Comments on: X-Plane 11.21 Release Candidate 2 Available

By: Pete Leemeiejr

Pete Leemeiejr — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:52:57 +0000

In reply to André. Same here :)

By: Jean Kornoga

Jean Kornoga — Wed, 30 May 2018 13:24:18 +0000

Is there any news on the progress of improved ATC or improved weather interpretation (More layers, METAR data that extends farther)?

By: Carsten

Carsten — Tue, 29 May 2018 08:54:37 +0000

Everything looks great, but there are 2 things that a prospective would see and may not like on X-Plane. One is, how the trees look with sunlight from behind when global shadow is on (should be a known bug). The other one is the flickering of clouds and rectangular cloud patterns that you’ll see often from above.

By: Patrick F

Patrick F — Tue, 29 May 2018 04:56:11 +0000

In reply to Patrick F. Thx, did it !

By: Coda

Coda — Mon, 28 May 2018 17:22:22 +0000

In reply to Philipp Ringler. >or a home-built joystick with a unique USB device ID I have a keyboard (Apple ADB) with a USB converter I built myself. Now, I don't care what LR sees (you guys are welcome to pop in for a cuppa anytime :)), but El Goog, I don't trust so much.

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Mon, 28 May 2018 13:48:14 +0000

In reply to Patrick F. Please file a bug.

By: Patrick F

Patrick F — Mon, 28 May 2018 10:36:06 +0000

In XP 11:21 rc2 most of the addon helicopter main rotors won´ t work . They are just standing still !

Tested : BK 117, H145, AS 350 B

By: David Broome

David Broome — Sun, 27 May 2018 10:10:48 +0000

In reply to Ben Supnik.

Hi Ben, I haven’t reported because not had chance to play much and test since the update but it seems to not be working properly for me either.
If I max it out I still get the flickering which I didn’t get previously but it is not as though it is off completely either, more like it is stuck on 2×2 or something.
I will do some more tests and if still there submit a bug report.
I always use beta and don’t remember having the issue in Beta, only official release of 11.2 if that helps.

By: John W.

John W. — Sat, 26 May 2018 11:11:37 +0000

I submitted a bug report on a small problem with the default B-58 Baron, where the APPR indicator in the annunciator would not display. I received an email saying that it worked on the Laminar copy. I pulled out what little hair I have left while downloading a fresh copy and many other “trials” until I posted on a well known forum and got a response saying that it was a problem and could be corrected in Plane Maker by installing the “console filled” item. I followed the instructions and “fixed” it. I think the problem is that it would display on startup, but would not when actually approaching the GS. Mine now works, but …. I hope this does not violate the “do not report bugs” rule, but I tried that already. Thanks.

By: Philipp Ringler

Philipp Ringler — Fri, 25 May 2018 18:05:23 +0000

In reply to cloose.

No data is transmitted unless you have actively allowed (opt-in) analytics data collection in the installer, or in X-Plane under Settings -> General. It is NOT required to opt-in to analytics in order to use X-Plane. This is not new with GDPR – it has been this way since analytics were introduced in X-Plane 10.

If you have actively given consent in the opt-in process, we will know your operating system, monitor resolution, number of CPU cores, amount of RAM, your graphics card type and the type of joysticks you have. No IP address (anonymized by Google analytics before we even see it) and no hardware-identifying data like MAC-addresses or Volume identifiers. So unless you have a home-built monitor with a unique 2781×1462 pixel resolution, or a home-built joystick with a unique USB device ID, there’s no way to identify you or you computer in the analytics data.

If you actively given consent, we will know that a computer with some hardware stats and some joystick hardware starts a flight with the name of the aircraft, the identifier of the airport it starts at, and the start type (on the ramp, in the air, on approach, glider winch, oil-rig approach, space shuttle re-entry, etc…). That means we know how many people use a type of aircraft, which airports are popular as start locations or which start type people like. If you are worried that your preferred home airport is so unique that it is personal data, again, simply don’t opt-in.