I just ran a notification check on all current submissions. If you did not receive a notification then your design is okay for the tournament. No news is good news.
@CoolPeach I agree. I just pushed an update that will now allow you to refresh your video's thumbnail from YouTube. You can also now edit your video title and provide a custom thumbnail (if you have > 1,000 points).
@Rub3n213 I just investigated that issue this morning and was not able to reproduce so I believe it has been fixed. Let us know if you are still seeing it.
Our service provider was having issues. You can check their status here and read about the outages.
Regarding the data loss, they said this:
Last night it appears the VHD attached to your server became corrupt and the server could not boot properly. We attempted some disk repairs and also disk checks but were unable to get it to a usable state. We were forced to restore from a backup on 03/07 12:15am MST.
...this disk failure was not related to the cloud site problems we had yesterday, it was an unfortunate coincidence. Thank you for your understanding and I apologize for the delay.
I'm really sorry about the interruption yesterday. Our service provider was (obviously) having some issues. I was going to wait to hear back from them before responding, but they haven't responded to my support ticket yet. It does appear that we have lost data from yesterday. It is highly doubtful that it will be recoverable, but I will let you know if they are able to recover any of it.
@DemonSniper8 Yep, it now allows manual entry and you can tweak the Rotation Amount so that you can click the < and > buttons to increment or decrement by any value you want.
@jamesPLANESii @DemonSniper8 This problem was specific to iOS, but the rotation sliders were a bit of a strange UI for this, so I've reworked it so that you can either use the sliders to rotate or enter angles in manually. The sliders no longer revert back to the middle, but rather stay at their respective position (ie: rotation 0 is in the middle, 180 is all the way to the right and -180 is all the way to the left).
The part transform tool will be improved in 1.8. Here's a screenshot.
@Caveman999 @AstleyIndustries @FastDan @Roswell @BaconRoll @FOXLOVER @DemonSniper8 @Paper @ForeverPie @asteroidbook345
@Minecraftpoweer @Avro683Lancaster @Redflask0416 Can you try switching to the Experimental branch in Steam and see if that fixes your issue? (Make sure your game says version 1.8.0.2 in the About page in the main menu).
@jamesPLANESii I looked into the issue and it appears to be related Unity upgrading their physics engine from PhysX 3.3.1 to 3.4.2. This particular case doesn't look too troubling since it only happens when the door is colliding with the fuselage, but if you see any more problems like this, please let me know.
@WeSeekANARCHY @Jacobdaniel @Lahoski107 Sorry guys, we've been really busy with SR2. Maybe when we start the SP 1.8 update we can get a new tournament going.
@CjrLdy Thanks! We're not sure what's next. At this point we are just focusing on SR2 and we need to get that 1.8 update out for SP soon too. Thanks for helping us beta test!
We don't have any plans for any more major updates after 1.8 for SimplePlanes, but that is not set in stone. I hope you'll consider checking out SR2. We've put a lot of effort into improving the building process. The fuselage parts have been improved a lot, parts support texturing, the designer tools are much better, etc. I can't wait to see what players will be able to build with all the new features.
@lliamlegoguy @TheGuyYouMightKnow @jamesPLANESii
@F104Deathtrap It is fun to play with. While testing, I disabled drag on all parts on my aircraft and got up to about 20,000 mph before my aircraft exploded.
@PlaneBuild0512 We're knee deep in rocket science at the moment. After SR2 releases early access maybe we can free up some dev time to work on the 1.8 update for SP. We're a small team and we keep struggling to get things done when we try to work on too many things at once.
@helilover03 Sadly, I don't spend much time building planes anymore. About the only time that I spend building planes is when I'm testing new features.
@jakecharlie When you download a plane from the website through the browser, it's just a *.splane file, which only contains the ID of the plane you want to download. This is then fed to the game which then makes another web request to download the actual plane data. I suspect that Windows is blocking SimplePlanes. You can add SimplePlanes as an allowed application. Instructions here.
This is not a hacker. This sounds like a phishing email. Always be careful when you get an email asking for personal information and always check the links in the email by hovering over them to show their address before clicking. Here's an example. Does this link look legit? https://www.simpleplanes.com/Airplanes/Hot
@pilotElijah Honda has asked us to remove all Honda airplanes from the site. It was removed because it "potentially infringes Honda’s trademark and trade dress rights." Sorry about that.
I just ran a notification check on all current submissions. If you did not receive a notification then your design is okay for the tournament. No news is good news.
+2@CoolPeach I agree. I just pushed an update that will now allow you to refresh your video's thumbnail from YouTube. You can also now edit your video title and provide a custom thumbnail (if you have > 1,000 points).
+2Pinning a comment would be nice. I added it to the list.
+2@Hedero If you can't download your planes I'll get you a Steam key so you can get the game on Windows/Mac and download your planes there.
+2@PositivePlanes We are just opening up the Windows and Mac versions of SP and SR2. I assume you are using the APK, right?
+2@RailfanEthan Unfortunately, not. Our games won't run on Chromebooks.
+2@CrazyCatZe hoping to get mobile SR2 out this year.
+2Thanks for letting us know. I've logged the issue.
+2@breitling please contact us at games@jundroo.com
+2@CPRCpublic Thanks for letting me know. I'll get this fixed early next week.
+2@Rub3n213 I just investigated that issue this morning and was not able to reproduce so I believe it has been fixed. Let us know if you are still seeing it.
+2@RedstoneAeroAviation It's a huge undertaking to switch providers, but we are researching other possibilities.
+2Our service provider was having issues. You can check their status here and read about the outages.
Regarding the data loss, they said this:
+2I'm really sorry about the interruption yesterday. Our service provider was (obviously) having some issues. I was going to wait to hear back from them before responding, but they haven't responded to my support ticket yet. It does appear that we have lost data from yesterday. It is highly doubtful that it will be recoverable, but I will let you know if they are able to recover any of it.
+2Definitely not normal. Are you using any mods? What device and OS are you using?
+2I've enjoyed many of your builds, @flyingsteve88!
We have added a ton of new stuff in 1.8. We should have a beta ready soon.
+2@DemonSniper8 Yep, it now allows manual entry and you can tweak the Rotation Amount so that you can click the < and > buttons to increment or decrement by any value you want.
+2@jamesPLANESii @DemonSniper8 This problem was specific to iOS, but the rotation sliders were a bit of a strange UI for this, so I've reworked it so that you can either use the sliders to rotate or enter angles in manually. The sliders no longer revert back to the middle, but rather stay at their respective position (ie: rotation 0 is in the middle, 180 is all the way to the right and -180 is all the way to the left).
+2The part transform tool will be improved in 1.8. Here's a screenshot.
+2@Caveman999 @AstleyIndustries @FastDan @Roswell @BaconRoll @FOXLOVER @DemonSniper8 @Paper @ForeverPie @asteroidbook345
@RailfanEthan @KidKromosone @CRJ900Pilot @JelloAircraftCorporation The part transform tool will be improved in 1.8. Here's a screenshot.
+2@Tully2001 @kerothehero This is now fixed in 1.8.
+2@Minecraftpoweer @Avro683Lancaster @Redflask0416 Can you try switching to the Experimental branch in Steam and see if that fixes your issue? (Make sure your game says version 1.8.0.2 in the About page in the main menu).
+2@jamesPLANESii I looked into the issue and it appears to be related Unity upgrading their physics engine from PhysX 3.3.1 to 3.4.2. This particular case doesn't look too troubling since it only happens when the door is colliding with the fuselage, but if you see any more problems like this, please let me know.
+2@WeSeekANARCHY @Jacobdaniel @Lahoski107 Sorry guys, we've been really busy with SR2. Maybe when we start the SP 1.8 update we can get a new tournament going.
+2@CoolPeach @Notaleopard @AircroftDesigin Can you try again and let me know if it is working for you now?
+2Thanks, @Chancey21. #7 Should be fixed now. Better late than never, right?
+2Thanks for letting me know! This should be working now. Let me know if you are still seeing these issues.
+2Ya, sorry about that.
+2@CjrLdy Thanks! We're not sure what's next. At this point we are just focusing on SR2 and we need to get that 1.8 update out for SP soon too. Thanks for helping us beta test!
+2Congrats! This is a very fast "glider"!
+2Deadline extended by one hour.
+2I ran a validation check. If your entry was in violation, you will have received a notification letting you know. No news is good news.
+2@TheGuyYouMightKnow Maybe someday :)
+2@TheGuyYouMightKnow @lliamlegoguy Fall 2018 is my optimistic guess for the 1.8 update.
+2We don't have any plans for any more major updates after 1.8 for SimplePlanes, but that is not set in stone. I hope you'll consider checking out SR2. We've put a lot of effort into improving the building process. The fuselage parts have been improved a lot, parts support texturing, the designer tools are much better, etc. I can't wait to see what players will be able to build with all the new features.
+2@lliamlegoguy @TheGuyYouMightKnow @jamesPLANESii
Send us an email at games@jundroo.com and we can manually verify your email.
+2I just ran a validation check. If your submission is violating any rules you should have received a message. No news is good news.
+2@LotusEngineering No plans to rework the drag model at this point.
+2@F104Deathtrap It is fun to play with. While testing, I disabled drag on all parts on my aircraft and got up to about 20,000 mph before my aircraft exploded.
+2@QingyuZhou Hmm, apparently my website code can't count. Thanks for letting me know. I'll put this on the todo list to investigate.
+2I just ran a validation check. If your current design has any violations, you should have received a notification. No news is good news.
+2@PlaneBuild0512 We're knee deep in rocket science at the moment. After SR2 releases early access maybe we can free up some dev time to work on the 1.8 update for SP. We're a small team and we keep struggling to get things done when we try to work on too many things at once.
+2@GenrichTitov yep
+2@helilover03 Sadly, I don't spend much time building planes anymore. About the only time that I spend building planes is when I'm testing new features.
+2@jakecharlie When you download a plane from the website through the browser, it's just a *.splane file, which only contains the ID of the plane you want to download. This is then fed to the game which then makes another web request to download the actual plane data. I suspect that Windows is blocking SimplePlanes. You can add SimplePlanes as an allowed application. Instructions here.
+2based on Little Bugger...lol, now that's quite a transformation!
+2This is not a hacker. This sounds like a phishing email. Always be careful when you get an email asking for personal information and always check the links in the email by hovering over them to show their address before clicking. Here's an example. Does this link look legit?
+2https://www.simpleplanes.com/Airplanes/Hot
@pilotElijah Honda has asked us to remove all Honda airplanes from the site. It was removed because it "potentially infringes Honda’s trademark and trade dress rights." Sorry about that.
+2It's just absolutely beautiful.
+2Noice!
+2