Dubai...what a con

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bwbriscoe
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Dubai...what a con

Post by bwbriscoe » Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:15 pm

How dare you continue to offer Dubai for sale when it does not reflect the current airport in any way.

You should make this clear before purchase...it's a complete con and you should be ashamed.

If had known, I would not have bought the airport.
CX 747-400
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Re: Dubai...what a con

Post by CX 747-400 » Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:17 pm

I guess you didn't look in the forum. You can clearly see that the last update to this scenery was in 2015.

Plus, what did you expect for a scenery that is still available for FS2004.

Oh, and by the way.... It is still the best scenery for Dubai that is available.

LOL!
PatrickZz
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Re: Dubai...what a con

Post by PatrickZz » Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:16 am

bwbriscoe wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:15 pmYou should make this clear before purchase...it's a complete con and you should be ashamed.
If you had cared to pay attention, it had been made clear. Dubai is one of FlyTampas oldest products available, reflecting the airport as it did back then with the technology available in those days.

It's not a con, it was top notch back in the days. However obviously you had false expectations and you didn't pay attention to the disclaimer. Now you're blaming FlyTampa for your own mistake.
bwbriscoe
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Re: Dubai...what a con

Post by bwbriscoe » Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:10 pm

Nowhere in the product description does it say that it is one of FlyTampa's oldest products or that it reflects an outdated version of the airport (the scenery is called rebooted, which sounds like it's up to date!).

It is a con...if FlyTampa are making the scenery available to the latest version of a sim (P3D5) then they should state that what is represented is five years old.

Just for your reference, this is what the product description says:
Dubai International (OMDB) Airport Addon
Pre-rendered Self-Shadowing and custom reflection maps
Custom Specular and Reflection maps (FSX/P3D only)
Animated apron vehicles and static objects
Dubai city featuring Mesh, Photo and numerous custom buildings
18 landable Heliports throughout the city (FSX/P3D only)

NO mention that it does not reflect the airport as it is now.
Spitfie
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Re: Dubai...what a con

Post by Spitfie » Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:55 am

given that it mentions FSX should give you some clue. also if it was updated it would mention PBR, SODE and the new terminal that is built.
warani
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Re: Dubai...what a con

Post by warani » Fri Dec 13, 2024 5:44 am

bwbriscoe wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:15 pm How dare you continue to offer Dubai thobe for sale when it does not reflect the current airport in any way.

You should make this clear before purchase...it's a complete con and you should be ashamed.

If had known, I would not have bought the airport.
perhaps the information lacked visibility. After all, it’s better than nothing, right?
Elliot Negrón
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Re: Dubai...what a con

Post by Elliot Negrón » Wed Dec 25, 2024 12:39 am

I think the OP's criticism is quite valid. As below, there is no indication how recent the scenery is. The term "Rebooted" is a bit misleading to say that it reflects the current layout.

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Other scenery developers solve this problem by displaying what year and month the rendition of the airport reflects. I think FlyTampa should follow suit.
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