Category Archives: News

X-Plane 10.21 is Final

But if you run 10.20, you probably already know that from the auto-update. I’m hoping to have a beta 3 of WED this weekend with a fix to the orthophoto exporter and the 10.8.3 file-dialog box problems if we can … Continue reading

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X-Plane 10.21 Release Candidate Two

X-Plane 10.21 rc2 is out; this recut of the release candidate backs out most of my changes to the lights; in hindsight my change was too ambitious/crazy at way too late of a point in the release process.  The runway … Continue reading

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Light Sizes – A No Win Situation

Update: We are going to release a new release candidate (10.21 rc2) tonight that puts the light sizing back to normal, while still fixing the SSAA bug.  This will have two effects: Runway lights won’t be as bright as in … Continue reading

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X-Plane 10.21 Release Candidate 1 Is Out

If you haven’t participated in the 10.21 betas, run the updater and click “get betas” to get it.  Release notes here; report bugs here. If you have a custom scenery pack, please try it on this RC!  There have been … Continue reading

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10.21 Beta 2 Is Here – I Don’t See a Performance Problem

First, 10.21 beta 2 is out – but if you had beta 1, you know that because the sim automatically tells beta testers about newer betas.  Release notes here. The big fix is a fix to crashing on OS X … Continue reading

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New Betas Soon-Ish

Quick note: 10.21 beta 2 should be out today – that’ll fix crashes for Mac users. WED 1.2 beta 2 — it’ll be at least a few days.  I have the submit-to-Robin code working, but I still have a number … Continue reading

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X-Plane 10.21 Beta 1 Is Here

10.21 beta 1 is here – since this is the first beta of 10.21, you have to run the updater by hand and check “get betas” to see it. This will be the only 10.21 beta, so please go try … Continue reading

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DSF Recuts – Some Basics

I have a lot to blog about this week, but before I can get into any of it, let me describe the process of recutting DSFs. Alpilotx and I are now working on DSF recuts.  The recuts will incorporate a … Continue reading

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Announcements/Stuff Coming Up

I have a bunch of stuff to post about in detail, so let me first clear out the “what’s going on” category. I’m not actually going to law school, and we’re not canceling X-Plane to become a non-practicing entity.  That … Continue reading

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Laminar Research is Sending Me Back to School!

Some personal news: this fall a lot is going to change; I’ll be heading back out west (again) and back to school (for a third time) – this time to Stanford.  Their joint degree program is really good if you’re … Continue reading

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