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Too few may notice (?)... Starlight, I do not think anyone disagrees with you on those issues. Your observations are dead accurate. Problem is..., as you are probably also aware off, too few people may care and/or be able to notice. Making the "weels turn", having winter landscapes... is most probably going to sell more copies then things 'under the hood'. It would probably be suicide for ED to not cater to the vast majority of potential buyers. Making a shoot-em-up in the sky (like Comanche 4) will always outsell any sim. I still believe we should be gratefull there still are dedicated people like the ED devs out there. If ED survives (and I and many others hope they will), LockOn and/or any successor can only be better, also in the AI department. (BTW. I know just how hard it is to write complex software, I do it for a living, and play LockOn for fun!)

LockOn not a great sim ? In my country this (incredible) sim is sold for (the equivalent of) 10 USD. For that amount of cash you get one of the, if not the, best simulation ever developed. Many negative attitudes like these may cause this only 'serious' fast jet sim to cease to exist. We should all be gratefull if and when ED DOES allow us western customers to download either the ADDon and or Patches. A Russian company should IMHO think of the Russian market first. What can be wrong with that ? I wellcome ANY LockOn improvement I can get my hands on. Whatever I have to pay for it. Most 'issues' written here have reported so many times before in several forums. Some of these (not AI related) can easily be solved by downloading some (FPS improvement) mod or other. Also, as we very well know, LockOn is "future oriented/proof". That is why it may be tough to run on your hardware. Surely not because is was poorly written. I'm sure, in time, some FPS related bugs will be ironed out. Simply turn down some eye candy and enjoy ! If you don't want to do that (like me), buy a faster rig (like I did). I am so pleased there still IS a company supporting LockOn ! Thanks ED. (just my true personal feeling about this) :)

Means of payment... Will payment using a credit card be the only option to get v1.1 ? Will it not be possible to e.g. use PayPal or transfer money to an ED bank account or any other way ?

Will payment using a credit card be the only option to get v1.1 ? Will it not be possible to e.g. transfer money to an ED bank account or so ? I am not too confident any more about using a credit card for payment over the internet (I know I am paranoid and old fashion...but I had some bad experience in the past). :?:

ED...anything is more than wellcome I installed LockOn on a system as you can see in my signature. Patched to v.02. Run it at 1600X1200 - 4AA-4AF. All settings default (quite high). All I can say ... WOW. Never crashed on me (yet). Very good framerates (believe it or no). This is THE best looking flightsim I EVER saw. Sense of speed and situational awareness is awesome. BUT... I pitty people with lower end systems. I WILL upgrade just to be able to play LockOn even better (AMD 4000+) will all options on MAX. I truly hope a new Patch will get out. However, Performance is OK AFAIK if one takes into account just how unbelievably great LockOn looks. I truly DO NOT understand those people whining about subtle things. If LockOn abends I think 99% chance it is YOUR system setup, not LockOn. Perfection does not exist, but Lockon sure comes close to it ! Most of all.. I hope to ever get my hands on those 2 CD's with v1.1. Don't mind paying quite some money for it (even 100USD), but I am reluctant to use my credit card to get it (never knowing wether it will actually arrive at my home). Oh, I wish we could simply buy it worldwide. Maybe at a (flight-sim) show ?? I don't like Ubisoft for what they have done. Thanks ED !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wink: BTW.... I bought 2 copies of LockOn. Just to be able to give one to a friend (best gift ever)!