john1001 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Hi Magnus , Thanks for the new sun lights effects. I'm really very impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq46 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 come on we are waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kitten Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Shadows are back in 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kitten Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Shadows? Let's talk shadows! How Andrey does some things sometimes is beyond me. His code math is plain magic. And with almost zero performance impact on top... Cloud on cloud shadows is a thing in X-Plane now. No, we won't release yet. We won't release something that is worse than 1.13 visually. Yes, there is a way to go for that still - in regards to grain and artifacts - which we will be able to handle. There will ALWAYS be grain! Question is how much. And no, we don't give ETA's Deal with it 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakr Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) This is shaking the early expected crown of FS2020 ... I have no more words to say - except that am loving what am seeing. Laminar should really be proud of you... REALLY. Awaiting Vodoo magic algorithm to render Godrays emanating through the cloud layers ... Edited March 27, 2020 by Bakr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RParson99 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Clap Clap Clap.....! Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmanmedia Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) I don’t even think this is a plane simulator anymore. Welcome to the new Enviro Simulator for us that love storm chasing. Simply best news we look for on our daily feeds with the current state of things. Be safe all. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited March 27, 2020 by ashmanmedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 This continues to look outstanding - and worth waiting for whenever. Keep up the good work and keep safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kitten Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Still in test versions - while we have extremely busy days the test team is working on assignements. (Upper atmosphere and final stages still lacking - So not representative of final 1.14). These are test team screenshots 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakr Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 The clouds formation in 1.14 are clearly looking much better than 1.13 -- when viewed from above ... As overall tuning is still in progress, cloud shadows need be a bit less intense. Also, I am loving as well the weather depiction for low-level clouds in the airport (version 1.13) - as demonstrated by this video, and hope to see snapshots for similar weather environment similar to this video ... I hope XE also to provide water-shader presets ... really the water shading in x-plane belongs to 'DirectX 9' old days... and completely outdated. Also the sun-flare is very strong and way too hazy, i thinks it needs to be played down a bit.. Keep amazing us.. and thanks for the great updates. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kitten Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 T47 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakr Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 The formation of the upper clouds is SO-REAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq46 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 its like fse now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kitten Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 Same place, same time. Different conditions. Atmosphere work has begun. Ticking off the last boxes before beta one by one. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakr Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 i can see a New Dawn of XE is coming up ... Gulp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq46 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Yes the sunset fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oshvne Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 looks really promising. most underrated xp11 software i swear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kitten Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 I have huge trouble with the OpenGL version of 11.50. Do NOT opt in to the beta if you want to use xEnviro. Not yet. DO NOT OPT IN TO THE 11.50 BETA IF YOU WANT A STABLE SIMULATOR!!! We do NOT support trouble you get in to on beta versions of x-plane! Beta WILL break your X-Plane install. If it doesn't - you've been lucky. Just because others report stable sims that does not mean that yours is! Beta comes with risk! No developer with a level of sanity develops and releases beta compatible versions of their products. They prepare for the stable release. With the 11.50 BETA(!) update and xEnviro and any addon you are afraid of losing: Keep in mind that OpenGL will be available throughout XP11 lifeline. If you MUST use the beta - you will have to leave the toggle swithc of OpenGL and Vulkan on Open GL for xEnviro to work! We will be updating for Vulkan soon. If it's 1.15 or 1.16 we're not sure yet. A lot to consider before we take that step.https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-11-50-release-notes/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 That is really good and essential advice Captain Kitten. I have a separate XP installation for Beta's and testing - I learned my lesson a long time ago! Just about to look at 11.50b1 now. With the screenshots above, really looking forward more and more to using 1.14 in 11.41. Yorkshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmanmedia Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 22 hours ago, Captain Kitten said: Same place, same time. Different conditions. Atmosphere work has begun. Ticking off the last boxes before beta one by one. is this my sunrise fix? WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kitten Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 Atmosphere work: Visibility 1000m (picture above) 2000m (picture above) 3000m (picture above) 5km (picture above) 10km (picture above) 20km (picture above) 30km (picture above) 50km (picture above) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1001 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Hi Magnus, this is picture showing transition from clear sky (full far left side) area to a broken overcast area (full right side). I hope the dev team will be interested by this suggestion and trying to add the small area of scattered clouds before transitioning directly to a broken or overcast area. Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1001 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Hi Magnus again, it's especially concerning the smooth transition between clear weather area BORDER to a broken or overcast area. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kitten Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Step by step and along the way we iron out what we find. Not in beta yet. But we hope that the steps we take now will make the beta a smooth ride 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakr Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) Release 1.14 is BY FOLDS much better than all what we have seen so far from XEnviro. This is a total new raised bar ... keep it up for the love of sky has no limits ... we hope for Milky way clear Night Environment with HDR lit Stars Sky Dome.. Switching to good old OpenGL for now .... Edited April 5, 2020 by Bakr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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