The servers on Avsim have been a bit haywire the past couple of days. With many people struggling to access the forums, to the point where the website simply failed to load. Why? Well, some maintenance the team at PMDG were carrying out got people a little bit too excited which caused the Avsim servers to overload.
The team have been busy preparing the servers for the upcoming release of the 747, which caused the store to be down for a few hours. Of course, this prepped many people to switch between refreshing the store and of course the forums to see if it’s been released. As a result, Avsim crashed and is still only just beginning to recover. The store is back to usual, but RSR from PMDG have advised that maintenance could go on for a day or two.
He did give us a quick update saying it probably won’t happen today as the beta and tech teams are giving it the final look over before packaging it into a RTM (release to market) installer and unleashing it for the joe-public to buy.
All we are doing today is server maintenance in preparation for release… This will probably go on all day tomorrow too.
We told you two weeks ago that we would give you some warning… R.E.L.A.X!!!!!!
We are still finalizing some details and giving the beta and tech teams a chance to wring it out over the weekend and make sure we are happy with it.
Our advice – chill and wait. We’ll be warned when it’s coming out. So do everyone, including your keyboard, a favour: leave the F5 key alone. Do that, servers will sustain and everyone will have a chance to download one of the most anticipated aircraft of the year.
