Changes from Release 1.4.4 to 1.6.3
The scenery database format has changed and the program will ask to erase its own databases if started.
Enhancements
X-Plane 11
- Can read full X-Plane scenery database: Airports, aprons, taxiways, navaids, airways, procedures (including speed limits). Also add-on overrides and path exclusions in the options dialog.
- Supports navdata updates.
- Display of AI aircraft on map and in information window.
- Weather from X-Plane downloaded weather file
METAR.rwx
(station or nearest station). - Copy airspaces from FSX or P3D to X-Plane database.
- FMS and FLP flight plan file loading and saving.
- Moving map. Needs the Little XpConnect X-Plane plugin which is included in the download archive.
- Altitude and one-way restrictions for airways are considered when calculating flight plans.
- Supported platforms are Windows, macOS and Linux for all programs.
General
- Automatic update check on startup (daily, weekly or manual) with settings in options dialog on tab
Startup
. - Added push buttons in flight plan and procedure search top area to remove selection and map highlights.
- Rhumb line measurement now shows both magnetic and true course where declination is based on origin.
- Can now load and save FMS and FLP flight plan formats.
- Can load FS9 flight plan format.
- Route string generation is now more robust for malformed and incomplete flight plans.
- Now erasing wrong airway entries at departure and destination when loading flight plan to avoid problems with malformed flight plans from other tools.
- Shows startup positions in the information window now.
- Added donation link to help menu and about dialog.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
- Improved weather display for nearest station: Added name, distance and map link to reporting station if that is an airport.
- FSX and P3D: Fixed several problems with magnetic declination by using
magdec.bgl
file now. - Fixed issues when loading P3D v4 add-on.xml.
- Fixed crash when loading older FSX/P3D scenery.
- Fixed handling and display of helipads. Now using name as an identifier.
- Improved detection of military and closed airports.
- Database loading dialog now pops up after erasing incompatible databases.
- Fixed missing encoding in saved FSX PLN files causing problems with other tools.
See the include file CHANGELOG.txt
for a detailed list of all changes across all versions.