acknowledged ED, we need help as modules have been abandoned by Polychop

[rob10]

19 minutes ago, TheBiggerBass said:

Without knowing the legal and contractual implications, I wonder whether it would make sense or be possible to make the source code of abandoned modules available as open source to the DCS community, thereby making it available for further development.

Not possible.  That source code is intellectual property owned by whoever the dev was, even if they have abandoned updating it, so it's not public domain.  Even if ED had the source code and was legally able to update it if the dev abandoned it, that still wouldn't allow it to be public domained.

A certain other sim that's a modded version of an abandoned sim is only possible because they have an agreement with the owner of intellectual property involved (not the original dev since they sold the IP for it).

[adirtynurse]

It has its faults, but its still the greatest helicopter in the game. If you want to fly it, go ahead and enjoy it.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Yes it’s still superb fun, and if you’re interested in helicopters there’s plenty of time before DCS 3.0 (the time were issues could arise) to get your money’s worth.

The only bug that’s in your face right now is also a very minor one: the calculation for endurance doesn’t display decimal numbers but I for one display the remaining fuel amount all the time (rocker down twice) so that’s not really a problem.

Edited Tuesday at 10:08 PM by Raven (Elysian Angel)
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[GUCCI]

11 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

I get that and as we have mentioned before we have passed the feedback to the team. But some posting here would have you believe that the modules are not working and the worse has already happened.  

I can't really blame them feeling this way when the team has gone away and the CEO is nowhere to be found. People will always assume the worst because we aren't getting any clarity 

or signs of life. We have the entire RB situation and the grim reality of losing these 4 modules soon, and now the future of PC's modules from your customers perspective is that of uncertainty. I wish it could be taken a bit more seriously and ED as a company should try reaching out to PC for answers, if they're not fulfilling obligations to customers on their product.

Please try to understand simply sending PC feedback of our concerns and having no tangible response to the myriad of concerns is not good enough in our eyes, and it should be taken pretty seriously by you as a CM and ED as a company.

Just my thoughts, I'm trying to be as constructive with my concerns as possible. I really enjoy the OH-58 and would hate to also lose a 5th module (not saying it'll happen, but we will always assume the worst until we get a clear answer, and I hope you sympathize with us on this.) 

 

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

One of my country’s past politicians had a famous saying that applies to all walks of life, and it would be great if more people would take it to heart. It basically translates to: “We’ll tackle problems when they arise.”

[BIGNEWY]

12 hours ago, GUCCI said:

I wish it could be taken a bit more seriously and ED as a company should try reaching out to PC for answers

Please read my other replies, we have already reached out to the third party. Everything we can do is and will be done. 

12 hours ago, GUCCI said:

Please try to understand simply sending PC feedback of our concerns and having no tangible response to the myriad of concerns is not good enough in our eyes, and it should be taken pretty seriously by you as a CM and ED as a company.

Again I am taking them seriously and have passed on the feedback. What I am pushing back on is some here in the community that look to make drama or sensationalise actual events. You don't get to see all the comments that we have to deal with, I can assure you they are not all with good intention or humility. 

When we have some news to share we will share it with you all, my hope is Polychop will reply to you all. 

thank you  

[Profligate]

1 hour ago, BIGNEWY said:

Please read my other replies, we have already reached out to the third party. Everything we can do is and will be done. 

Again I am taking them seriously and have passed on the feedback. What I am pushing back on is some here in the community that look to make drama or sensationalise actual events. You don't get to see all the comments that we have to deal with, I can assure you they are not all with good intention or humility. 

When we have some news to share we will share it with you all, my hope is Polychop will reply to you all. 

thank you  

I can understand the frustration here, unfortunately if nothing can be done then that everyone is stuck in a frustrating limbo. Ages ago I worked as a programmer on a project. Communication wasn't very good. Every stakeholder was going nuts not knowing whether their issues were being resolved or not, whether feedback had been received, what the project status was, etc. Silence is maddening.

Maybe an ED post pinned to the top of the Polychop Simulations forums something along the lines of "We understand and are aware of your frustration..."?

BTW... Is ED itself in the dark as well?

 

Also - thanks for all the responses 

[BIGNEWY]

We will not discuss internal stuff or contracts in public, we all have NDA's, so until we have something to share I can only say we have passed on your concerns. Again to reiterate everything we can do has been done for now. 

I have merged this thread with the main one, when we have more news to share we will. 

thank you