Beta 3 available.

[Murmur 3,941]

Mostly fixes CTDs and crashes, and cloud pixellation in VR.

[alexcolka 183]

Great! beta 3 notes please?

[Murmur 3,941]

Beta 3

• Restored in-app purchase.
• Made bleed air availability writeable with override.
• XPD-10960 XPLM always returns success for a terrain probe even if it fails.
• XPD-12520 Fixed black screen when bailing early from intro.
• XPD-12778 AI needs to not use ‘airshow smoke’.
• XPD-12895 CTD with Citation by trying to access PERF LANDING page #3 of 3.
• XPD-12902 CTD while struggling to enter the route in the A333 MCDU.
• XPD-12905 CTD with Citation X when selecting a STAR.
• XPD-12912 Waves move in slow motion.
• XPD-12915 This fixes a crash on exit in the boat manager.
• XPD-12916 Crash detecting unplanned user runway use.
• XPD-12917 Crash from null pointer in controller list.
• XPD-12919 Crash after re-filing bad flightplan after filing good flightplan.
• XPD-12928 Fixed facade-scraper radio masts failing due to incorrect slant error.
• XPD-12932, XPD-12961 Demo mode pop up text says Seattle not Portland.
• XPD-12939 Manuals still list KSEA not KPDX as demo area.
• XPD-12944 Typo in rendering settings menu.
• XPD-12946 Old landmark situations from X-Plane 11 not working.
• XPD-10960 XPLMProbeTerrainXYZ always returns xplm_ProbeHitTerrain.
• XPD-12962 CTD When changing fuel tank selector on Lancair Evolution.
• XPD-12893 Extremely jittery pixellation in clouds in VR.

[F1Fan 121]

Restored in-app purchase?

That's a new one to me.  Since when did X-Plane Desktop version had this?

 

 

[Baber20 1,438]

Great thanks  👍

[Sethos 4,343]

20 minutes ago, F1Fan said:

Restored in-app purchase?

That's a new one to me.  Since when did X-Plane Desktop version had this?

Probably for the demo, you are able to buy the full version from an in-sim pop-up window. Suspect it's that? 

Edited September 15, 2022 by Sethos

[MrBitstFlyer 3,875]

Anybody seeing graphics degradation with beta 3? 

My ortho is not loading when the flight starts, its taking up to a minute to go from blurred to sharp.  I am seeing a lot more pixilation/shimmering on distant clouds.  Also distant ortho is more blurred than before.

[F1Fan 121]

43 minutes ago, Sethos said:

Probably for the demo, you are able to buy the full version from an in-sim pop-up window. Suspect it's that? 

Yea, I started thinking about that after I posted.  You are probably right, I forgot about that. 

[Baber20 1,438]

3 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

Anybody seeing graphics degradation with beta 3? 

My ortho is not loading when the flight starts, its taking up to a minute to go from blurred to sharp.  I am seeing a lot more pixilation/shimmering on distant clouds.  Also distant ortho is more blurred than before.

That's weird because I am getting a better experience in beta 3. My performance has improved slightly and clouds look noticeably better. Shimmering and pixilation is also reduced. I will have to test more though but these were my initial impressions. There is one other user who reported the same findings on reddit. Although I really do hope that the devs dont take the easy way out by buying frames in exchange for visual degradation. I really fear that. Would hate to lose the visual fidelity of this sim. 

Edited September 15, 2022 by Baber20