XEnviro Version 1.1

Commercial Simulation Systems oznámil vydání velké aktualizace pro xEnviro s označením xEnviro 1.1

Jde o obsáhlý update a přidává několik novinek a oprav. Především jde o nové volumetrické mrakyk dynamickou sněhovou pokrývku, atmosferické efekty, mokrá přistávací dráha, sníh na skle letounu, dešťové efekty a vylepšený “low-level haze”.

xEnviro je dostupný na x-plane.org za $69.90 (approx. £55/€62).

Celý V1.10 changelog:

Added:

Maximum ozone level slider
Volume rendered clouds
Maximum intensity slider
Blur level slider
Reduce surface crosswind checkbox added
New alternative sun glare
Checkbox to display or remove diffraction spikes
Camera blue filter slider
Draw default night sky checkbox
Parameters for water waves adjusted to match current weather
Dynamic snow coverage in the mountain areas
Dynamic surface snow coverage
Dark airport surface when wet
Maximum snow coverage slider
Wet aerodrome surface effect checkbox
Draw snow in mountains checkbox
Volume shadows for haze
Automatic server selection based on response time.

Changed:

Calculations for scattering, perspective and optical depth have been separated
The entire scene lighting is now calculated dynamically for the key points
Scenery albedo now dynamically adjusted for a better environment representation
Low level haze scattering calculation allows variable particle size
Turbulence slider now controls the average amount of flow disturbance.
ALOFT data format has been changed, sampling rate increased, vorticity data added
Airport lights range has been adjusted to match the actual visibility range
New rain effect
New snow effect
Rain and snow affected by aircraft lights
Volumetric landing and taxi light beams
Default surface drifting snow removed at runtime
Separate windshield effects for rain and snow conditions
Windshield effect now displays reflective raindrops
Combined atmosphere shader adjusted to hide the DSF edge
Database update has been moved to the separate thread.

Removed:

Resolution slider has been removed
Complexity slider has been removed
Reflections range slider has been removed
Detailed range slider has been removed
Maximum drawing distance slider removed
Post processing checkbox removed
Remove scenery shadows under overcast checkbox removed
Billboard clouds have been completely removed
Crepuscular rays temporary removed
Draw crepuscular rays checkbox has been removed
Camera shift slider removed.

Fixed:

Assymetric projection matrix applied to the cockpit camera
Camera zoom is now correct
Early low resolution depth test has been removed to allow full resolution depth test
Aircraft is no more in the shadow above the cloud layer.