KSFO - FlightBeam's entry in the major airport scenery mix

[raymar 969]

Short and sweet review. Real short but covers the basics.Has the Jetway movement been patched yet? In answer to the questions posed by the writer - Yes, moving jetways actually is an important item with a add-on scenery package for a major airport. I don't think most simmers purchase these type add-ons for their J-3 cub or Carenado Cessnas. I think they use airliners and airliners tend to use gates.Looks like a nice improvement over the default. I wish the review was a little longer with more depth and more screenshots in different weather conditions.Ray

[Guest acezboy561]

Hi Ray-Im not sure if you noticed, but I did begin to repeat myself in the review. I did try to stretch it out as far as possible, but I do agree, it is a bit shorter then I was hoping but I do believe I went over 90% of the features in this airport. Regarding this comment;

In answer to the questions posed by the writer - Yes, moving jetways actually is an important item with a add-on scenery package for a major airport. I don't think most simmers purchase these type add-ons for their J-3 cub or Carenado Cessnas. I think they use airliners and airliners tend to use gates.

Im not 100% sure what you mean, I did metion that the jetways should move even without AES, it should be a given feature - I actually feel very strongly about this. Also regarding weather conditions - if it rains, it rains - there is no impact on the scenery, if it snows - thats the same concept, but FSX limitations suggest that you could be in summer and have winter wonderland on and it will not have snow on the taxiways. I think that your asking is, is about the seasons - I actually didn't go over this, I will do that sometime today and send it off to Robert again.Ideally, I wish my scenery reviews similar to my review of FlyTampa's KBUF.http://www.avsim.com/pages/1210/FlyTampa2/Buffalo.htmlI know you wish it was a bit longer - so email me at my AVSIM email with anything you believe I missed in the review, and I will get that done within the next 24 hours okay?Thanks for your feedback Ray, much appericated!

[raymar 969]

Hi Ray-Im not sure if you noticed, but I did begin to repeat myself in the review. I did try to stretch it out as far as possible, but I do agree, it is a bit shorter then I was hoping but I do believe I went over 90% of the features in this airport. Regarding this comment;Im not 100% sure what you mean, I did metion that the jetways should move even without AES, it should be a given feature - I actually feel very strongly about this. Also regarding weather conditions - if it rains, it rains - there is no impact on the scenery, if it snows - thats the same concept, but FSX limitations suggest that you could be in summer and have winter wonderland on and it will not have snow on the taxiways. I think that your asking is, is about the seasons - I actually didn't go over this, I will do that sometime today and send it off to Robert again.Ideally, I wish my scenery reviews similar to my review of FlyTampa's KBUF.http://www.avsim.com...a2/Buffalo.htmlI know you wish it was a bit longer - so email me at my AVSIM email with anything you believe I missed in the review, and I will get that done within the next 24 hours okay?Thanks for your feedback Ray, much appericated!

Thanks for the update. Yes, I was looking to see what the various seasons looked like. Also, has a patch been issued to correct the Jetways not working? This seems to be a glitch with several premium airport scenery packages. Don't worry about the length of the review, heck, mine are so long, folks fall asleep reading them.Ray

[Guest acezboy561]

As Mir said on the FlightBeam forums:

Animated jetways are part of the AES implementation. In the current version they are static.

[tf51d 284]

Hi Ray-Im not sure if you noticed, but I did begin to repeat myself in the review. I did try to stretch it out as far as possible, but I do agree, it is a bit shorter then I was hoping but I do believe I went over 90% of the features in this airport. Regarding this comment;Im not 100% sure what you mean, I did metion that the jetways should move even without AES, it should be a given feature - I actually feel very strongly about this. Also regarding weather conditions - if it rains, it rains - there is no impact on the scenery, if it snows - thats the same concept, but FSX limitations suggest that you could be in summer and have winter wonderland on and it will not have snow on the taxiways. I think that your asking is, is about the seasons - I actually didn't go over this, I will do that sometime today and send it off to Robert again.Ideally, I wish my scenery reviews similar to my review of FlyTampa's KBUF.http://www.avsim.com/pages/1210/FlyTampa2/Buffalo.htmlI know you wish it was a bit longer - so email me at my AVSIM email with anything you believe I missed in the review, and I will get that done within the next 24 hours okay?Thanks for your feedback Ray, much appericated!

I agree with you about the Jetways, but I don't know what your concern is about the lack of snow effects? Since it normally doesn't snow in San Francisco, it shouldn't be an issue!

[raymar 969]

I don't have a problem with any of it. I was just interested in seeing what the different seasons looked like and if they had fixed the jetways. I could always install it and look at it for 5 minutes at a time, but I'm busy with other things right now. Thanks.Ray

[Guest acezboy561]

Tom-I was using that as an example, if I set the weather to Winter Wonderload it will have no affect on the scenery - your right it isn't an issue anyway if it doesnt snow in San Fan.

[Guest acezboy561]

KSFO v2 was released guys, and boy does it look great!