Thanks again for your reply.
You wrote:
I think you are being a bit negative around some of the issues. Perhaps because they are issues for you. Do realise though that not everyone considers all these things as issues.
I think it is more that I am a bit peeved that I have received no thanks and encouragement for having a go. It is a little amusing when you say “not everyone considers these issues”, because the evidence is that there are issues for almost everyone - it is obvious that there are precious few people building instruments… and I can understand why.
You say:
For instance I don’t want or need a drag and drop GUI for instrument dev.
Maybe not, but that is probably because you have expertise in code - and apparently find it easy to build instruments. Most people don’t… and as I have said previously, building an instrument in the create/edit section of Air Manager is a nightmare requiring the patience of a saint.
If you find it easy to create instruments by positioning components with 234, 45, 1290, 98 and then pressing RUN to see where the component images sit… then respect for you. It must take hours and hours to create a single instrument… which is why not very many people are doing it.
You wrote:
As I explained the permission thing is an issue but you have to respect others work.
I don’t believe that I disrespected anyone’s work. We are not going to advance very far or fast if we are going to be so precious about having to ask ‘permission’ for Community Instruments… (premium/paid work is different).
If authors had to chosose the code and resources sharing status for every new submission then anyone would know instantly if they could reuse any of it.
Yes… that would work… but more simple would be that if it is in the community section then it should be considered open for sharing… with credits being made if something is built previous work. I think that is what Simstrumentation is trying to do. GitHub - Simstrumentation/Air-Manager: A collection of quality Air Manager instruments built by flight sim enthusiasts for our own personal home cockpits, but shared with the community at large.
I hear what you say about the panels and there is acknowledgement that folks want more choice.
I suppose… but the range of possible instruments is infinite so whatever choice SI offers will not be enough. I am more interested in ways for SIM enthusiasts ( AIR MANGER enthusiasts in particular) to be able to more easily and quickly create any instrument they want… and then just share it.
The amount of work required at the moment discourages trying… but is also a temptation for creator want some reward for their effort if they get it done.
Thanks for your consideration of my feed back.
I really don’t want to make this an argument.
I would rather spend my time flying.