April 21, 20233 yr Xenviro 1.20 for XP12 users is out. Free upgrade for customers. http://www.xenviro.net/
April 21, 20233 yr The downloaded file does not open! It requires administrative privilages, but even when right clicking and choosing 'open as administrator', it open a message window to say you must open with administrative privilages! I went to XPlane.org page where it shows V1.20 under the version tab, but under the requirements tab it says not compatible with XP12! CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
April 21, 20233 yr At least Ralf Maylin has already been able to make it work, and the shots he sent look really nice! He's still evaluating this new version and will let me know later what he finds, but so far he is happy. Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
April 21, 20233 yr I purchased and installed ok. Some good and bad to report. I had to revert back to 12:04 so am seeing more cloud fringes, depth problems and noisy cloud edges. I don't know if these are purely 12.04 issues or introduced by XEnviro. The good are the cloud structure / shading. Some angry looking clouds under the overcast. Higher level clouds with some CB's. The biggest negative on first try is the smoothness - I turned on the FPS monitor and my ususal smoothness / 30-40 fps was replace with 19.900 fps with clouds visible. CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
April 21, 20233 yr Commercial Member A big warning to anyone that wants to purchase this: The method in which xEnviro is trying to inject these clouds is highly frowned upon and will break with EVERY new version/update of X-Plane. Laminar has made this clear and made warnings to developers they are optimizing the Vulkan layers going forward. It will be a very similar situation to how shaders are re-compiled at each XP update. You risk this purchase breaking all the time should you purchase it, which will then cause you to rely on the developer updating it again. Of course, if you already own xEnviro then your risk is minimal since your money has already been spent. Edited April 21, 20233 yr by Cameron XA Founder of X-Aviation
April 21, 20233 yr Moderator What advantage does this have now over the default clouds? Does it allow us to set our own weather themes or use historic weather yet?
April 21, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, Cameron XA said: A big warning to anyone that wants to purchase this: The method in which xEnviro is trying to inject these clouds is highly frowned upon and will break with EVERY new version/update of X-Plane going forward. Laminar has made this clear and made warnings to developers they are optimizing the Vulkan layers going forward. It will be a very similar situation to how shaders are re-compiled at each XP update. You risk this purchase breaking all the time should you purchase it, which will then cause you to rely on the developer updating it again. Of course, if you already own xEnviro then your risk is minimal since your money has already been spent. Well, that is depressing to read just after I purchased it! CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
April 21, 20233 yr Commercial Member 23 minutes ago, MrBitstFlyer said: Well, that is depressing to read just after I purchased it! They really should disclaimer that. I know they've been warned and personally reached out to regarding this by Laminar plenty of times. Founder of X-Aviation
April 21, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, Cameron XA said: They really should disclaimer that. I know they've been warned and personally reached out to regarding this by Laminar plenty of times. I have made a few flights with XEnviro now and everytime my fps goes straight to 19.900 and stays there. Disappointed! CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
April 21, 20233 yr I don't get any clouds displayed with xe12. Does anyones has the same issue in xplane12? Intel i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz, 32GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, Windows 10 Home 64bit with 2004 Update
April 21, 20233 yr 34 minutes ago, julian2 said: I don't get any clouds displayed with xe12. Does anyones has the same issue in xplane12? It doesn't work in the beta, you have to be on V12.04 CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
April 21, 20233 yr No beta for me Intel i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz, 32GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, Windows 10 Home 64bit with 2004 Update
April 22, 20233 yr I owned it, so I installed it without any risk. As I don’t fly default aircraft, I had no problem downgrading XP to the last stable release. Wow, a new world, clouds look so nice and realistic, at least to me. Turbulence feels better to me and I can edit the level of it. Weather is like reported. No more surprise like before, XP weather often is different from METAR reports, that lead to my one and only Challenger accident. Cameron is right. New versions of XP will make it not usable. Until then, I use it and like it. Let’s see what happens. Would I spent money on it now? No, I don’t think so. But as a customer, it’s for free, at least it fells like that.
April 22, 20233 yr Author 13 minutes ago, Ralf Maylin said: I owned it, so I installed it without any risk. As I don’t fly default aircraft, I had no problem downgrading XP to the last stable release. Wow, a new world, clouds look so nice and realistic, at least to me. Turbulence feels better to me and I can edit the level of it. Weather is like reported. No more surprise like before, XP weather often is different from METAR reports, that lead to my one and only Challenger accident. Cameron is right. New versions of XP will make it not usable. Until then, I use it and like it. Let’s see what happens. Would I spent money on it now? No, I don’t think so. But as a customer, it’s for free, at least it fells like that. Same opinion here. I owned so, tried. However, mixed feelings... Downgrade in performance. Default is fine for me. Will use it for while and see...
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