Now it shows the top users over certain amounts of time (week/month/quarter/year) in addition to the all-time points totals. That's pretty neat.
I'd been wondering when we'd start to see some changes around here in preparation for SP2, and I guess they're getting started.
Also, blueprints are only visible when in one of the orthographic views (looking directly at the front/back, left/right side, or top/bottom). Turning the camera will make them disappear, but you can move the camera sideways and zoom in/out.
@PlaneFlightX
P-51 (Simple): You've been around for a long time. Like, a long time. You like all the new features (wait, those updates were how long ago?) but deep down the game has always been about slapping a bunch of basic parts together and seeing if it flies, and the simple P-51 fits that to a T. You also have the original version saved because you missed the engine sound, and the OST makes you feel nostalgic in a slightly bittersweet way.
@PapaKernels
Bush Plane: Already addressed below.
Little Bugger: You forgot this was supposed to be a plane game the second that resizable wheels were added. You don't mind the remaster but feel like it's just a completely different vehicle (and you're kinda right), so you still use the Simple version from time to time. You can hear the tire screech sound effect just by reading this, and you haven't built anything with a propeller engine in a very, very long time. You also like go-karting in real life.
@Boeing727200F Normally I'd say just one per person, but...
Quadcopter: Either you haven't played since before 1.8 (and/or really dislike the heli parts for some reason) and miss the days of helicopters made with regular propeller engines, or you just picked it because you knew nobody else would. The Quadcopter is nobody's favorite. You don't actually own a quadcopter or drone in real life, though, and you vaguely dislike the Gator 2 for some reason.
@Boeing727200F
P-51-B: You like warbirds, but the P-51-D is too simple for your tastes. You prefer the razorback look, camo, and ground attack weapons, but you only rarely actually use them. You've probably adjusted the center of gravity a little to cure the spins that it likes to do out of the box.
@Axartar
Kicking Fish (Simple): You've spent entirely too much time trying to race the pylon track at Sky Park City, but that's okay because you're flying the aerodynamic equivalent of a sugar high. You think the Kicking Fish got shafted with the cockpit update, but honestly you probably would have stuck with the original anyway, and you think it's cool how much of the plane dates back almost to the beginning of the game. Your first original build probably used the Green Slime paint preset, and you have had at least one Red Bull (or similar energy drink) in the last eight weeks.
@MrPigee
Hellkeska: If you were around pre-1.11, the original Hellkeska was probably also your favorite, but the remaster is an upgrade in just about every way so you switched pretty quickly. You like swing wings and are a little sad that they're only on this one, but the non-Western design balances it out. You aren't the flashiest or the most popular (though you do have your fans), but when given a job to do, you get it done and you get it done right.
@Dissent3R
Bush Plane: Like the Sea Plane, you prefer to just soar instead of dogfighting or breaking physics, but you took "land anywhere you want" in a different direction and spent a lot of time trying to reach difficult places just to say you made it there. The original Bush Plane was probably not your favorite pre-1.11. You take a bit of pride in having what feels like a less common favorite plane, but in reality you have no idea how common or rare it is.
@crazyplaness
Wasp: You're ready for anything. You might not be the absolute best at any one thing, but you're pretty darn good at a lot of different things. The USS Beast is your second home, and you've watched Top Gun: Maverick at least twice. You may have changed the name under the canopy rail to your own.
@Numbers2
Gator 2: You only fly this one, never the Simple version because of how weird it looks in comparison. The Krakabloa convoy lives in fear of you, but they will hear you coming since you blast Fortunate Son and/or Ride of the Valkyries every time you prepare for a strafing run. You have landed on at least one air traffic control tower, and you might wear glasses.
@TheMouse
Vertigo: You're not afraid to be different, but you still want to maintain an element of "cool". You're a huge fan of the remastered version, and though you used to need a gyroscope for VTOL aircraft, your skills have improved to the point where you greatly prefer flying without one. Hollow fuselages, custom colors, and XML scaling are your friends, and you have made at least one joke directed against the British in the last six weeks.
@Boeing727200F Don't worry, he's only got one more before he hits the upload limit and starts posting as @SabreAlTariq or @AnotherUser67 all of a sudden. Not exactly subtle, this fella.
@Graingy The new Wasp has overall better flight characteristics but the old one is quite a bit faster and more maneuverable. Also computer performance I guess.
@Graingy
Wasp (Simple): You like the remaster, but it just doesn't have the same charm as the OG, and you prefer the better performance over the looks anyway. You're not the single most threatening thing in the sky, but you're far from the least, and you won't let anyone forget it. Your first plan to conquer the Ice Base was either to download someone else's build or fly straight at it at top speed and aim for the opening.
@overlord5453
Pigpen: You like dogfighting but wanted something more dangerous than the Wasp, and if you weren't a Gripen fan already, you are now. You've either mastered the Acro mode or never touch it, but either way you're pretty decent at dogfighting... assuming you've got the gas for it, which oftentimes you don't because your throttle is never anywhere other than full power or idle.
Full marks on everything, though "blocking someone for something they didn't do" is very vague. I block people either because they did something or because I find them annoying or just don't want to deal with them.
@MrSilverWolf
Sea Plane: You play SimplePlanes to fly planes. Not for dogfighting, not for breaking the laws of physics, but just to soar. You're glad that amphibious aircraft finally got the representation they deserved with the Sea Plane remaster, and you've refused to touch the Simple version ever since. You also think fuselage slicing was the single greatest feature ever added to the game.
@SumateraIndustries In answer to your comment from about an hour ago on the forum post that seems to have been deleted ("@HuskyDynamics01 Bro didn't see that's happen on my ORIGINAL account. It's my SECOND Account i make cause the ORIGINAL account get banned")...
...Yes. That's literally what ban evading is.
Also, cool way to announce you're evading the original ban (based on the fact that the page for your original account is inaccessible, and that your profile highlights that it was banned). That generally goes very well for people.
Always fun when people find out that site rules are actually enforced.
For the record, here's what they say regarding this:
"We are not going to moderate every curse word, but please try to keep it clean.'
And a little further down:
"No hate speech. You will be banned immediately."
I was thinking "Cool, but what's so super about it?", then I saw the emergency chutes and audibly snorted. This is peak SimplePlanes right here and I love it.
@Rb2h You should be able to add a second flight computer and set its variable outputs to the variables you're using for other FT in the build. You might need to rename the variables to avoid conflicting with the default ones (which are now being used by the jammer cockpit) but everything should still work otherwise I believe.
I did back in high school but a large part of the community kind of imploded during COVID and I got tired of trying to help deal with it. Haven't been back since.
@YarisSedan Where was this officially announced?
@jamesPLANESii Greetings from page 12!
+1F
@LunarEclipseSP @Rb2h Click the button on the right that says "All".
+2Now it shows the top users over certain amounts of time (week/month/quarter/year) in addition to the all-time points totals. That's pretty neat.
+1I'd been wondering when we'd start to see some changes around here in preparation for SP2, and I guess they're getting started.
Also, blueprints are only visible when in one of the orthographic views (looking directly at the front/back, left/right side, or top/bottom). Turning the camera will make them disappear, but you can move the camera sideways and zoom in/out.
I give it a month, tops. Maaaybe two.
+1@PlaneFlightX
+1P-51 (Simple): You've been around for a long time. Like, a long time. You like all the new features (wait, those updates were how long ago?) but deep down the game has always been about slapping a bunch of basic parts together and seeing if it flies, and the simple P-51 fits that to a T. You also have the original version saved because you missed the engine sound, and the OST makes you feel nostalgic in a slightly bittersweet way.
@Eagleman101SP
Glidey: You didn't read rule #3. Or you did but chose to ignore it because you thought it would be funny.
@PapaKernels
Bush Plane: Already addressed below.
Little Bugger: You forgot this was supposed to be a plane game the second that resizable wheels were added. You don't mind the remaster but feel like it's just a completely different vehicle (and you're kinda right), so you still use the Simple version from time to time. You can hear the tire screech sound effect just by reading this, and you haven't built anything with a propeller engine in a very, very long time. You also like go-karting in real life.
@Boeing727200F Normally I'd say just one per person, but...
+1Quadcopter: Either you haven't played since before 1.8 (and/or really dislike the heli parts for some reason) and miss the days of helicopters made with regular propeller engines, or you just picked it because you knew nobody else would. The Quadcopter is nobody's favorite. You don't actually own a quadcopter or drone in real life, though, and you vaguely dislike the Gator 2 for some reason.
@Boeing727200F
P-51-B: You like warbirds, but the P-51-D is too simple for your tastes. You prefer the razorback look, camo, and ground attack weapons, but you only rarely actually use them. You've probably adjusted the center of gravity a little to cure the spins that it likes to do out of the box.
@Solent19 Addressed here
@Noname918181818181818181 Addressed here
@Axartar
Kicking Fish (Simple): You've spent entirely too much time trying to race the pylon track at Sky Park City, but that's okay because you're flying the aerodynamic equivalent of a sugar high. You think the Kicking Fish got shafted with the cockpit update, but honestly you probably would have stuck with the original anyway, and you think it's cool how much of the plane dates back almost to the beginning of the game. Your first original build probably used the Green Slime paint preset, and you have had at least one Red Bull (or similar energy drink) in the last eight weeks.
@MrPigee
+1Hellkeska: If you were around pre-1.11, the original Hellkeska was probably also your favorite, but the remaster is an upgrade in just about every way so you switched pretty quickly. You like swing wings and are a little sad that they're only on this one, but the non-Western design balances it out. You aren't the flashiest or the most popular (though you do have your fans), but when given a job to do, you get it done and you get it done right.
@Dissent3R
+1Bush Plane: Like the Sea Plane, you prefer to just soar instead of dogfighting or breaking physics, but you took "land anywhere you want" in a different direction and spent a lot of time trying to reach difficult places just to say you made it there. The original Bush Plane was probably not your favorite pre-1.11. You take a bit of pride in having what feels like a less common favorite plane, but in reality you have no idea how common or rare it is.
@crazyplaness
Wasp: You're ready for anything. You might not be the absolute best at any one thing, but you're pretty darn good at a lot of different things. The USS Beast is your second home, and you've watched Top Gun: Maverick at least twice. You may have changed the name under the canopy rail to your own.
@Numbers2
Gator 2: You only fly this one, never the Simple version because of how weird it looks in comparison. The Krakabloa convoy lives in fear of you, but they will hear you coming since you blast Fortunate Son and/or Ride of the Valkyries every time you prepare for a strafing run. You have landed on at least one air traffic control tower, and you might wear glasses.
@hpgbproductions Addressed here
@TheMouse
+1Vertigo: You're not afraid to be different, but you still want to maintain an element of "cool". You're a huge fan of the remastered version, and though you used to need a gyroscope for VTOL aircraft, your skills have improved to the point where you greatly prefer flying without one. Hollow fuselages, custom colors, and XML scaling are your friends, and you have made at least one joke directed against the British in the last six weeks.
@TheMouse Which version of the Vertigo?
That last one in particular regarding the connectors is painfully accurate.
+7@AeroSultan Not the brightest crayon in the shed, eh? Why are you so out against it then?
@Boeing727200F Don't worry, he's only got one more before he hits the upload limit and starts posting as @SabreAlTariq or @AnotherUser67 all of a sudden. Not exactly subtle, this fella.
+1That's just creepy. I don't even know what you tried to do to his face but it didn't work.
I like how the text is on there twice because he put the X and then realized he needed the text on top of it still
Reported for misleading thumbnail :)
@AeroSultan The first step in a boycott is to stop doing the thing you're boycotting. You seem to have missed that by continuing to post things.
+1@MrSilverWolf Apologies for the ping, but surpriiiiiiise! It's this guy again.
+1@Graingy The new Wasp has overall better flight characteristics but the old one is quite a bit faster and more maneuverable. Also computer performance I guess.
@AeroSultan I almost hate to break it to you (nah, who am I kidding?) but Hippocrates has been dead for nearly 2400 years. I don't think he cares.
+1Counterargument:
+1No.
@Graingy
+1Wasp (Simple): You like the remaster, but it just doesn't have the same charm as the OG, and you prefer the better performance over the looks anyway. You're not the single most threatening thing in the sky, but you're far from the least, and you won't let anyone forget it. Your first plan to conquer the Ice Base was either to download someone else's build or fly straight at it at top speed and aim for the opening.
@overlord5453
Pigpen: You like dogfighting but wanted something more dangerous than the Wasp, and if you weren't a Gripen fan already, you are now. You've either mastered the Acro mode or never touch it, but either way you're pretty decent at dogfighting... assuming you've got the gas for it, which oftentimes you don't because your throttle is never anywhere other than full power or idle.
I win :D
Full marks on everything, though "blocking someone for something they didn't do" is very vague. I block people either because they did something or because I find them annoying or just don't want to deal with them.
@MrSilverWolf
+2Sea Plane: You play SimplePlanes to fly planes. Not for dogfighting, not for breaking the laws of physics, but just to soar. You're glad that amphibious aircraft finally got the representation they deserved with the Sea Plane remaster, and you've refused to touch the Simple version ever since. You also think fuselage slicing was the single greatest feature ever added to the game.
@SumateraIndustries In answer to your comment from about an hour ago on the forum post that seems to have been deleted ("@HuskyDynamics01 Bro didn't see that's happen on my ORIGINAL account. It's my SECOND Account i make cause the ORIGINAL account get banned")...
...Yes. That's literally what ban evading is.
Also, cool way to announce you're evading the original ban (based on the fact that the page for your original account is inaccessible, and that your profile highlights that it was banned). That generally goes very well for people.
+1Always fun when people find out that site rules are actually enforced.
For the record, here's what they say regarding this:
+2"We are not going to moderate every curse word, but please try to keep it clean.'
And a little further down:
"No hate speech. You will be banned immediately."
I was thinking "Cool, but what's so super about it?", then I saw the emergency chutes and audibly snorted. This is peak SimplePlanes right here and I love it.
+1You weren't kidding about the wing shape; I'm almost scared to ask how long that took. Amazing work as always!
+2Launchables
+3starbeast ss my greatly-desired-but-yet-to-be-unlocked
edit: only 3000 points away let's gooo
HOW
@Rb2h You should be able to add a second flight computer and set its variable outputs to the variables you're using for other FT in the build. You might need to rename the variables to avoid conflicting with the default ones (which are now being used by the jammer cockpit) but everything should still work otherwise I believe.
+2@Moderators How could you do this? You've broken your two-year streak of only saying "Moderators"
+1@AeroSultan See my previous comment.
+1It's not even hard to follow the rules. I genuinely don't get it.
I did back in high school but a large part of the community kind of imploded during COVID and I got tired of trying to help deal with it. Haven't been back since.
The sim itself is cool though.