Comments on: X-Plane 10.40 Beta 3 Is Out

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:08:09 +0000

In reply to cessna729.. It's coming shortly!

By: cessna729.

cessna729. — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 14:52:27 +0000

Any chance of an update to http://www.x-plane.com/?article=x-plane-10-40-release-notes as it don’t mention the BETA4 which is being offered on startup of X-Plane at the moment.
Thanks.

By: Carrie M

Carrie M — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:38:54 +0000

Awesome, loving the new beta… oh and if seems youve improved scattering (raleigh scattering or whatever.) Thank you for tweaking night lighting, its awesome!

BUT it still pops in from a distance. I know you’ve mentioned there being a limit of… 10km or something? I have an idea – if you dont or cannot increase the distance, why not have the lights blend in?

Let me explain – at the moment if we zoom in from the cockpit at scenery far away, the autogen blends in gradually, making the experience snooth. But unfortunately the lights suddenly pop in, in large chunks of lights in an area.

Im really sorry if I’m nagging you about the lights lol, but it kind of kills the immersion sometimes. Let me know what you think.

Regards x

By: Luigi

Luigi — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:37:42 +0000

In reply to Ben Supnik. I took the leap and updated to the latest driver. Much, much better both in the beta3 and 10.36. Only problem in the beta were stutters/micro stutters (with dsf on or off)and in .36, hd very little stutters. Overall, really good. Thanks Ben!

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 14:04:28 +0000

In reply to Luigi. I don't know, but we develop and test on the latest driver.

By: Luigi

Luigi — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 12:38:51 +0000

Hi Ben, Beta3 seems an excellent improvement with the usual crashes and me filing bug reports to help refine xp. (I love beta testing things!) My question is should I upgrade my Nvidia driver 344.65 to the latest or any one after 344.65? I’ve got a GTX980 and want the most stable driver to go with the excellent work being put into xplane
Thanks in advance for your opinion.
ciao

By: Günni

Günni — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:38:57 +0000

In reply to Brett.

Brett, maybe we are not talking about the same.

For testing the beta version I made a copy of the already installed x-plane into another folder and ran the update on that new folder.

After being faced with XSquawkBox making problems I didn’t delete XSquawkBox from plugins, I only deleted one file:
“XSquawkBox Prefs”

By: Angelo

Angelo — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 08:43:03 +0000

In reply to Brett. Swift, when it will be ready, but we're off topic here.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 23:34:04 +0000

In reply to Günni. Yes, I did the same, deleted it from plug-ins, and all is working fine. What other solution do we have for VATSIM?

By: Jan Vogel

Jan Vogel — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 19:07:42 +0000

In reply to Philipp Münzel.

Thanks for confirming that, Philipp!

I have just run a quick test in the Phoenix area using a present day chart – over the PXR VOR I am exactly at the 343 radial out of TFD VOR.
At a range of 30NM any degree of error should put me about 0.5NM away from the VOR, quite noticeable.
I am using an up-to-date earth_nav.dat that I bought from navigraph, though.

Cheers, Jan