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Well, since Vic is not biting today, here is a teaser of my own. Ride along as someone flies a Cessna 172 into KATL from nearby KPDK. Looked like quite a ride, especially with that MD-11 landing just behind them. There is also a gorgeous sunset departure as well. Enjoy

Agreed. EDDF, EGLL, or EHAM would be fantastic. I asked about KATL because it was already announced earlier that this is to be the next airport after KJFK.

Very much enjoying KJFK along with the default airports, but am still eager to hear something about this upcoming addon. How is it coming along?

When I received my free KJFK from Nyerges because of the issue with the bundle, it came as a dropbox link. However, this was last night, and the file did not say "SP1" or simi9lar. it was just RC_Tower3D_KJFK.exe. What was the title of the file you received,and did it come from " info@nyergesdesign.com "? If so then it is probably legitimate. If not, I would email Nyerges Design at the above address and ask.

I received it overnight. Thank you very much.

Has anyone who was supposed to receive RC KJFK for free (because of the bundle issue) received it? I have not.

This issue has been brought up in the forums many times. There is no question that Vic and his team are aware that this is important to us. I cannot speak for them, but I am sure that they will include it, if it is practical for them to do so.

Most likely,, something went wrong with the installation. Mine is working fine. Keep in mind, if you did not install Tower3D in the default location, then you must redirect the installer of each individual addon to the correct location of your Tower3D directory. It is an easy mistake to make.

I love the idea. I have no idea if they will do it in Tower3D Pro. All I know is that they said that there will be changing wind conditions. They did NOT say that live weather was a part of it, but who knows? I am just a user like you, not one of the devs :-)

The file for RC KLAX still shows the same name (RC_Tower3D_KLAX.exe) when I download it from my original purchase email. It does not show as SP2 the way KPHL does now. When I run the game at LAX, I see the 748/788, but the are grey, no liveries. Note that I bought KLAX as stand-alone, not as bundle.

Look at the bight side. You have it now. The rest of us are still waiting.

So far, it is known that Tower3DPro will have voice control, multiplayer (maybe), and more detailed micromanagement for the aircraft. For example, there will be shifting winds, and you will be able to change active runways during an active controlling session, without having to start over. Also, it has been confirmed that taxiway names will be marked on the ADIRS map, and we will be able to turn on and off the airport/runway/taxiway lights manually, rather than having the game decide this automatically. As far as I know, this is about all the info currently available. Hopefully more will be announced soon.

Tower 3D standard does not support this (dev said the game engine does not support it). Dev has further stated that the Pro version will use a different engine, but has not yet confirmed if Pro will have that functionality. So far, only a handful of details have been revealed about Pro.

Thank you. Following you instructions, I went to update my RC KPHL and RC KLAX. However, only RC KPHL has been updated (SP2). RC KLAX is still the same file that was there before. Please verify if there is an Update for RC KLAX, and that it has been uploaded to your servers. Thank you again.

Typically, this is what FeelThere does. but in their defense, the last few weeks have been extremely active, and it may have been difficult to keep up with all the announcements without impeding progress. Secondly, it would make sense for some intermediate/small updates to be relatively quiet, as they might be waiting for verification that the updates were truly successful before publishing advertising them more widely. Thirdly, in this case we are talking about Nyerges, which is a 3rd party developer, and not a part of Feel There.

Yes, I have noticed this too, though not specifically at KJFK. I have also noticed that during heavy thunderstorms in the middle of the day, the sun is usually shining brightly if you look straight up. It is weird, but I have not really made a big deal of it, as I did not want to draw attention away form more pressing issues that directly affect gameplay.

Yes, I have noticed this too, though not specifically at KJFK. I have also noticed that during heavy thunderstorms in the middle of the day, the sun is usually shining brightly if you look straight up. It is weird, but I have not really made a big deal of it, as I did not want to draw attention away form more pressing issues that directly affect gameplay.

From what I remember of Vic's comments, the current mouseclick controls will also still be available in Pro, so you can switch back and forth as you like.

It would be hugely desirable, no doubt about it.

Hi Russell, In Tower 2011 and other voice recog game, training was definitely necessary, and some people definitely fared better than others. Recently, however, Vic posted the following: "From Friday we begun testing the new voice recognition system for Pro (It's brand new, we dropped the previous one which was almost perfect and rewrote it from scratch to make it even better for the new more complex commands. I'm amazed by it. No need for training and in fact no need to know anything about the Windows voice system to use it. We will try to test if it works on non US English windows as well so we could stop require the English (US) version.)" Vic has still not confirmed if we will get multiscreen function. In Tower2011 it works beautifully and is easy to use. All you had to do was click on the top of a window and drag it to the other monitor (you need to set your display to "extend" in your Windows control panel if it is not already set up that way.

I see. That explains it. Nevertheless, sometime good things come from mistakes :-) I was not kidding about the idea of doing some northern airports, please make a note of how the effect was produced for future reference. Perhaps one of the 3rd parties might some day want to make PANC or EFHK. Either would actually be rather good possibilities for Tower 3D

I can confirm the same behavior

I just wanted to update my impressions of the night lighting. The previous statement was based on a session at 22:00. which in New York should be fully dark even in late June. However, I will note that changing the time to 03:00 does result in a fully dark sky. Regardless, I am pleased with the enhanced lighting and color on the ground. Looks much better than before the SP.

The new night lighting is interesting. I gather this is a sort of experiment in creating pleasing effects while managing performance. Perhaps not realistic with the pale glowing sky, but it is eerily reminiscent of the white nights seen in Scandinavia and northern Russia. Kind of fun, in a surreal kind of way. Be sure to keep this effect in mind in case one of your add-ons would be Helsinki - Vantaa or St. Petersburg - Pulkovo.

Oops ;-) I presume that this does not cause a crash?