Austin came by to explain the move to Vulkan and how it works

[@davidt01]

He X-Planed it well.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

well I laughed

[@djvycious]

Take your thumbs up you funny piece of shit.

[@aviationdude9546]

69th like

[@serialloser1221]

even a french viewer got it :-)

[@TamasKalman]

comment of the year.

[@5150aviation]

Vulcan Metal sounds like a great name for a band.

[@blumac9801]

Casey vulkan*

[@uriba107]

Will their debute album be called "Khaaan!!!"?

[@nikolaus2688]

Well, there was/is a great band called Magma...

[@T0rtureph1le]

There was a band called Vulcano.

[@MicahVobora]

I felt like I was in a church and Austin was preaching about Vulkan

[@islandkid5720]

Micah Vobora hahahahaha I felt like a high schooler listening to the teacher He’s got really good teaching skills

[@DollyRanch]

@@islandkid5720 oh I wish I had a teacher like Austin!

[@spitfirefrench]

HALLELUJAH

[@benrex7775]

Isn't that a roman god?

[@mercster]

"That would be Windows only and that would be a non-starter." You know, I'm a 43 year old man and I've run Linux since the 90s. I'm no zealot like some Linux users... I think Windows 10 is pretty good and there are benefits to each platform. But THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Austin and Laminar for supporting Linux. Otherwise we would be stuck with FlightGear... which, while a great project... is not to the level of XPlane at all. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

[@christopherbazaka1564]

@Glid because he likes it

[@wipje41]

@Glid I switched for shits and giggles when my GPU broke back in November, now I'm so comfortable I really don't feel like reinstalling Windows unless I really need to for specific software for music production or gaming. Hell no windows will be my daily driver ever again.

[@theluckyone1634]

@Glid I use Linux because my headtracking is integrated into the sim via plugin, and works without a problem. I also see better performance on my rig under Linux than Windows. Add in all the other benefits of Linux (more control over updates, better licensing, more options in GUI configuration, etc), and I'd never switch to Windows for my flight sim needs.

[@mercster]

@Glid I don't.

[@nikolaus2688]

@@wipje41 As far as Audio producion gooes, Ardour is getting pretty good.

[@DJSean00]

I love the enthusiasm Austin has, the commitment is part of the reason I fly X-Plane.. that and it has the best adaption of VR

[@alexandsimba]

whoa. I didn't know that. Do they still the free version that now supports VR?

[@Tigermoto]

I love how passionate this guy is about his product. It's no wonder X-plane is treated like the best Civil sim, it's dev proves he gives a toss. Nice one.

[@rmk1960]

I share your sentiments. I have become a passionate Xplane supporter and user. I also love his passion and his down to earth style.

[@JorgeAraujo97]

You guys did some heavy black magic with this vulkan porting. It's freaking amazing how it improved X-Plane 11.

[@panthros7395]

Thank you! I own an AMD Vega 64 and it is absolutely amazing now. The improvements make it feel like a new game and I did not spend a dime!

[@hugorudd1]

Preach. It’s a new experience.

[@olenap7953]

I just recently purhased X-Plane 11. Had I known there's a legend like Austin behind the project I would have bought a long time ago. Thanks for the presentation!

[@hankjonkman1893]

You have an amazing way of explaining things in simple terms. THANK YOU! Love it!

[@hankjonkman1893]

@@alfa-psi and?

[@reginaldcrudstump383]

Thank you Austin, your enthusiasm brings a smile to my face :-)

[@geraldmunro9682]

This is the best explanation I have seen about how Vulcan improves the performance of XP. Loved the video. And the enthusiasmAustin has. Well done Laminar.

[@daveymg]

@@alfa-psi you keep saying that but not giving any reasons why

[@daveymg]

@@alfa-psi you stated several times that his explanations were incorrect. I did read one post where you offered some opinion on why, but it's just an opinion, no fact (and I gave you a thumbs up as it sounded reasonable). It's not up to me to justify your opinions though. The forums are full of " that's totally wrong, k bye".

[@daveymg]

@@alfa-psi I admit to not having read all 400+ replies in the thread, so if you have stated some facts elsewhere then I was just reacting to the low snr.

[@daveymg]

@@alfa-psi thanks, I'll look it up.

[@Hoekstes]

Congratulations Austin and Laminar! 11.50 Vulkan brought my VR flights to life.

[@xav8tr974]

A very clear, concise and easy to understand presentation of X-Plane 11.50 Beta with Vulkan. Looks like Austin's got his mojo back !

[@mb2308]

Thank You Austin and Michael for this video....Vulcan is working GREAT on my rig......You guys are back on top!

[@marshie1337]

quarantine just got easier, looks like austins back on the menu boys

[@Matt_10203]

Is... that a lord of the rings reference?

[@OmnipotentEnt]

@@Matt_10203 Indeed it is

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

how do the goblins know about menus

[@MagnumMike44]

It's good to see the person (Austin) behind X-Plane. I haven't upgraded from 11.41 to 11.50 yet but I'm sure it'll be a big improvement.

[@fractitos]

Thank you Michael. I love your channel. It's not fancy but it's very informative. And of course thank you Austin for xplane and for reaching out the xplane community so directly

[@aureliomarsili3902]

Every Austin presentation is a damn funny show !!! Thanks !!!

[@maydaygoingdown5602]

Very impressed with the smoothness and extra performance already and it's only in its first stage beta. Very smart move going forward with Vulkan. Cheers.

[@carlosenriquezegarra]

Incredible clear Austin, big Thanks to all the team at LR, I'm totally sure that I will stick to X-Plane now and in the future, yes, I will try MS2020 FS but I would never let behind a bunch of smart, motivated and energetic people as you on LR. Thanks for bringing us so many wow! hours of flying in X-Plane.

[@piloto_loco]

heard you Austin, heard you. The right words the right time. thumbs up, hat's down!

[@rahalwidanagamage]

Austin understand the future and the expectation and guides X plane towards that direction. It's a solid reason for us to decide to stay with X Plane in the long run. I am very happy with the Vulan at the moment.

[@socratesg4210]

I tried it on my 8700K at 4.8GHZ and 2080Ti in VR mode, and it is a different simulator now. I feel like I'm actually flying. Thanks for all the hard work to get this out. No stutter at all and it looks amazing with Ortho photos.

[@harpoon_bakery162]

wow, can't wait. game-changer. why did i decide to paint my gaming room at this exact time. ugh.

[@mxcollin95]

Austin seems like a really cool dude. I’d love to have a boss like this guy.

[@willswings]

Big big thanks to the entire team of Laminar for making Vulkan alive on the best sim of the world for ever for serious simmers. and also enourmous thanks to have think of us, hard core cockpit builders. I have a dual seat 737-800 cockpit working with XP11 with a 180° visual and that's gone be smooth enough to finaly fly well ! my next question will be what about SLI ? is this worth it or no and what about warping software like fly elise, or simpit or war parralizer ? best regards from France. (and courage to Mike's wife , I'm a nurse too ;-) )

[@RydalS]

This is great. Fantastic explanation.

[@CyberSystemOverload]

Austin's enthusiasm for this great sim is off the scale. Hes such a great guy.

[@VanduraTwentyfive]

Awesome presentation Austin 👍🏻👍🏻🤓

[@Zelig2Cents]

Is there anything to the claim that Flight Sim programs have historically been poor at using all the cores on a multi-core CPU? That they tend to do 90% of the work on just one core and that this was due to Open GL’s limitations? Finally, that correspondingly, Vulkan and Metal do NOT have this limitation and they do in fact make better use of all the cores? Thanks for your answers!

[@JohnDavis-wb3tw]

Great Job of explaining the difference.

[@SounderAU]

Love ya work, Austin. 👍

[@zlandauer]

I always learn something new when I listen to Austin

[@TheMarcitoy]

Yea, now I know why my sim sometimes pauses when reaching a airport or sth

[@FlightX101]

Night and Day difference! Great job guys

[@benwalker.official]

Austin not going to lie never seen you or heard you before but i fkn love you . Awesome explanation ....!!!!!

[@michaelsummers9579]

Well, I’ve now tried it & wow took my frames from 23-25 to 60-90. Absolute joy to fly now.

[@karlchilders5420]

There is *zero* difference between flying at 40 FPS than 140FPS. If you have more than 50 FPS, turn stuff up and enjoy the higher settings. All that excess FPS is wasted.

[@michaelsummers9579]

Karl Childers Already on max prior to Vulkan hence the low frames.

[@berthje7201]

Michael Summers ur specs? And settings?

[@michaelsummers9579]

Berthje hi, I have Processor: Intel Core i9-9900X CPU, 10 Cores / 20 Threads, 3.5 - 4.4GHz Overclocking: Overclock my CPU by up to 20% Case: Corsair Crystal 570X RGB Tempered Glass Case - Black Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB GDDR6 Graphics Card Case Lighting: Not selected CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H100x CPU Cooler Thermal Paste: Prolimatech PK-3 Nano Particle Thermal Paste Case Cooling: Not selected Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING Motherboard Memory: 32GB DDR4 2666MHz Memory (2 x 16GB Sticks) OS Drive: 500GB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive Solid State Drive: 500GB Samsung 860 EVO Solid State Drive Secondary Hard Drive: Seagate 3TB BarraCuda 7200RPM Hard Disk All settings are maxed except reflections & anti aliasing.

[@berthje7201]

@@michaelsummers9579 damn jealous boy here, but one weak spot is ur RAM mHz :/ but great pc tho!

[@ShortFinal]

Vulkan completely changed my XP-11 experience. I went from 25-30fps to 45-50fps. I can finally fly GA aircraft with good FPS and it is stunning. Best update yet!

[@karlchilders5420]

How did Mr. Spock change your mind? Oh wait, you mean VULKAN, the GPU API. Got it.

[@ShortFinal]

@@karlchilders5420 ope fixed it ;)

[@karlchilders5420]

@@ShortFinal It's cool :) Wasn't trying to be a prick or anything... Be well and enjoy all this new stuff, it really is going to be good to have both flight sims in competition for the next few years.

[@josephspacek1791]

Love the videos. Love Austin!!

[@jbw3]

Unbelievable improvement in VR guys. A tremendous job well done!

[@unclejacksimulations9423]

Now that got me quite excited =) Congrats Austin and Laminar's Team, you are an example

[@CyberSystemOverload]

Austin is so enthusiastic and awesome and knowledgeable. I will always support XPlane.

[@blackbokis3064]

There is only one reason why I will never switch from X-Plane to MSFS2020, and that reason is Austin Meyer :-)

[@edilier06]

Neu Guinea Compagnie lmfaoooo your lying sooo hard. I be you look at every episode video that comes out and already thinking of buying a new pc for the game.

[@blackbokis3064]

Edwin Flores I am sorry but just because it is true for your case, it doesn’t mean it applies to everyone, least of all to me.

[@edilier06]

Neu Guinea Compagnie your right on my case. But let’s be real that ms2020 is far ahead of xplane...

[@_pjd]

Enjoy! I'm out.

[@islandkid5720]

I’m planning on using both I remember I started with FS2004 and worked my way up to FSX then I moved to P3D and now I’m doing Xplane but I still play all of them Some times I feel nostalgic and like to play Fs2004 but then I switch tho Xplane again and yes I’m going to get FS2020 I wanna try it but that doesn’t mean I’m gonna stop to play Xplane I feel like Austin and his team deserve us to keep using their product They’ve put a lot of effort over the years to give us the best currently Flight sim out there

[@mogumogu3686]

Thank you team X-Plane for this wonderful effort. Austin is a legend.

[@islandkid5720]

“Ground work” that sounds awesome Everybody is super hyped about FS 2020 but hey Xplane 11 has amazing VR support and if you’ve played Xplane in VR I can guarantee you it’s a total game changer with Vulkan now Xplane got a hell of a lot better Oh about the beta KMIA is crashing very time I try to load it stock Scenery.

[@islandkid5720]

Glid Agree with you, VR adds a level of realism that no monitor can match, even if you have multi-monitor setup once you can see everything in 3D you don’t wanna go back and it also makes it a lot easier to deal with the workflow of the flight after I started playing Xplane in VR I’ve never been able to go back to 2D 😂. I’m personally really happy with Laminar Research I’ve never seen any company boost their product and improve quality like Laminar just did. Good job guys 👍👍👍

[@michaelbrosnan9658]

Glid I

[@1kTreyHavinn]

@Glid was it hard getting in to the alpha? im trying really hard to get into it

[@captainalgar4897]

thank you very much for all your progress Austin! Always a fan of x-plane you are always ahead of any other sims looking foward what x-plane will provide in a future!

[@ML-Brumski]

Great job guys!

[@diegosandoval2043]

Very informative, even though I don't care for X-Plane, I'm an OpenGL begginer who's also interested in Vulkan.

[@spitfirefrench]

Running at high-4K I’m getting averages up to 70 FPS improved from 35. I applaud your work!

[@DollyRanch]

Callsign Frosty AMD?

[@markbriza7656]

Probably if it’s such a major difference

[@DollyRanch]

@@markbriza7656 I really want to see those Linux 5700 XT results now!

[@spitfirefrench]

@@markbriza7656 No but I have a gtx 1080 which might be showing it's age.

[@michaeldomanski2472]

great presentation - easy to understand

[@ofiruozan]

THANK YOU Austin and Laminar amazing

[@attilassimcorner5277]

Thx Austin for the explanation :)

[@lknfly1166]

Thank you very much for the update guys! Keep up the great work, be safe

[@rvcmarketing]

Thankfull Austin. Laminar and X-Plane are the best, always.

[@SwashBuccaneer]

I need to pick up a copy of X-Plane after seeing this mad genius on KZbin the past few days lol

[@martin.B777]

Well X-planed, thank you!✈

[@merts.5815]

mr austin is passionately connected his job , this passion is enough for me to use xplane and also this means that he has amazing work ethic which he is trying everything for that sim.

[@michaelsummers9579]

Brilliant man. Brilliant flight sim. Thank you.

[@g4kfjve7kfj34]

awful presenter

[@colbillington]

OpenGL is like your slacker co-worker who never changes what they do despite you explaining things 100 times over and you end up doing their job too

[@A5tr0101]

@@alfa-psi www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/7fefs1/bad_opengl_performance_needs_to_be_fixed/

[@swappy3010]

@@alfa-psi lol crybaby kid. go sleep

[@warriorhawk3670]

Thank you Austin for explaining vulkan. what about metal? I hope you also to be more specific about MacBook how it works with OX system?

[@honeybadger9425]

Awesome job it has massively improved the VR exp on my machine 👍

[@jfsimon1981]

I was'nt aware OpenGL had so much internals with little to interract with until now. Very interesting. Jean-François

[@oliverf944]

Things are starting to look promising 'Next generation scenery' amen!

[@alfredwatkins]

Love the work... love these videos!

[@ReallyVirtual]

Bravo! I have a relatively high end Windows nVidia VR based system and this beta has made a huge difference! Flying over Chicago with so many buildings and details and having it liquid smooth never grows old! The only two things I would say is: 1) Release to main branch as soon as you can as some third parties like Orbx have a policy of not updating things unless they are on the main branch. 2) Occasionally close in textures drop away to a lower resolution - obviously the algorithm is doing this to keep a steady frame rate - but I wonder if there is a way of protecting the nearest textures from being downgraded - as it is these where the issue is the most noticeable. Despite that these guys deserve a lot of credit for the hard work and the associated risk in doing it!

[@thegreathadoken6808]

After trying Vulkan I simply can't go back to Open GL now, no matter what it costs. The effect it has had on my framerate has been nothing short of spectacular. It reminds me of the performance boost I got on X-Plane 10 when I upgraded my GTX960 to a GTX1060 back in 2016. That's the kind of framerate boost we're talking about, here. Stunning improvement. Roughly double what it was before. That's with the buildings slider turned up a notch, too. Also, from the way Supnik was talking, I was expecting lots of blurring all over the place in beta, but if anything it's clearer and crisper than it was before. Also, the ground textures in airports don't do that warping, wobbling thing they used to do anymore. I dunno if that's a property of Vulkan, or if Laminar fixed that some time ago and I just didn't notice til now. There is one problem I'm having, I don't know if it's Vulkan related. The next square of terrain isn't loading in fast enough. I can get way over the border between loaded textures and not loaded textures so that below me is only an expanse of blue nothingness. This WAS an issue in OpenGL, I'm just not sure if it's a bigger issue now. It SEEMS to be, but it may just be a placebo. Before it occurred when terrain was very detailed, and/or if I was in a very fast-mover, say going beyond Mach 1. But now, it seems to be happening over detailed terrain just in the Zibo 738, so I dunno. It would be awesome if the Laminar folks could have a look at finding some kind of solution for all that, or if there is one that already exists, maybe someone can let me know. Last night I was flying over Great Britain with the full ORBX scenery going, and it was giving me hell. The framerate was 40fps the whole way, but it just would not load the next tile no matter how long I waited. My system was capable of running it in OpenGL, even if it was a little close to the wire. I have since taken out the ORBX orthoscenery, I'm gonna see if that helps at all later today.

[@Susu986]

Ultimate scenery? Great news, you'll be fighting back! :)

[@willmorrell488]

I don't even have X-plane. I'm only watching to get some insight into the possible improvements to DCS that the Vulkan api would bring.

[@marsstarlink3235]

Just tried the Vulkan beta. Runs better on my nidia 10-series card, I can max out the graphics more and didn't notice stutters. I did experience several crashes but that's expected. I can't wait for the next wave of graphical upgrades that take advantage of Vulkan. Ortho terrain that's announced sounds amazing, I bet that's a lot of hardwork but with MSFS doing it there's probably a lot of confidence. 10/10 for the Laminar team, you're the leader in world-wide VR flight simulation.

[@thebgpikester]

Great presentation style :)

[@tomc1380]

Many thanks for this, especially for VR. I just finished testing it on my Rift cv1 and Vive Pro and it worked great. Early days but seems like about 20% performance improvement and sooooo smooth. Thanks again Laminar.

[@simboodamn]

Tom C thanks for this, haven't installed 11.50 yet and I was wondering about the actual numbers. Did you keep the same gfx settings? Is it smoother as in no stutter? How about in busier areas?

[@tomc1380]

@@simboodamn Ya, basically still using 11.41 settings, targetting 45fps. Airports used (all stock xp11) seems to make a difference. For some reason I get the best/smoothest low flying with a heli at Chicago Meigs. NYC is also pretty good. But KLAS (Las Vegas) is quite a bit poorer (~35fps) for some reason (but still pretty smooth). Probably some areas need to be further optimized I guess. Overall, everything is very smooth with just the very occasional micro-stutter. All is only going to get better from here on imho.

[@simboodamn]

@@tomc1380 Thanks for the details! I tried VR at a small quiet airport, same settings also, still got that stutter when looking on the left side while taxiing for example in the C172. target 45fps ASW on, with OVR settings, AA at 2.0. I had weather going on, zero traffic add ons. No real noticable difference for me. I'm running intel/nvidia hardware. Those AMD users must not believe their eyes right now eheh.

[@andyholmes9485]

Excellent info. Such passion. Love it!

[@saturn28]

Great job on explaining! Keep up the great work!

[@gpowerdragon9852]

I have Old Second Hand Intel xeon w3680 CPU and I think it like de nieuw Api very much awesome Job xplane Studios 🙂👌

[@2oqp577]

As far as synching displays, as in the VTOL comment, is that to get to the next step, Laminar as to get to the point that they draw a frame for every pps that comes from a IRIG-B card, fed by an IRIG-B capable GPS receiver. That is how many military sims are hooked together.

[@MarceloPlaza]

For my PC the Vulkan engine improved my fps by 30% minimum. Triple screens (1920x1200) with a GTX 1660 OC + Ryzen 1800x. Great work. Its like a new game.

[@pedrogonzalez918]

Will you fix the dark contrails instead of white?

[@ve3ycl]

Will future vulkan builds support multiple gpu's as part of the framework as well, I know vulkan is built for this functionality?

[@joshfredr7846]

Mr Mayers, I have much respect for you and your team. Having said that - Please, you have to do something about the visuals of your simulator. you have pretty much nailed the flight dynamics/behavior already. If you wish to have any chance to make xplane a mainstream simulator then now with the introduction of Vulkan, is a PERFECT time for an overhaul visual upgrade. Thanks.

[@pcfxr4u]

Hi Guys, I love it! It is incredibly fast and smooth on a PC. On my MAC, not so great. So, I dual boot! Thanks, LG

[@dash8dave476]

Thanks x plane devs .You have made my vr experience fantastic super smooth with the sliders full on ,So sit on that ms2020

[@junogopik3808]

But, VR is coming very soon after release on ms2020. 60 dollars for the whole , better experience with unprecedented visuals ,weather dynamics-simulation ? Yes please. I can see 90+ % percent of the current X-Plane simmers , switching to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. It is the bitter truth.

[@dash8dave476]

@@junogopik3808 Yes you are right

[@TheGarlicMan]

I fucking love Austin, king of the nerds.

[@nortski78]

I love it when Austin goes into sarcasm mode lol

[@AlexanderGarzon]

This video doesn't have enought likes. IT IS A MUST SEE ! for the entire XP community.

[@Dg-zj6jo]

is vulcan vr ready please with tollis airbus.. or addons no good yet in vulkan

[@ecevansevans2566]

Where do you get Xplane 1150 Vulcan, Beta, I cannot find it. I try updating 3 times, and the installer, keep saying up to date already. Any way. Excellent work, as alway. Thanks for keeping Xplane competitive with newer versions of flight sim, that will be coming out. I Just invested in VR HEADSET few weeks ago. Question, if you have Xplane , without steam? HOW DO YOU GET XPLANE WITH ALL YOUR THIRD PARTY ADD ON TO RUN IN VR, WITHOUT, BUYING ANOTHER STEAM VERSION?,, or do you have too. If so, do I load my third party,the same as normal.?

[@WastelandDaydreams]

Ancient rig : Phenom x55 Black + ATI 5770 20fps -> 60fps+ Thanks Laminar!

[@anger9984]

Omg so many games can be saved with this! Genius

[@Jet-Pack]

So you know all the limitations of OpenGL and still decide to not work around them? E.g. compile all shaders when the sim is initialized...

[@fordtechchris]

MSFS2020 wasn't on the horizon back then....

[@brianpruitt3081]

Austin, I am telling you sir your a god when it comes to this.

[@gkkes]

!16:15 As a peer to peer network user (Yes, I know it's not supported or suggested) but it has always worked well for "Buddy" lessons. This is a casualty at present in the 11:50b1 beta. I hope this might be on the roadmap. Thanks for all your efforts.

[@martinnovak3091]

I wanted to ask, as Vatsim pilot, I know that under 20 fps is sim not running realtime, I know that Vulkan is addressing performance, but what about sim and simulation running on different so sim is not affected by fps?

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

ooh. I like this idea! X-Plane running without any rendering at all. Could run a Link trainer (the 1940s sim) with one.

[@davidtsw]

The performance is significantly better which is great but I hope LR realize this was only step one and has to be followed by 3d clouds, dynamic lighting system, seasons, proper 3d trees and better terrain in general, etc. and all of this ASAP.

[@Dg-zj6jo]

amazing sim thankyou guys

[@FBWFTW]

Austin Meyer... Legend at breaking it down for everyman.

[@Aldina_halilovic]

Tried it on an inexpensive new machine with a Ryzen 3 3200G ( a w/video-on-chip processor BUT Only Vega8 & works off the DRAM not 'graphics card VRAM' ) on Linux (Mint 19.3) - 32G 2400 DRAM on MB X-Plane 11.40 runs the C172 'completely smooth', 1920x1080 on a 49" TV (HDMI-fed) at 32+ fps w/World Objects @ Max and everything else left 'basic / As Installed' in a mixed rural/suburban scenery situation. Will be interesting to see what happens when I let it load the 11.51beta.

[@pApNewMexico]

Thanks for the best flight sim ever. been fxs scene v3 but i'll never go back

[@junogopik3808]

Can't wait for August 18th. MSF 2020 will raise the new generation of flight simmers-enthusiasts.

[@Coastingonlife]

How about to make x-plane 11 utilize all the cores and hiperthreading like any stress test software ?

[@Langschwert]

Crashes (yet) with 11.50 with and without Vulcan activated after the start screen when starting the flight. Most propably due to the loads and loads of plugins and sceneries I got installed. But no problem, rollback to 11.41 by setting Steam to "no beta" was a piece of cake. All systems normal again. Will try again when the minions have adapted all the Plugins. :) Or, since "loading sceneries" was the last thing showing before crash, I try without sceneries to narrow things down. UPDATE 20th April 2020: 11.50b4 works with Vulcan and all my plugins and sceneries. I don´t have the slightest idea why but it does now. :)

[@mcsstudios101]

Love you guys....So cool! Also thanks for Keeping Steam clients like myself updated.

[@dexter9313]

Although the whole RAMVRAM mess is true, for shaders you can also precompile in OpenGL : see glShaderBinary. It's OpenGL 4, but it's still OpenGL. ;)

[@Tresla]

Do you even need GL4? GL3 has shader programs which you can create and attach/compile shader objects to. Then just call glUseProgram(programId) when you want to use those shaders.

[@dexter9313]

@@Tresla By "precompiling" I meant compile then store in binary in a file for later use. To be honest I don't know if compiling is that bad compared to doing I/O to read the file anyway. But that's what I understood Austin was talking about.