Knowledgebase - X-Plane https://www.x-plane.com/kb/ The world’s most advanced flight simulator. Fri, 03 Feb 2023 20:18:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://www.x-plane.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-SocialXP3-1-32x32.png Knowledgebase - X-Plane https://www.x-plane.com/kb/ 32 32 Using X-Plane 11 Addons with X-Plane 12 on Mac Systems https://www.x-plane.com/kb/using-x-plane-11-addons-with-x-plane-12-on-mac-systems/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:38:26 +0000 https://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=262617 Apple computers using Apple Silicon processors may encounter problems using third party addons developed for X-Plane 11 with X-Plane 12. Long term, the solution is for addon developers to update their products. Until then, Mac users can work around this by enabling Rosetta on X-Plane 12. Enabling Rosetta Open your X-Plane 12 install folder. Right […]

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Apple computers using Apple Silicon processors may encounter problems using third party addons developed for X-Plane 11 with X-Plane 12. Long term, the solution is for addon developers to update their products. Until then, Mac users can work around this by enabling Rosetta on X-Plane 12.

Enabling Rosetta

  1. Open your X-Plane 12 install folder.
  2. Right click on X-Plane.app.
  3. Select “Get Info”.
  4. Check the box “Open using Rosetta”.
  5. Launch X-Plane 12 as usual.

The box to enable Rosetta in X-Plane 12

 

 

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X-Plane 12.00 Release Notes – Alpha 1 to Alpha 38 https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-12-00-release-notes-alphas/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:34:48 +0000 https://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=215726 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 […]

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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

  • 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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X-Plane 12 System Requirements https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-12-system-requirements/ Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:35:31 +0000 https://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=197034 Minimum Hardware Requirements: Disk Space: 25GB CPU: Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or i9 CPU with 4 or more cores, or AMD Ryzen 3, 5, 7 or 9. (Those with other CPUs should try the demo before purchasing.) Memory: 8 GB RAM Video Card: a Vulkan 1.3-capable video card from NVIDIA or AMD with at least […]

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Minimum Hardware Requirements:

  • Disk Space: 25GB
  • CPU: Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or i9 CPU with 4 or more cores, or AMD Ryzen 3, 5, 7 or 9. (Those with other CPUs should try the demo before purchasing.)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Video Card: a Vulkan 1.3-capable video card from NVIDIA or AMD with at least 2 GB VRAM

Note: Intel GPUs are not supported by X-Plane 12.

If your system is borderline, we encourage you to try the demo first. The full version of the simulator will perform exactly the same as the demo—neither better nor worse.

Recommended Hardware Requirements:

  • CPU: Intel Core intel i5-12600K or Ryzen 5 3500 or better, or Apple Silicon
  • Memory: 16-24 GB RAM or more
  • Video Card: a DirectX 12-capable video card from NVIDIA or AMD with at least 4-8 GB VRAM (GeForce RTX 2070 or better, or similar from AMD)

Supported Video Cards:

  • NVIDIA: Nvidia 900 series Desktop GPU or newer, or GeForce 965M, 970M, 980M and 980MX or newer (Second generation Maxwell or newer); driver version 510 or newer
  • AMD: AMD Radeon RX 500 or newer, driver version Adrenaline 22.2.1or newer
  • Apple Silicon

Supported Operating Systems:

  • macOS: macOS 10.15 or newer (e.g. Catalina, Big Sur, or Monterey)
  • Windows: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
  • Linux: Varies
    • If you want to run on Linux, you will need to try X-Plane on your distribution to see if it is compatible. We have developers using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and newer successfully, however we don’t provide support for specific distributions.
    • We require the proprietary driver from NVIDIA to run X-Plane. We require the Mesa drivers, version 22.0 or newer, for AMD to run X-Plane.

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X-Plane 12.00 Release Notes https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-12-00-release-notes/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 21:17:36 +0000 https://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=196758 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 […]

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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. (Release notes from Alpha can be accessed here.) Early Access began on September 5, 2022.

Known Bugs

  • Incomplete or missing features in Alpha/Early Access:
    • Master-external visual networking
    • New XPLM APIs
    • Airbus A330 FMC
  • In progress features:
    • Tuning lighting & fog
    • LIT textures
    • VR holodeck lighting
    • Far trees don’t look great
    • Better cloud shapes, especially cirrus
    • Performance tuning

Bug Fixes

Public Beta – 12.03r1 

Beta opt-in required to access this version. Instructions can be found in the article below

Using the X-Plane Betas

Note: New DSF files are available with 12.03r1. You can download these now by running the installer and choosing ‘Update scenery online’. Expect a relatively lengthy download (especially with multiple scenery regions installed)

XPD Fixes:

  • XPD-13618 – CYVR and LFPG DSF issues.
  • XPD-12583 – Custom-placed Approach Light objects.
  • XPD-13798 – Crash in panel code when plane has a HUD instrument
  • Replay fix – Velocity was treated as a location

Public Beta – 12.02r1 

Beta opt-in required to access this version. Instructions can be found in the article below

Using the X-Plane Betas

XPD Fixes:

  • XPD-13797 RAM leak
  • Fix for a separate memory leak where every async op leaked a few bytes

Public Beta – 12.01r3 

This version is now final

Beta opt-in required to access this version. Instructions can be found in the article below

Using the X-Plane Betas

XPD Fixes:

  • XPD-13755 Fix some generic instruments being culled before power checks
  • Fix annunciator instruments being culled to early.

Public Beta – 12.01r2 

Beta opt-in required to access this version. Instructions can be found in the article below

Using the X-Plane Betas

XPD fixes:

  • XPD-13753: Enroute course check was broken as part of a crash fix in 12.01r1

Public Beta – 12.01r1

Beta opt-in required to access this version. Instructions can be found in the article below

Using the X-Plane Betas

XPD fixes:

  • XPD-13708 – ATTR_shiny_rat kills backward compatible snow.
  • XPD-13710 – Not in database warning for some airports FMC.
  • XPD-13362 – Need Generic Jenkins Build of XPLM.
  • XPD-13721 – From Bug Report: G1000 power shows different %power on engine page than on main MFD page.
  • XPD-13716 – SF50: Some misspellings in panels.
  • XPD-13696 – Departure requests altered aircraft status without checking for working transmitter.
  • XPD-13679 – Tower frequency can differ between airport and controller records.
  • XPD-13673 – Crash when requesting departure information with no flightplan.
  • XPD-13638 – A key that “times out” should not cause us to go back to demo mode/non-pro mode.
  • XPD-13613 – retracted gears should not keep spinning.
  • XPD-13611 – ADF radios are initialized to ANT mode on plane load, and not all planes have a switch to switch them to ADF mode.
  • XPD-13580 – Contrails at night are too bright.
  • XPD-13443 – Make sure that notification of updates are NEVER shown, even when DRM is expired.
  • XPD-12501 – Overhead Clouds Cause VR Artifacts.
  • XPD-11173 – Background-discovery of a revoked key does not put up an error.
  • XPD-13698 – CitX: Weird “clicking” “rasping” sound when flying with routing in FMS.
  • XPD-13684 – C172: Panel lighting needs to be able to be turned up a little bit more.
  • XPD-13608 – From Bug Report: KCCO Showing up as non-paved.
  • XPD-13605 – From Bug Report: G1000 (C172) Incorrect Electrical Labeling for Batt.
  • XPD-13577 – Removing or failing a fairing does not affect ground physics.
  • XPD-13553 – From Bug Report: Megawatts of bus load.
  • XPD-11849 – inet_targ_xplane_aclo_select does nothing.
  • XPD-11017 – Remove references to email info@x-plane.com from pop ups and warnings.
  • XPD-13523 – Catch2 UTL_continuation_test fails on Windows.
  • XPD-13117 – Catch2 ui_section_aircraft_test fails on dev_assert.

Public Beta – 12.01b1

Beta opt-in required to access this version. Instructions can be found in the article below

Using the X-Plane Betas

XPD fixes:

  • XPD-13676 – dev assert in shut-down in ATC controller.
  • XPD-13665 – Massive performance drop at sunrise/sunset.
  • XPD-13654 – Async compute has race conditions.
  • XPD-13647 – Add two new ATTR_Layer_groups.
  • XPD-13621 – ATTR_light_level control of alpha channel causes total chaos in v12.
  • XPD-13070 – XP12 fuel flow override and tank not drained.
  • XPD-13659 – Slight roll for swept-wing aircraft.
  • XPD-13658 – Heuristics for FISO/ATC default should take existence of ground/clearance delivery frequencies into account.
  • XPD-13642 – Custom docking jetways only working for ONE JW per airport.
  • XPD-13583 – Assert error conditions_dis_mtr > 0.0.
  • XPD-13468 – Missed-approach zone at far end of runway can be triggered during overflight on approach.
  • XPD-12879 – TCAS Target Wake Turbulence no longer exists.
  • XPD-10179 – Facade with illicit wall selection causes crash.
  • XPD-13688 – RV10: Engine volume too soft.
  • XPD-13687 – MD80: Incorrect tank names.
  • XPD-13686 – B738: Config warn and relay sounds when testing cockpit lites.
  • XPD-13678 – HSI broken since Baron cockpit update.
  • XPD-13664 – R22: Carburetor temp gauge fix.
  • XPD-13651 – Gate-hold due to airport flow change was not being cleared correctly.
  • XPD-13649 – Alia has no defined manufacturer or model code.
  • XPD-13640 – Citation X has no aileron and no rudder trim.
  • XPD-13637 – KBTV update.
  • XPD-13631 – Baron flightmodel improvements.
  • XPD-13615 – Boats sync is broken in multiplayer.
  • XPD-13601 – Trying to rewind in replay causes CTD with no error window.
  • XPD-13576 – Rare crash for AI trying to direct-contact field for landing.
  • XPD-13551 – X-Plane Hard crashes on PNG errors.
  • XPD-13549 – Race or some other failure to have l_temp texture in SSR init.
  • XPD-13518 – Crash when loading X-Plane 11 default controllers in X-Plane 12.
  • XPD-13510 – Rare crash checking arrival conflicts.
  • XPD-13493 – ATIS order differs between FAA and ICAO.
  • XPD-13488 – Can be told “off taxi route” before receiving it when leaving the runway on an unexpected exit.
  • XPD-13464 – Crash during unexpected shutdown.
  • XPD-13419 – Replays arent showing the instrument_brightness_ratio transformations.
  • XPD-13380 – Intrinsic balloons drawn at ground/sea level.
  • XPD-13274 – Tower may say “descend and maintain 0″ on final depending on exact timing.
  • XPD-13254 – Hang/device loss with async compute and alt-tabbing out of X-Plane.
  • XPD-13135 – Some commands are registered into two categories.
  • XPD-13080 – Missing type for internal FMS waypoints.
  • XPD-12911 – The AutoUpdate process locks up X-Plane when 2D Panels are set.
  • XPD-12748 – the type-2 facade has distorted geometry.
  • XPD-11228 – Super Cub reflected in Evo.
  • XPD-13655 – Log spam with AI waiting to transmit checkin messages.
  • XPD-13639 – Save/Don’t Save/Cancel Alert Not Clickable When Windows are Popped Out.
  • XPD-13598 – From Bug Report: F14 Odd visuals when paused in external view – afterburner on.
  • XPD-13578 – AI were obeying the user’s choice of pilot/copilot transmission setting.
  • XPD-13469 – OrthoXP DSF files provide no elevation data, breaking terrain avoidance and routing.
  • XPD-13409 – A pattern-type approach is used too often when a direct approach might be used.
  • XPD-13382 – Sky ambience cube map not reset when changing weather presets.
  • XPD-13136 – Catch2 wxr_def_t_test Wind altitudes fails.

Release candidate 6

  • fixes white screen on AMD linux
  • fixes flashing on vulkan
  • fixes hard to see PAPIs

XPD fixes:

  • XPD-13617 – Further tuning of exposure and tonemapper settings.
  • XPD-13586 – 3-d trees don’t fade if 3-d veg is off.
  • XPD-13525 – PAPIs during daylight are really hard to see (actually unlit for practical purposes with rc4).
  • XPD-12851 – diagnostic lines not rite color.. WHEN OVERCAST!
  • XPD-12823 – White flickering surface over far away ocean.
  • XPD-13614 – Control Towers update.
  • XPD-13595 – From Bug Report: Beacon light not visible on Super Cub and C90b during daytime.
  • XPD-13582 – 737 flap degrees ‘bonkers’.
  • XPD-12967 – Add “ready for descent” call for IFR.
  • XPD-12960 – Lights look like starbursts.
  • XPD-12681 – Visual approach slope indicators (VASI/PAPI) loose the red colour when getting closer.
  • XPD-13604 – From Bug Report: Alia 250 changes the users FOV settings.
  • XPD-13602 – From Bug Report: c172 vacuum system too high depending on RPM.
  • XPD-13596 – From Bug Report: Alia 250 Bristol Livery – Bristol & logo do not stay attached to the door.
  • XPD-13593 – From Bug Report: Alia 250 Click regions are missing for the Map zoom for MFD and PFD.
  • XPD-13592 – From Bug Report: Alia 250 only Battery 1 is used (cold & dark).
  • XPD-13607 – From Bug Report: Alia 250 Pitot Button not a toggle on/off .

Release candidate 5

Scenery update:

  • Recut global scenery is available for users with the digital download version of X-Plane 12.
  • To update your scenery, run the X-Plane 12 digital installer and pick “update scenery”. The installer will scan your installed scenery and update scenery files as needed.

Release candidate 4

  • XPD-13575 – Alpha-blended LIT are very dim when light level is modulated.
  • XPD-12364 – Cockpit is incorrectly exposed (autoexposure bug).
  • XPD-13565 – Citation X: Lighting adjustments for ev5.
  • XPD-13564 – B738: Initialize annunciators at DIM for night.
  • XPD-13562 – Baron B58: Light adjustments for ev5.
  • XPD-13560 – A330 VRCONFIG error.
  • XPD-13535 – Translucent annunciators on panel are dim at night – RotateRite MD-11.
  • XPD-13531 – Race in replay’s entity creation.
  • XPD-13498 – Nav lights on F-14 Tomcat are clipping in some exterior views.
  • XPD-13496 – NAV Lights are too bright on entire fleet.
  • XPD-13581 – Windsocks too bright at night.
  • XPD-13579 – Vans RV10: Lighting adjustments for ev5.
  • XPD-13573 – Stinson L5: Lighting adjustments for ev5.
  • XPD-13572 – S76: Lighting adjustments for ev5.
  • XPD-13571 – R22: Lighting adjustments for ev5.
  • XPD-13570 – PA18: Lighting adjustments for ev5.
  • XPD-13569 – Evo: Lighting adjustments for ev5.
  • XPD-13568 – SF50: Lighting adjustments for ev5.
  • XPD-13567 – SR22: Lighting fixes for ev5.
  • XPD-13566 – C172: Lighting adjustments for ev5.
  • XPD-13563 – Kingair: Lighting adjustments for ev5.
  • XPD-13561 – ALIA-250: Integral light (backlight) too intense for ev5.
  • XPD-13546 – updated luminance for skyscrapers and urban terrain LIT.
  • XPD-13544 – X-Plane segfault entering a weight for a flightplan with no waypoints.
  • XPD-13543 – X-Plane segfault when trying to save current flightplan on Citation X.
  • XPD-13542 – Need photo attenuation exposed in a dataref.
  • XPD-13541 – instrument brightness is hard cut at 0.1%.
  • XPD-13537 – m_zulu_time out of bounds!
  • XPD-13536 – New v12 assets (legacy terminal facades 4-6 replacement).
  • XPD-13533 – Cockpit devices with different luminance are merged.
  • XPD-13507 – From Bug Report: Copilot Yaw does not move nose wheel – only moves rudder.
  • XPD-13501 – KingAir glare shield looks like bubble wrap.
  • XPD-13481 – No runways shoulders still draws 1m shoulders.
  • XPD-13231 – Heliport and seaport symbols disappear on map zoom-in.
  • XPD-13555 – 737 engine driven elec generator breakers can be operated without the generator producing power.

Release candidate 3

Lighting:

The auto-exposure system is still being modified; RC3’s light levels are the same as RC1/RC2. Third party developers can get detailed notes on the state of lighting and how to update in the X-Plane developer lobby.

RC3 does change how brightness is managed in glass displays; authors should enter the real world max luminance of their displays.

We expect to be able to re-enable auto-exposure to improve the look of the sim under various lighting conditions next week.

Flight model:

Airfoil critical mach number improved. Transsonic airflow over wings improved, particular in swept-wing aircraft such as airliners. Developers can watch Austin’s explanation video for more information

  • XPD-13524 – Warning and quit when loading Aerolite.
  • XPD-13489 – Multi monitor clouds rendering error when both monitors are at different resolutions.
  • XPD-13516 – Shader missing on RC1, AMD.
  • XPD-13403 – Crash With Out of Bounds Shader Constants at Shader Build Time.
  • XPD-13015 – Runway light spills WAY too bright on ground.
  • XPD-11770 – Make library.txt and .for files carry 1200 version numbers.
  • XPD-13526 – Updated luminance for various objects.
  • XPD-13515 – Can only load 4 saved flightplans in alphabetical order into Citation X FMS.
  • XPD-13514 – dataref sim/weather/barometer_current_inhg not consistent with pressure measured by the altimeter.
  • XPD-13513 – Can’t delete hold from flightplan in Citation X FMS.
  • XPD-13512 – Can’t access missed approach on the Citation X FMS.
  • XPD-13505 – Aerolite toe brakes inop.
  • XPD-13502 – Dev assert when loading sit (soun.has_master_bank()).
  • XPD-13499 – KingAir nav lights don’t create spill.
  • XPD-13491 – Autogen and World Terrain libraries version 1200.
  • XPD-13486 – VelocityOne Joy Files.
  • XPD-13450 – acf_throtmax_FWD set to above 1.0 does not increase MPR.
  • XPD-12697 – Request: Ability to toggle misc objects on and off on the fly.
  • XPD-13144 – King Air External Lights Not Showing / Landing Light Wrong Location.

Release candidate 2

Emergency release to fix:

  • Low FPS on Windows due to aftermath being on
  • Crashes when quitting VR

Release candidate 1

  • XPD-13475 – Popup window Pool can be exhausted.
  • XPD-13470 – Ford Carrier Update.
  • XPD-13453 – Com freq does not update moving from standby to active.
  • XPD-13429 – Remove beta watermark from loading screen.
  • XPD-13299 – Still getting unnecessary and repeated revectors on approach at some airports.
  • XPD-13456 – UI: Less annoying “downloading weather” dialog.
  • XPD-13420 – Weather SDK – New DataRefs.
  • XPD-13417 – Engine Bypass Ratio calculation seems to be inverted in XP / PM 12.
  • XPD-13378 – Far mountains/terrain visible through clouds.
  • XPD-12736 – Terrain has better resolution from far view than from close view.
  • XPD-12272 – When ATC issues a wristslap, it must inform the user of the cause.
  • XPD-13482 – Las Vegas Landmarks update.
  • XPD-13465 – Changes of layer order of the airport ground elements.
  • XPD-13452 – Programming the FMS causes stuttering.
  • XPD-13383 – Presumed text width calculation changes broke DataRefTool.
  • XPD-13346 – Refactor tone mapping from GPU blending to CPU readback.
  • XPD-13341 – Handoff from IFR route to FISO field may not happen depending on the exact route details.
  • XPD-13331 – No SDK access to METAR file schema.
  • XPD-13230 – Turbulence dataref returns to the weather menu slider setting.
  • XPD-13224 – Checklist to release 12.00b11.
  • XPD-13038 – ATC Taxi Guidance Arrows Should Not Move With Aircraft Motion.
  • XPD-11983 – Holodeck is washed out – not using real shading.
  • XPD-13460 – Real Weather Log Output too Verbose.
  • XPD-13086 – Bug report: XPLMMeasureString incorrect for Proportional Font (regression).
  • XPD-11969 – ATC should offer to request final descent.
  • XPD-13364 – Crew oxygen gauge on default 737 shows wrong value by factor of 1000.

Beta 14

  • XPD-13432 – Fix for washed out forests.
  • XPD-13433 – Possible cloud type/coverage bug.
  • XPD-13423 – Crash cancelling landing clearance under some circumstances.
  • XPD-13388 – Create Multi-Texture Allocate API.
  • XPD-13387 – Allocation Arenas for VRAM based on lifetime.
  • XPD-13367 – Filing a flightplan airborne while already controlled clears most status, potentially making it impossible to continue.
  • XPD-13087 – Flickering of shadows starting after a few minutes when using real weather – frequency dependent on camera movement speed.
  • XPD-13085 – Taxiways on some airports blocked by underpass object.
  • XPD-12793 – Cloud transfer buffer is repeatedly re-allocated.
  • XPD-12783 – Some residential roads have no streetlights at all.
  • XPD-13435 – Improve SSAO on terrain at altitude.
  • XPD-13422 – Tone down color temperature changes.
  • XPD-13418 – Remove more outdated Aerosoft custom airports.
  • XPD-13413 – Library: legacy OBJ-based trees are now deprecated.
  • XPD-13412 – For airports with no defined flows, autogen’d flows should be created for low-vis conditions where not all runways have ILS.
  • XPD-13410 – Approach altitude steps are transmitting before checking terrain avoidance resulting in unnecessary calls.
  • XPD-13397 – From Bug Report: A330 Airbus Interior Objects not “hi res” in Plane Maker.
  • XPD-13343 – SDK DataRef “sim/flightmodel/position/true_psi” contains negative values.
  • XPD-13090 – Unable to rotate elevator from dataref.
  • XPD-12993 – Tree shadow visibility too short and without fade in.
  • XPD-12258 – B737: Crazy flap fairings motion when it’s used as AI.
  • XPD-13407 – Further tuning of the Cirrus SF50 yaw damper system.
  • XPD-13399 – Service Ceiling was too low and affecting cleared altitudes.
  • XPD-13400 – Readback of “Approach Cancelled” message showed a phrase expansion code.
  • XPD-13358 – Saitek Pro Throttle Quadrant image on Windows is of poor quality.

Beta 13

  • XPD-13385 – Use in-place weather apply, not copy-mode on Vulkan.
  • XPD-11775 – Far Tree Lighting is Washed Out.
  • XPD-13405 – Super roughness on all terrain.
  • XPD-13395 – Crash with unusable taxi network during reroute.
  • XPD-13392 – Crash with AI with cancelled approach.
  • XPD-13391 – Crash in altering active ILS when no flow is active.
  • XPD-13384 – Crash loading airspace data from malformed atc.dat file.
  • XPD-13361 – Map flight path is a mess.
  • XPD-13234 – Requesting landing can crash when too far away from the airport with no prior ATC interactions.
  • XPD-13406 – loading an old plane crashes the old 2-d panel with an old shader confusion.
  • XPD-13402 – plane-maker key-shortcuts no longer assignable.. a problem for euro keyboards.
  • XPD-13398 – From Bug Report: Fuel tank “moves with” list too long for window height (Plane Maker).
  • XPD-13368 – UI: Update weather preset thumbnails.
  • XPD-13365 – Maintain altitude messages too frequent.
  • XPD-13353 – A330 spoilers deploy when in ‘armed’ position.
  • XPD-13342 – Small jets were prevented from using many airfields due to hardcoded runway size restrictions.
  • XPD-13330 – Beta Alia 250 has no battery % indicator.
  • XPD-13325 – Remove openal32.dll in the X-Plane 12 Resources/dlls/64 folder.
  • XPD-13314 – Issue with sim/operation/override/override_fuel_flow in recip engines.
  • XPD-13270 – No feedback if ATC plan auto-route fails due to short distance to destination.
  • XPD-13268 – F14 Tail hook does not ‘stop’ at the ground, but buries itself when in DSF tiles that do not contain open water.
  • XPD-13257 – Flight path line on map is wrong.
  • XPD-13253 – Stop flagging AMD discrete GPU with 2GB VRAM as having insufficient VRAM.
  • XPD-13252 – Stop flagging cards with 2Gb of VRAM as having insufficient VRAM.
  • XPD-13240 – Null shader error crash with X-World America.
  • XPD-13176 – Gear “retracts” option in Plane Maker has odd behaviour.
  • XPD-13155 – VKB Gladiator MK II config file from user.
  • XPD-13088 – Engine cant datarefs are not writable.
  • XPD-13032 – Rain glass objects visible thru clouds.
  • XPD-12986 – get rid of unused resources.
  • XPD-12848 – Windows missing with AI airplanes depending on the view angle.
  • XPD-11362 – X-Plane_drm_12.prf gets accessed every frame on Steam.
  • XPD-13359 – Landing gear suspension for B58 Baron too soft and other various flight model adjustments.
  • XPD-13340 – Runway names in taxi instructions could be mispronounced.
  • XPD-13280 – For ILS approaches the actual ILS heading should be used for vectors rather than the runway heading.
  • XPD-13245 – Broken mip-map generation for 8k textures.
  • XPD-13215 – Plane Maker Preview hidden by base model.
  • XPD-13404 – Datarefs thrust_n and POINT_thrust read 0 for props.
  • XPD-13377 – Misspelling in German.
  • XPD-13177 – Bodies attached to gear have INOP offset parameters.

Beta 12

  • XPD-13366 – Map checkbox “Disable downwind ILS” disabled the transmitter, not just on the map, and ignored actual airport flow.
  • XPD-13275 – Unable to convert visual to ILS approaches or specifically request ILS.
  • XPD-13264 – Crash due to no runway segment during touch-n-go.
  • XPD-12795 – cloud shadows where there should not be cloud shadows.
  • XPD-13356 – QNH broadcasts and updates can be too frequent.
  • XPD-13351 – Circuit size could be very large because some aircraft have a flap-extend speed of 999kts.
  • XPD-13347 – Pronunciation of radio frequencies needs to be region-specific.
  • XPD-13322 – Missing objects in Beta 9 – fuel trucks.
  • XPD-13307 – Widget text not centered.
  • XPD-13306 – dataref acf_throtmax_FWD does not have effect above 1.0.
  • XPD-13294 – XPLMLoadDataFile is not working correctly.
  • XPD-13291 – XPLMMeasureString(xplmFont_Proportional returning wrong length by plus 30%.
  • XPD-13276 – Taxi routes with no name are causing issues with ATC speech.
  • XPD-13258 – “Did you know” texts need updating.
  • XPD-13126 – Wrong True Heading Readouts.
  • XPD-12067 – Plane is shaded as if under overcast layer even when far above it.
  • XPD-13355 – “Repeat Last” call did not work after a handoff to another controller.
  • XPD-13335 – X-Plane can’t broadcast to single and all external apps at the same time.
  • XPD-13312 – Don’t tell aircraft to climb and then descend when joining an approach route if not needed for MSA.
  • XPD-13140 – Vectors to the runway should not be created until the last waypoint on a flightplan is reached.
  • XPD-13134 – Citation X needs Vmo/Mmo indication on speed tape.
  • XPD-11785 – Marginal VFR preset – incorrect visibility .
  • XPD-13337 – Disabling all scenary packs including global airports crashes on startup.
  • XPD-13147 – RV10 Autopilot Switch has no audible “click”.
  • XPD-12702 – DCT should be understood in the route section.
  • XPD-9334 – Default windsock lit spotlight not animated.

Beta 11

  • Emergency hot fix for broken draped polygon textures. This fixes gray boxes all over airports.

Beta 10

  • XPD-13318 – NFREQ Assert: Bad input to set_Nfreq: F-14.
  • XPD-13260 – Wing flex still screwy.
  • XPD-13302 – Add FMOD support to boats (including carrier).
  • XPD-13279 – XP12 does not use TLS (https).
  • XPD-13255 – Limit auto-docking jetway tunnel articulation range.
  • XPD-11181 – Jetway from the wrong side is used.
  • XPD-13316 – Excessive XPLMGetFMSEntryInfo performance cost.
  • XPD-13311 – autopilot LOC/GS cannot lock onto GLS tuned on MMR .
  • XPD-13309 – all navigation drifts off course after 180 nautical miles of tracking perfectly.
  • XPD-13303 – Some jetways rendered with wrong cabin heading.
  • XPD-13292 – 737 is unable to switch to AI control on the ground.
  • XPD-13289 – From Bug Report: Alia 250 Wrong GPS Popout.
  • XPD-13288 – shift-6 view does not rotate with airplane. oops.
  • XPD-13287 – UI: Change behavior of “Show aircraft from old versions” checkbox.
  • XPD-13286 – New airport scenery objects.
  • XPD-13273 – Use borderless full screen instead of full screen exclusive.
  • XPD-13272 – Ford carrier small fix: catapult shuttles.
  • XPD-13261 – Jetway docks too high.
  • XPD-13251 – Electric trim not turned on when loading a new plane.
  • XPD-13250 – RAT-driven generator cannot be manually extended.
  • XPD-13112 – Moving jetways rendered bogous when flying into airport.

Beta 9

  • XPD-12924 – Crashes when enabling FSR with mis-matched monitor aspect ratios.
  • XPD-13263 – Weight and balance system acting weird after resaving aircraft with latest planemaker (SR22 example).
  • XPD-13235 – RV10 visible polygons in internal glass.
  • XPD-13266 – New Landmarks package: Portland.
  • XPD-13262 – Updated Global Airports.
  • XPD-13249 – New assets for legacy airport scenery objects.
  • XPD-13239 – (Light) aircraft pitch down unduly at the moment of touchdown.
  • XPD-13180 – F-14 Tomcat Missing Livery Preview (VF31 AJ105 BuNo 159619).
  • XPD-13148 – Regression in XPLMPlaceUserAtLocation() function with gear position.
  • XPD-13046 – Move crashpad handler executables to the proper “shipping” locations.
  • XPD-13045 – Implement GUI for new crashpad handler.
  • XPD-12812 – UI: No visual indication of the splitter bar in the ATC dialog.
  • XPD-13238 – Expose rain debug utility to developers.
  • XPD-13178 – Lancair Evolution Particle Separator has no effect.
  • XPD-12824 – strange surging effect of rainstreaks on windows (starts-stops-starts-stops…).
  • XPD-12749 – Ground handling speech doesn’t have signal processing.
  • XPD-13143 – Cirrus Vision SF50 Landing lights not visible during the day.

Beta 8

  • XPD-13113 – Still having “Approach has gone backwards” and VFR approaches going missed.
  • XPD-13020 – Legacy Dataref CG Z Maps to Wrong Unit.
  • XPD-12077 – Bug report: light_attenuation dataref alway 1.0.
  • XPD-13228 – Art: Pilots for A330 and 737.
  • XPD-13223 – Update Scenery Gateway missing runway autoreporter URL.
  • XPD-13218 – Handle contact point fails a dev assert when checking for collisions.
  • XPD-13170 – sim/graphics/animation/carrier_catapult_station_rat not working for XCAR3 and XCAR4.
  • XPD-13152 – Hiding the ground-ops window in VR also hides the ATC window.
  • XPD-13149 – XPLMSaveDataFile / XPLMLoadDataFile – save/load inccorect data.
  • XPD-13125 – Erroneous dataref values in sim/world/boat/{x,z}_mtr[0,1].
  • XPD-13102 – Potential crash after departure.
  • XPD-13093 – Hold-short messages may refer to the wrong end of active runways to cross.
  • XPD-13092 – MIssing sim/world/boat/carrier_catshot_status?
  • XPD-13091 – set radio nav freq by dataref does not work correctly.
  • XPD-13089 – sim/ice/anti_ice_toggle command is not working.
  • XPD-13077 – Wings dont droop under fuel load.
  • XPD-13071 – CTD when using CDU815 in custom A/C in PM.
  • XPD-12831 – Datarefs overwritten during merge.
  • XPD-12797 – Request to allow VFR landing after a zone transit.
  • XPD-11427 – Bug report: XPLMCanWriteDataRef always returns true for DataRefs.txt.
  • XPD-11400 – Horizon tilts when panning tower view.
  • XPD-13214 – From Bug Report: Panel maker interface for 3D panel shifted and unreadable.
  • XPD-13172 – Citation X has brakes still set to hydraulic system B, should be A.
  • XPD-13154 – Zone transit should use actual airspace boundary if it’s not ridiculously large.
  • XPD-13153 – IFR clearance should include a squawk code even for relayed clearance.
  • XPD-13138 – Unable to change aircraft basic information if departure ICAO is populated.
  • XPD-13114 – LSO is calling “drop your hook” for aircraft with no tailhook.
  • XPD-13095 – Taxiway names with spaces were not loaded correctly.
  • XPD-12087 – Request for a dataref that shows the state of the UI selected scaling.
  • XPD-13217 – Pronounce name of Ethiopia’s Bole airport (HAAB) correctly.
  • XPD-13141 – F14 F-14 Tomcat Right and Left Engine Fuel Shutoff Handle INOP.
  • XPD-13132 – Ground Attitude in Plane Maker acts crazy.
  • XPD-13122 – Slow speed taxing of the MD82 excessively rolls the aircraft.

Beta 7

  • XPD-13130 – networked computer view (ex-visuals) FREEZE in beta 5.
  • XPD-13076 – Crash Dev Assert test_b5 branch.
  • XPD-13111 – S76: Front wheel moves violently with rudder input.
  • XPD-13098 – No landing clearance on VFR circuit at KBED.
  • XPD-13041 – KBED Needs Controllers and Traffic Pattern.
  • XPD-12892 – Change the “Did you know” text during load.
  • XPD-12843 – Sound levels in 844X need some work.
  • XPD-13148 – Regression in XPLMPlaceUserAtLocation() function with gear position.
  • XPD-13137 – R22 engine materials tuning.
  • XPD-13109 – Beech Baron altimeter only uses millibar.
  • XPD-13096 – “SDK XPLMPlaceUserAtLocation”.
  • XPD-13067 – Minor tweaks to roof decals.
  • XPD-13058 – Increase windspeed limit in manual weather setup.
  • XPD-12234 – Bug report: Without flight path from networked multiplayer planes.
  • XPD-13118 – G1000 Popout does not brighten or dim when using the panel brightness or avionics knob.
  • XPD-13116 – Baron B58 – Panel switch must be on to show avionics (530/KX/ADF).
  • XPD-13110 – Cylinder head temperatures in default SR22 go off the scale on long flights.
  • XPD-13074 – Further tuning of Schleicher ASK-21 glider.
  • XPD-12909 – Add KBTV Burlington to Custom Scenery folder (airport with custom objects for Austin).
  • XPD-12435 – Below GS light illuminating on 737 even if not within warning mode envelope.
  • XPD-12350 – Airbus replay incorrect.
  • XPD-12286 – At a FISO field, “request taxi for departure” should be “tailnum, type, (local area|circuits|returning today), X POB”.
  • XPD-13119 – “Show Extra Aircraft” Checkbox displays out of date help message.
  • XPD-13115 – Southwest Airlines stopped using “Cactus” callsign in 2015.
  • XPD-13105 – A330 radios are inoperative.
  • XPD-12771 – Engine anti-ice warning lights and valve lights on default 737 have wrong logic.

Beta 6

  • XPD-13075 – Crash with AI logic executing on part-constructed aircraft.
  • XPD-12954 – crash while dragging nodes around during side view of fuselage in Planemaker.
  • XPD-11404 – Constant magenta NaNs with GeForce 900 series GPUs.
  • XPD-13077 – wings dont droop under fuel load.
  • XPD-12627 – Implement KTX2 for compressing normal textures.
  • XPD-12207 – NaN magenta box in ATC window.
  • XPD-13056 – ATIS broadcasts use the lowest wind layer not the one at the airport altitude.
  • XPD-13007 – Radio range was not being taken into account for ATIS broadcasts.
  • XPD-12940 – AI are still requesting taxi for departure when a gate-hold is in effect.
  • XPD-12998 – Dev builds assert with altitude < 0 in radio parameter expansion.

Beta 5

  • XPD-11803 XPLMGetFMSEntryInfo is always returning an outref of XPLM_NAV_NOT_FOUND.
  • XPD-11845 Fire test on 737-800 should stop when test switch is released back to neutral.
  • XPD-12182 When determining the min height required for the description widget, make sure to use the correct font.
  • XPD-12328 Phraseology issues for circuit instructions.
  • XPD-12438 AFIS should never issue any heading.
  • XPD-12582 Runway floats above airport and airplane goes through it.
  • XPD-12889 Background image in Planemaker stuck in zoom relative to geometry.
  • XPD-12894 CTD with Citation X dial.
  • XPD-12919 Crash after failing to file a flightplan due to invalid navaid.
  • XPD-12925 Pushback truck confirmation missing when not called from ATC dialog.
  • XPD-12976 Dynamic objects small update.
  • XPD-12981 As per reality, a330 needs to be able to turn OFF the wxr radar to turn ON the terrain-warning-map!
  • XPD-12992 C172SP analogue panel needs manipulator updated for the CDI2 instrument.
  • XPD-13008 SF50 has no internal rain sounds.
  • XPD-13014 Floating markings at KASE.
  • XPD-13016 PA18: Hide XPad holder when not in VR.
  • XPD-13017 R22: Hide XPad holder when not in VR.
  • XPD-13018 Hide xpad holder on F4.
  • XPD-13019 Bug in FMOD sound script of Citation X does not allow playing of altitude alert.
  • XPD-13049 Tailhook degrees dataref inop if no carrier.
  • XPD-13050 Plane maker ASDW keys stopped working to adjust model orientation.
  • XPD-13052 Crash Loading Aircraft Due to ASync Sound.
  • XPD-13053 Real weather download is loading crap data into X-Plane.
  • XPD-13068 No environment sound datarefs being passed as params to environmental bank.

Beta 4

  • XPD-12423 Boat wakes should replay.
  • XPD-12513 Mismatched 3D water wake on replay.
  • XPD-12542 Many frequency changes upon vectoring to visual approach.
  • XPD-12628 Planemaker dialogs lag behind when dragged.
  • XPD-12794 UTL_art_asset and other classes delete resources under lock.
  • XPD-12825 Can get short silence at the end of some transmissions.
  • XPD-12826 Restored joystick axis label symbols.
  • XPD-12867 Crash checking in with area controller (after landing).
  • XPD-12868 Better carrier ops for old planes, too!
  • XPD-12871 When using the “show air traffic paths” option, altitudes are wrong.
  • XPD-12873 ATC should hold FMOD’s m_continuation_group during preparation for playback.
  • XPD-12875 Engine and transmission temperature model is incorrect and inconsistent.
  • XPD-12886 Don’t allow a FISO to provide “request heading” or “uncertain of position”.
  • XPD-12889 Background image in Planemaker stuck in zoom relative to geometry.
  • XPD-12898 Request Frequency Change had inverted logic.
  • XPD-12901 AI stuck in a loop missing final.
  • XPD-12904 Excessive approach revectors due to route checking.
  • XPD-12915 Crash on error exit in boat manager.
  • XPD-12923 Liberty Island lights fixed.
  • XPD-12925 Improvements to ground-ops window, always give feedback.
  • XPD-12931 Initial magenta NaN pain relief.
  • XPD-12945 VR system left handles in place after a window was popped out.
  • XPD-12947 San Francisco Landmarks update.
  • XPD-12949 A330 flaps not controllable by an analog joystick AXIS.
  • XPD-12952 Thread shutdown crash.
  • XPD-12953 Citation X FMC Causing Crash entering STAR.
  • XPD-12955 Crash after requesting taxi to stand from hold-short point.
  • XPD-12958 Have the taxi route stay on the actual route but still show the way back to it.
  • XPD-12966 AI can end up in the wrong state after an approach revector.
  • XPD-12976 Dynamic objects small update.
  • XPD-13001 Marked X-Plane 11 as an “old key” in X-Plane 12.

Beta 3

  • Restored in-app purchase.
  • Made bleed air availability writeable with override.
  • XPD-10960 XPLM always returns success for a terrain probe even if it fails.
  • XPD-12520 Fixed black screen when bailing early from intro.
  • XPD-12778 AI needs to not use ‘airshow smoke’.
  • XPD-12895 CTD with Citation by trying to access PERF LANDING page #3 of 3.
  • XPD-12902 CTD while struggling to enter the route in the A333 MCDU.
  • XPD-12905 CTD with Citation X when selecting a STAR.
  • XPD-12912 Waves move in slow motion.
  • XPD-12915 This fixes a crash on exit in the boat manager.
  • XPD-12916 Crash detecting unplanned user runway use.
  • XPD-12917 Crash from null pointer in controller list.
  • XPD-12919 Crash after re-filing bad flightplan after filing good flightplan.
  • XPD-12928 Fixed facade-scraper radio masts failing due to incorrect slant error.
  • XPD-12932, XPD-12961 Demo mode pop up text says Seattle not Portland.
  • XPD-12939 Manuals still list KSEA not KPDX as demo area.
  • XPD-12944 Typo in rendering settings menu.
  • XPD-12946 Old landmark situations from X-Plane 11 not working.
  • XPD-12962 CTD When changing fuel tank selector on Lancair Evolution.
  • XPD-12893 Extremely jittery pixellation in clouds in VR.

Beta 2

  • Turned off in-app purchase temporarily.
  • XPD-12932 Demo mode pop up text says Seattle not Portland.

Beta 1

  • Rename of alpha 38 and Early Access launch.

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X-Plane 11.55 Release Notes https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-11-55-release-notes/ Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:18:57 +0000 https://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=179827 X-Plane 11.55 is an incremental bug-fix patch update which also features updated Gateway airports. Known bugs First load time with Metal and Vulkan will be surprisingly slow. This is lots of shaders/pipelines compiling for the first time; subsequent runs will be faster. XPD-7871 Dark contrails instead of white. XPD-8162 Ocean tiles loading slowly & appear […]

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X-Plane 11.55 is an incremental bug-fix patch update which also features updated Gateway airports.

Known bugs

  • First load time with Metal and Vulkan will be surprisingly slow. This is lots of shaders/pipelines compiling for the first time; subsequent runs will be faster.
  • XPD-7871 Dark contrails instead of white.
  • XPD-8162 Ocean tiles loading slowly & appear to be missing entirely in scenery.
  • XPD-8448 Rain drops follow headset in VR.
  • XPD-9234 Flickering cloud shadows on the ground.
  • XPD-9388 Software hangs upon exit when using VR.
  • XPD-9729 Contrails and wing condensation missing in replay.
  • XPD-10506 First run shader creation is super slow.
  • XPD-10616 Water reflection off if wave height is non zero.
  • XPD-10653 ‘Heat’ turbulence in front of engine.
  • XPD-10690 Blue geometric shapes that appear when scenery is missing.
  • XPD-10709, XPD-10868 Plugin OpenGL drawing artifacts under Windows with Vulkan on AMD GPUs.
  • XPD-10830 Device loss crash when using Vulkan.
  • XPD-11010 CTD in VR when Windows Mixed Reality button is pressed on either controller.
  • XPD-11121 Grid pattern in the ocean.

New and updated global airports

Bug Fixes

Release Candidate 1

  • XPD-9801 Fix for an SDK instancing crash.

Release Candidate 2

  • XPD-11278 3D flags for airports missing.

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X-Plane 11.53 Release Notes https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-11-53-release-notes/ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:14:30 +0000 https://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=170941 X-Plane 11.53 is an incremental bug-fix patch update which features a fix for unusable HP Reverb G2 VR controllers. Known bugs First load time with Metal and Vulkan will be surprisingly slow. This is lots of shaders/pipelines compiling for the first time; subsequent runs will be faster. XPD-7871 Dark contrails instead of white. XPD-8162 Ocean […]

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X-Plane 11.53 is an incremental bug-fix patch update which features a fix for unusable HP Reverb G2 VR controllers.

Known bugs

  • First load time with Metal and Vulkan will be surprisingly slow. This is lots of shaders/pipelines compiling for the first time; subsequent runs will be faster.
  • XPD-7871 Dark contrails instead of white.
  • XPD-8162 Ocean tiles loading slowly & appear to be missing entirely in scenery.
  • XPD-8448 Rain drops follow headset in VR.
  • XPD-9234 Flickering cloud shadows on the ground.
  • XPD-9388 Software hangs upon exit when using VR.
  • XPD-9729 Contrails and wing condensation missing in replay.
  • XPD-10506 First run shader creation is super slow.
  • XPD-10616 Water reflection off if wave height is non zero.
  • XPD-10653 ‘Heat’ turbulence in front of engine.
  • XPD-10690 Blue geometric shapes that appear when scenery is missing.
  • XPD-10709, XPD-10868 Plugin OpenGL drawing artifacts under Windows with Vulkan on AMD GPUs.
  • XPD-10830 Device loss crash when using Vulkan.
  • XPD-11010 CTD in VR when Windows Mixed Reality button is pressed on either controller.
  • XPD-11121 Grid pattern in the ocean.

Bug Fixes

  • Added catching of segfaults in the AMD driver from texture imports.
  • Added HP Reverb G2 configs from Bill.
  • Added command line option for controller angle.
    --controller_angle=[number of degrees]
  • XPD-11084 Pick off G2 controller and give it a special ID so we can get a special config.
  • XPD-11159 Lua allocator can return junk memory.

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HP Reverb G2 and X-Plane https://www.x-plane.com/kb/hp-reverb-g2-and-x-plane/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:00:32 +0000 https://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=169523 X-Plane 11.53 fixes an issue with HP Reverb G2 VR controllers not being usable, however you may encounter additional problems with this hardware. Controller not found, or controllers swapped If you experience a missing controller, or the left & right controllers are swapped, this is due to unreliable information being provided from SteamVR to X-Plane. […]

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X-Plane 11.53 fixes an issue with HP Reverb G2 VR controllers not being usable, however you may encounter additional problems with this hardware.

Controller not found, or controllers swapped

If you experience a missing controller, or the left & right controllers are swapped, this is due to unreliable information being provided from SteamVR to X-Plane.

Here are steps that can work around these issues:

  1. Start Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR first.
  2. Turn on the right first, then the left controller.
  3. If the left controller is not displayed in SteamVR, shut it down and turn off the controllers.
  4. Restart SteamVR, then the right and left controllers.
  5. At that point both controllers should be displayed in SteamVR.
  6. Start X-Plane and enable VR if necessary (if VR was enabled last time, it should already be active).
  7. Now you can use VR and your VR controllers as usual.

Misaligned controllers and laser

If your controllers and the laser pointer are not aligned within X-Plane, use a command line argument to adjust this:

--controller_angle=[number of degrees]

We recommend starting with -30, then adjusting if that doesn’t resolve it. Instructions on using the command line with X-Plane here.

Non-functioning controllers

If you are prompted to calibrate devices, you may end up with non-functioning controllers. Use the button to “Reset to defaults for…” to restore the controller mapping & recalibrate.

Non-functioning buttons

If you are unable to assign buttons in X-Plane (such as the Y and B button), Steam may have defaulted to them being unused. You will need to map them in SteamVR first in order to access them in X-Plane.

Virtual controllers don’t match the real controllers

This is a design limitation of using a generic VR controller model inside X-Plane.

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X-Plane 11.52 Release Notes https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-11-52-release-notes/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:37:59 +0000 https://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=166476 X-Plane 11.52 is an incremental bug-fix patch update to X-Plane 11.51. Known bugs First load time with Metal and Vulkan will be surprisingly slow. This is lots of shaders/pipelines compiling for the first time; subsequent runs will be faster. XPD-7871 Dark contrails instead of white. XPD-8162 Ocean tiles loading slowly & appear to be missing […]

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X-Plane 11.52 is an incremental bug-fix patch update to X-Plane 11.51.

Known bugs

  • First load time with Metal and Vulkan will be surprisingly slow. This is lots of shaders/pipelines compiling for the first time; subsequent runs will be faster.
  • XPD-7871 Dark contrails instead of white.
  • XPD-8162 Ocean tiles loading slowly & appear to be missing entirely in scenery.
  • XPD-8448 Rain drops follow headset in VR.
  • XPD-9234 Flickering cloud shadows on the ground.
  • XPD-9388 Software hangs upon exit when using VR.
  • XPD-9729 Contrails and wing condensation missing in replay.
  • XPD-10506 First run shader creation is super slow.
  • XPD-10616 Water reflection off if wave height is non zero.
  • XPD-10653 ‘Heat’ turbulence in front of engine.
  • XPD-10690 Blue geometric shapes that appear when scenery is missing.
  • XPD-10709, XPD-10868 Plugin OpenGL drawing artifacts under Windows with Vulkan on AMD GPUs.
  • XPD-10830 Device loss crash when using Vulkan.
  • XPD-11010 CTD in VR when Windows Mixed Reality button is pressed on either controller.
  • XPD-11084 HP Reverb G2 Controller issues.

Bug Fixes

Release Candidate 1

  • XPD-11110 Fix for crash if we failed to initialize RakNet at all.
  • XPD-11116 CLI work-around to turn Vulkan off.
  • XPD-11156 Fixed cockpit panel texture becoming invalid after a livery load in some circumstances.
  • XPD-11161 Dataref access to FMOD.

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X-Plane 11.51 Release Notes https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-11-51-release-notes/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:43:38 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=153864 X-Plane 11.51 is an incremental bug-fix patch update to X-Plane 11.50. Known bugs First load time with Metal and Vulkan will be surprisingly slow. This is lots of shaders/pipelines compiling for the first time; subsequent runs will be faster. XPD-7871 Dark contrails instead of white. XPD-8162 Ocean tiles loading slowly & appear to be missing […]

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X-Plane 11.51 is an incremental bug-fix patch update to X-Plane 11.50.

Known bugs

  • First load time with Metal and Vulkan will be surprisingly slow. This is lots of shaders/pipelines compiling for the first time; subsequent runs will be faster.
  • XPD-7871 Dark contrails instead of white.
  • XPD-8162 Ocean tiles loading slowly & appear to be missing entirely in scenery.
  • XPD-8448 Rain drops follow headset in VR.
  • XPD-9234 Flickering cloud shadows on the ground.
  • XPD-9388 Software hangs upon exit when using VR.
  • XPD-9729 Contrails and wing condensation missing in replay.
  • XPD-10506 First run shader creation is super slow.
  • XPD-10616 Water reflection off if wave height is non zero.
  • XPD-10653 ‘Heat’ turbulence in front of engine.
  • XPD-10690 Blue geometric shapes that appear when scenery is missing.
  • XPD-10709, XPD-10868 Plugin OpenGL drawing artifacts under Windows with Vulkan on AMD GPUs.
  • XPD-10830 Device loss crash when using Vulkan.
  • XPD-11010 CTD in VR when Windows Mixed Reality button is pressed on either controller.
  • XPD-11084 HP Reverb G2 Controller issues.

New and updated global airports

Bug Fixes

Release Candidate 1

  • Fixed FMS file not working with X-airports with 7-letter custom ID.
  • Actually remove deprecated airports.
  • Find orphaned approach transitions that dangle at the end of EGLL.dat in Navigprah cycle 2013.
  • Recognize more circling approaches.
  • XSG-11071 Misaligned ILS at NZAA.
  • XPD-11048 Can’t use ext visuals without the aircraft of the master machine in Vulkan.
  • XPD-11079 Fixed inverted normal maps in Vulkan/Metal with HDR off.
  • XPD-11092 Fixed cylindrical projection not working on multi-monitor with Vulkan.

Beta 3

  • Gateway airports approved as of Nov. 24 added.
  • Networking fixes:
    • Support clients talking across different IP protocols.
    • Fixed erroneous messages about not receiving/replying from exvis machines.
    • Fix for potential crash when changing roles.
  • XPD-7986 Rain now displays correctly in multimonitor.

Beta 2

  • Additional log info to investigate issues with Reverb G2 controllers.
  • Additional diagnostics via Aftermath for investigating device loss crashes (requires Nvidia driver 457.09).
  • Portuguese translation updated.
  • XPD-10194 Updated docs & override datarefs for sling object.
  • XPD-11031 Nvidia driver crash in OGL when accessing settings.

Beta 1

  • Updated translations for most languages.
  • Updated & additional joystick config files.
  • Device loss crashes on Vulkan/Windows should be less frequent.
  • XPD-10617 CTD when using “regenerate icons for current aircraft (and livery).
  • XPD-10836 Device loss crashes on Metal/Mac should be less frequent.
  • XPD-11003 Metal has been disabled for Nvidia-based Macs on 10.15 because it hangs.
  • XPD-11025 Plane Maker 11.50 breaks the .acf file when periods are changed to commas.
  • XPD-11028 Crash in the map.
  • XPD-11030 Switching liveries a couple of times crashes X-Plane.
  • XPD-11036 Fixed broken mouse cursor in 3-d cockpit with LDR and OGL.
  • XPD-11038 Fixed washed out GL movie capture.
  • XPD-11044 Fixed missing runway outlines on map.
  • XPD-11047 Fixed option for edge blending with no warping.
  • XPD-11069 Loading flight plans fails after loading a checklist.
  • XPD-10832 Added camera permission string for third party apps

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Updating AMD Drivers for X-Plane 11.50 and Vulkan https://www.x-plane.com/kb/updating-amd-drivers-for-x-plane-and-vulkan/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:53:16 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&p=145898 UPDATE September 30, 2020: AMD has released driver version 20.9.2 which fixes the crash with X-Plane and Vulkan. See the AMD release notes and download the driver here.   Enabling Vulkan rendering in X-Plane 11.50 with AMD driver version 20.8.3 can cause crashes. As of Sept. 1, 2020, we recommend using the previous driver (version […]

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UPDATE September 30, 2020: AMD has released driver version 20.9.2 which fixes the crash with X-Plane and Vulkan. See the AMD release notes and download the driver here.

 

Enabling Vulkan rendering in X-Plane 11.50 with AMD driver version 20.8.3 can cause crashes. As of Sept. 1, 2020, we recommend using the previous driver (version 20.8.2) until a newer fix is released by AMD.

How to install AMD driver 20.8.2

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.8.2 driver can be downloaded directly from AMD at this link:

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-8-2

Scroll down the page to find the “Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.8.2 Driver” link for your version of Windows. Click the link to download the installer. Run the installer and then restart your computer. At this point you can start X-Plane, re-enable Vulkan in the graphics page of the settings screen, and restart X-Plane so the driver change takes effect.

 

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