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An interview with Dan Klaue of Thranda has popped up on XPlane.Org. Highly recommend all read it. Lots of grainy insights into programming, graphic development and off course model development in the world of flight simulation. https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/326465-developer-spotlight-dan-klaue-thranda-design/ This thread is the best as there some issues are expanded- Dan does not hold back with his concerns about MS and MS2024 and MS2020. His source of anxiety about it is well founded, that and longer term of flight sim via Xplane. Anyway he has the stats. He also adresses the issue of why he uses the Org and why it is such good way to dea…

Test scenario: Airport: PANC, rwy 25R. Plane: default A330. Runway conditions: dry, wet, snowy, icy. Acceleration to 70 kts, reduce throttle to 0, set the parking brake. Remark: I know, I haven't set the slats and flaps for takeoff, but that's irrelevant for this test.

X-Plane 12.1.4 Release Notes | X-Plane Nice to see pressure at the higher levels "jumps" are fixed.

My FPS had been around 30 with my present setup. When I updated to the latest Xplane update, my FPS dropped down to around 19, and the F-sim is at a constant 19.9. Regardless what I do with my settings, the FPS changes very little. Any ideas?

Sorry, didn't have time to answer at the thread... Well, I think a good ATC program, controlling my aircraft and AI injected traffic, the weather system clean of the bugs still present and the SDK allowing for an even better integration with either ASXP12 or xEnviro, a good Airbus 330, the problem with the twin props solved and I would probably adopt XP12 as my preferred general purpose flightsim, and use MSFS for stuff like Career Mode and Challenges / Activities 🙂 Meanwhile I use both because none of the two can subsume the other...

Anyone using this?

Is there any plugin or instructions on how to edit configuration files or modify sim vars so that I can reduce the # cars on roads, # ships , .. etc, irrespective of the scenery complexity slider in the X-Plane 12 Graphics options?

Hi, I upgraded from the demo of xp11 to the full version and have installed the FlyWithLua plugin. The issue I am facing is a significant drop in fps (around 50%) without any scripts in the scripts folder of FWL. Normally I get around 30 fps on the runway and upwards of 50 fps when flying however with the plugin in my resources folder, I am at around 17 fps on the runway and a similarly low fps when flying. I have not installed any other plugins so I am unsure what's causing the issue. As soon as I disable the FlyWithLua plugin, I return to my normal fps. My hardware: ryzen 5 5600, rx580 8gb, 32gb ram My gpu is usually running at around 60% and the cpu at 1…

Well, having ATC, default or external, preferably something like Beyond ATC which I am really enjoying, or even FSHUD, being able to interact with AI-injected traffic. I am good with the combination AutoOrtho + SimHeaven WORLD, even with default Weather which I find better overall than MSFS's default weather, and the aircraft, of pretty much all types feel so much more plausible, realistic that I could close my eyes to the superb depiction of the true World Scenery that MSFS offers. There's also another factor to take into consideration - integration with Navigraph and the price factor - X-Plane's market having, for now, a way inferior number of potential …

icy runways too look horrible... everyone says it is not an anti aliasing issue, ok so what is it? why can we not have smooth, non jagged edges on late model 4090 units? Austin talks of a redo and help in this area but still, never gets addressed... this is why everytime I use MS, I am like omg, this looks amazing. But I love XP for 2 reasons, Felis 747, and the CL650 by hot start... if it wasn't for those, I would not worry about XP12 any more.

This was posted in the org by ramzzess. https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/326186-flightfactor-777-engine-expansion/#comment-2868707 FlightFactor has always had the policy of produce payware upgrades and free updates. The choice between the former and the latter as well as the cost of the upgrades depends largely on the amount of work we have to put into producing and maintaining the new functionality. For example, adding a BBJ variant to an existing product, say the 777-200ER, would mean some 3d work from our artists and some administrative stuff to produce an update, therefore such a product would come as a free update to some existing packages…

What are these small lights at the edge of some islands? Lighthouses (the VOR's and/or NDB's for ships 😄).

Release notes fresh from Discord: Public Beta 12.1.4-b2 General If a situation is loaded and the checkbox “Start paused” has been activated, simulation will start paused again (XPD-15957) Fixed jittery chase camera during replay (XPD-16493) Added DSF Files for Salzburg area to the demo installation (XPD-16512) Added two new datarefs to return the status of the new camera effects (XPD-16505): G-Loaded Camera: sim/graphics/view/gloaded_internal_cam Hand-held Camera: sim/graphics/view/handheld_external_cam Aircraft Updated manual on how to operate the F-14 Tomcat Flight Lessons The Evolution Intro L…

How many do you set by default when flying in X-Plane 12 ? And if you can leave an explanation on the thread even better... For instance I use 3 by default, but increase it to 5 or 6 when flying helicopters.

Revolutionary in flightsimming - X-Plane 12 & Livetraffic: planespotting 'air-to-air'. The fantastic plugin 'Livetraffic' doesn't 'only' show ... you know ... livetraffic 😉 around YOUR own plane, you can also travel around with the planes around your own plane and you don't even have to fly yourself. If you are familiar with Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, you will feel like 'at home'. As YT doesn't allow me to post longer videos than 15 mins I have uploaded it to my webspace. Click on the below picture or here for watching it.

https://www.x-plane.com/2025/01/whats-new-in-x-plane-12-1-4/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR04KDMc1R53AY52H5X-wO3f2YKHB5kH1UMUpqnQPxbWUzATToJ6RNwCa5Q_aem_aZYmb54QX54oqNEbzF5Dbw Tides at Barra, very nice!

Ok, we already know the great strides XP12 has been making in weather depiction and simulation. But I'm also excited about the improvements in weather features in the upcoming releases. Finally, weather has been given the development priority it deserves! The new complex weather radar is going to be the perfect accompaniment for the improved weather simulation and improved weather visuals that we're already enjoying in current release. "But what does it effectively translate to?", you might ask. Well, someone compared the accuracy of real weather in the current release of XP12 with the competition, and I think the screenshots speaks for themselves: X-Plane 12 si…

This needed its own topic Really. Thandra had a nice topic going on about future development. I think only thing keeping them in the game is Xplane is actually growing. I asked them if they could do a video on what it takes to develop an addon. Response was, :I started ding one, it was taking up lots of my time, in teh end it was pointless". I wonder if you can guess why. We have lost the worst of the developers but lately we have had no new ones that Im aware of. Last new developer I purchased his [plane simply to give him a leg in. It had issues, was his first, but i did a honest review which is still on his forum page. Mentioning a lot of things…

Try them out if you haven't already. They are really well done. Kudos to Laminar and Austin.

https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/323353-atlanta-katl-v35-for-xp12-available/

Should I? I own the PMDG 777 200 LR for P3D (simulator that I no longer use, and unless P3D v6 shows signs of "life" will most probably never use again...) and FS 2020. I expect at least the same level of detail in terms of systems modeling of the PMDG for fs 2020. I don't know if I will ever upgrade the PMDG 777 to FS 2024 - depends on their price policy... If it's a $10 upgrade, ok, otherwise... Nope, and FS 2020 is past to me since FS 2024 offers me all of what FS 2020 did and even more (sorry for talking about the other sim here, but makes part of my reasoning 🙂 ). I did have FF 777 v1, and I couldn't use it as much as I did try 😕 It was a big dec…

Trying XP12 after a while, and know that lots has changed. I'd like to get an idea of what FPS I can expect with the following system: 5800X3d 64GB Ram 4090 all NVME storage I have a 4K screen and would like to run XP at the highest possible settings while still getting decent (35+) fps. I've played around with the settings, but either I go too low with great fps but poor visuals, or the other way around. I'd appreciate someone with a similar system telling me what's a good setup to get the best combination of FPS and visuals. Other notes: I will fly either the Zibo, Toliss 320, or Diamond DA 62. I don't have any third-party scenery yet. I have…

Hi Everybody, Is there a way to permanently remove X-Plane 12 default tugs parked at all the gates, they block the Marshaller on the way in and never move. I use better pushback and they have their own tugs. Thanks

Either SayIntentions or any alternative 3pd ATC robot, or staying with default ATC which is now decent enough for my typical use of the sim - flying short to medium hops in Buses or Boings 🙂 BTW: Does default ATC in Xp12 do NATs ? SayIntentions is getting several development updates, although I'm not sure if they apply equally to MSFS and XP12 ? It's a bit expensive, but heck, I also keep paying for Navigraph ... If any of you use SayIntentions with Xp12, please tease me 🙂