Comments on: X-Plane 9, X-Plane 10, and Free Updates

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:16:17 +0000

In reply to Guy. We are making no statements, guarantees or promises about a mid-life update for the global scenery. We have done this in the past and it's caused a ton of chaos, confusion, and user anger. So I really can't say anything about this.

By: Guy

Guy — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:52:43 +0000

Ben, would you consider a one-time midlife update of the global scenery? By the time 9.3 was out, the Alaska wall of water, land-reclamation project off the coast of Libya and a few other irrugularities were known.

Add a few new major airport background textures, and this could be as little as replacing a dozen files by the time 10.3 goes final.

By: vonhinx

vonhinx — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:59:04 +0000

In reply to Anthony.

http://www.x-plane.com/blog/2011/02/when-is-x-plane-10-coming/

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:56:08 +0000

Thanks for this article.
When could we expect X Plane 10 to come out? Can’t wait to fly it !!

By: Jeff Reinecke

Jeff Reinecke — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:22:21 +0000

Just to throw in my two cents: Given the size of the global scenery files, I think it only makes sense to release updates to it in some pretty rare circumstances (e.g. correction to the wall of water in the Turnagain Arm between Anchorage and Whittier, Alaska ). It should also be tied to an optional part of updating, so that people with fast internet connections can get the new scenery tile(s) if they have the old ones installed, but people with slow connections can pass on it.

But I also think that the updates shouldn’t be tied completely to a major version release, but instead to a rough time table like “about every two years” or even “about once a year”. It’ll be around 4+ years after the cutting of X-Plane 9 scenery before we get an update to it. It would have been nice to see a new render once or twice in that time period, even if I have to pay a little for the update.

By: Chris Hallam

Chris Hallam — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:01:54 +0000

Thanks for clarifying!