Update: several people have volunteered, and the installers are now tested – thanks!

One of the remaining bugs in 1030: when you install a 1030 update after having received DSF recuts (e.g. the update from 1030b8 to 1030 RC 1)  the Aerosoft custom EGLL pack disappears.

It turns out this is a bug in our installer/updater – the bug has actually been in the installer/updater for a long time but normally didn’t act up (unless you modified your installation in some very unorthodox ways).

I am working on a new rev of the installer (3.22) that will fix this.  But I need Linux volunteers to test, especially the 32-bit edition.  If you can run 32 and 64-bit apps on Linux, please email me (ben at x-plane dot com) and I will set you up with test apps.

There are a few straggling bugs that we’re hoping to fix in RC2 this week.

Update: I totally forgot this announcement for Linux users*: the new 3.22 installers come in 32 and (for the first time) 64-bit flavors.

This means that with X-Plane 10.30 and the new installer, all X-Plane apps come in a 64-bit app, and you don’t have to install multi-arch gunk on your 64-bit Linux install to run X-Plane.

We will continue to support 32-bits on all platforms for the lifetime of X-Plane 10, and the installer, Airfoil-Maker and Plane-Maker will remain 32-bit on Mac/Windows, where 32 bit support is guaranteed without any hassle.

* This is what happens when I sleep even less than normal.  You can only imagine how good these installers must be. 🙂

About Ben Supnik

Ben is a software engineer who works on X-Plane; he spends most of his days drinking coffee and swearing at the computer -- sometimes at the same time.

10 comments on “Where Did London Go (Linux Testing Needed)”

  1. Hi Ben.
    I have downloaded the latest installer.exe to update XP from V10.11 to V10.30r1. Although the installer scan reports that my install is up to date, I still can’t see Botany Bay near YSSY. Any idea what could be going wrong?

    I’m assuming you get the recut dsf files when you select ‘Update Scenery’ and do a scan, not when you select ‘Update X-Plane’ and do a scan. There is also conflicting info in the forums about whether DVD disk 1 must be in your drive or not when choosing to update your global scenery.

    2. Do you have photo scenery installed at YSSY (e.g. Simeheaven or similar)? If so this may need to be updated to the actual DSF by the creator.

      1. Thanks heaps Caruso. Thanks to your post, I now understand why I can’t see Botany Bay. I have Simheaven’s Sydney City tile installed. I’ve trawled high and low in the .Org forums, posted here & even sent an email to X-Plane.com tech support before arriving at this point.

        Had some basic installation instructions been provided, either with the release notes or in a downloaded readme (please correct me if it has and I have missed it), much of these headaches could have been avoided, especially for novices such as myself.

        Some examples of useful guidelines:
        -After you update to XP10.30b8, you will find a new folder in your Global Scenery folder called ‘Recuts 1030’. This folder contains re-cut .dsf files to correct a number of global scenery anomalies, including — list the geographical areas fixed & the associated .dsf files–(not just a set of loosely labelled pics)
        – You do not need to do anything with this new folder; the updated .dsf files will load automatically when you run X-Plane.
        -Warning: if you have photoscenery installed from a non-X-Plane.com source, this may still override these new X-Plane.com .dsf re-cuts. In this case, you will need to wait until your photoscenery provider updates their .dsf files in the same way X-Plane.com has now done, or uninstall the photoscenery for the area you want to see X-Plane.com’s updated .dsf files.

        1. I am glad you could solve the issue 🙂
          The same happened to me – that’s how I found out 😉
          I will let simheaven know about it.

  2. Hi Ben even though you don’t state in the beginning that this is a bug effecting Linx machines I’m presuming that that is exactly what it is? I’m on a Mac (Maverics) and was un effected. Great work as always!

    Mark

  4. Hello Ben,
    thank you so much for making 64bit Linux installer! With that it will be much easier for newcommers to install XPlane on 64bit distros…

    Have a nice day and may the weekend bring you more opportunities to get some sleep…

    Kind regards,

    Michal

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