FYI, Armin, the lead dev is on holiday to watch the total eclipse in Spain.

The rest of the team is working on ironing out bugs though. Got a reply to a bug report, but did not test any of the advertised hotfixes yet.

I want to digress from my last statement. After going back to the free X-World I could see a noticeable difference so I reinstalled the pro. It is certainly an improvement. I was just hoping for more regional buildings in Latin America but no buyers regret. Pro is better.

What is involved in the install process for X-World Pro? Not being the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to some of this I would need it to be relatively easy.

Thanks for any responses.

2 hours ago, dbw1 said:

What is involved in the install process for X-World Pro? Not being the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to some of this I would need it to be relatively easy.

Thanks for any responses.

It is very easy. After downloading just open the rar file using winzip 7and copy to your custom scenery folder. Be sure to install the library file as well.

and the hotfix.

LFMN - NCE was looking fab tonight on the approach over Cannes.

https://i.postimg.cc/tCw1kfXM/a320-2026-08-07-19-07-27.png

https://i.postimg.cc/MKNc54W9/a320-2026-08-07-19-09-05.png

5 hours ago, dbw1 said:

What is involved in the install process for X-World Pro? Not being the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to some of this I would need it to be relatively easy.

Thanks for any responses.

In addition to above, make note that standard XP scenery layering still applies.

And if you have anything like Global Forests, you’ll have to either disable or adjust.

Finally got it, as I had couple of hours of spare time to test it. Mixed feelings about buildings around my area - many new buildings, or at least with correct shapes now, but some major buildings are gone. Strange. Vegetation is on another hand, much much better, and allowed me to remove Global Forests. Still preliminary results though.

But one major thing - FPS is way better on my system comparing to free X-WORLD! And cherry on the cake, with all X-WORLD PRO layers enabled (people, benches, mail boxes, hydrants, and whatever it has)! Quite surprised about that to be honest, especially when taking into account that I keep all scenery sliders to the max (except, LOD, that is on notch lower than max).

Edited August 9Aug 9 by Pe11e

7 hours ago, Pe11e said:

Finally got it, as I had couple of hours of spare time to test it. Mixed feelings about buildings around my area - many new buildings, or at least with correct shapes now, but some major buildings are gone. Strange. Vegetation is on another hand, much much better, and allowed me to remove Global Forests. Still preliminary results though.

But one major thing - FPS is way better on my system comparing to free X-WORLD! And cherry on the cake, with all X-WORLD PRO layers enabled (people, benches, mail boxes, hydrants, and whatever it has)! Quite surprised about that to be honest, especially when taking into account that I keep all scenery sliders to the max (except, LOD, that is on notch lower than max).

same here works better than the old free version

Global Forest has been causing FPS issues for a long time, so if you've removed it, you might see a significant FPS boost there.

1 hour ago, Aglos77 said:

Global Forest has been causing FPS issues for a long time, so if you've removed it, you might see a significant FPS boost there.

Wow, that one is new. I always thought X-WORLD was causing fps drops, not Global Forests. Thanks for clarifying.

1 hour ago, Pe11e said:

Wow, that one is new. I always thought X-WORLD was causing fps drops, not Global Forests. Thanks for clarifying.

Same here I thought the same

15 hours ago, Pe11e said:

but some major buildings are gone.

Known bug. For some reason, every building that's taller than 6 floors isn't included in the footprints layer.

As a workaround, I'm using the footprints and scenery layers from v3.0 instead of those from Pro.

I'm a little short on budget... could someone take some screenshots for me from LEMU? That area, despite having OSM coverage, has always looked bad in SimHeaven, with hardly any buildings, just like the city of Alicante. I want to see if I should make the investment or stick with the free version.

Thanks

3 hours ago, Aglos77 said:

I'm a little short on budget... could someone take some screenshots for me from LEMU? That area, despite having OSM coverage, has always looked bad in SimHeaven, with hardly any buildings, just like the city of Alicante. I want to see if I should make the investment or stick with the free version.

Thanks

Anyways, anyone triggered by these fake overlay textures added by X-WORLD PRO? I'm just not sure why they did that, especially when 80% of users are using it with ortho? Anyone have an idea how to disable these overlay textures?