Comments on: X-Plane 10.30 Beta 7 Is Out – Fixes Scenery Load Issues

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 01:34:33 +0000

In reply to gercarst.

Hi Jerry,

The old GPS is staying in -at least- for the remainder of v10. No decision has been made about what to do about it at a major version update, but certainly for v10 we keep it around so planes keep working. I am surprised that the new one would hurt fps significantly though.

There is not going to be a world-wide DSF update for new OSM data soon. We don’t have the bandwidth to push a new 60 GB of scenery to everyone, and users may not have the bandwidth to get it. For now I am focusing on recutting specific highly noticeable bugs.

Major chunks of recut mesh are available via Andras’s HD meshes, but if the GPS hurts your fps, these add-ons may not be for you.

cheers
Ben

By: gercarst

gercarst — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:07:51 +0000

Hi Ben, two things:
-Are you gonna keep supporting the option to use old GPS? Cause the new one kills my FPS (in order to be able to use the new betas I have to disable new GPS from every plane I use)

-Any chance:
1.- Will OpenStreetMap WORLDWIDE data be updated soon? and/or
2.- Is it planned to have a “feature/method” to keep X-plane-OSM data updated often? (I don’t see the advantage of using a public updatable resource like OSM if changes/updates are going to be in the sim every bi-annually+ revision)

Regards,
Jerry C.

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:44:58 +0000

In reply to Rod Troch.

Yeah – I heard the same thing from him yesterday…he just feels like he’s spread too thin, between the “real” Xavion business (Xavion was always meant as a tool for real airplanes), X-Plane, and now Stradale.

By: Rod Troch

Rod Troch — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:35:29 +0000

In reply to Ben Supnik. I emailed Austin about X-Avion for X-Plane. Austin told me that he dropped the standalone lower priced app. He did not want to continue to develop both apps. He did tell me that the full price X-Avion app will work with X-Plane.

By: Morten Sidelmann

Morten Sidelmann — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:28:12 +0000

In reply to Morten Sidelmann. Should have said "Any chance the new data from the USGS reg. Mars will be used to update the Mars scenery"

By: Morten Sidelmann

Morten Sidelmann — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:24:52 +0000

And chance the new data from USGC reg. Mars Will be used to Update the Mars scenery?

http://shar.es/NFdEw

The Mars map, which was released Monday (July 14), was created using observations from four orbiting spacecraft over more than 16 years. It should significantly advance scientists’ understanding of the Red Planet, researchers said.

By: Philipp Münzel

Philipp Münzel — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 22:13:02 +0000

In reply to Mark A. Stevenson [5171].

This document:http://www.x-plane.com/?article=x-plane-10-30-release-notes is updated continuously and provides the most accurate information for each beta.

By: Mark A. Stevenson [5171]

Mark A. Stevenson [5171] — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:30:30 +0000

Ben, is the site http://wiki.x-plane.com/Beta no longer being used to inform members of a new beta release? It seems to have been dormant for a while, now I come here as this seems to be the quickest beta info.

By: vonhinx

vonhinx — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 15:54:03 +0000

Minimum tolerable for me in b7 is clouds/plot_radius=1.5, maybe even 2.0. At 1.0 it’s rather unattractive, forms unrealistic repetitive patterns, and very sparse (24% cloud detail slider).

By: Navin

Navin — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 21:02:18 +0000

In reply to Mark A. Stevenson [5171]. Mark, you're wrong. Compared with beta6, is a poor producer of beta7. Embezzlement is 15-20 frames on the same settings. In beta 6 comes 25-30 frames, and 7 beta just 7-15. It's very sad for me. Hopefully beta8 performance is corrected.