FYI

 

http://wiki.x-plane.com/Beta

How is it? I'm not home yet.

That makes two of us and I'm sure a lot more too!! lol

Downloading now. 930MB to download from those who have 10.05r1

I ran the upgrade and just took a quick look at the new UI. But im in a hurry (late for work) so all I can do is take this quick shot of the new UI and post this message.

I will say it boots up a lot faster! I haven't loaded a flight yet. Il have to wait till later tonight.

 

Rob

 

I'm having a look at what's being downloaded onto my system:

 

- Lots of dds texture files for the terrain landclass. Maybe some new visuals await?

- New airport objects

- Updated apt.dat - maybe some users have contributed some airport material via wed now?

 

Nooooooooooo!

 

It crashed when I loaded it. Even after renaming all preferences files in the output/preferences folder.

Crashed here too, win 7 x64.

(Quickly copying my demo directory to somewhere safe based on the crashes above...)

 

A healthy amount of information is posted up at the developers blog for those of you who are anxious to see what changed and how they're handling things. Sounds like it truly is a beta, and might be a little rough around the edges.

 

I also find it interesting that not a peep about the reported scenery fixes were included in the release notes, but Anthony above did see some new textures and airport objects in the download process. The dev blog certainly did indicate that some scenery tweaks were going to be done but I find it odd that they didn't take credit for them in the release notes.

 

I'm interested in hearing more about this update. Maybe it'll be the straw that breaks this old camel's back and gets me to pull the trigger....

 

-Greg

Installed and crashed on startup.

Crashed here too, win 7 x64 :mad:

Yes my talks with Andras revealed a lot of tweaks to the drier terrain after our picking up of the too green look. I'll try and get a guide from him. Can't wait to try the new oilrig!

I also find it interesting that not a peep about the reported scenery fixes were included in the release notes,

 

They've updated the release notes a fair bit now. But there's now mention of the scenery textures.

 

OK, if you want to revert back to 10.05r1, then run the installer again, making sure that the "Beta" check box is unchecked. That should get you back to a good copy. Downloading 10.05r1 now.

They've updated the release notes a fair bit now. But there's now mention of the scenery textures.

 

Ah - I see this. Thanks! Much like the product itself, the release notes are also a work in progress.... :P

 

Cheers,

-Greg

Question; I would like to test the beta but I am in no way interested in messing everything up (after all the 10.05rc works pretty well for me). Can I copy the entire XPX-directory to another location and just update that one?

yes Richard, that should be OK.