Beta 8 available.

[Murmur]

Still no release notes.

[Baber20]

They added a new aircraft (eVTOL)

Patch size 2.3gb.

[jcomm]

Apparently for me default real world weather is not loading with a flight.

After loading the flight a notification window states it was not possible to update real weather, but afterwards I can manually force the transfer.

[mSparks]

wow, just wow.

I'm not sure exactly what changed, maybe just switching to lvl17 ortho, maybe there is some art update on the trees (maybe autumn just set in since my last flight)

But that's the first flight I've had in XP12 where everything just felt right

5 hours ago, Baber20 said:

They added a new aircraft (eVTOL)

 

[johnbow72]

I just got 7 installed on both of my rigs …….. more work for me . 😉

[BobFS88]

10 hours ago, Murmur said:

Still no release notes.

Here it is:

Bug Fixes

Beta 8

• XPD-13113 – Still having “Approach has gone backwards” and VFR approaches going missed.
• XPD-13020 – Legacy Dataref CG Z Maps to Wrong Unit.
• XPD-12077 – Bug report: light_attenuation dataref alway 1.0.
• XPD-13228 – Art: Pilots for A330 and 737.
• XPD-13223 – Update Scenery Gateway missing runway autoreporter URL.
• XPD-13218 – Handle contact point fails a dev assert when checking for collisions.
• XPD-13170 – sim/graphics/animation/carrier_catapult_station_rat not working for XCAR3 and XCAR4.
• XPD-13152 – Hiding the ground-ops window in VR also hides the ATC window.
• XPD-13149 – XPLMSaveDataFile / XPLMLoadDataFile – save/load inccorect data.
• XPD-13125 – Erroneous dataref values in sim/world/boat/{x,z}_mtr[0,1].
• XPD-13102 – Potential crash after departure.
• XPD-13093 – Hold-short messages may refer to the wrong end of active runways to cross.
• XPD-13092 – MIssing sim/world/boat/carrier_catshot_status?
• XPD-13091 – set radio nav freq by dataref does not work correctly.
• XPD-13089 – sim/ice/anti_ice_toggle command is not working.
• XPD-13077 – Wings dont droop under fuel load.
• XPD-13071 – CTD when using CDU815 in custom A/C in PM.
• XPD-12831 – Datarefs overwritten during merge.
• XPD-12797 – Request to allow VFR landing after a zone transit.
• XPD-11427 – Bug report: XPLMCanWriteDataRef always returns true for DataRefs.txt.
• XPD-11400 – Horizon tilts when panning tower view.
• XPD-13214 – From Bug Report: Panel maker interface for 3D panel shifted and unreadable.
• XPD-13172 – Citation X has brakes still set to hydraulic system B, should be A.
• XPD-13154 – Zone transit should use actual airspace boundary if it’s not ridiculously large.
• XPD-13153 – IFR clearance should include a squawk code even for relayed clearance.
• XPD-13138 – Unable to change aircraft basic information if departure ICAO is populated.
• XPD-13114 – LSO is calling “drop your hook” for aircraft with no tailhook.
• XPD-13095 – Taxiway names with spaces were not loaded correctly.
• XPD-12087 – Request for a dataref that shows the state of the UI selected scaling.
• XPD-13217 – Pronounce name of Ethiopia’s Bole airport (HAAB) correctly.
• XPD-13141 – F14 F-14 Tomcat Right and Left Engine Fuel Shutoff Handle INOP.
• XPD-13132 – Ground Attitude in Plane Maker acts crazy.
• XPD-13122 – Slow speed taxing of the MD82 excessively rolls the aircraft.

https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-12-00-release-notes/#Beta_8

 

[BobFS88]

Looking at the known bug list, it appears to be getting shorter, note the work on the clouds and performance tuning are in progress.

• Incomplete or missing features in Alpha/Early Access:
  • Master-external visual networking
  • New XPLM APIs
  • Airbus A330 FMC
• In progress features:
  • Tuning lighting & fog
  • LIT textures
  • VR holodeck lighting
  • Far trees don’t look great
  • Better cloud shapes, especially cirrus
  • Performance tuning
• XPD-12879 Wake turbulence broken for 3rd party integrations.

[fluffyflops]

4 hours ago, BobFS88 said:

Looking at the known bug list, it appears to be getting shorter, note the work on the clouds and performance tuning are in progress.

• Incomplete or missing features in Alpha/Early Access:
  • Master-external visual networking
  • New XPLM APIs
  • Airbus A330 FMC
• In progress features:
  • Tuning lighting & fog
  • LIT textures
  • VR holodeck lighting
  • Far trees don’t look great
  • Better cloud shapes, especially cirrus
  • Performance tuning
• XPD-12879 Wake turbulence broken for 3rd party integrations.

what about the shimmering etc etc ?  thanks

[jcomm]

Indeed,

it is probably Placebo, and me enjoying my flights in XP12 although being just short hops in the Toliss A319, Zibo 738 or FF 757-200/300 and A320U.

Weather depiction and even the effects is good, performance great & stable, SimHeaven helps a LOT...

Meanwhile I am following the various hints Murmur and Alexis are sending Austin in order to get further detail in some interesting areas that although already covered by X-Plane's FM could receive additional tunning 🙂

It's growing on me to the level of not having had the chance to start any of my two oher flightsims 🙂

 

[BobFS88]

3 hours ago, fluffyflops said:

what about the shimmering etc etc ?  thanks

I am sure they are aware it as others who have reported already. The issue may get corrected once the anti aliasing issue gets resolved, that's just my guess. I have not look at it yet but mSparks appears to be happy with it. So I will let him elaborate on it if he cares to. In the meantime I am going to take a flight in VR and see if I can see any changes.

[mSparks]

3 hours ago, fluffyflops said:

what about the shimmering etc etc ?  thanks

Very reported, but never in a way they could recreate, about 3 days ago Ben fed back he had a reasonably good idea of the cause, I'm not sure if there is a blind fix, a tested fix or any kind of fix.

What's most important if you see it, is to get the steps required to make it always happen.

I couldn't make it happen with manual weather.

The only time I saw it was flying with real weather, after about 20 or 30 minutes flight, as I got within a few hundred feet of the top/bottom of a cloud layer - but I never actually got this to happen again even in B7 (not least I'm sure because the weather cleared so I wasn't getting clouds with real weather).

Also I'm talking about the bug that visually looked like

Henceforth known as shiney disco balls.

Not sure if you are talking about the same thing.

[jymp]

Yes, fix the shimmering, anti aliasing isn't that great either.

[mSparks]

1 hour ago, jymp said:

anti aliasing isn't that great either

reasonably confident remaining issues there have nothing to do with anti aliasing, and the only way to fix the remaining aliasing compliants is for the user to either reduce the render distance slider or buy a display with a resolution where far off detail takes up more than one or two pixels.

 

[Car147]

Anyone else get this strange shaking of the aircraft in external view, and flashing like lightning, across the instrument panel (Any aircraft) But was flying the Toliss A321 this time. (XP12 ) Version.

[alroep]

Same here ! Flying C172 and Toliss 319 show extrem shaking in any outside view while the cockpit perspective is pretty normal. I also have the flashes in the cockpit sometimes and suddenly blurry clouds. Only Simheaven Europe and America for xp12 ;no other addons. The Performance is fine and stable, hope they can fix it because its a joy to fly this sim.