X-Plane 12.1.2 Release Notes
Release Date: October 8, 2024
Fixes
Contents
General
- Fixed a bug which would cause a huge performance impact when flying over the same area twice due to drawing buildings twice
Release Date: October 3, 2024
New Features
General
- Setting to disable boats in the scenery (Settings -> Graphics -> Draw boats)
Fixes and Enhancements
General
- Fixed various replay crashes
- Removed forced aspect ratio for avionics pop out screens (XPD-16003)
Scenery
- Improved performance of boats
- Changing the World Objects Density will now immediately have an effect on the number of boats displayed
- Increased visibility of smaller boats and sailing ships
Release Date: September 18, 2024
Fixes
General
- Fixed random crashes on Microsoft Windows for NVIDIA GPUs
Note: Many thanks to all the testers who helped us finding and fixing this difficult issue, especially to @TokTok and @azpilot61 from the X-Plane Discord!
Release Date: September 17, 2024
Fixes and Enhancements
General
- Improved performance for boat wake rendering
- Fixed device loss errors when using Ortho4XP tiles
- Visuals of connected slave stations are stuck while waiting for the master when reloading the flight from the instructor station (XPD-15963)
Replay System
- General improvements around the replay system in terms of stability
- Fixed a memory leak in the replay system
- Water effects will been shown during replay (XPD-15952)
- Fixed crash in replay after a long flight (XPD-15772)
- The rotors of the Robinson R22 helicopter will turn now correctly during replay (XPD-15935)
Avionics
- Relative altitudes of local traffic will be displayed correctly again on the G1000
Local Web API
- Sending invalid data will no longer crash X-Plane (XPD-15820)
Release Date: September 06, 2024
Fixes and Enhancements
General
- Updated translations and fixed some German spelling mistakes (XPD-14153)
- Further improvements around the replay system to avoid crashes
- Enhanced logging around the replay system and dual jetways, which will hopefully help to triage and fix issues
Scenery
- Adjusted wake parameters to make seaplanes flyable again, because those wakes had quite an impact on the planes
- Added sailboat races and schools to the scenery
Release Date: August 27, 2024
New Features
Aircraft
Anchors instead of brakes for seaplanes
In the past the brake commands could be used to slow down seaplanes. That is obviously not how it works in real life. Therefore we added an anchor, which can be deployed and retracted using the following commands:
| Command | Description |
| sim/flight_controls/anchor_deploy | Deploy the anchor |
| sim/flight_controls/anchor_retract | Retract the anchor |
| sim/flight/controls/anchor_toggle | Toggle the anchor between deploy and retract |
Fixes and Enhancements
General
- The user aircraft is shown on the map again
- Various replay fixes
Scenery
- All ships got updated to use our new photometric lights at day and night.
- We improved the wakes for boats.
- We increased the number of boats shown in the scenery.
Airports
Gateway Airports
We added support for dual docking jetways at the following airports:
- London Heathrow (EGLL)
- Frankfurt Main (EDDF)
- Munich (EDDM)
- Dubai Intl (OMDB)
- New York City Kennedy Intl (KJFK)
- Chicago O’hare Intl (KORD)
- Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson (KATL)
- Los Angeles Intl (KLAX)
- San Francisco Intl (KSFO)
- Honolulu Daniel K Inouye Intl (PHNL)
- Tokyo Haneda Intl (RJTT)
Gustaf III Airport (TFFJ)
We removed the windsock for the 10 approach and added two elevated windsocks in their correct locations to the north west and south west corners of the airports. As pointed out by Michael Minuck, pilots familiar with the approach into the airport, will use both of these windsocks. On approach they will aim between them when over SUGARLOAF, which puts them on the final approach path for runway 10. In addition we removed the trees before the runway, because the field is empty in reality.
Many thanks again to Michael Minuck (N8033Fox) for providing all the details and the fix!
Aircraft
General
- Fixed various smaller bugs in the Airbus and Boeing FMC.
- The current flap setting is now displayed correctly on the new HUD
- The altitude will be displayed correctly on the new HUD now (XPD-15709).
- Fixed elevator differential deflection, which was reversed in the sim (XPD-15884).
Cirrus Vision SF50
We fixed the fuel tank positions.
Local Web API
Setting a batch of datarefs via WebSockets is working correctly now.
Release Date: August 13, 2024
New Features
Boats
We introduces all types of different boats sailing around the X-Plane world. The number of boats shown depends on the World Objects Density setting within your Graphics Settings.
Custom Airports
- Princess Juliana International Airport (TNCM)
- Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (TNCS)
- Gustaf III Airport (TFFJ)
Gateway Airports
Latest version of our Gateway Airports, featuring more than 20,000 3D airports.
Additional Camera Commands
The first two commands allow you to tilt the cockpit view by 45 degrees to the left and right. Executing the command again will tilt the view by another 45 degrees. We also added some commands to look up and down. Instead of 45 degrees, the camera will tilt 30 degrees and just as the other commands, you can execute the command again to look 60 or 90 degrees up and down.
| Command | Description |
| sim/view/rot_cockpit_left_45 | Rotate cockpit view: tilt 45 degrees left. |
| sim/view/rot_cockpit_right_45 | Rotate cockpit view: tilt 45 degrees right. |
| sim/view/rot_cockpit_up_30 | Rotate cockpit view: tilt 30 degrees up. |
| sim/view/rot_cockpit_down_30 | Rotate cockpit view: tilt 30 degrees down. |
Dual Jetways
Support for dual jetways at airport gates. Aircraft and airport authors now have the ability to update their products for this feature.
New Library Objects
Our artists added some new items to the general airport library, such as some passenger stairs, airport buses and a Ground Power Unit.
Support for VirtualFly Hardware
Support for four additional products of VirtualFly:
- Switcho Engines Ignition
- Switcho Engines Electrical
- Switcho Lights
- Switcho Trims
Fixes and Enhancements
Replay System
We have focused effort on improving the stability of our replay system for this release. What good is a butter landing if you can’t show it to your friends later?
Local Web API
When the WebServer cannot bind to port 8086 a warning will be shown to the user, but X-Plane will continue to start normally.
Scenery
We updated the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas.
Aircraft
General
We fixed a problem regarding rain drops on windshields (XPD-15751).
Cirrus Vision SF50
We fixed an engine behavior bug in the Cirrus VisionJet. Previously, if you started the engine, shut it down and then immediately tried to start it again, nothing happened.
Beta ALIA VTOL
The ALIA 250 now has gauges for all four batteries on its display.
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