If you get other addons to install flawlessly by default, I don't care if I have to switch on FTX mode every time. I could live with a FTX mode that would switch off automatically after FSX would exit, so worst case I fly with FTX mode off (I'll notice, as I did before) but I will never destroy my FSX by installing some hard-core addons with FTX mode on. I am even thinking of having one FSX for FTX only and another instance for "the rest". And since I always fly FTX mode on, I sometimes forgot to switch it off during installs, which more than once killed my FSX and made me reinstall. Although In don't use them often, I want them to be installed. Betraying my total lack of programming skills could not FTX mode be triggered by selection of GO TO menu item of country/airport selection? Or, even better, selected automatically based on departure/arrival airports selection during Flight Planning phase? I took a flight from Moorrabin with FTX mode off/on and the difference was marked. I think for a very minor inconvenience the advantages of FTX custom files outweigh the disadvantages of stripping most of the uniqueness out of FTX. Like I said, the team is working in the background to minimise the intrusion of FTX file switching, to the point where it will be a much better FSX citizen moving forward. If you want to see how an "FTX Light" would look like, do an FTX Mode then load up your favourite areas in Australia and see if you're happy with that. I think there would be a massive outcry from our customers if we dumbed FTX down to that extent. Simply replacing base textures is just that - you'll just have new ground textures but those alone don't create the cohesive experience that you get with FTX. We can make FTX like GEX if that's what you want, but it would look nothing like FTX does today. The only reason we are switching those 30-odd files is because of inherent design limitations (I call them flaws) in the FSX SDK, which forces swapping in/out of files because either the SDK does not do what is documented, or ACES in their wisdom made files which should be local to custom landclass scenery - global files. If FTX Mode is removed, so will a lot of the uniqueness of FTX, including custom trees, autogen, roads, 3D lights - you get the idea. When JBS makes an authenticated call to one of these photo services I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.Thanks for the feedback. Please note that each photo service you interact with via John’s Background Switcher has its own privacy policy so you’d be advised to review each in turn. Also note that John’s Background Switcher only caches photo results locally for no longer than 2 days and in many cases much less (each photo service has its own cache requirements so JBS will follow those where appropriate). This means the only communications John’s Background Switcher makes is directly with the various photo services and nowhere else. It will cache the results of that photo call locally to reduce network bandwidth, then download the photo(s) as required and show them on your desktop. It will then make an authenticated, secure call to those sources (via the tokens mentioned above) and query the service’s API (Application Programming Interface) for the photos as you’ve chosen (for example one of your photo sets on Flickr or photo albums on SmugMug). In general operation John’s Background Switcher will look at your locally stored settings to determine which photo sources you have configured. It will NEVER use that authentication information in any other way and absolutely won’t ever send that to me or any third party. Once complete John’s Background Switcher will store an authentication token locally on your computer and use it solely to interact with that service. When that happens the photo service will present you with a logon page that lets you enter your credentials. Often this will require you to authorise JBS to access a service on your behalf. John’s Background Switcher’s main purpose is to interact with photo services and show those photos on your desktop background. Even then, that information is never shared with any third party – it’s literally used by me to fix bugs and make the application better.
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