Category Archives: Hardware

ppjoy Crash Fixed

ppjoy users on Windows have been experiencing a crash on startup; this was a bug in X-Plane 10.10/10.11, induced by particular virtual HID devices that only ppjoy could make.   I found the problem and it will be fixed in … Continue reading

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Looking for a Tester for Mac/Win NVidia Testing

Please read the requirements below twice – this is a very particular setup I need.  To run this test you must have either: A functioning hackintosh running the latest Mountain Lion release (OS X 10.8.x) or a functioning Mac Pro … Continue reading

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A Flicker of Hope for Flicker

I’ve seen a few bug reports complaining about ‘flicker’ with HDR enabled. It took me a few tries to understand that the users were not actually reporting Z-Thrash (which is what I think of when someone says ‘flicker’, but were … Continue reading

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Posted in Development, Hardware, Scenery | 14 Comments

64-Bit: Time Frames and Performance

First, for the plugin authors: I am hoping to start a 10.20 beta for 64-bit in weeks, not months.  I don’t know how many weeks it will be – there’s a huge potential for variation, but if you maintain a … Continue reading

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Linux Joystick Permissions

I’ve already briefly discussed some of the changes necessary to get joystick devices working properly but I thought it’d be a good idea to consolidate all information into one post for easy reference as 10.10 is nearing it’s release to … Continue reading

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CSI: Joystick Edition

[Scene opens with a joystick being thrown across the room in frustration. Camera angle is from the ceiling looking down. A rotating and twisting view creates tension as it centers on the joystick, laying abandoned on its side as the … Continue reading

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Still having joystick trouble?

As you are hopefully already aware, the Joystick subsystem of X-Plane was completely rewritten for X-Plane 10.10. It uses a much lower-level method of communication to essentially talk directly to the devices so that we have complete access to their … Continue reading

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X-Plane 10.10 Beta 3: Rapidly Beating HID Into Submission

X-Plane 10.10 Beta 3 is here.  To avoid having to type it each time, all of the info about betas is now on the release notes page here.  Please read it carefully!  Please: no bug reports on the blog, only … Continue reading

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Posted in Hardware, News | 19 Comments

Linux and Hardware/OS Abstractions

This post will pretty much only be of interest to Linux users – everyone else, talk amongst yourselves.  Topic of discussion: X-Plane.com is neither a plane nor a communist.  (Sorry, work on the road processing code has drained me of … Continue reading

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Posted in Development, Hardware | 35 Comments

Catalyst 12-3 Drivers Fix 7970 Artifacts

I meant to post this before, but: the new Catalyst 12-3 drivers fix a number of Radeon HD 7xxx-specific artifacts with X-Plane: incorrectly cut-out tree billboards and flashing triangles.  So while I suggest latest drivers anyway, this update is particularly … Continue reading

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