X-Plane 12.00 is the initial version of the newest flight simulator from Laminar Research. X-Plane 12 includes new features such as new aircraft, an updated user interface, moving jetways, seasons, and a new lighting, sound and effects engine. It contains numerous flight model updates, an entirely updated ATC system, new Primus avionics, Navdata updates, and recut global scenery. Alpha testing began on December 3, 2021.

Alpha 38

Contents

  • XPD-11914 Sound events need to be stopped and reset after a flight is ended or else they won’t start properly again.
  • XPD-12381 The Vulkan defragmenter now synchronizes with the async compute queue.
  • XPD-12660 SND directive `VEH_PART engine` doesn’t address more than 1 engine when aircraft is used as AI.
  • XPD-12731, XPD-12849 Fixed messed up beaches at flat airports by killing flattening.
  • XPD-12767 Turned off incorrect height based fake cloud light fade-out.
  • XPD-12768 New dataref for nozzle speed.
  • XPD-12802 Cloud SDF broken for thin cumulus clouds.
  • XPD-12806 USB key checked twice, causing frame pause.
  • XPD-12809 The adsb wind output is wrong.
  • XPD-12810 Seaplanes ride too rough.
  • XPD-12811 Impossible to set up overcast skies without pouring rain.
  • XPD-12818 Vapour effect is triggering randomly on the ground.
  • XPD-12836 CitX update for VR & handles.
  • XPD-12837 Fixed using wrong dataref in PSS.
  • XPD-12838 New background image from Alex.
  • XPD-12839 Aircraft can hit their own wake.
  • XPD-12840 Sim can crash with helos.
  • XPD-12841 SR-22 is the new default ACF.
  • XPD-12842 REAL SR-22 does not creak under g-load.
  • XPD-12844 Killed desktop scanning.
  • XPD-12856 Weird sky rendering bug.
  • XPD-12862 Fixed cloud history being sized incorrectly with FSR turned on and clamped.
  • XPD-12866 Fixed installer maker to use KPDX as the demo area.
  • XPD-12872 Race condition in REN_actor loading sound.
  • XPD-12876 X-Plane crash while AI plane was calling ATC.
  • XPD-12877 Shouldn’t be doing route dumps in release builds.
  • XPD-12881 ATC crash in Waypoint.
  • XPD-12890 Regression of bug with third-party airports with atc.dat files with no airspace.
  • XPD-12897 UTL_zip_archive was not thread-safe.

Alpha 37

  • New app icons.
  • XPD-11631 Missing Datarefs in X-Plane 12.
  • XPD-11634 Fix interior of clouds being too dark.
  • XPD-11825 Sling load size dataref not available anymore.
  • XPD-11832 Empty or small sling load objects crash X-Plane.
  • XPD-11848 Sky is black with cloud layer base set below ground level.
  • XPD-11929 XP12 Missing body drag coefficient dataref.
  • XPD-11951 Snow suddenly appears / disappears.
  • XPD-12178 Engine datarefs need to be expanded for access to the new engines.
  • XPD-12269 Water foam creates white artifacts on inland water.
  • XPD-12280 Cube map not recomputed multiple times when going to night, causes incorrect ambience.
  • XPD-12283 Crash when forces are large.
  • XPD-12438 Check all locations where “turn” commands are issued.
  • XPD-12636 Requesting IFR clearance from a FISO will result in a relayed clearance.
  • XPD-12716 Assigned parking at departure airport wasn’t cleared for manually-flown aircraft.
  • XPD-12740 Convert LSO speech to pre-recorded.
  • XPD-12742 More cirrus clouds at lower cloud coverage settings.
  • XPD-12753 Prevent ATC window being shown on external visuals PCs.
  • XPD-12755 New York Landmarks update.
  • XPD-12756 Paris Landmarks update.
  • XPD-12757 Rio de Janeiro Landmarks update.
  • XPD-12675 VRCONFIG on A330.
  • XPD-12770 Don’t allow AI to spawn on the ground at an airport the user’s also at.
  • XPD-12773 Terrain-avoidance instructions could be countermanded by course-adherence task.
  • XPD-12799 TAA on clouds does not work in VR.
  • XPD-12801 Washington DC Landmarks update.
  • XPD-12802 Cloud SDF broken for thin cumulus clouds.
  • XPD-12803 Remove outdated Aerosoft custom airports.
  • XPD-12817 Ford Carrier small update.

Alpha 36

  • Latest version of all aircraft.
  • XPD-11545 Powerlines visible through clouds.
  • XPD-11587 Powerline rendering artifacts.
  • XPD-11825 Reinstate ability for a plugin to set overridden slung-load mass.
  • XPD-11832 Crash when overriding slung-load size from a plugin.
  • XPD-11877 Contrails visible through clouds.
  • XPD-11873 Night lights visible through clouds.
  • XPD-11951 Snow suddenly appears / disappears.
  • XPD-12335, XPD-11741 Fixed presence of rain being unreliable under thin cloud layers.
  • XPD-12460 Tuned wave heights, particularly calm waters.
  • XPD-12472 Sun and reflections visible through clouds.
  • XPD-12532 Road pieces missing in A30 Global Scenery.
  • XPD-12533 Roads type tertiary_link missing in a30.
  • XPD-12535 Undue terrain peak in mesh near EDFB Reichelsheim in Germany.
  • XPD-12560 Industrial shp files missing.
  • XPD-12590 dev_assert in aifl_one_class::subsonic_co_lookup().
  • XPD-12613 New default rendering settings and GPU buckets.
  • XPD-12617 Crash when using the floatplane.
  • XPD-12628 Planemaker dialogs lag behind when dragged.
  • XPD-12635 Allow an inner radius of 0 for OGL_arc_fill.
  • XPD-12644 HASP Pro Use key compatibility needed on Win/Lin.
  • XPD-12653 Ford carrier mods.
  • XPD-12665 Added bypass for bridge rendering for floating gauges without hooks.
  • XPD-12676 Light bulb of PA18 Super Cub landing light is not illuminated during the day.
  • XPD-12682, XPD-12708 Fixed vegetation indexing into the wrong object.
  • XPD-12683 Carrier tower view wrong, no LSO view, not getting access to all 4 cats for the start.
  • XPD-12687 Catapult launches too soon if using it for subsequent launch.
  • XPD-12688 Aircraft hangar deck elevators on Ford CVN move randomly.
  • XPD-12690 Make it possible to select other spawn points on the new Ford CVN.
  • XPD-12691 Wake turb too strong, and goes through the ground by magic.
  • XPD-12708 Huge trees in VR.
  • XPD-12720 Update of view-dependent drawing only takes effect when viewpoint screen is opened.
  • XPD-12721 A teeny tower improvement.
  • XPD-12732 Added a object draw distance slider.
  • XPD-12737 Fix sky-view update interval.
  • XPD-12739 PlaneMaker map setting for airport visibility ONLY PAVED RUNWAYS ON MAP works reversely.
  • XPD-12746 Not showing metric when needed in the UI.
  • XPD-12750 Add sim/flightmodel/forces/wake_turbulence_effect.
  • XPD-12751 No more slices taken out of 3d clouds!
  • XPD-12759 Mac Steam install crashes at launch.
  • XPD-12761 Fixed weather not scrolling.
  • XPD-12762 Fixed artifacts when weather ST coords are negative.
  • XPD-12769 Better diagnostics for FMOD errors.
  • XPD-12733 Gear force OOB crash with helicopter + carrier catshot.
  • XPD-12774 Library changes (parking facade).
  • XPD-12775 Latest water colors.
  • XPD-12778 Particle system art update.
  • XPD-12779 Limit down sampling to max 720p internal res.
  • XPD-12780 Fixed DSFs being missing and exploding sim.
  • XPD-12781 Light adjusted for photometric lighting.
  • XPD-12785 St. Louis Landmarks update.
  • XPD-12787 Sydney Landmarks update.
  • XPD-12788 Pull Alex static B767 aircraft into A36.
  • XPD-12790 Falling into an empty void after the intro flight.
  • XPD-12791 Global Airport upgrade for A36.

Alpha 35

  • Latest aircraft.
  • XPD-12318 ATIS improvements.
  • XPD-12392 Status of aircraft doors not correct during replay.
  • XPD-12590 Ignore the range asserts for prop blade physics when the plane’s crashing.
  • XPD-12592 The default autopilot will NOT capture the selected altitude in certain circumstances.
  • XPD-12651 ‘Only Paved Runways on Map’ filter for airliner map not working in predicted manner.
  • XPD-12677 Cancel speed restrictions when switching to landing/rollout.
  • XPD-12679 VR laserpointer does not trigger ATC window mouseover behaviour.
  • XPD-12693 When clicking an ATIS frequency, use COM1 standby instead of COM2 if no COM2 is fitted.
  • XPD-12715 An ATIS with a new content should always have its identification letter incremented.
  • XPD-12718 Los Angeles Landmarks update.
  • XPD-12719 Fixed opaque garmins breaking third party ACF.
  • XPD-12729 ATC crash-no suitable apt.
  • XPD-12743 Fixed mip-maps for the pavement.

Alpha 34

  • Latest aircraft.
  • XPD-12666, XPD-11979, XPD-12700, XPD-12709, XPD-12711 Update landmarks & sim objects.
  • XPD-11946 Fixed bit loss with FSR.
  • XPD-11952 Fixed depth minify not completely ripping the depth buffer.
  • XPD-11979 Shadow of user aircraft vs. static aircraft are different colours.
  • XPD-12336 When not actively retriggering Real Weather Download, the plane initially spawns in bright sunshine.
  • XPD-12421 Normal mapping for the moon.
  • XPD-12640 Reduce the water opacity with water depth.
  • XPD-12641 Fixed Magenta/NaN below sea level at Furnace Creek Airport.
  • XPD-12655 Mipmaps on panel textures are not gamma correct when scaled down.
  • XPD-12556 Magenta line for Garmins is very faint (line antialiasing issue).
  • XPD-12657 Fixed GPU timers not being correct due to command buffer re-ordering.
  • XPD-12659 Terrain spike near LEBB Bilbao, Spain.
  • XPD-12661 Fixed back-side prop disc lighting.
  • XPD-12674 A330: Metallic pilot/copilot footrests are too reflective.
  • XPD-12680 Water artifacts new in Alpha 33 : line in water.
  • XPD-12695 Undue “too low flaps” warning when landing in A330.
  • XPD-12699 and XPD-12680 Fixed line in water and water inside of cockpits.
  • XPD-12710 Update Budapest.

Alpha 33

  • XPD-10102 Unknown emitter type ‘wing_condens’.
  • XPD-11130 Adjust Ren settings for v12.
  • XPD-11965 Latest road pack to fix street lights.
  • XPD-12303 Add pauses to ATC speech when commas are detected.
  • XPD-12399 FSR slider is confusing.
  • XPD-12444 World objects density vs 3D forest.
  • XPD-12516 When loading ATCVoice for the first time, async completion is not checked.
  • XPD-12517 Reduce locking requirements in ATC controller DB.
  • XPD-12539 Car lights much more visible than city lights.
  • XPD-12556 Fixed dark magenta line (and other dark line work) in Garmins.
  • XPD-12569 Performance degradation at night on dense city lights.
  • XPD-12575 ATC phraseology issues and suggestions (Europe edition).
  • XPD-12585 TCAS override relies on uninitialized lat/lons when plugin is writing relative bearings.
  • XPD-12597 Include / clarify ren settings in v12 log.txt.
  • XPD-12601 Map sectional colors broken.
  • XPD-12606 Restore FPS tests.
  • XPD-12610 Proj grid water rejection of the DSF water is broken on Metal.
  • XPD-12611 Fixed proj grid water not correctly depth testing against itself.
  • XPD-12612 Fixed rotation of normals with legacy quad trees.
  • XPD-12619 Latest sim objects.
  • XPD-12621- fixed crashes and wrong rendering in a bunch of other ortho-over-water and custom scenery cases.
  • XPD-12623 & XPD-12622 Latest 3D water.
  • XPD-12629 Fix for visible mowing assets over the water.
  • XPD-12639 Berlin and Frankfurt update.
  • XPD-12643 Auto-tune overrides frequency given in “Changing Frequency”.
  • XPD-12656 Crash when reloading aircraft art.
  • XPD-12662 Fix log spam caused by recalculating ETAs.

Alpha 32

  • Latest aircraft & translations.
  • XPD-9307, XPD-10193 Tying seaplanes to docks (pier facades).
  • XPD-11037 Typos in English Translation STRINGs.
  • XPD-12170 Fix ATC window aspect ratio in VR.
  • XPD-12202 Plane-maker, weight & balance, payloads tab – ERROR when set to zero.
  • XPD-12226 Gear OOB dev assert when crashing.
  • XPD-12252 Surprising Re-route on departure.
  • XPD-12267 Improve approach separation when hold-short is not immediately next to the runway.
  • XPD-12310 Wake turbulence seems to have too much of an effect.
  • XPD-12313 Free castoring nosegear wheel on SR22 can get locked fully on one side.
  • XPD-12320 Fuel tanks labels are not shown in IOS window.
  • XPD-12334 F-14 roll rate is anemic.
  • XPD-12341 Floatplane collision issues.
  • XPD-12348 STL and OBJ outputs place landing gear in random locations.
  • XPD-12371 boat wakes near boat appear in chunks, looks blocky.
  • XPD-12385 Planemaker typo – Gears section.
  • XPD-12403 Engines can be started without the ignition/igniters switched on.
  • XPD-12419 AI should not try to park on occupied parking spots.
  • XPD-12428 Don’t broadcast all-stations QNH changes unless P0 can hear it.
  • XPD-12429 Reduce IFR check-in to tower for controlled landing.
  • XPD-12431 Don’t have ATC request “Report final” for IFR flights to controlled airports.
  • XPD-12503 PM Parts invisible by default.
  • XPD-12504 Error in either Planemaker hint or radii of gyration data going to wrong file.
  • XPD-12509 Fuel selector is off by default, so engines don’t work by default.
  • XPD-12511 Incorrect floatplane behavior against docks.
  • XPD-12536 Flaps fully deploy near stall by default.
  • XPD-12538 Don’t re-issue instructions from ATC for the same heading/speed/alt unless there’s a need to nag.
  • XPD-12550 Don’t issue line up and wait until the other aircraft is past the entrypoint.
  • XPD-12558 Fixed broken cruise time estimates and dev asserts for v11 ACF.
  • XPD-12566 Mismatch when checking actual vs. assigned squawk code during flight-following handoff.
  • XPD-12573 Fix rare crash on final.
  • XPD-12574 Check that when nagging for readback, the transmit frequency belongs to the current controller.
  • XPD-12580 “gpu+time” stat appears to be broken.
  • XPD-12584 Fix ground dust on the concrete runway at KPUC.
  • XPD-12586 Fixed crash with orthophoto scenery packs with overlay borders.
  • XPD-12594 UI not showing the correct fuel tank labels.

Alpha 31

  • XPD-11967 Disabled kill data-refs for objects with rain effects.
  • XPD-12057 Removed the concrete slab in the Oculus VR loading screen.
  • XPD-12191 Wet pavement throughout replay.
  • XPD-12201 Fix crash when quitting to update scenery.
  • XPD-12233 Restore FPS test.
  • XPD-12264 Multimonitor selection-shows-UI behavior is surprising.
  • XPD-12285 When using a 3NM/10NM start to a GA airfield, set the tower as contacted to prime auto-tune.
  • XPD-12306 Way better separation on taxiways.
  • XPD-12322 Make ATIS broadcasts conform to ICAO Annex 11.
  • XPD-12324 Bad response to VFR landing request in non-VFR conditions.
  • XPD-12332 ATIS Phraseology.
  • XPD-12338 Unable to change frequency to some airports.
  • XPD-12342 Screen space reflections wrong direction in ground water in VR + FSR.
  • XPD-12343 Changing FSR settings while in VR leads to rendering artifacts.
  • XPD-12352 Add specific message “backtrack on runway… ” after landing and going past the only turnoff.
  • XPD-12354 Vacate runway direction in spoken message could be wrong depending on taxiway layout.
  • XPD-12376 Fix frequency collisions between controllers with adjacent airspace.
  • XPD-12429 Reduce IFR check-in to tower for controlled landing.
  • XPD-12445 Possible fix for ATC crash in routing.
  • XPD-12448 Crash with FlyTampa atc.dat file.
  • XPD-12476 AI consistently flies into the ground starting at runway 26 at LOWI.
  • XPD-12489 AI Aircraft Take Off Into Grass – Not Aligned with Runway.
  • XPD-12498 Fixed prop shader flashing.
  • XPD-12528 Use different zoom mode for Flight School buttons.
  • XPD-12529 Improved beach textures.
  • XPD-12531 Possible fix for ATC crash in handoff.
  • XPD-12559 Fixes assert in helicopter tutorial.

Alpha 30

  • Boost APU and GPU bleed capacity to have enough oompf for the starter at 0RPM/max torque.
  • Fix TCAS range marks overlapping with EICAS window on MFD.
  • Fix FADEC from not preventing overtemp in hotter-than-ISA conditions.
  • Allow sound output device selection in the UI.
  • Road networking async loading.
  • XPD-12410  Citation X Status messages flashing.
  • XPD-12488 Fixed broken WGS84 scenery shift.
  • XPD-12495 Fixed broken WGS84 map drag/edit flight.
  • XPD-12497 Take latest airport scenery pack.
  • XPD-12500 Aircraft position drifting north-west when changing heading in IOS screen or map.
  • XPD-12515 & 12514 Take latest sim_objects.
  • XPD-12522 Latest Gateway airports to fix missing taxiway pavement.

Alpha 29

  • Recut DSFs for the entire world.

Alpha 28

  • Latest versions of all aircraft.
  • XPD-11556 Runway lights and PAPIs are too dim.
  • XPD-12370 Horizon over water has white band visible.
  • XPD-12410 Citation X Status messages flashing.
  • XPD-12416 Restored prefill.
  • XPD-12426 Cubemap reflections too bright.
  • XPD-12459 Take latest sim objects.
  • XPD-12462 Explicitly initialize geoid and catch missing geoid file error.
  • XPD-12464 Fixed the whole heat blur pass disabling culling.
  • XPD-12477 737: Double screens on first class seats.
  • XPD-12478 737: Flood strips too bright for the light they emit.
  • XPD-12482 Take latest global airports.
  • XPD-11254 Runway markings now have a +1 res.

Alpha 27

  • Latest versions of aircraft.
  • XPD-12197 Fixed NaNs at pure zero vis.
  • XPD-12198 Take latest world terrain.
  • XPD-12208, XPD-12363 Fixed semi-reflective materials with SSR.
  • XPD-12214 Animation error in helicopter airspeed indicators.
  • XPD-12262 The rain droplet history is stored again as half point float to save VRAM.
  • XPD-12382 Water Speed Unrealistic at > 60 fps.
  • XPD-12395 Multiple graphics animations use real time and not sim time.
  • XPD-12405 Recalibrate night lighting scenery textures for gamma fix.
  • XPD-12409 Include latest Gateway airport cut.
  • XPD-12422 Took latest road pack.
  • XPD-12425 Pavement reflections made worse by accidentally applying them twice due to window glass.
  • XPD-12433 Added distance paging for trees.

Alpha 26

  • Take latest aircraft.
  • XPD-11670 Unhandled GPS exceptions that were dialog boxes now hard crash to capture better data.
  • XPD-11807 Exterior lights don’t shine in cockpit.
  • XPD-11809 Fix aviation flashlights too dim.
  • XPD-11971 Prop disc is not rendered correctly – no colors no details.
  • XPD-12056 Time popup window extends beyond the whiteboard in VR.
  • XPD-12152 Fix legacy wav file playing continuously.
  • XPD-12278 flt[n].entity is not reinitialised for AI after resetting the flight.
  • XPD-12288 Patch to fix W&B dialog sizing.
  • XPD-12299 Starting a new flight does not reset replay recording.
  • XPD-12337 Top-level regional controllers are not created if Navigraph has replaced the default atc.dat.
  • XPD-12353 Citation Display Text overlapping.
  • XPD-12379 VR: No trees on right eye.
  • XPD-12380 VR: SSR flickering.
  • XPD-12387 Take latest autogen pack.
  • XPD-12393 Fixes regression where rough materials are too shiny.
  • XPD-12397 Put back automatic aniso at least 4x on runway markings.
  • XPD-12401 Fixed missing texture on R-22.
  • XPD-12404 Restored broken prefill.
  • XPD-12411 Fixed missing interior spills from plane-maker.

Alpha 25

  • Fixed water not getting initialized when there is no scenery.
  • XPD-11777 Citation X ‘Paint Peeling.
  • XPD-12015 Far tree billboards don’t fade, they just roll out in clumps.
  • XPD-12028 VR keyboard hides when you click on it.
  • XPD-12112, XPD-12153 Fixed water whitecaps getting into a bad shape and oscillating around.
  • XPD-12159 Parts of airplane showing through scenery.
  • XPD-12216 Fixed fog going wonky with no rain.
  • XPD-12222 Error in the visual effects setting tooltip.
  • XPD-12223 M1 Macs crash with 8x MSAA.
  • XPD-12261 Rain repellent airflow not included in rain forces.
  • XPD-12263 Fixed cacao breaking with multiple monitors that have different sizes.
  • XPD-12264 Multimonitor config ui is wonky.
  • XPD-12291 ATIS auto-tune should be on COM2 Standby freq, not COM2 active freq.
  • XPD-12292 Fix wrist slap on departure from a runway with mandatory backtrack.
  • XPD-12302 When taxying to a runway for departure, make the taxi destination point the end of the usable section if the actual destination is outside that.
  • XPD-12304 Fixed intermittent tower view failures.
  • XPD-12305 Update taxi guidance arrows more frequently.
  • XPD-12306 Increase detection range for braking on taxiways, make aware of relative aircraft sizes.

Alpha 24

  • XPD-9649 Tow plane roll rate fixed.
  • XPD-10818 PM has radius in Misc bodies, but X-Plane shows error.
  • XPD-11475 Property Lines Missing from .wpn File when Creating New Unguided Rocket Weapon.
  • XPD-11745 Moving Plane Maker windows can break menus.
  • XPD-11949 Top/Side editing window for bodies too small.
  • XPD-12086 Customized Weapon Shell Object Does Not Show in Flight.
  • XPD-12165 Not keeping track of wpn damage or blast radius.
  • XPD-12183 Dataref sim/flightmodel/engine/ENG_XYZ is missing.
  • XPD-12225 Fix debug assert due to 0-size spills.
  • XPD-12237 Tower should not say ‘standby’ when receiving a plane from Ground at a hold-short for a runway to be crossed.
  • XPD-12244 High idle restored for throttle->N2 jet engines.
  • XPD-12249 Incorrect filtering of submenus in PTT mode.
  • XPD-12250 Dev_assert when re-routing a VFR circuit if no arrival airport is set.
  • XPD-12251 Readback of frequency change sometimes cut off.
  • XPD-12254 Fix special-casing of zeros in flight numbers.
  • XPD-12265 ATC is issuing vectors when recreating approach to GA field due to a/c being out of position.
  • XPD-12270 AI taxi routes briefly incorrect when the first segment was a long one.
  • XPD-12271 Fixed level for “no snow” to avoid traces of snow.
  • XPD-12273 framerate drops dramatically over time with the map open.
  • XPD-12274 Stop AI repeatedly requesting taxi if the taxi network is broken.
  • XPD-12281 Restoring color space conversion.
  • XPD-12287 Fixed W&B being ignored when aircraft has gaps in stations.
  • XPD-12289 ATC airspace crash.

Alpha 23

  • Updated landmarks & sim objects.
  • New feature: ATC circuit operations.
  • XPD-11037 Translation typo.
  • XPD-11475 Fixed particle FX editing fields in Plane-Maker.
  • XPD-11501 AI creates needlessly convoluted taxi routes.
  • XPD-11692 Missing terrain tiles caused entire map to be cleared.
  • XPD-11697 Read WED’s ‘closed’ airport metadata key.
  • XPD-11870 Implement AWOS broadcasts.
  • XPD-12024 ATC flow providing opposite runway as in X-Plane 11.55r2.
  • XPD-12030 Double takeoff clearance could still be issued.
  • XPD-12047 Assume traffic service when passing from a controlled tower to regional after takeoff.
  • XPD-12049 Controller contact phrase changes.
  • XPD-12086 Show rocket shells if they are OBJs.
  • XPD-12090 Weapon attach point writes fixed.
  • XPD-12112, XPD-12153 Fixed water whitecaps getting into a bad shape and oscillating around.
  • XPD-12142 ATC would allow popup IFR clearance whether it was appropriate or not.
  • XPD-12143 Filing a flightplan on a runway start causes a wristslap.
  • XPD-12149 ATC gives poor vectors to route when filing IFR in-air.
  • XPD-12162 Latest airport scenery.
  • XPD-12179 Crash turning on VR controller.
  • XPD-12186 Weapon datarefs for OBJs are not scoped properly.
  • XPD-12199 Updated SF50.
  • XPD-12206 Fixed edge blending being upside down.
  • XPD-12216 Fixed fog going wonky with no rain.
  • XPD-12231 Updated forests.

Alpha 22

  • XPD-11593 Forests “pop in” in the distance.
  • XPD-11958 Renamed FSR and Cacao “Off” options to “None”.
  • XPD-11968 ATC should offer deviation for relative heading.
  • XPD-12019 Small translucid 2D square follows the gaze in VR.
  • XPD-12058 Make sure the edge cases of the byte-to-normalized-float-conversion are correct.
  • XPD-12071 Arrow keys broken in edit text field.
  • XPD-12097 Unable to set “2D Panel Only” on the Graphics tab.
  • XPD-12167 Translucent window around VR flower menu when looking thru the windshield.

Alpha 21

  • Latest flight model.
  • XPD-11593 Fixed tree culling on the CPU side that would too eagerly throw out tree patches.
  • XPD-11860 Turn off nav lights, strobes and red beacon on parked AI.
  • XPD-11868 Fix several lost dataref changes from mass change process.
  • XPD-11916 Can’t enable yoke control with mouse after starting a new flight.
  • XPD-11940 Incorrect Live W&B in the F-14.
  • XPD-11942 Crash with .sit files.
  • XPD-11957 ‘Use second texture’ not applied to mirrored wings.
  • XPD-11980 Engine does NOT quit when tank selector is set to OFF.
  • XPD-11990 Fixed scaling of legacy trees.
  • XPD-12025 VTOL Jet aircraft not responding to ‘Throttle’ engine.
  • XPD-12048 Crash when resizing window.
  • XPD-12110 Gun fires with no ammo.
  • XPD-12133 Added line drawing mode to the fake terrain shader.
  • XPD-12139 Crash when opening plane.
  • XPD-12155 Fix popup instrument refactoring bug that caused the UI to not eat mouse clicks to popup windows.
  • XPD-12163 No drivers on ground vehicles.
  • XPD-12073 Aircraft carrier, frigate and sailboats are sailing around on dry land.

Alpha 20

  • Updated XPLM SDK.
  • Add logs and warnings for plugin use of deprecated datarefs.
  • XPD-11370 Support 3rd party jetways to be animated.
  • XPD-11452 Fixed objects disappearing when vegetation is in play.
  • XPD-11597, XPD-11771 Turned off in-cockpit reflections to baindaid SSR bugs.
  • XPD-11754 Make the ground vehicles library support regions.
  • XPD-11798 Ground reflections cut short around camera.
  • XPD-11799 AA Breaks SSR.
  • XPD-11855 SSR broken by MSAA.
  • XPD-12024 Runway flows will now be re-evaluated immediately instead of with up to a 60-second delay if the weather page of the free-flight dialog is used.
  • XPD-12030 Double takeoff clearance could still be issued.
  • XPD-12032 Replay interpolation bug – engine sounds.
  • XPD-12035 Keep the same date in the mini time config when changing the slider and date set to ‘track system time’.
  • XPD-12063 Ground frequencies shouldn’t overlap so much.
  • XPD-12064 Random crash loading DSFs.
  • XPD-12091 Removed log spam from static 737.
  • XPD-12095 Take new Global Airports.
  • XPD-12101 3rd-party aircraft with weapons no longer loads.

Alpha 19

  • Latest versions of all aircraft.
  • Puma joystick configs added.
  • XPD-11506 Disabled rendering of lights in Plane Maker.
  • XPD-11621 Some procedures don’t fit inside pop out box on PFD.
  • XPD-11722 Crash using the FMS on the Citation.
  • XPD-11753 Plane Maker – missing “Ellipse” feature in ‘Bodies’.
  • XPD-11803 XPLMGetFMSEntryInfo is always returning an outref of XPLM_NAV_NOT_FOUND.
  • XPD-11832 Empty or small sling load objects crash X-Plane.
  • XPD-11913 G1000 wind display option 3 too small for three-digit values.
  • XPD-11994, 11995, 11996 Crashes on CitationX FMS with LSK.
  • XPD-12001 Controller orientation is wrong for WMR.
  • XPD-12023 Fixed SSR history size being incorrect with FSR enabled.
  • XPD-12050 Fixed crash with Airfoil Maker launching with no saved airfoil.
  • XPD-12056 Fix popups containing layers containing images being too large in VR.
  • XPD-12059 New static liveries.
  • XPD-12070 New Datarefs Are Needed to Drive Legacy Sounds in FMOD.

Alpha 18

  • XPD-11635 Increased draped polygon precision for overlay DSFs.
  • XPD-11651 Fixed scroll wheel on Linux.
  • XPD-11688 Incorrect urban ambiance inside airports.
  • XPD-11882 A330 assigned to undersized gate.
  • XPD-11910 Wing scrape datarefs not working on replays.
  • XPD-11932 ATC segment crash.
  • XPD-11998 Fixed Cacao nested compute passes.
  • XPD-11999 Removed UI com port fields.
  • XPD-12000 Removed “side panel” features from sim loader.
  • XPD-12006 Crashes with SSAO enabled on Metal.
  • XPD-12009 Texture improvements.
  • XPD-12014 KAFN out of bounds sound rasterization.
  • XPD-12017 Fix dev assert when regenerating weather.

Alpha 17

  • Restored VR.
  • Fixed SSR history getting always zeroed out every frame.
  • XPD-11769 Cabin altitude indicator on default 737 is off by a factor of 10.
  • XPD-11812 AI flight-type counts could be off.
  • XPD-11927 Instruments inop during beginning of basic tutorial.
  • XPD-11959 Fixed Cacao hanging a frame behind.

    Alpha 16

    • Removed 16x AA due to crashing metal.
    • XPD-6753 OOBS AI acf spawning.
    • XPD-11377 Jagged shoreline textures with 3d water.
    • XPD-11385 Transparent lake water.
    • XPD-11627 Close & back icons are jagged.
    • XPD-11748 Sky reflection on water is too dark.
    • XPD-11760 Cube map minification loses brightness.
    • XPD-11881 Planemaker writes .acf file with commas instead of decimal points for the numbers.
    • XPD-11883 Monitor configuration UI.
    • XPD-11887 Focus issues with edit text boxes.
    • XPD-11908 New skids model doesn’t allow the R22 to slide on ground.
    • XPD-11909 Pressing certain keys enters an invisible character in the joystick/keyboard search field.
    • XPD-11937 Crash when showing the upgrade dialog.
    • XPD-11954 ‘Make this station a circle’ enlarges station to maximum size.

    Alpha 15

    • Low vis fog restored.
    • Ocean shading takes wave height and other lighting into account.
    • Now requires Vulkan 1.3–driver updates may be required.
    • Includes FSR & Cacao.
    • XPD-10500 Make cockpit views more consistent across aircraft.
    • XPD-11652 Fixed water readback not being aware of the actual DSF data.
    • XPD-11749 Fixed water stair stepping.
    • XPD-11774 Fixed water proj grid artifacts when MSAA is enabled.
    • XPD-11780 Some German text does not fit in the mission complete window.
    • XPD-11875 Wingtip impact points not matching surface of ground.
    • XPD-11880 Dragging the user aircraft icon on the map at high zoom is inaccurate.
    • XPD-11889 A330: Using reverser triggers ECAM warning “Reverse unlocked”.
    • XPD-11891 A330: When pushing the TAKEOFF CONFIG pushbutton, the DOOR R AVIONICS warning pops up.
    • XPD-11893 Take bug fixes for A330.
    • XPD-11898 A330: Bus Tie can’t be closed.
    • XPD-11901 A330: Undue overspeed warning Vle (Landing gear extended).
    • XPD-11904 A330: When gear is down, the flightphase related system page is the WHEEL page and should be shown.
    • XPD-11905 Fixed trees leaning too far in any wind.
    • XPD-11906 F-14 HUD heading skips 345-015 interval.
    • XPD-11908 New skids model doesn’t allow the R22 to slide on ground.
    • XPD-11918 Add storing of the tire drag and surface type to the replay system.
    • XPD-11919 Baron 58 pedals not deflecting with auto-coordination.
    • XPD-11920 Order of Data Output graph doesn’t match screen.
    • XPD-11921 Flaps datarefs stuttering on replays.
    • XPD-11931 Fixed auto board being broken.

    Alpha 14

    • Latest flight model & aircraft improvements.
    • XPD-11727 Checks for temps and pressures wait a bit for the values to stabilise after loading the plane.
    • XPD-11788 Excessive bounce on crash when the engine hits the ground.
    • XPD-11851 C172 davtron voltage indicator uses wrong dataref.
    • XPD-11857 PM graphics visible outside window.
    • XPD-11869 Throttle manipulator not guarding beta range in Evo.
    • XPD-11875 Wingtip impact points not matching surface of ground.
    • XPD-11882 A330 assigned to undersized gate.
    • XPD-11892 A330 speedbrake deploys when it shouldn’t.
    • XPD-11903 Wireframe issue on A330 glareshield.
    • XPD-11907 Gear datarefs not working anymore on aircraft with skids.
    • XPD-11911 Wing scrape datarefs not resetting when the wing is not touching the ground.

    Alpha 13

    • XPD-11452 Fixed objects disappearing when vegetation is in play.
    • XPD-11636 Altitude temperature variation.
    • XPD-11702 Fixed trees leaning in the wrong direction.
    • XPD-11739 Clean up weather UI from failed real weather download.
    • XPD-11821 Custom engine start in XP12 not working anymore.
    • XPD-11826 One of two EFIS datarefs missing.
    • XPD-11827 Sea level density dataref missing.
    • XPD-11868 Fixed wing tip flex dataref type.
    • XPD-11878 Payload stations can not be zero.
    • XPD-11885 Put back size of cmdline dataref.
    • XPD-11886 Crash with devices that don’t support short vertex attributes.

    Alpha 12

    • Updated CEF version.
    • XPD-9776 Forward-no-HUD shows C172 engine heat blur.
    • XPD-10720 Default resources log errors.
    • XPD-10738 AI aircraft are superimposed on the same parking spot.
    • XPD-11275 Missing lit textures in log.txt.
    • XPD-11591 dev_assert on finished pushback at LOWI.
    • XPD-11689 Unknown airport metadata key.
    • XPD-11690 Static aircraft spawning only Cirrus jets at major airports.
    • XPD-11757 ATC not aware of a/c reaching parking before runway-transition sequence is complete.
    • XPD-11773 ATC Active zone assert.
    • XPD-11792 Minimum usable fuel is not zero.
    • XPD-11794 vSpeed Markers Missing from PRO version.
    • XPD-11796 About info should show the CPU architecture on Mac.
    • XPD-11802 X-Plane 12 nulptr crash with ATTR_cockpit.
    • XPD-11823 Cannot file flight plan for an aircraft ID T-781 or T781.
    • XPD-11833 Duplicate UI buttons.
    • XPD-11834 Choice of units for visibility does not follow in Real Weather.
    • XPD-11836, XPD-11840 ATC crash.
    • XPD-11841 Prop cones are not updated while using replay.
    • XPD-11859 Crash loading glider at KSEA.
    • XPD-11862 Aircraft carrier doesn’t change position on Instant replays.
    • XPD-11864 Grass runways can’t support seasons.
    • XPD-11867 Sim can be used without a valid v12 key.

    Alpha 11

    • Latest flight model bug fixes & improvements.
    • XPD-11445 Add date to load flight screen.
    • XPD-11446 If no suitable parking is found, limit the panic choices to the closest size available.
    • XPD-11667 FADEC error in Carb recip engine type.
    • XPD-11692 Missing terrain tiles caused entire map to be cleared.
    • XPD-11697 Read WED’s ‘closed’ airport metadata key.
    • XPD-11704 Make the AI spawner aware of special use of p1.
    • XPD-11726 Aircraft weights on initial spawn are not the aircraft default weights.
    • XPD-11728 Replay replays under water for video recording.
    • XPD-11730 Unable to start APU after shutting 738 down.
    • XPD-11750 De-icing holdover time also clears any that already happened.
    • XPD-11758 Plane Maker carries over tank names from previous loaded aircraft into the current one.
    • XPD-11765 Throttle detented FADEC disables autothrottle.
    • XPD-11781 Deprecated autogen.
    • XPD-11817 Disable LUA allocator on Apple Silicon.
    • XPD-11820 Entering / exiting replay induces yaw.

    Alpha 10

    • Updated autogen & object art.
    • Now universal ARM and x86 builds on macOS.
    • In-gfx tri and quad indices are always interpreted in u32.
    • Added NORMAL_HIGH_PRECISION and NORMAL_SEPARATE_ALPHA directives.
    • Reduced VRAM usage by compressing normal and material textures.
    • Faster Vulkan pipeline build times.

    Alpha 9

    • Fixed CEF crashing on MacOS Monterey.
    • X-Plane now initializes CEF on start up instead of on demand as before.
    • Updated plugin SDK & datarefs.
    • Includes generic HUD.
    • No longer provides OpenAL bindings for plugins. Plugins that need to use OpenAL should include OpenAL-soft themselves or switch to FMOD.

    Alpha 8

    • Latest flight model improvements, especially with helicopters.
    • XPD-11220 GNS530 shows localizer ID only when glideslope is not being received.
    • XPD-11234 Rain drops move as if possessed.
    • XPD-11296 Citation X Master Warning and Master Caution erratic.
    • XPD-11298 Stuttering sound in replay.
    • XPD-11303 Piper PA18 Super Cub / Carb Heat.
    • XPD-11624 Holes in “thin” cloud layers can be missing or full of holes.
    • XPD-11625 CUMULUS clouds – overcast nearly gone based on altitude.
    • XPD-11639 METAR interpretation of visibility wrong (Europe).
    • XPD-11643 Plane Maker won’t allow all pax weight in front of empty CG.
    • XPD-11647 Pre-rotation (for autogyros) is broken.
    • XPD-11653 Planemaker aircraft engine exhaust vertical offset can not be set to negative numbers.
    • XPD-11681 Artifacts when using ‘show traffic’ dev option for ground traffic.
    • XPD-11659 Fixed Metal timers not working around compute encoders.
    • XPD-11671 Fixed dead lock in the Vulkan transfer coordinator.
    • XPD-11715 Fixed illegal use of geoid from worker thread without RW lock.
    • XPD-11725 Pitch/roll order not backwards for astab entry.

    Alpha 7

    • XPD-11707 Latest Gateway airports.
    • XPD-11504 SSR fix for undefined behavior.
    • XPD-11580 Don’t create/destroy entities unnecessarily during replay.
    • XPD-11588 Fix for intermittent problem linking generated taxi networks.
    • XPD-11614 Legacy shader is not HDR aware, giving pure white on the map screen.
    • XPD-11655 Disable cinema verite by default.
    • XPD-11668 Helicopter rotors are not animated in REPLAY mode.
    • XPD-11671 Deadlock/locking problem in Vulkan.
    • XPD-11672 Disable replay mode when starting a new flight.
    • XPD-11698 Missing normal maps for +50-010 and other tiles.

    Alpha 6

    • Updated aircraft LuaJit for M1 Macs.
    • Updated material model fixed rendering of intermediate metals.
    • XPD-11629 Updated Super Cub damage model.
    • XPD-11671 Fixed dead lock in the Vulkan transfer coordinator.

    Alpha 5

    • Some dataref fixes, restorations, deprecations.
    • XPD-11531 Fixes stereo rendering dev assert.
    • XPD-11604 Bug report: text fields incorrect in joystick control sensitivity setup.
    • XPD-11609 Auto update downloads v11 installer.
    • XPD-11612 Fixed rain and ice showing up on aircraft
    • XPD-11642 Fixed attempting to read back the water per monitor.
    • XPD-11644 Fixed radar map not dimming in airliners.
    • XPD-11657 Fixed infinite loop on GPU when sun angle is 0.

    Alpha 4

    • Alpha 4 was a staged scenery & installer update only.

    Alpha 3

    • Took latest aircraft, landmarks, and sim resource art.
    • Installer fixes & improvements.
    • Weather & cloud fixes & improvements.
    • XPD-11381 Fixed water becoming just sand dunes when the water level is positive.
    • XPD-11479, XPD-11608 Fix assert when using tab on many screens.
    • XPD-11490 Some aircraft don’t have FMOD sound.
    • XPD-11512 Fixed snow jitter.
    • XPD-11518 Fixed dynamic OBJs drawn through the collector receiving snow.
    • XPD-11521 Auto-normalize luma in snow.
    • XPD-11537 Moving map option removed from Settings/Hardware screen.
    • XPD-11547 Undo incorrect font-alignment change.
    • XPD-11560 OGL_measure_range was using a specific and incorrect font.
    • XPD-11568, XPD-11605 Real weather download crashes sim.
    • XPD-11576 Fixed rain glass elements showing up in fwd-no-hud views.
    • XPD-11578 Show date on free flight screen if UTC is different.
    • XPD-11581 Fixed Microprofile stack overrun on Linux.
    • XPD-11583 XLua callbacks not loading in correct order.
    • XPD-11584 Fixed crash in weapons preview.
    • XPD-11586 Removed markings for beta from about box and log.
    • XPD-11602 Fixed “add remove scenery” showing no scenery to add.

    Alpha 2

    • Took latest aircraft art.
    • Ground ops now use regional accents.
    • ATC bug & crash fixes, and improvements.
    • Additional UI polish.
    • XPD-11314 Multiplayer chat box was taking focus before it existed.
    • XPD-11430 Use pre-recorded speech for ground operations.
    • XPD-11529 Don’t allow focus visible changes when a popup window is active on the main screen.
    • XPD-11541 Fix nosewheel steering.
    • XPD-11557 Fixed installer-maker to not strip FMS resources.
    • XPD-11575 Fixed weather sliders disappearing.
    • XPD-11577 Take KSEA & LOWI demo areas out.

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