X-Plane 12 Platform Update - Live from FSExpo

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[@mercster]

Adding plugins and have them automatically update for XPlane is the greatest edition of the store! Thanks for doing this.

[@flavioredini4813]

A big thank you to the whole team and good work for an increasingly beautiful and performing sim 💪

[@quantumac]

Of all upcoming features, I look forward to VR performance and visual enhancements the most.

[@juanwhick1691]

Me too. Got quest 2 specifically for Flight Simming. Have both XP12 and MsFS 2020. So really excited for 12.1 and 2024

[@Jon87224]

I am excited for the new graphical textures and scenery streaming capabilities!

[@andyydna5330]

Never ever 2D Mode! 😅

[@maltimoto]

I love XP12 with Autoortho, it is beautiful! Currently flying through South America's Andes.

[@johnc.4871]

Woohoo! Not that it matters, but I guessed the dark cockpit thing right. Nailed it! Can't wait to see xplane updates and changes.

[@johnc.4871]

@@klzeccwozi1290 some time ago I purchased visualXP ultimate and was able to decrease some of the darkness. I figure that the lighting was similar to a photograph camera and a camera catches about 3 or exposures while the eye can make about 9 different ones. Sometimes I will turn on a cabin light but often cabin lights are too dim. I like using the hat switch to look around and use the mouse to flip switches instead of the keyboard.

[@pvdgucht]

I am serious and don’t call me shirley 😅

[@juanwhick1691]

Wow… I’m excited for all these changes but finally getting a functional WXR that’s amazing. You beat MSFS. Just need tessalated snow lol.

[@burgadahz17]

😂

[@JDVVV378]

Beat Microsoft 😂😂

[@howled0]

LOL. Good one!

[@juanwhick1691]

I do use both sims. Mostly Msfs. I use Xplane for Zibo and airfoil 172. Msfs for pmdg 737-800, Fenix and FBW, A2A. I’m just saying they beat them to get a radar implemented finally.

[@silkysmooth1968]

I'm really looking forward to the new XPlane 12 Store.

[@romantic340]

The best flight simulator, getting even better, looking forward to it.

[@TheBizno]

They are both great each in their own way. The best thing here, is that this is a great time to be a simmer!!! 😊

[@Msfs2024HD]

They basically copied everything from msfs when Austin was talking trash

[@activex7327]

@@Msfs2024HD romantic340 has been living under a rock lol

[@hakanr339b]

@@Msfs2024HD That's not copying because X-Plane doesn't include photogrammetry with streaming scenery out of box. Both simulators' graphics engines look identical when we exclude scenery factor. I have got screenshot comparisons for that.

[@SnoDawg]

A gathering of real dorks.

[@MeerMusik]

Finally. X-Plane 12 was the first Version I ever used. For roughly a Month. It still feels like a waste of Money because everything is running single-threaded and leaving Performance on the Table. Using more than 1 CPU Core / Thread after "only" being roughly 20 years late to the Party - maybe I will try X-Plane 12 again after it has been finally implemented. Better late than never I guess...

[@BogdanSerban]

Wow they really stepped up their game. Exciting future for x-plane 💪

[@activex7327]

And what would that be? That they fixed bugs like dark cockpits? That's not stepping up, that's being behind.

[@emmabentley7945]

Very interesting, ❤ Awesome presentation Thomson and Ben!

[@JamesTKirk-nn6ic]

Keep up your good work guys 👍

[@piloto_loco]

took 4 years from request to implementation: auto-exposure (cockpit brightness adaption) posted on x-plane's feedback and suggestions forum in 2020.

[@littlemaster22]

XP12 is slightly over a year old. Not sure what the emphasis is here.

[@piloto_loco]

@@littlemaster22 all information is given. do your research before questioning? thanks.

[@activex7327]

@@littlemaster22 No, it is almost 2 years old. The requests are pre Xplane 12.

[@CharlieMartorelli]

Can't wait

[@sudiptasingh]

Sit in cockpit, switch to free camera pilots pov. They are different…. But rendering the same scene. If they use that camera view for the cockpit view… it works.

[@gettothepoint2707]

Wow! Can't wait!!!

[@AviationLoverIndonesia]

Amazing, can't wait for more new updates on XP Mobile as well besides XP 12 PC 😍😎

[@johanjacobs9240]

I want to see the scene with my eyes, not through a camera lens. I don't know why Laminar thought it was a good idea anyway.

[@christophfeldhaus9538]

I'm sure you mean the depth of field effect. And yes, I kind of agree with you. BUT: if you fixate on a point, e.g. the cockpit of an aircraft in the outside view, the surroundings automatically blur. This effect now here in X-Plane 12 only reinforces this, it supports the eye, so to speak.

[@OninDynamics]

@@christophfeldhaus9538 They're talking about dynamic range. Right now, X-Plane simulates a camera with a low dynamic range, i.e. it can only see a limited range of brightnesses - scenes can have parts that are too dark and too bright. This is actually how our eyes see, except each cell (pixel) of our retinas (our image sensors) can individually change their sensitivity with feedback from the processing our brain does. This allows for a much higher perceived dynamic range, and is what X-Plane's anti-dark-cockpit update tries to emulate.

[@Msfs2024HD]

They copied it from msfs

[@simking01]

realistic atc voices would be great

[@andyydna5330]

Im only interested in VR!!!😂

[@uraymeiviar]

xplane dont even have antialiasing correct

[@doug209]

Aw live chat disabled?

[@laihimchan8540]

So does it mean new update of xp 12？

[@davidcollison8973]

Are you going to update the Kansas City airport, MCI.

[@aavvv_]

Are you familiar with the Scenery Gateway? You can check there for airport updates in the works and/or file bug reports to the community if you discover issues or have requests.

[@ysfsim]

I had long since got the update for that airport, even SLC from the gateway

[@vladyslavkalinichenko]

The golden age of simulation! AI is everywhere

[@airplane-alex-list]

It sure is! What a time to be alive :-)

[@jokerace8227]

There's plenty of room to task this i7-12700 CPU more. The RTX 3050 Ti does well with the beta. I was under the impression back around X-Plane 9/10 that dds instead of png format for liveries/textures is better for the GPU, especially if it doesn't have a lot of VRAM. Is that correct?

[@jokerace8227]

I mention it as I notice some v12 models sporting png liveries, and my automatic response is to run those through the little XGrinder app, so I hope I'm not wasting effort there. LOL

[@jokerace8227]

Oohh, one other thing. The Nvidia App, even though it is still technically in beta, I think it does actually manage the potential of the RTX card better than the old Nvidia Control Panel did, as in the sim runs more smoothly overall.

[@simking01]

nothing says amiture then holding q cards with information you should know like your own background...

[@user-ry1ej4hv4x]

а разве нельзя сразу сделать всю землю красивой без фотоподложек по дефолту, пусть игра будет весить больше но по крайней мере нужно по моему уходить от принципа конструктора и делать единый окончательный продукт, не надо из игроков делать программистов))) мы хотим летать, думаю с выходом 2024, ХР12 ждут тяжолые времена, сделайте красивый готовый полноценный симулятор а не скелет на который самому нужно цеплять органы чтобы всё ожило)))

[@JLWestaz]

I see nothing that will entice me.

[@joesky9307]

Good thing no one cares what does lmao

[@activex7327]

@@joesky9307 MSFS 2024 announcement made XP12 look like something from 80s. At least you got shirley 😂😂

[@joesky9307]

@@activex7327 you sound like someone who should stick ti ace combat lmao move along little guy

[@activex7327]

@@joesky9307 Why you have to be mad to get Shirley as the highlight for Xplane at FSExpo? Shirley Xplane will succeed. 🤣🤣

[@JDVVV378]

I gonna be hard times for Xolane with the new MFS2024 coming they can’t even get a the graphics level of MFS2020 ik have xplane 11 but I have installed it anymore.

[@simking01]

i want live user traffic option one less app needed

[@JDVVV378]

X plane need ortho to looks decent. Microsoft is out of the box beautiful. There are some nice plans for x plane but for now Iam not convinced about x plane 12.

[@activex7327]

Xplane: Shirley and some bug fixes. MSFS 2024: New 3D ground rendering Biomes Seasons New lighting model Improved clouds, plus new cloud types Improved water simulation Missions Ships/correct/accurate boat interactions with water surface Improved flight dynamics and physics Integrated sophisticated flight planner

[@burgadahz17]

Thanks but no thanks. I don't want to go back to the "past"

[@EverydayNormalGeek]

Nobody asked you to move mate, stay to your gamified "future".

[@activex7327]

@@EverydayNormalGeek .. and you can stay on your iphone game with FSX graphics 😂😂

[@simking01]

I hate AI and I'm not paying extra for it

[@Duquepilot]

wx radar, but ugly terrain that looks like Chernobyl

[@jppalm3944]

Vr sucks.

[@gotoguy69]

After looking at both presentations. MSFS is super ambitious and for sure will be a disaster at launch 2024. However I think they look better and have better goals. Xplane just looks dated and seems like they are behind. We need competition so I wish the best for Xplane

[@laihimchan8540]

Ms 2024 is Microsoft,the totally different sized and level company ,this is not realistic to compare with ,but xp 12 is sincere in flight simulation ,that is really enough ,xp 11 is low end but xp 12 is improved lots , may be if the airport and the city can be more details will be more perfect

[@laihimchan8540]

Ms 2024 is Microsoft,the totally different sized and level company ,this is not realistic to compare with ,but xp 12 is sincere in flight simulation ,that is really enough ,xp 11 is low end but xp 12 is improved lots , may be if the airport and the city can be more details will be more perfect

[@NicolajFlies]

Great with a developer we can actually trust unlike ASOBO.

[@WingC3]

The CEO from FlyShirley desperately needs a presentation skills coach. Cool sounding product somewhat let down by his need to read every single word off of post-it notes with essentially flat emotion.

[@nilsschutte9380]

That is what real world pilots do or should do with checklists as well

[@WingC3]

@@nilsschutte9380 Yes and no. Yes, we read the checklist, but the generally accepted best practice these days is to memorise the flow and then validate it with the checklist. Reason being: the checklist mitigates errors in memory, and your memory mitigates errors in reading whilst under pressure. Thus, doing both yields the safest result. Now, on the most modern aircraft, they can actually sense the state of some of the checklist items and tick them off for you, but I don't fly one of those.

[@airplane-alex-list]

Luckily Shirley had their part rehearsed ;-) I'll also say that our company has only been around since March, and as a CEO/CTO I worked my butt off to provide as much value to customers, splitting the responsibility between showmanship and development. When you try the product, I think you'll agree I made the right call. Next year I plan to have time to memorize the talk. Thanks for learning about our story either way!

[@airplane-alex-list]

@@nilsschutte9380 This is true!!

[@WingC3]

@@airplane-alex-list It does look like you've built something cool. My comment wasn't meant as an insult at all. Quite the contrary, I want your product to succeeed. Presenting is a skill, just like any other, and it simply merits attention. A CEO of a small org is also basically the chief marketing officer too. I would NOT recommend rote memorisation as an approach. Of course, it's important to know your key points, but to convey genuine emotion, you need to talk about it as if you were describing it to a best friend; and you would never deliver a memorised script to a best friend.

[@perfil_anonimo_83_br]

We only want A320, please, put a A320 in xplane 12.

[@strider00111]

We? You mean You. Can you just post in one comment about the A320? Not 4.

[@aavvv_]

Also, check out the Toliss Airbuses.

[@serhiimitrokhin6987]

@@aavvv_ Toliss Terrible in terms of 3D model and texture quality and very expensive. Compare the quality of Toliss and Fenix, the quality of the 3D model and systems and the price.

[@Nicolas-ol7jl]

​@@serhiimitrokhin6987i agree with uour comment. The 3d model of toliss is really bad. But that guy robsonalvesvilar is a broke boy

[@perfil_anonimo_83_br]

@@aavvv_ Toliss a a paywere aircraft. I only can buy the xplane 12.

[@wedsg]

dying sim

[@perfil_anonimo_83_br]

A complete A320 with a tablet to configure fuel, load, passengers and see charts.

[@perfil_anonimo_83_br]

A complete A320

[@perfil_anonimo_83_br]

All aircrafs in xplane 12 are not good aircrafs. I only use the zibo to flight. The workers in the laminar should work only in the A330 to do a completely airplane to fly in the IVAO.

[@juanwhick1691]

I only fly the Zibo as well. But for GA I use either Airfoil Labs C172 analog or the REP C172 SP