February 4Feb 4 9 minutes ago, Beardyman said: i never run Beta versions, i am on stable 12.3.3 I run every beta and so far only 1 or two caused issues, If it wasnt for beta testers wed still be in the dark ages
February 4Feb 4 The last betas have all had warnings of instability, etc. If you want to be a beta tester, go for it, just don't complain when something doesn't work, send it in as a bug report. I prefer to fly with no problems. It is usually the add-ons and other apps that cause the problems. I avoid most of them.
February 4Feb 4 6 hours ago, mldavis2 said: The last betas have all had warnings of instability, etc. If you want to be a beta tester, go for it, just don't complain when something doesn't work, send it in as a bug report. I prefer to fly with no problems. It is usually the add-ons and other apps that cause the problems. I avoid most of them. They did, havnt caused med any issues.
February 4Feb 4 Another B737 or shall we say the last Boeing 737 the MAX- um no thanks. I suppose if you want to have flight control failures modelled, rudder control failures modelled and structural window failures modelled - might be interesting for some! As for AFL - still waiting for a response (any response actually) to the Linux installer issues that have left that AFL product for me in the box. So a pass on all counts both aircraft type and the developer.
February 4Feb 4 Author 6 hours ago, mldavis2 said: If you want to be a beta tester, go for it, just don't complain when something doesn't work, send it in as a bug report Being a software engineer for 40+ years, I consider all software beta but we do “try” to define an official release based on fewer critical bugs in our queue and/or funding limits and/or PM and/or bonus pay 😉 To be honest, it wasn’t until this latest “Beta” round that I found renewed interest in XP12 as performance has doubled making the experience that much better. But yes, I did report it to Airfoillabs who acknowledge an issue with RXP/TDS in the latest beta, a fix may come in the future … so no, I don’t “just complain” I do report issues that I’m unable to resolve. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. - Carl Sagan
February 4Feb 4 On 2/2/2026 at 11:14 PM, tonywob said: I have their Cessna 172s, and for such a basic aircraft, it's extremely heavy on the framerates (although very nice). I can't even begin to imagine how heavy a full-blown 737-Max is going to be. Not disagreeing with you, and for XP12 I only have the AFL 172 G1000, but I don’t perceive a heavy system hit from either the 172 or the 350. There are others, like the Felis 742, where the hit is so substantial I don’t fly it very often. OTOH, the ToLiss A346, runs as fast the Default VisionJet! So, yes - let’s see how good AFL are at optimization, as that will definitely weigh into my purchase decision vs sticking with the Zibo!
February 4Feb 4 7 hours ago, mldavis2 said: The last betas have all had warnings of instability, etc. If you want to be a beta tester, go for it, just don't complain when something doesn't work, send it in as a bug report. I prefer to fly with no problems. It is usually the add-ons and other apps that cause the problems. I avoid most of them. I usually agree. 😁👍 But for me, the performance increase, stability, and compatibility of 12.4b1 is so good that it’s where I spend all my time in XP now. ive seen the problem reports for the subsequent Betas and I’m not willing to risk them, so I’m fine waiting for now!
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