X-Plane 9.20 Beta-2 released

by mark.avey on July 5, 2008

The X-Plane beta’s are coming thick and fast at the moment! Here’s what’s included in Beta 2:

Slightly-improved manifold-pressure model, based on flight-test in 842x.
Certain plugins that did illegal things and now crash the sim, um, don’t.
Contrails properly lit at night.
Real-weather working at all times… not just 10Z to 23Z
No more erroneous master cautions from turning on your de-ice systems
Multiplayers can fly in diff time zones with accurate zulu-time consistency!
Waypoint distance EFIS display working
FMS shows name of selected fix
Even fuel burn from both tanks in Cessna 172
FMS lets you enter the enroute alt
Little red flag thingy comes up on the turn-coordinator when the power goes out
Linux build won’t crash on startup due to missing resources.
Benedikt’s x737 plugin won’t crash on startup.
Cloud puffs are not bright at night.
Linux won’t crash with complex forests (first attempt to fix this).
Ghost lines around glass EFIS at large resolution are fixed.
Sim works on case sensitive HFS file systems again.
Several instruments were not drawn properly when scaled in plane-maker.. should be ok now
EFIS ‘pie’ instruments show now
No more duplicate engine markings on the old-style panels

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