Let’s go!
We’ve got a thing that’s called Radar Love
We’ve got a line in the sky
Radar Love!
Ok enough of that… 12.3.0 is finally available as a public release, and we can’t contain our excitement. Let’s recap what is new!
Aircraft & Plugin Developers
Weather Radar
It’s finally here: the weather radar is now available in X-Plane. This is a major enhancement over the pre-existing EFIS radars, which are a rather crude depiction of NEXRAD/Cloud coverage… and not a real-time probe of cloud precipitation (and thus simulating the radar returns.)
Aircraft Authors have a few options when implementing WXR
- We’ve provided ready-made default EFIS instruments so that developers can quickly pick and choose several styles and functions that best resemble/match their aircraft
- We provide data to developers (along with a demonstration aircraft*) so that users can process and draw their own radar maps.
For more information about implementing a WXR, see this article
https://developer.x-plane.com/article/weather-radar-for-x-plane-12-3-1/
*The Baron 58 in X-Plane uses the RDR-2000, which is actually a plugin and art resources completely separate from our default instruments. To discover custom drawing, you can follow along the code-base here.
https://github.com/X-Plane/RDR-2000
SDK 420 & Weather API
We’ve got a new version of our SDK for developers, which includes the following:
- New weather APIs allow plugins to specify weather at multiple points for
custom weather that varies spatially. - The weather info structure is extended to support new data fields.
- Extended texture ID enumerations to access the radar return texture for
avionics drawing callbacks. - Instances can be located using double-precision co-ordinates, and can be
set to automatically move to match scenery co=ordinate shifts. - Extended cursor enumerations for display and avionic cursor callbacks.
- Compiled against FMOD 2.0.2
https://developer.x-plane.com/sdk/plugin-sdk-downloads/
Scenery Developers
Scenery Artists also get a few new improvements. Some of which were also requested by the community. These include…
- New Taxiway/Runway Construction Barricades – Useful for delineating the edge of… well… taxiways and runways. These come in a variety of flagged and illuminated variants, so there will be plenty pleasing
- Some new Quonset Hut Variations
- Some new *Static* water polygons and water edge markings. These are designed to nicely blend the edge of water polygons and create convincing looking lakes and embankments. Or you can create the world’s largest (and shallowest) swimming pool!
- An update to some terminal facades to include decals
- New weather effects applied to parking lots and hangars. Snow will no longer accumulate in hangar interiors and ruin your C-Check!
This now takes our feedback list to…
Ya’ll are gonna love the next batch of assets currently in development… SPOILERS 🙂
(Skips away like a schoolgirl)
Gateway Updates
Finally, a huge thanks again to our Gateway artists. This time around, we have 405 airport updates/or additions for 12.3.0. (Not every airport is represented; the list is around 98% complete)
Algeria
- DAUZ – Zarzaitine – In Amenas
Argentina
- SAEZ – Ministro Pistarini Intl
- SAME – El Plumerillo
Australia
- YBHM – Hamilton Island
- YBSU – Sunshine Coast
- YBTL – Townsville Intl
- YLTV – Latrobe Valley
- YMUL – Murray Field
- YWHA – Whyalla
Austria
- LOWW – Wien-Schwechat
BGR Bulgaria
- LB21 – Graf Ignatievo AB
Belgium
- EBBR – Brussels National
- EBBY – Baisy-Thy
- EBLG – Liege
Belize
- MZ10 – San Pedro John Greif II
Bolivia
- SLCA – Camiri
Botswana
- FBXB – Xaxaba
Brazil
- SBRF – Guararapes – Gilberto Freyre
- SIMK – Tenente Lund Presotto
Canada
- AJ4 – Anahim Lake
- CAG8 – [S] Pender Harbour
- XC0046 – [H] St Augustin Heliport
- AH3 – Courtenay Airpark
- CCD2 – Springdale
- CST3 – Saint Lazare
- CYHZ – Halifax Stanfield Intl
- CYIB – Atikokan Muni
- CYVG – Vermilion
- CYYZ – Toronto Lester B Pearson Intl
- XC0038 – [S] Taltheilei Narrows
- XC00D5 – Clairmont/Meyer’s Airstrip
- XC00DE – Taltheilei Narrows
China
- XZ0015 – Chengdu Tianfu Intl
- ZGGG – Guangzhou Baiyun Intl
- ZHHH – Wuhan Tianhe Intl
- ZSJN – Jinan Yaoqiang Intl
- ZSSM – Sanming Shaxian
- ZULS – Lhasa Konggar
Croatia
- LDSB – Brac
DEU Germany
- ED1J – [H] Wiesbaden Unfallklinik HSK
- EDWT – Blexen
Denmark
- EKAH – Aarhus
- EKRB – [H] Bornholm HEMS
- EKRK – Copenhagen Roskilde Intl
- EKRN – Bornholm Rønne
- EKYT – Aalborg
ESP Spain
- LEVG – Villanueva de Gallego
Egypt
- HEBA – Borg el Arab
El Salvador
- MSLP – El Salvador Intl
Estonia
- EERA – Rapla
- EETN – Lennart Meri Tallinn
Finland
- EFET – Enontekiö
- EFMI – Mikkeli
France
- LFAC – Calais Marck
- LFBD – Bordeaux Merignac
- LFKL – Lyon Brindas
- LFPX – Chavenay Villepreux
- LFQQ – Lille Lesquin
- LFSL – Brive Souillac
Germany
- EDAB – Bautzen
- EDAY – Strausberg
- EDAZ – Schönhagen
- EDBC – Magdeburg/Cochstedt
- EDDB – Berlin Brandenburg
- EDDH – Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel
- EDDL – Duesseldorf
- EDDP – Leipzig-Halle
- EDDS – Stuttgart Manfred Rommel
- EDFE – Frankfurt-Egelsbach
- EDFM – Mannheim City
- EDFQ – Allendorf/Eder
- EDGS – Siegerland
- EDHK – Kiel-Holtenau
- EDHP – [X] Pellworm
- EDKF – Bergneustadt-Auf dem Duempel
- EDKL – Flugplatz Leverkusen
- EDLI – Bielefeld
- EDME – Eggenfelden
- EDMO – Oberpfaffenhofen
- EDMS – Straubing
- EDMV – Vilshofen
- EDQA – Bamberg-Breitenau
- EDQG – Giebelstadt
- EDRB – Bitburg
- EDRK – Koblenz – Winningen
- EDRY – Speyer
- EDTD – Donaueschingen-Villingen
- EDTM – Mengen – Hohentengen
- EDTX – Schwäbisch Hall – Weckrieden
- EDTY – Schwäbisch Hall – Adolf Würth
- EDWE – Emden
- EDWF – Leer-Papenburg
- EDWG – Wangerooge
- EDWI – Wilhelmshaven JadeWeser
- EDWJ – Juist
- EDWS – Norden Norddeich
- EDWY – Norderney
- EDXF – Flensburg-Schäferhaus
- EDXJ – Husum-Schwesing
- EDXK – Leck
- EDXO – Sankt Peter-Ording
- EDXW – Sylt
- EDY1 – Homberg Ohm
- ETHL – Laupheim Air Base
- ETOU – Wiesbaden Erbenheim AAF
Germany (civil)
- XEDBB – Bundenthal-Rumbach (Söller)
- XEDDO – Konz-Koenen
- XEDGK – Weissenburg-Wülzburg
Greece
- LGBL – Nea Anchialos
- LGIR – Iraklion Nikos Kazantzakis
- LGLR – Larissa
- LGRX – Araxos
- LGSA – Chania Ioannis Daskalogiannis
- LGTG – Tanagra
- LGTL – Kasteli
- LGTS – Thessaloniki Makedonia
- XLG000E – Koropi Profarta
- XLG000F – Antiparos
Greenland
- BGGH – Nuuk
Hungary
- LHPR – Györ-Per
Indonesia
- XWA04 – [H] Taro Elephant Safari Park
- XWA10 – [H] W (Marriott) Seminyak
Iceland
- BIGJ – Gjogur
- BIVM – Vestmannaeyjar
India
- VEBS – Biju Patnaik Intl
- VEKU – Silchar
- VICG – Chandigarh Intl
- VILK – Chaudhary Charan Singh Intl
- XVI000L – Navi Mumbai Intl
Indonesia
- WAKK – Merauke Mopah
- XWI000L – Morowali Industrial Park
Ireland
- XEI001W – Ballyvalloo
Italy
- LIEO – Olbia
- LIMC – Milano Malpensa
- LIPR – Rimini
- LIPV – Venezia Lido G. Nicelli
- XLI001R – Brixen Neustift Vahrn
Japan
- RJCO – Sapporo Okadama
- RJSA – Aomori
Kenya
- HKEL – Eldoret Intl
Lebanon
- OLBA – Rafic Hariri Intl
Libya
- HLLQ – El Beida – Al Abraq
MEX
- MM57 – Salina Cruz
- MM59 – Pablo L Sidar
- XMM0006 – Felipe Carillo Puerto
Malaysia
- WBKS – Sandakan
Mexico
- MM29 – Ta Lo de Soto
- XMM000L – Chapala
- XMM000N – Huajuapan
- XMM000U – Aguililla
- XMM000V – Purepecha
- XMM000W – Tonala
- XMM000X – Llano Grande
- XMM000Y – Pista del Centro
- XMM000Z – Punta Pajaros
Morocco
- GMAZ – Zagora
- GMMX – Marrakech Menara
NAM Namibia
- FYBG – Bagani
- FYOK – Okakarara
Netherlands
- XEH000B – Venlo Eindhoven Zweefvliegclub
Nigeria
- DNMM – Murtala Muhammed Intl
Norway
- ENAT – Alta
- ENZV – Stavanger Lufthavn Sola
- XEN002A – [H] Haukeland U. Sykehus
- XEN002B – Gronneviksoren
PNG Papua New Guinea
- LMI – Lumi
Papua New Guinea
- AUJ – Ambunti
- AYMD – Madang
- AYWK – Wewak
- XAY000N – Yifki
- XAY000P – Hewa
- XAY000R – Agali
- XAY002E – Kelabo
- XAY0031 – Koroba
- XAY0032 – Fugwa
- XAY0033 – Pori
- XAY0034 – Auwi
- XAY0035 – Kopiago
- XAY0036 – Arou
- XAY0037 – Yatoam
- XAY003C – Tekin
- XAY003D – Bak
Paraguay
- SG67 – Estancia Pai Quara
- SGCO – Teniente Col. Carmelo Peralta
- SGPI – Carlos Miguel Gimenez
Peru
- SPST – Cadete Fap Guillermo Del Casti
Philippines
- RPLL – Ninoy Aquino Intl
- RPMC – Cotabato
- RPMG – Dipolog
- RPMO – Ozamis
- RPMP – Pagadian
- RPMS – Surigao
- RPMV – Ipil
- RPUO – Basco
- RPUY – Cauayan
- RPVP – Puerto Princesa
- RPVR – Roxas
Poland
- EPMR – Miroslawice
- EPWA – Warsaw Chopin
- EPWR – Wroclaw Strachowice
- EPWS – Wroclaw Szymanow
Russian Federation
- UWSG – Saratov-Gagarin
- XU003H – Peshkovo
- XU003I – Volzhanka
- XU003K – Yessentuki
- UEEE – Yakutsk
- UHPA – Ust Pakhachi
- UIIB – Belaya
- UIUB – Bagdarin
- ULLI – Pulkovo Intl
- URMG – Grozny
Saudi Arabia
- OEMA – Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz
Solomon Islands
- AGAR – Ulawa
- AGRM – Ramata
South Africa
- FAOB – Overberg AB
- XFA000Y – Sutherland
Korea, Republic of
- XRK0005 – Goheung Aviation Center
Spain
- LEAS – Asturias
- LEMS – Barcelona – Bages
- LERI – Alcantarilla
- LESA – Salamanca
- LETG – Toledo – Algodor
- LEVD – Valladolid/Villanubla
Spain (Canary Islands)
- XGC0007 – Rosinos de la Requejada
Spain (mainland section and Balearic Islands)
- XLE002F – El Membrillar
- XLE002G – Peralveche
- XLE002H – Aerodromo Loring
- XLE002J – Sonseca (Villaverde)
Sudan
- HSPN – Port Sudan Intl
Switzerland
- LSGB – Bex
- LSMF – Mollis
- LSZX – Schaenis
Taiwan
- RCMQ – Taichung/Cingcyuangang
- RCSS – Taipei Songshan Intl
- RCTP – Taipei Taoyuan Intl
Tanzania
- XHTML – Mahalae
Thailand
- VTPM – Tak Mae Sot
Turkey
- LTAJ – Oguzeli
- LTBU – Corlu AB
- LTCA – Elazig
- XLT0003 – Cukurova
Turkmenistan
- UTAK – Turkmenbashi
Ukraine
- XUK000T – Lutsk AB
- XUK0026 – Haisyn
- XUK0027 – Filyutka
- XUK0028 – Sutysky
- XUK0029 – Nalyvaikivka
- XUK002A – Lukvytsia
- XUK002B – Irshava
- XUK002C – Hardyshivka
- XUK002D – Korsak
- XUK002E – Talne
- XUK002F – Bershad’
- XUK002G – Divychky
- XUK002H – Byshiv
- XUK002I – Buzova
- XUK002J – Slobidka
- XUK002K – Chemer
- XUK002L – Izmail
- XUK002M – Kamianyi Mist
- XUK002N – Pol’ove
- XUK002O – Kremydivka
United Arab Emirates
- OMDB – Dubai Intl
United Kingdom
- EGBB – Birmingham
- EGED – Eday
- EGHF – Lee on Solent
- EGKE – Challock
- EGKR – Redhill
- EGLA – Bodmin
- EGLC – London City
- EGPH – Edinburgh
- EGPI – Islay
- EGTK – Oxford Kidlington
- EGXE – RAF Leeming
- EGCM – Leeds East
- XDAV – [X] Davidstow Moor
- XEG005V – Kittyhawk
United States
- 47N – Central Jersey RGNL
- 4B6 – Ticonderoga Muni
- 1C5 – Bolingbrook’s Clow INTL
- 4B8 – Robertson Field
- 60J – Odell Williamson Muni
- 9S4 – Mineral County
- M54 – Lebanon Muni
- N27 – Bradford County
- O09 – Round Valley
- S17 – Twin Lakes
- W35 – Potomac Airpark
- 09Y – [S] Wipline
- 0KS3 – Camp Chippewa
- 17NC – Mitchell Field
- 1AK1 – Crevice Creek
- 22M – Pontotoc County
- 2W5 – Maryland
- 4AK6 – Wolf Lake
- 5VA2 – [H] Sullins
- 61GA – Pea Patch Aerodrome
- 6VA2 – Loury Lester Airpark
- 76GA – Landings East Sylvania
- 79VA – [H] Windsor
- 93FD – Chumuckla 20-20
- 94TA – Reece Field
- 97PA – Willows
- 99NY – Hibbards
- AK10 – Ernies Lodge
- AK97 – Boswell Bay
- AL27 – Headquarters
- AL34 – Henson Field
- AR27 – Lollars Creek Farm
- AR34 – Pine Village
- AR43 – Brickey – Private
- AR94 – Squirrel Run
- AZ31 – Serene Field
- AZ32 – Roesner Ranch
- KACV – Cali Redwood Humboldt Co
- KALW – Walla Walla Regl
- KBDU – Boulder Muni
- KCHS – Charleston AFB Intl
- KCKI – Williamsburg Regl
- KCXY – Capital City
- KDAW – Skyhaven
- KDCA – Ronald Reagan Washington Ntnl
- KDYT – Sky Harbor
- KEDW – Edwards AFB Rogers Dry Lake
- KEZF – Shannon
- KFNB – Brenner Fld
- KFRR – Front Royal-Warren County
- KGGE – Georgetown County
- KGMU – Greenville Downtown
- KGUC – Gunnison Crested Butte Rgnl
- KHII – Lake Havasu City
- KHLX – Twin County
- KHOT – Memorial Field
- KHSP – Ingalls Field
- KILM – Wilmington Intl
- KJFK – John F Kennedy Intl
- KLAL – Lakeland Linder Intl
- KLIT – Bill and Hillary Clinton Ntl
- KLKR – Lancaster County-McWhirter
- KLNP – Lonesome Pine
- KLRO – Mt Pleasant Regl-Faison Field
- KLXV – Lake Co
- KMHP – Metter Muni
- KMKC – Charles B Wheeler Downtown
- KMKJ – Mountain Empire
- KMNI – Santee Cooper Regl
- KMQS – Chester County G O Carlson
- KMSP – Minneapolis Saint Paul Intl
- KMTV – Blue Ridge
- KNKT – Cherry Point MCAS
- KOFP – Hanover County Muni
- KOMH – Orange County
- KONT – Ontario Intl
- KORS – Orcas Island
- KPDK – Dekalb Peachtree
- KPVD – Theodore Francis Green State
- KRMN – Stafford Regl
- KSAF – Santa Fe Muni
- KSBP – San Luis County Regl
- KSEP – Stephenville Muni
- KSHD – Shenandoah Valley Regl
- KSJC – Norman Y Mineta San Jose Intl
- KSRB – Upper Cumberland Regl
- KSUT – Cape Fear Regl/Howie Franklin
- KTGI – Tangier Island
- KTLH – Tallahassee Intl
- KTNT – Dade-Collier
- KTUS – Tucson Intl
- KTVY – Bolinder Field Tooele Valley
- KUDG – Darlington County
- KVPC – Cartersville
- KXSA – Tappahannock-Essex County
- MT56 – [H] Sourdough Island
- PABE – Bethel PAWS – Wasilla
- PHNL – Daniel K. Inouye Intl
- SC31 – [H] Springs Memorial
- VA25 – Twin Towers
- VA27 – Moorefield’s Airstrip
- W05 – Gettysburg Regl
- W42 – Fallston
- W75 – Hummel Field
- Y49 – Walker Muni
- KLUA – Luray Caverns
- KVKX – Potomac
- XK00DG – [H] Columbus Regl Med Ctr
- XK00DH – [H] Dosher
- XK00DJ – Hunting Creek Farm
- XK00DK – Garner Field
- XK00DL – Triple Tree
- XK00DM – Weaver Field
- XK00DN – [H] Rockingham Mem’l Hosp
- XK00DO – Cool Water
- XK00DP – Robbie Campbell Meml Airfield
- XPH000I – Queens Medical center
