Comments on: The Bank Has a Problem

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 23:06:05 +0000

In reply to Chris. I don't have numbers on this. But generally it should help load time but not fps.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 20:28:19 +0000

Hi, Would XPlane 11 benefit much from living on a SSD as apposed to an old HDD ?

By: Daniela

Daniela — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 10:38:44 +0000

Ben, thank you so much for open sourcing XLua!

I’m a recently (1 year) “converted” simmer and developer from “the other” sims and X-Plane always felt like a “community project” to me, from the great online documentation, to the amazing ease of extension of the product, to the incredible tooling that is available and finally to this blog that gives us insight on how things are made and why.

Just wanted to say thank you, and hope things will continue to be like this for the 11.x run 🙂

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 02:26:03 +0000

In reply to ILIAS TSELIOS. Not in this version. Scenery plugins are always loaded and thus must take special precautions when allocating Lua memory. XLua does not do this and thus is not appropriate to embed in scenery packs.

By: ILIAS TSELIOS

ILIAS TSELIOS — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 21:42:11 +0000

XLua for sceneries?

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 19:29:25 +0000

In reply to quantumac. Talk to Austin about this...

By: quantumac

quantumac — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 19:21:36 +0000

Will X-Plane 11 have support for anti-servo trim tabs? The reason I ask is the BD-5J is suppose to have them, so I’d like to emulate them properly in my freeware aircraft. Looking forward to taking advantage of any new features I can.

For those that don’t know what a servo or anti-servo trim tab is, a description can be found on wikipedia (search for “Servo_tab”). Most planes use a servo-trim tab, but there are a few which have their trim tabs rotate in the opposite direction.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 01:17:13 +0000

Thanks Ben. Interesting insight into the workings of a complicated program that delivers the dynamics and physics of flight. To the casual user like me, it’s like the magician pulling the rabbit from a hat trick.
Keep the magic coming Ben, your work is much appreciated. Looking forward to number 11.