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Hi Everybody, As most know I've been working on night lighting edits for re-shade for some time, with that said... I also created a non re-shade version for X-Plane some time ago, but left it to sit while I played with re-shade. Yesterday I decided to have another look and the adjustments to the non re-shade version are getting there, I've been able to get the clouds to glow a bit at night as well. Lets see where this goes, oh yeah... No more flying into pitch black clouds, I can only imagine what re-shade will bring to the mix. Night Clouds - View 1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZahEjqOl9-G45E4EagC3QJa_MuZXEGxD/view Night Clouds - View 2 https:…

Just getting started with X-Plane and have set up the TDS GTN software interface. The package seems to be working well, however the X-Plane C172 already has Garming 450 and 550 units in the panel, which do pop out, however I am trying to replace the 450 and 550 with the GTN in the panel. This seems to be a challenge. I reached out to TDS and they suggest reaching out to X-Plane for this model or aircraft. Anyone have any ideas of how to accomplish this function in the C172? Thanks all!

I see Active Sky has a version for XPlane 12 but with the live weather that comes with this amazing sim do I need it? What do experienced XPlane pilots think? Unnecessary expense or experience enriching addon?

Seing the latest xp12 tremendous improvements in pretty much all the areas, I've decided to give it a go. I've already purchased some airports, but would like to add some more European international airports. What would be the absolute best? There are many very talented developers for MSFS like Pyreguee, inibuilds, Flytampa among the others, but I am very unfamiliar with the xp12. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I'm flying the latest beta, with Map Enhancement (Free). Toliss 320. It's both looking and performing spectacularly well! The Toliss Cockpit textures are a bit meh, but the rest of it is really amazing - it has come a LONG way since I bought the pre-release way back in 2022! A smooth and flawless flight in beautiful scenery. Quite the experience. Now we need the plane devs to step up and start giving better textures. The lighting engine really deserves it.

I have X-Plane 12, and had switched to the X-Plane Identity thing months ago with no issues. Today, however, I'm not able to use XP outside of the demo areas (I just updated to the latest beta). I have tried logging out and in from the identity, but it pops up a window that says "There was an error during login: Manifest Error Domain: 7, Code:20019 Desc: JWT Signature verification failed" When I log in on the X-Plane Identity Portal (https://ident.x-plane.com) I can see my purchase and the key as per normal. Any ideas before I contact XP support? Thanks

Hi Everybody, Can someone tell me how the vehicles are setup in XP12. Are vehicles setup by roadways such as, residential, primary, highway or are they setup by distance rings? Also, are there any limits to the amount of vehicles other than a loss of FPS? #Set Car Density SETTING_1 renopt_draw_3d_04 0 reno/draw_cars_05 0 cars/lod_min 0 SETTING_1 renopt_draw_3d_04 1 reno/draw_cars_05 2 cars/lod_min 0 SETTING_1 renopt_draw_3d_04 2 reno/draw_cars_05 2 cars/lod_min 0 SETTING_1 renopt_draw_3d_04 3 reno/draw_cars_05 3 cars/lod_min 0 SETTING_1 renopt_draw_3d_04 4 reno/draw_cars_05 4 cars/lod_min 0 Thanks

How useful is Blender benchmark ???

Not another 737 or Airbus though. I have been looking at the different Embraer jets by X-Craft, but then came across the E-195 by FPS that look interesting. I had the BAe-146 in MSFS so may consider that, but I could do with some comments from those who have any version of the Embraer jets.

Even more than 2 year ago, X-Plane scenery was pretty awesome. Do we really need more than this?

Hi, Not sure if I'm just bias because they are my edits, jump to 5:25, do they look close to real life on the turn? Thanks

I would really like to have this video posted in here, and discuss it maturely. I like Micah's content, as he is very objective, and gives his honest take. I'm in the middle of watching it, and he's pretty much, objectively right so far with his talking points. If moderators want to lock or delete, feel free.

Hello. I would like to know your opinions on MSFS 2024 CowanSim's 76C with the default XPlane 12 S76. Is the former worth buying. Thank you

Now ... that's what I call (revolutionary 😛) realism, visually and physically:

Hi, Looks like networking issues still exists, but they have reduced the flickers somewhat in 12.3.b4.

I’ve decided to purchase XPlane 12 and was wondering if there are any advantages of Steam over Aerosoft or Laminar Research. I noticed Steam offers some freeware for XP but just not so crazy about having to start their app every time I use the sim so I’m leaning toward purchasing directly from LR. This platform seems to come with so much that took a king’s ransom (or at least an arch dukes) in addons to get the same look and functionality of my present P3DV5.4 Including some in depth freeware aircraft. Im wondering if there is a consensus on which store to go to. Opinions appreciated.

Public Beta 12.3.0-B3 ## General - Improved TrackIR movement (XPD-17277) - Limit number of frames in flight to avoid stuttering with swapchain acquisition (XPD-17244) - Fixed display of truck count on Ground-Handling window when GPU is already connected (XPD-17274) - Implemented a new debug tool to capture frame graphics data (Developer → Capture Frame) when X-Plane is run with the command line option `—gfx_frame_capture` - Added a new option to disable safe mode in the pro settings - Added a new option to configure the exvis standby screen via the pro settings - Fixed an issue where the ZULU time was not set correctly - Improved colors of the VFR …

I purchased Global Forests v2 from Orbx today but I don't even have Orbx Central installed. Plan to do it during this week, but since I use SimHeaven X-World sceneries I would appreciate any hints on how to set it up for compatibility. 1) How can I make the SimHeaven Vegetation Library work together with Orbx Global Forests v2? 2) What about if I also use "Enhanced Scenery Pro"? 3) And should I untick or keep selected "3d trees" in Xp12 options? Any performance fine tuning hints welcome too !!! Thx !!!

for me to consider Xp12 as good MSFS, visuals wise, even with it's present scenery model... Night lighting on the clouds from cities, as well as from any other light sources like aircraft lighting systems and not only from the Moon. If this finds it's way into Xp12.x I will be really happy! Those pitch dark night skies when there's no Moon are really unrealistic 😕 I was flying into a nasty weather area, with lot's of convective clouds that look gorgeous during daylight, and more stratified Cu bellow, and even over cities full of light, there was absolutely no hint of reflection 😕 ... it was pitch dark above ... well, excluding when there was lightning.

The progress that X-Plane 12 continues to make is impressive and outstanding. This real Airbus pilots comments at 1:02:15 that "X-Plane is more realistic than MSFS; more people are switching from MSFS to X-Plane; the X-Plane flight experience is second to none when it comes to flight simulation; the flight dynamics and weather modelling are a cut above in X-Plane, etc.....". Having said that, he was not that impressed with the A330. 53:40 "X-Plane is way more work (control inputs) to land than the same plane in MSFS".

I see in the XPlane manual it’s strongly recommended to download one global section at a time since the entire globe is quite large and takes a long time. I’m thinking maybe get the full Monty knocked out so I can go on to concentrate on other aspects of getting the sim up and running. I have about 2.8T free on my SSD so I don’t think space is an issue, just time. So my question is if any of you downloaded the entire globe at once how long did it take? Could you accomplish it overnight? I know your internet connection is a factor but I’m thinking comparative to downloading FS2020 which was 8-10 hours for me. Anyone have an idea? on a side bar I am delighted to see…

I looked at the Fmod video on this , is it this complicated to add sound ?, is it possible to alias to the Citaton X sound by just renaming the files?

Hi Everybody, My latest X-Plane 12 night lighting edits are available for download. Keep in mind I use re-shade to give the lights an extra pop/glow, however re-shade is not required. I've enclosed non re-shade versions into the zip file for those that don't use re-shade. Link included in the youtube description. The other sim can't touch XP12 at night, not anymore!