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NEWS! - X-Plane 12 second wave updates and releases

 

Laminar Research have already released b2 (Beta 2) of X-Plane12, and the dev notes are here,

 

Known Bugs
    Incomplete or missing features in Alpha/Early Access:
        Master-external visual networking
        Water/land edges look terrible
        New XPLM APIs
    In progress features:
        Tuning lighting & fog
        LIT textures
        Performance
        VR holodeck lighting
    XPD-11214 Plane Maker CG/Lights/Tanks Position Markers Not Visible.
    XPD-12826 Joystick axis mapping symbols are missing.
    XPD-12879 Wake turbulence broken for 3rd party integrations.

Bug Fixes
Beta 2

    Turned off in-app purchase temporarily.
    XPD-12932 Demo mode pop up text says Seattle not Portland.

Beta 1

    Rename of alpha 38 and Early Access launch.

 

I found b2 to be far more stable and better than the X-Plane12b1 initial release, weird as not much is noted in the Dev notes, but it is certainly more refined? So keep that installer close as Laminar Research do further initial refinements to the new simulator version.

 

X-Codr

We noted X-Codr's Airport Enhancement Package for X-Plane 12 yesterday,

 

Airport Enhancement Package X-Plane 12

On sale: $22.95 Price is US$$17.21

 

But now he has also released X-Plane 12 scenery with better effects (seasons and textures) for the new X-Plane version.

 

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KWYS - Yellowstone Airport and National Park - Price US$24.95

 

Telluride Regional Airport UHD - Price US$21.95

 

KEVV Evansville Regional Airport UHD - Price US$21.95

 

KMMH - Mammoth Yosemite Airport - Price US$19.95

 

Grand Canyon West - 1G4 - Price US$14.99

 

XPRealistic v2

RK-Apps have released the X-Plane 12 update of their effects application.  It comes with a growing list of 40 realistic camera and sound effects, and now avialble for X-Plane12. NOTE... make sure you update to version v2.1.5, as this application has already had a bug update.

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XPRealistic Pro v2.1.5 by rk Apps is NOW available! from the X-Plane.Org Store here :

 

XPRealistic Pro v2.0
Your Price: US$34.99

 

SA 315B Lama XP12

The first custom helicopter for X-Plane 12 is Philip Ubben and Khamsin Studio's SA 315B Lama XP12. Completely redesigned flight model to reflect all XP12 changes and X-Plane 12 weather effects compatible

 

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The SA315B Lama is a light multi-role helicopter. It was developed by the French manufacturer Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale, now Airbus Helicopters) for the Indian Air Force. X-Plane 12 changes include; Completely redesigned flight model to reflect all XP12 changes and X-Plane 12 weather effects compatible and Support for the entire X-Plane 12 cycle including patches and possible updates.

 

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Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama XP12 by Philip Ubben and Khamsin Studio is NOW available from the X-Plane.Org Store here : 

 

SA 315B Lama XP12

Price is US$29.99

 

OOMS - Muscat International Airport, Oman by TaiModels

This is the first fully new custom custom scenery for X-Plane 12 from TaiModels. Which is Muscat International Airport (IATA: MCT, ICAO: OOMS), formerly Seeb International Airport, is the main international airport in Oman and is located in Seeb, 32 km from the old city and capital Muscat within the Muscat metropolitan area.

 

Features

  • 4k textures
  • High detail models
  • SAM amination jetways
  • High quality pbr texture on object and ground
  • High performance
  • Completed autogen around airport
  • Ground traffic plugins( car and truck)
  • Compatible with XP11 and XP12
  • Include weather texture in X-Plane 12

 

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OOMS - Muscat International Airport, Oman by TaiModels is NOW available from the X-Plane.Org Store here: 

 

OOMS - Muscat International Airport, Oman

Price is US$21.00

 

FlightFactor A320 XP12 Extended Upgrade beta

The Airbus A320 Ulimate has and Upgrade deal of US$20 to X-Plane 12. You can also purchase the Airbus A320 Ultimate in a X-Plane 12 configuration for US$89.95.

 

This is the Ultimate A320 Simulation for X-Plane 12. The model has its own flight model and a system depth never seen before on any flight sim. The goal was to provide an experience as close to the real aircraft as possible. This XP12 version has been developed specifically for flight schools, with a list abnormals built to flight training standards. For the X-Plane 12 features, they include;

 

  • New and rebuilt 3D-cockpit model
  • Alternate law implementation
  • Instant failure control
  • Turbulence and intermittent aerodynamic effects

 

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FlightFactor A320 XP12 Extended Upgrade beta is NOW available from the X-Plane.Org Store here: 

 

A320 Ultimate XP12 Extended beta

Price is US$89.95

 

FF A320 XP12 Extended Upgrade beta

Price is US$20.00

 

Requirements

X-Plane 12 (or X-Plane 11) OS: Windows (64 bit) or Mac 10.14 (or higher)

Processor (x86-64 Intel or AMD): 4-cores Intel Core I5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2500X, Apple M1 not supported

Video Card: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 580 with 4 GB VRAM (8 GB recomended)

RAM: 8Gb (16 GB highly recommended)

Disk Space: 2 GB

Last version: 1.5.0beta (6.09.2022)

 

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All for now...
 
8th September 2022
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I would be very interested in X-Plane 12 but I am very worried before taking the first step: Will airports, landscapes (like X-Europe or ORBX) and plugins purchased outside of Laminar be able to work with X-Plane 12 or will we have to wait months and months to find our updated files.

I don't want to leave a complete simulator to end up with a slightly prettier but totally basic simulator.

I spent years and a lot of money building my X-Plane, I don't want to have to start all over again and to have to pay a second time just to find what I already have today.

I made copies of all my custom sceneries, planes and plugins, is it enough ?

For the moment, asking for your lights, I will wait while still enjoying X-Plane 11.

I'm too anxious in front of so many unknowns.

Please explain us how to join X-Plane 12 without loosing everything.

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XP12 doesn’t overwrite XP11 so provided you have enough disk space there is no reason you cannot have both. Then, leaving your XP11 unchanged and then add things to XP12 as they are updated or demonstrated to work. At some point you will decide that XP12 is good enough to replace your XP11 usage and then consider deleting the XP11 instance.

 

You are not going to lose everything. Equally some things are not going to be updated and will have issues in XP12. 
 

One of the things that is surprising me is how much payware does seem to require changes. The aircraft packages I was expecting but scenery seems to be impacted as well. Boundless have posted an update on their site about known issues with their sceneries in XP12 which they are fixing. If they are representative, and many of their sceneries are pretty new, making the transition if you have a reasonable amount of payware is going to quite an involved process

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7 hours ago, Medellinexpat said:

One of the things that is surprising me is how much payware does seem to require changes. The aircraft packages I was expecting but scenery seems to be impacted as well. Boundless have posted an update on their site about known issues with their sceneries in XP12 which they are fixing. If they are representative, and many of their sceneries are pretty new, making the transition if you have a reasonable amount of payware is going to quite an involved process

 

This was initially a concern of mine as well, but the more I fly XP12 the more I wonder how many of these payware sceneries I would even want back, as in many areas XP12 looks (and performs) significantly better out of the box (lack of orthos aside). I think developers have a much bigger task than just making their products compatible with XP12 - they will also need bring the visual quality up to match the current bar set by XP12 (like SFD has more than done with SFO Definitive), in order to not be left behind.

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SFO Definitive was interesting is that it demonstrated, at the very end of XP11,  exactly what could be done with pay ware scenery. It will be interesting seeing some examples of how the new standard XP12 airports look. Equally, given that in XP11 there was a lot of free content, one wonders what XP12 means for freeware development. 

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