Condor2, inbound on final glide!

Hi Scott,

The Condor Orientation document looks very nice! I have added it to my Condor page.
http://cumulus-soaring.com/condor.htm#Documents

I'm looking forward to Condor 2 details. I'll be selling and supporting it as soon as it is available.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 10:10:25 AM UTC-6, wrote:
I would like to take some credit for the recent release of Condor2.

After working on it for nearly two years (not steadily), I recently published a Condor Orientation document to my website, gliderCFI.com. The orientation, while not everything there is to know about Condor, is a compilation of everything I have learned about the software over the last 8 years as I have levered its features and capabilities to improved glider flight training.

As a disciple of Murphy, I firmly believed the instant I completed my work, based on Condor version 1.1.5, the Condor guys would announce the new release, likely rendering my work obsolete. And so it came to pass, at least the release timing.

To all of you who have waiting so patiently for this day, you are welcome..

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This is however some evidence here that Murphy may be getting a little soft. After a quick read through the Condor2 manual, it would appear that much of what I have documented about the software may still be true, so my labor may not have been entirely in vain.

If you are interested, my orientation document is available (as are all my Version 1.1.5 training resources) at no charge, from my website. Follow the drop-down menu under "Condor" or use the link below.

http://glidercfi.com/condor/orientat...tion-document/

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Congratulations to the entire Condor2 team, and thank you for all you have done to produce a truly amazing simulation of soaring flight.

Sincerely,

Scott Manley - 3167160CFI
a.k.a. The Condor Guy

Any estimated date for the "buy" link to go live?

Matt

Hi Condor Fans,

Condor2 details are now available he
http://cumulus-soaring.com/condor2.htm
Order Now!

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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On Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 9:06:07 PM UTC-6, sisu1a wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/CondorSim/

Condor2 is finally here/around the corner. The new site is up, the old forum imported to the new one, and the store is up (buy links not active yet but prices are there)

http://www.condorsoaring.com/order/?cn-reloaded=1#

http://www.condorsoaring.com/forums/ (old forum towards bottom, threads still active)

Yay!

Can you use the existing landscapes (Condir 1) with Condor 2?
7DR

What it needs is to be able to use Bing or Google earth images without having to flaff about with the landscape rubbish.

https://cesiumjs.org

On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 5:26:12 AM UTC, Dan wrote:
Can you use the existing landscapes (Condir 1) with Condor 2?
7DR

Scenery authors need to convert their landscapes for Condor 2. Some of them were part of beta team so have had the tools from us for some time. Others have just started. See http://www.condorsoaring.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=37

Chris Wedgwood
Condor Team

On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 5:36:59 AM UTC, wrote:
What it needs is to be able to use Bing or Google earth images without having to flaff about with the landscape rubbish.

https://cesiumjs.org

Google Maps terms of use state that redistribution of their content is forbidden and even the rules of using their maps in TV or press are quite strict. Not to mention, they clearly state that bulk downloading their data is forbidden too.

Chris Wedgwood
Condor Team

Chris, I'll ask again:

Is their any plan to make Condor 2 capable of supporting Virtual Reality (Vive or Rift)?

VR is a TOTAL game changer in flight simulation - it changes something like Condor from basically a procedural trainer (albeit an excellent one) to pretty close to a full-up flight simulator.

And compared to the cost of a big screen setup (especially a multi-screen setup) a good VR headset is cheap.

Head-tracking systems like Track-IR - or worse, using a hat switch or mouse to move your viewing direction - are handicaps for initial training - solved by the natural viewing habits learned in VR.

Please - consider adding VR capability as soon as possible!

Kirk
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On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 9:55:32 AM UTC-7, kirk.stant wrote:
Chris, I'll ask again:

Is their any plan to make Condor 2 capable of supporting Virtual Reality (Vive or Rift)?

VR is a TOTAL game changer in flight simulation - it changes something like Condor from basically a procedural trainer (albeit an excellent one) to pretty close to a full-up flight simulator.

And compared to the cost of a big screen setup (especially a multi-screen setup) a good VR headset is cheap.

Head-tracking systems like Track-IR - or worse, using a hat switch or mouse to move your viewing direction - are handicaps for initial training - solved by the natural viewing habits learned in VR.

Please - consider adding VR capability as soon as possible!

Kirk
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There was quite a bit of 'discussion' about that on the forums and I think the official answer was no there are no plans for VR, but they are open to considering it in the future.

On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 12:37:02 PM UTC-6, Dan Stroschine wrote:
There was quite a bit of 'discussion' about that on the forums and I think the official answer was no there are no plans for VR, but they are open to considering it in the future.

That's a pity - definitely removes any interest I have in upgrading to Condor 2. Hopefully they will come around soon and see the benefits of going VR.

Cheers,

Kirk
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