mSparks

we finally have a root cause (with a lot of help from zero dollar payware/StableSystem) https://twitter.com/zdpofficial?lang=en XP is dropping the NAVData for 3rd party sceneries whose name doesn't match the gateway.

you are probably looking for the field of view setting under graphics. you can also zoom in and out with the middle mouse button, save the view with ctrl+numpad key then return to it with that numpad key. both save view and go to view are configurable under the keyboard bindings.

XP apparently needs the latest update to https://x-plane.to/file/769/rxp-xp12-enhancer to emulate it

given the effort that has gone in to celestial navigation generally, they would probably take a bug report if it doesn't "just work"

where did you download the destination scenery from? This seems to be scenery related - corrupting XPs NAV data, but I have never got hold of an actual example scenery to recreate it with. Basically, XP nav stuff is telling the aircraft the destination is not an airport.

I met him and shared a few beers at the Laminar developers summit in montreal in Feb. Especially considering our differences of opinion in the past I gotta say he's a decent bloke with a vibrant passion for flight sim and a keen eye for quality. Highlights an interesting trade off I guess, what do you want, more investment in the aircraft leaving less for support, or vice versa. I unfortunatrly cant say the same for the guy that runs that other XP store with a much broader scope of support. Then you have microsoft probably spending more per month on zendesk than most devs for any sim make in sales.. There is a lot of opportunity for improving support accross the xplane landscape, probably time to stop blaming people and start looking at ways to actually improve it. Just a thought, but maybe don't do this? Had a weird day yesterday which went from signing off most of my part of a huge (non XP related)12 month project, to signing off https://github.com/mSparks43/747-400/issues/337 After scanning through old issues looking for something to kill half hour on, to reading this thread, to opening a discussion on what people are using to manage support in the developer slack. Improving comms with the community is something we should probably all put some time into fixing instead of just talking about it. Baby steps already, but good to strive to do better.

looks like I need to redo the F14 round the mach loop asap (.... as long as the mach loop is in north and not central... if so hopefully we get a full XP12 GB bundle soon...)

wahoo, looking forward to finally getting this, thank you OrbX. (how do the shorelines look up close?)

do you have XPD codes for them and what are they? we have a public XPD browser now.

People shouldn't be mocked for having an opportunity to learn from their mistakes. They should put the time and consideration into understanding what the flaws were in their reasoning.

https://developer.x-plane.com/2024/03/finishing-12-1-0-features/

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I think it's actually the other way round. rasters are great for perf, because you can just take alternate samples for 2x 4x 8x the perf. the main disadvantage aiui, is that when using that for scenery it's prone to "popping", the lack of which is one of xplanes greatest strengths atm.

this is what it looks like in unigine

yep, there is a lot of cool new toys that can be played with once they get the groundwork (pun intended) done. By faaaaar the most exciting potential for me is that it should put an end once and for all to most if not all of the garbage scenery that is still hanging round from gawdknowswhen. There was a lot of complaining when XP12 first dropped that this wasnt ready, great that we finally not just have some info on it, but to also know the plan is a good one. mountain areas already look phenominal, but flat fielded and desert areas seriously end up lacking. a solid, performent, solution to that is going to be epic. just landclass "color" will make a massive difference imho. fields and base areas that fully react seamlessly with the seasons and weather.... "perfected" by overlaying some reasonably low res ortho.. omg. plus they already "proved it" with the snow stuff (which is already raster layers that got added to the existing dsf formt) I almost cant look because I get so excited