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Topic: Just askin...
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Pang
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 12:28 AM
   
Anyone read MH's planfile lately? Just got me really curious.  IP: Logged |
Pachy
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 06:14 AM
I respect MH's decisions, he owes us nothing after all, but this does not sound good for us.IP: Logged |
rattlesnake
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 07:58 AM
Can someone post the link to it? I cant seem to find it anymore. thanks------------------ -=BAB=- Rattlesnake
Bad Ass Bulldogs
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Michael Harrison
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posted 01-06- 08:50 AM
What this means for my participation in the community as a programmer on OpenPlane is still unknown. I don't know what my free time will be like at my new place, so I can't yet commit to anything other than fellow tinkerer and supplier of information.
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Raider
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 10:51 AM
http://www.dragonseye.com/ When I first read this I had a sinking feeling like I just lost a good friend. Then realized we can still follow Michaels work too  As for us. I truely feel that we were on the edge of greatness. After seeing the RC Sim Demo I thought that the next version of SDOE would gain a lot of respect from the air sim community. Now that is uncertain. Michael, I wish you good luck, and hope you find only good fortune. Please keep us posted with your future projects. I will try to follow your progress at your site plan. Thank you... You have no idea how much I have enjoyed your work. I also wish Mighty and Chad the best of luck, I hope that all things will work out in the most positive of ways. IP: Logged |
Michael Harrison
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posted 01-06- 12:45 PM
Thanks for the kind words.I still plan on hanging around here. I just won't be hanging around as an "author" but rather as a fellow tinkerer. Though I'm leaving Parsoft/Inertia/UD, I'd still like to see the community and engine grow and succeed.
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Pang
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 12:46 PM
Michael I'm so glad you posted! As one who has followed this sim since day one and a little before, I have to say I'm saddened to hear that you're moving on, but I congratulate you and all the Inertia team on the RC Sim.Best of luck with your new position!
Kurt "Pang" Wheaton ps I like the "supplier of information" part. [This message has been edited by Pang (edited 01-06-2001).] IP: Logged |
Aladar
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 01:19 PM
"One of a two member team who wrote the game designs for Dogfight II, a WWII Pacific flight simulation which is to be the successor to Fighter Squadron"What does this mean?? IP: Logged |
Werner Molders
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posted 01-06- 02:17 PM
Best of luck with your future endeavours MH, I was always impressed with how you never forgot about the community, even when you were very busy with your own projects. Obviously our wildest dreams for SDOE won't be realized, but that's not to say that a future sim won't take that next step. Like Aladar I'm a bit lost on the Dogfight vs. Fighter Squadron bit, but if you are working on another WWII sim based on the same technology as SDOE, please look at making vehicles and even ships work - wwii combined ops would add so much to the game. Even if it ships with planes only, making it easier for that community to repeat the work of guys like Nat and Archy would draw more people to the game later on. I know I emailed you about a related matter recently, but I just wanted to make the point again in case I don't have another opportunity.Best of luck, I hope your next project is something you really enjoy. Werner ------------------
Visit Abbeville Field Today!
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Pete Hawk
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 02:33 PM
What a truely sad day this is. I'm happy for you Michael in that you are moving on, which each of us must do now and then, grasping new opportunities that come up. But I feel I've been your friend since beta testing the A-10 Cuba! patch back in early 1996 with you and just want you to know you'll be greatly missed around here. I do hope you can squeak in some SDOE time now and then. Maybe to help patch it more, or add a new feature or two. I have to give you a huge thanks for all your hard work with Parsoft and Inertia. SDOE has brought more fun and happiness to my life than anything else in the PC game market. But whatever the case, best of luck to you and Susan and your Dragons, whereever this new job takes you. And of course as Raider said, to Mighty and Chad. I hope they'll be fine also without you.  Change IS good, but I'm still sad. [This message has been edited by Pete Hawk (edited 01-06-2001).] IP: Logged |
charmstar
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 02:37 PM
Well, good luck with the new company/project. I can easily imagine how burned out on flight sims you must be by now :-) Too bad we won't get that patch, but I guess the guys who are still around have gotten used to the idea.
SDOE was just a little short of greatness in the flightsim community... I hope the next project learns from its mistakes and really IS great.
Out of curiousity, is anybody still behind Inertia/OpenPlane, or is it disbanded and every man for himself at this point?charm IP: Logged |
Michael Harrison
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posted 01-06- 02:45 PM
Aladar: The bit you read about Dogfight II is a bit old. It predates RC Simulator.I've heard that UD is considering another flight sim but you should write to them and ask. I won't see it even begin, so I can't comment on what the ultimate plans might be. I'd suggest starting with webmaster@udgames.com and see where that leads. Mighty's contract is up for the moment, but he may be brought back for the next project. Chad is the only one left from the FS team. Pete: I know what you mean. We've been working together informally for quite some time. While I don't know what UD/Inertia will do in the near or long term, I'm not dying (I hope), so I'll still be hanging out here and participating as another "user". Charm: There's a certain amount of burn-out to be sure although I'd still like to see RC Sim and the engine through to the fullness of its potential. Unfortunately, it was time to move on to another company.
I'll still be involved in flight, but in a more whimsical way for the next year (I'll say more on Monday).
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ArgonV
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 04:16 PM
What will become of this message board?IP: Logged |
Pete Hawk
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 04:19 PM
Good deal Michael. I'd hate to see you go for good.
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Hawk
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posted 01-06- 05:33 PM
Congrats on your move Michael! I am very happy to hear you will still be coming around and chating with us often. Hawk [This message has been edited by Hawk (edited 01-06-2001).] IP: Logged |
Michael Harrison
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posted 01-06- 06:26 PM
I doubt that anything will happen to the messageboard in the short term.For any long term plans, you should contact UD. I know that at the moment, they're all concentrating on an upcoming Macworld convention. IP: Logged |
Mighty
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posted 01-06- 07:28 PM
Just to corroborate Michael, my contract is up. That decision was made before Michael tendered his resignation. There's a chance that Ron might want me back for the next project, but I don't like speculating about that sort of thing in public. Ron will be out of the office all next week at MacWorld, so that decision is on hold for the time being.IP: Logged |
DanW
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posted 01-06- 07:46 PM
Good luck on future endeavors MH/Mighty.I was a real treat to meet you guys and see what a REAL game company looked like. Best of luck. IP: Logged |
Rendsburger
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 08:21 PM
Good luck, and hope to see you back here soon!Rendsburger IP: Logged |
Hedgehog
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 08:53 PM
Hi Michael, Best of luck in your new company. Thanks for holding on to the dream of SDOE, while the rest of the industry had already abandoned flights sims for Pokeyman. =Hedgehog
=Screamin' Blue Messiahs http://www.screaminbluemessiahs.org
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JG3_Jetlag
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 08:53 PM
So... MH and Mighty will be looking for a little "somwthing to do" on a Saturday. 7./JG3 (USA/Canada) is always looking for an extra pilot or two  .Best of luck guys wherever you go and whatever you do. Jet. ------------------
III Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 3
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Jeeves
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 10:40 PM
Well....As a 2 year veteran, I have to say goodbye to the team that really changed gaming for me. SDOE has given a lot for only a little frustration. MH-- best of luck to you wherever you go...and I hope to see great results from the distant tinkering you may be doing. It has been a pleasure the few times I have seen Medieval Man in the virtual skies. S!
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Aladar
Pilot
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posted 01-06- 11:03 PM
Sorry to see you go, its sad how we just seemed to lose Razer for a little while, now we are losing you. I hope you succeed in every way possible.IP: Logged |
Falck
Pilot
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posted 01-07- 12:29 AM
Thanks for keeping me fairly well entertained for the past few years.IP: Logged |
Gustavo
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posted 01-07- 01:39 AM
Good luck friend Harrison, wishes you an Argentinean that has enjoyed a lot
with SDOE, and mainly I enjoy working with the models. In several opportunities
you have answered me very kindly mail in spite of the difficulties with the
language, and I want to be appreciated it. Luck and happy year.
Buena suerte amigo Harrison, te desea un Argentino que ha disfrutado mucho con SDOE, y sobre todo disfruto trabajando con los modelos. En varias oportunidades me has contestado correo muy amablemente a pesar de las dificultades con el idioma, y quiero agradecértelo. Suerte y feliz año.
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Razer
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posted 01-07- 01:47 AM
i'm taking a break, i didn't leave. Michael, i wish you luck on all your furture endevors, just don't be a stranger here.. FSH is about to get a new spot on a brand new server and i will have unlimited bandwidth and a lot more space. If something should happen to this forum, FSH can take over has center spot and i can host the forum. I could probably get the whole forum from the site and just put it on the hangar if needed.. Oh well, back to WB3.. ------------------
Tony "Razer" Martin
"Making SDOE a dangerous Place, One plane at a time!"
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Sunray
Pilot
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posted 01-07- 01:58 AM
Excuse me sir. But doesn't work suck? I mean, aside from the being able to pay the rent/mortgage and eating on a regular basis. It sucks! Much more fun to spread around all the joy your game has given us all.
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Snickers
Pilot
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posted 01-07- 02:19 AM
Michael -
I wish you only the best in your endeavors... If by chance you have the opportunity to whisper into someones ear that the next version should support landing on water, you would have a friend for life 
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Biggles3
Pilot
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posted 01-07- 12:24 PM
SAD to se ya go but its good to see you doing what you want to do. come and visit hear and update us on your work. i if you do make any new flight sims that will grace the market then be shure to post hear and tell us about them. and hears a traditanal sond that i think fits the moment
"and....1..2..3..4
for hes a joly fellow
for hes a joly fellow
for hes a joly fellow
and so say all of us.
hip.hip horay
hip.hip horay
hip.hip horay
and one for luck
hip.hip horay ------------------
WHATCH YOU TAIL;)
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Loco
Pilot
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posted 01-07- 12:52 PM
MH,Thanks for your great job until here in all sims. I'm playing SDOE for almost 2 years and love it!
Here we would say:
Desejo-lhe muitas felicidades e espero que continues a desenvolver ótimos simuladores como o SDOE. Muito Obrigado, Loco IP: Logged |
Stark
Pilot
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posted 01-09- 12:10 AM
OK MH... don't leave us hanging here! You said you'd say more about your involvement in flight on Monday... and Monday is almost over in Texas... -Stark IP: Logged |
Michael Harrison
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posted 01-09- 08:30 AM
Well, I can't say too much about what I'm doing yet, but I can say where I'm going.I'm headed over to Paradigm Entertainment ( www.pe-i.com ) where I'll be helping out on a console game due out the first Q of 2002. Given that it's a console title, it'll be more of a flight "game" than a flight "sim", but once it goes public, you'll understand why that's a good thing. IP: Logged |
wakeup tailgunner
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posted 01-09- 08:47 AM
ahhhh....Off on a crusade to spread the word of Flight Sims to the unenlightened masses! Thanks for SDOE! Openplane! and being the sort of person I always thought should design games! Someone who enjoys it and helps others to enjoy it too! Best of Luck! IP: Logged |
Gustang
Pilot
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posted 01-09- 11:59 AM
Here's wishing MH and Mighty best of luck in future endeavors. Thanks guys! (for everything) Ahem... MH? Can you tell us _which _ console you'll be programming for?
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Hippie
Pilot
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posted 01-09- 06:14 PM
It is obvious, MH will be working on
Pilot Wings Game Cube Hippie. IP: Logged |
Rendsburger
Pilot
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posted 01-09- 06:17 PM
Screamin Demons in front of the X-box!Rendsburger IP: Logged |
Gustang
Pilot
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posted 01-09- 06:54 PM
quote:
It is obvious, MH will be working on
Pilot Wings Game Cube
Yeah, after looking at the paradigm website, I'd say that's a safe assumption. Well... there may be a chance he's involved with Aero Fighters Assault #46 - turn on the back-burner. IP: Logged |
Michael Harrison
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posted 01-09- 07:07 PM
Actually there are a number of projects going on over there which aren't mentioned on the web site.I don't yet know what I can say and what I can't, but I know I can say that: o The project I'll be working on isn't based on OpenPlane or any similar tech. o It's not a hard-core flight sim product. o Not in a million years will you guess the product based on what you find at the Paradigm web site.
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Pang
Pilot
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posted 01-09- 08:23 PM
So there may be a patch before we guess what it is??  Sorry, I couldn't resist! IP: Logged |
UniversalWolf
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posted 01-10- 02:26 AM
Wanna know how far back I go?I'm a veteran of the old Parsoft message board on AOL (screen name Kjetil), when we were all waiting ages and ages for A-10 Attack! to come out for the Mac. I remember when the demo came out I spent weeks happily flying around that little island trying to sucker those two MiG-29s into chasing me out over the aircraft carrier so I could watch them get pounded by AAA. I remember Art Day and Howdy and SLKAssoc - man, that was the most interesting and entertaining forum I ever participated in. I also remember the neighboring GraphSim forum where all the F/A-18 Hornet junkies were, and how none of them seemed to get it about why A-10 was king. The Parsoft line of sims were magic. Other teams went around spouting off about their accuracy, but none of them could capture the convincing sensation of reality in A-10 and its descendants. When you moved the stick you didn't get a calculation that made the plane move a certain way, you got an impulse that moved an aileron or an elevator that changed the airflow over the control surfaces and forced a change in the orientation of the plane. Real. A work of art. I'm sorry to see things dissolve once and for all, even if you guys did have ambitions bigger than you capital and labor pool. Maybe somebody competant will come along and continue the tradition. Remember the VBE (Virtual Battlefield Environment) concept? Let's bring that back. Oh well. Nothing lasts forever. IP: Logged |
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