Just been looking on the Internet for more details on Vista, due out next week, regarding compatibilty with 95 programs or 98.
The scenery designer and dem. editor are about 4 and half years old I think, and as mentioned you have to make the current dem. editor compatible to windows 95 now to save a dem. map at present.
Apparently there is a compatibility function in Vista, but whether the current simulators and especially the scenery and dem editor will still work Ok remains to be seen.
Be about another 4 months until I renew the computer including Vista with it.
Another problem I may have as I am dial up and I read it downloads additional drivers from the Internet which may not load unless "always on" connection.
For now I have put the 2 tutorials regarding Blender back onto my site on a temporary basis, srtm2 satellite data and basic Blender inn tutorial.
So from my point of view until I know how things are with the current Stentec software regarding Vista, and until more information becomes available for SS5 regarding updated sceney and dem editors, which I asssume will be used to make any sceneries in it, and whether these will be available with it, pointless me considering it further until then.
Also as my main interest is in older sceneries I would need more flexibity in SS5 for me to continue with it, compatible to my interests.
I do not mean sceneries or content as I can make them, but functions such as suitable boats such as gaff-rig, and function to add user made "moving" boats and background moving boats or whatever.
Crew in racing gear c1800 sceneries does look a bit silly.
or using the motorboat simulator just to enable the 32bit textures for trees and content etc in 1800s sceneries.
Barry