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Having just spent most of the last 4 days getting any sim to work to my satisfaction on my hardware, I've arrived at XP 11 running in Win 10 on an iMac with the Radeon Pro 570 X GPU. I am very happy with the performance of XP 11 , but I am disappointed with Auto Ortho. The main problem is: I don't know what I was supposed to experience. What is it really supposed to look like? The next problem is: I predominantly fly VFR and use the sim for rehearsing my real world flights in regional Victoria, Australia, so I need reasonably accurate terrain, roads, railways, power lines, buildings, airports and buildings for a reasonably accurate experience. Also I like to add in my own…

AutoHaze — Real-World Atmospheric Haze Correction for X-Plane 12 Requires: FlyWithLua NG | X-Plane 12 | Free API keys for Live mode The Problem X-Plane 12's atmospheric scattering system bases its haze levels on METAR visibility data. The trouble is that METARs cap visibility at 9,999 metres (metric) or 10SM (US). These values mean "visibility is at least this far", not that visibility is genuinely limited. X-Plane reads these caps literally and sets turbidity (haze) accordingly, resulting in a permanently hazy sky even on clear days. This is a known limitation of the METAR format, …

Hello, First of all, I feel a little out of my depth on this sub forum. I’ve only ever used MS or P3D. Most recently MS24. As time goes on, I’d prefer realism over anything else. 1. Performance wise, is XP12 harder on my PC than 24? (13900k & 4070Ti) 2. Will my WinCtrl hardware just work? 3. Is buying scenery a thing for this sim or is it just a case of default and enjoy good fps? 4. Do external things like ChasePlane exist? I really do apologise for my laziness in asking these questions, but, it would be really good to hear from people who have made the switch from one platform to another for realism reasons, and if it has actuall…

Hi all, Follow-up to my earlier thread. The beta is open now -> https://ffb-bridge.com Big change since last time: it also runs on Windows 11! I wrote in the original post that Microsoft had dropped FFB support on Win11, so the app was Linux-only. Turned out I was half right — the old HID-PID path is gone, but DirectInput still drives the stick fine. I ported the device layer, and FFB2 effects now work end-to-end on Windows 11 against both MSFS 2024 and X-Plane 12. So if you've got a Sidewinder FFB2 sitting in a drawer and a Windows gaming PC, you're good too. What's in the beta: MSFS 2024 + X-Plane 11/12, Linux + W…

Hi all, I've been working on a side project for a while and want some feedback. (TLDR: Video Below) I wrote a small Linux program that makes a Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 work again in modern flight sims. It reads flight state from MSFS 2024 (running under Proton) or X-Plane 11/12 (native Linux), and drives the stick's motors through the Linux kernel's evdev force-feedback interface. No plugin needed in either sim. It should also work for other old FFB joysticks, I just don't have any others to test. This is coded in C# (Dotnet 10) and Avalonia for the UI. Have posted in the MSFS forums as well, but guessing more people run XP on Linux and it wor…

I have been using FSX on Windows 7 and 10 since it was released in 2006(?). It was a great sim for what I used it for. Flying a Continental 757 out of KEWR. I had the game "tweaked" the way I wanted. Everything was great and enjoyable. However, I dumped Windows 7/10 and switched to using Linux Mint last month (and loving it!). I currently have 2 systems running Linux Mint 22.3. Here are the system specs... System 1 (2013). Motherboard: ASUS M4A87T AM3 AMD 870 CPU: AMD AthlonII X3 Triple-Core 3.3GHz PSU: Enermax 500W Memory: Kingston 8GB (2x 4GB) Value Ram DDR3 1333MHz Video Card: ASUS ENGT430/DI/1GD3(LP) 1GB DDR3 1600MHz…

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Allegedly the Org has been upgrading its software platform - it is apparent now how - they are throttling downloads and searches. This is a real problem because many developers (most) use the Skunkcraft Updater which by design requires it to access the files stored not at the developer but at the org. My log texts tell me that repeated attempts to update files fail because the remote server (The Org) closes the connection on the updater - this has become a frequent occurrence and rendered a couple of my installations useless as the file updates remain incomplete. I also noted that searches at the Org are repeatedly timeout and an error message is delivered to wait 2…

The survey results are out, and I was very curious to see how the results for the top 2 sims (MSFS, Xplane) compared to last year. There were 42,000 responses. It looks like things are stable for the most part. The major change being that MSFS 2024 usage is now double that of last year's usage. https://navigraph.com/blog/survey-2026 primary sim usage vs last year: Xplane - 13.9% to 13.6% MSFS - 76.9% to 77.3%

Hi fellow simmers, After my MSFS2024 installation became corrupt and needed fixing, I opened the latest X-Plane Update for a change and was amazed by how smooth its become! I'm now running high settings and no lag - not even on the Felis 747 at 60FPS. Today, I Joshua757 am getting back in the 757! I'm going to be flying the New Pacific Debut Route from KONT - KLAS in the 757, following Real ATA 757 Normal Proceedures.

This morning there was a post here about the RC4toXplane program causing Xplane 12 to crash, but now I can't find it! Can a helpful admin type enlighten me as to where it may have gone?? Thanks, Russ (b1bmsgt)

The MD-11 reviewed by a REAL Airbus Captain. What are your thoughts on this add-on? How do you think the fidelity of the Rotate MD-11 will compare to the iniBuilds L1011. If you were only going to buy one, which one would you get? Yes, not really apples to apples as the MD-11 cockpit is more modern compared to the vintage L1011 cockpit.

Guessing its something to do with XPUIPC as i have this in the log file: Violation by XPUIPC/XPWideFS (XPUIPC/XPWideFS.) Typical its the only plugin i use as my VA uses it for its flight monitoring software

Not a lot of info on the website, but a new paid version of SimHeaven X-World? Paid version of SimHeaven X-World

Release notes pasted below. There's also a Laminar blog post about the release available at https://www.x-plane.com/2026/04/whats-new-in-12-4-2/ Public Beta 12.4.2-R1 (Yes we know it's called R1... this is still a Beta release! Please check the beta box or use the beta_channel) ATC Fixed a crash when entering a flight plan on the ATC screen (XPD-17948) Avionics Fixed a crash when using a secondary monitor for avionics display, such as the G1000 PFD Graphics Engine Fixed an issue where aircraft LODs (Levels of Detail) were not switching correctly with distance, causing only the highest-detail model to render at all ranges and…

https://www.x-plane.com/2026/03/whats-new-in-12-4-1/ Even MOAR performance now! 😁

Hi, I was just doing a flight in rainy weather in Alaska with a default Zibo -800 and it was raining pretty bad but none of it was on the windshield as with some other aircraft. I seem to remember it working back in the day, but no joy now. Any ideas? Anyone else experiencing this?

Here is an update with more details in the new VR coming in XP 12.4.3 https://www.x-plane.com/2026/04/x-plane-12-4-3-early-preview-lets-talk-vr/

For those after a learjet, X-hanger have a 35A, it has just being updated, had him replace auto throttle with correct speed climb,, and he has updated most knobs to mouse wheel, its not a bad plane. flies like I expect it, I have created an xchecklist for it. His plane is nice but documentation is terrible, So most info you need is in my checklist. Has both GPS and default FMS. Im sure i saw somewhere there is a 45 in the works somewhere

Hi everyone, After a little over a year of design work, testing and more prototypes than I can count, I finally reached a point where I’m happy with the Project-X GA modules I’ve been building. The goal from the beginning was simple — create solid, realistic, plug-and-play controls inspired by General Aviation aircraft, something that actually feels right in the hand and not like a toy. Everything went through multiple revisions until it felt mechanically right and reliable. It’s been a long process but a really fun one. Just wanted to share the result with the community that inspired a lot of this project. I’d love to hear what you guys think. …

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