v4.5 hotfix inbound...

[LecLightning56 33]

Looks like there is impatience on the LM forum, with one individual veritably criticising LM for late delivery!

https://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6312&t=133583

[JimmiG 244]

I don't mind waiting for the fix, but it's a bit annoying when they said it would be out "in a couple of weeks", one month ago. I guess that's why you never announced or even hint at dates. Sometimes things take longer than anticipated.

I was planning on doing a clean install of 4.5 since that's likely to be the last major update before v5. When the update killed my frame rates, I went back to 4.4. So now I don't know how much time I should spend re-installing everything in 4.4, because the fix to 4.5 might come out on Monday, or it might come out in July...

Edited May 11, 2019 by AdvancedFollower

[Sethos 4,335]

At this point I'm assuming they are either implementing and testing a slew of other fixes or they are having problems getting the primary performance fix working right. Seems like an awful long time to test something that was identified and confirmed, very early in the release cycle. Especially something that has such a negative impact with many of their users. Oh well, as we aren't being told anything, all we can do is speculate and wait 🙂

[fluffyflops 1,858]

Take your time LM. I'm chillng on a beach at Sandals de-stressing.

A release around the 20th would be good. 

[IanHarrison 522]

Ah-ha! What you don't realise is that the announcement was made by a South African LM employee.

"A couple of weeks" in SA English does not mean literally two, it can mean any number, possibly even 8 or 9.

You were just lucky they didn't say now. Or now, now. That means some unspecified time in the future.😁

[somiller 694]

Got it...so "now, now," and "a couple of weeks" both mean some unspecified time in the future.

[Sethos 4,335]

There's a beta update out for Active Sky, with 'P3D 4.5 compatibility updates' (among other things) - Coincidence or are we getting closer 😛 ?

[Jim Young 2,356]

1 hour ago, Sethos1988 said:

There's a beta update out for Active Sky, with 'P3D 4.5 compatibility updates' (among other things) - Coincidence or are we getting closer 😛 ?

Beta versions are always updated periodically.  They did release a compatibility version on the day 4.5 was released.  Beta versions after that are improvements to the first release.

[IanHarrison 522]

8 hours ago, somiller said:

Got it...so "now, now," and "a couple of weeks" both mean some unspecified time in the future.

Exactly.(Pun intended).