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10.04 Beta 4 Released
10.04 Beta 4 was released last night. The changelog can be found here as usual. Remember, you have to run the updater with the box checked that tells it you WANT to participate in the beta testing in order to … Continue reading
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ATC Taxi Layouts
One of the major components of the new ATC system in X-Plane v10 are the taxi layouts. We sometimes internally refer to this as the “taxi network” because what it’s REALLY comprised of is a network of taxi segments attached … Continue reading
Posted in Air Traffic Control, Development
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Notes about the ATC system
Many of you have taken the time to tinker around with the new ATC system. Many of you have had a good experience, others have found yourselves frustrated for various reasons. My goal here is to try and explain what … Continue reading
Posted in Air Traffic Control, Development
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Tips for better frame rates Pt #1
Austin, Ben and I are still working on cleaning out the remainder of Ultra-High priority bugs right now which essentially consist of crashes or other things that impact large groups of people. Only once these types of problems are taken … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware
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ATC: Description of a System Pt 1
I’ve always been into photography as just one of my many expensive hobbies. A very respected Photographer Jerry Ghionis always says “You don’t have to be the best, you just have to be better than last week.” I’ve tried to … Continue reading
Posted in Air Traffic Control
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Mommy where do baby airplanes come from?
“Well little Johnny, when a KC-10 and a 747 love each other very much…” On a more serious (kinda) note, this is a shot of what happens when ATC fails at spacing its aircraft properly. These two planes flew all … Continue reading
Posted in Air Traffic Control, Blooper Reel
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Twitter Account Change
At some point, someone made a fake twitter account claiming to be the official XPlane one. They used the username that would have been our first choice. It took some time but Twitter has resolved this issue for us. Our … Continue reading
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X-Plane News Feed
While I’m sure you all enjoy this blog…and perhaps even read and re-read it before bed because it’s life altering, it tends to be a bit….um….nerdy? Come on, it’s safe to admit it, even my wife makes fun of me … Continue reading
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Some ATC Bloopers…(Free Willy!)
In testing some ATC stuff today, I was curious why I saw smoke coming from the water on the left side of the runway. As I got closer, I found a KC-10 rising from the ground like a mighty Phoenix….struggling … Continue reading
Posted in Air Traffic Control, Blooper Reel
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