04/12/2021
Exciting news from our partners!
Halifax International Airport CYHZ for P3D v4.4 and P3Dv5, in collaboration with Airfield Canada, is releasing in just a few hours.
We know many of you have been expecting the airport for a while, and we are very excited to finally release it. Halifax is known for its location, making transatlantic routes possible in under 5hrs, and plenty of routes to destinations in Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean. Halifax is also one of our most detailed products to date, as the team has put great effort in modeling the buildings accurately, many of them featuring detailed interiors. The product features detailed terminal interiors, SODE Jetways, high-resolution PBR textures, optional winter textures, and more.
Distribution
Some of you may remember that a year ago we announced that we were working on our own addon manager tool. We have heard feedback from the community, indicating that having multiple tools is inconvenient. This is why we have decided to partner with Contrail to use their platform to distribute our products.
We WILL continue selling through FSimStudios.com, SimMarket and other 3rd party sellers, but instead of downloading an installer unique to the product, now you will be asked to download Contrail, redeem the product key and install the product on their platform. Sales through ORBX will continue being managed through ORBX Central.
By distributing through a platform like Contrail, we are able to roll out updates more frequently and keep your products up to date, as updates are installed automatically and there is no need to reinstall. This also means that all your FSimStudios products will be kept on the same platform, improving significantly your experience as a customer when reinstalling and configuring the products. Starting with Halifax, all of our P3D products will be exclusively distributed through ORBX Central and Contrail, and we have similar plans for MSFS and XP Products.
License transfers to Contrail for P3D products released before Halifax (Edmonton, Kelowna, Vancouver, London) will be possible at a later date - we are sorting out the details for this.