits "it works!". Any tool that doesn't meet these criteria is not preferred regardless of the presence of screen shots.
Bob