10.25b2 is Dead On Arrival. This happens periodically to betas – they pass internal tests, I upload them, and then immediately find something bad wrong with them that is a show stopper.
So for now 10.25b1 is the current beta (again) – just re-run the updater if you accidentally got beta 2 in the 10 minutes that it was available. Beta 3 will be up as soon as I can get a new beta cut; due to the time it takes to sync our servers, that might be late tonight.
See the beta wiki for what was in beta 2 – beta 3 will be all that plus it should actually work.
Hi Ben, ah what was wrong with b2? the installer updater worked correctly on my mac osx, not sure if that helps diagnose. I wanted to say that, the new urban terrain is very helpful in 10.25 b2, looks nice. one concern though is night view. , when zooming out in altitude at night looking down at a city, it is pitch black, and also from orbit, is there anything or anyway to get such night results; ie more autogen in rendering or a setting?
b2 had a broken version of the KSEA demo area that would prevent the sim from loading KSEA.
There won’t be any changes to night viewing in this beta run.
Oh ok, do you have plans for night view enhancements on the horizon? Thanks, it would really improve the realism
1. yes.
2. you have asked about night textures over and over on this blog. I have no new info to add, and am not prepared to discuss features coming up in future betas right now.
Please do not ask about night textures any more.
just glad to know that night fixes are finally coming, will be a great improvement so thank you.