X-Plane PB8 is out

[CFIJose 5,485]

FPS are much higher on my system.

[hjsmuc 393]

AI CTD when on the ground is fixed. 

And frames are really good, 80fps in the default 737 VC, like that. 

[bonchie 2,305]

A gateway airport update, the steam page going live...they are getting ready to do a full release and that's disconcerting given the amount of (obvious) issues not addressed yet. I was hoping they'd at least do something as mundane as fix the sky first.

[FLAPS15 8]

Yes,

 

Happy to report an improvement in FPS, my old system can hold 30 FPS in the 737 with moderate setting....but clouds any sort just start it pausing/stutters...

 

I take it that the Enviro addon is not so hard on the system...my have to invest in that if I go for the full RTM version of Xplane...but in the meantime a good step forward this Beta.

 

Cheers 

[Humpty 751]

Some improvement in FPS but 90% of the flights are crashing with Ortho Scenery at the airport, i am using the same Ortho in XP10 and it works without any issues.

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

What better fps dont tell Mrs. Molleh 

[Mountain Man 142]

A gateway airport update, the steam page going live...they are getting ready to do a full release and that's disconcerting given the amount of (obvious) issues not addressed yet. I was hoping they'd at least do something as mundane as fix the sky first.

 

Best not to jump to conclusions.

[__v__ 16]

Did you try deleting your preferences file and retrying?

I just tried that and it appeared to be working again. I went through and set all my controls, calibrated, etc. Was mostly fine except I couldn't get my toe brakes working at all. I quit, restarted, then back to crashing. I'll send another bug with more details.

 

Thanks for the suggestion, it at least partially worked

[sizziano 172]

A gateway airport update, the steam page going live...they are getting ready to do a full release and that's disconcerting given the amount of (obvious) issues not addressed yet. I was hoping they'd at least do something as mundane as fix the sky first.

 

What are you talking about? Steam page has been up since December.

[wiler 394]

yea pb8 broke my sim, sitting on the ramp at lhbp inside cockpit shows im on grass, if you pan above aircraft the concrete shows up. very weird , i had ortho for this area and removed it, but the same issue is still there. any clues? 

[sizziano 172]

yea pb8 broke my sim, sitting on the ramp at lhbp inside cockpit shows im on grass, if you pan above aircraft the concrete shows up. very weird , i had ortho for this area and removed it, but the same issue is still there. any clues? 

 

Did you trash your prefs?

[wiler 394]

yes, didnt work. 

 

Did you trash your prefs?

[Colonel X 1,428]

10 bucks Ben won't fix the sky before XP11 goes final.

[Muskoka 104]

PB8 is working nice, other than that huge moon. Here's a nice shot leaving CYYZ (Toronto Pearson) en-route to CYUL, out the side window you can see the CN Tower, and the surrounding skyscrapers poking through the cloud. Weather is X-Enviro. Not bad fps (steady 30+) for a aging i7 2600k at 4.5 ghz (nice overclock), Gtx 670 4gb (big overclock, 2560x1080 res), 16gb ram, and medium - high settings, HDR on. And, using payware aircraft, FF 767. If things continue to improve from the current state, great.

 

[Mountain Man 142]

I'm not seeing any miraculous increase in frame rates, but the short test I did gave me rock steady performance, so that's good.