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Diamond DA-40 Over Sydney Harbour from this weekend: Sky Textures and Clouds: Pre-release version of SkyMAXX Pro.

Hey John I thought you had Chris sign an NDA about not releasing screens on the 128 bit version of Pro. This is in dev for XP12 and he's not supposed to be doing this. Is there a lawyer in the house ?

No need to apologize, again I wanted a broad spectrum of looks for SMP.....

Well, at least someone gets it.

People often appear to forget that the vendor has to make an income out of this as well. They'd have to be some masochistic beastie if they developed just for the heck of it .. considering the amount of criticism that they seem to regularly cop; I'd hate to be a developer! From an impartial statistical perspective though, this figure is skewed because of the addons that do support Linux, there are only a subset of Linux users who will buy that addon. Consequently the numbers become vanishingly small! E.g; Of the Linux users in the X-Plane community, how many of them were motivated to buy the CRJ-200? My point is .. that if Linux users want to make their presence felt, they need to organize and mobilize ... so when an addon appears that does support Linux, they can skew the stats in their favour by uniting/mobilising to make every purchase to count. This is the only way Linux users can provide a positive message that they are a purchasing power that requires consideration .. IMO.

This is a ridiculously narrow minded and selfish point of view. Gizmo allows artists to free themselves from the tedious job of fighting with a compiler for not one platform but upto THREE. Instead of spending a week figuring out how to compile and link (whatever that means) the sound library so they can make a beep noise, they can create a complete 3D sound engine with rich fidelity and feature sets. Gizmo, whether you like it or not, is dragging X-Plane kicking and screaming from its dark ages. It will go a long way to building the customer base that X-Plane so sorely needs. The customer base that will provide the profit margin and focused time, to allow us to build Linux support, so that you can all just be happy, and the artist is free to build great things with much detail - instead of living on in mediocre buggy compiler hell. You have it entirely the wrong way around. How can I be so sure? Not even one artist using Gizmo has asked about Linux support, I have plenty of other feature requests though, to let them make cool things more easily, faster and with less time spent chasing script bugs.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming-new-hardware-coming-soon/ Emphasis added.

They're joking. The Saab will be payware. The GPS is an integrated feature.

I paid your price, so you can't blame me and your other Linux customers for your low returns.

Haha its not shameless, after all I called you out on it. I will say this, The areas I like to fly on my stream, your add-on really shines. KMSY- KNEW - KLFT - KIAH

You will probally want to look into urban maxx extreme also. Its on the top list of must haves. Although it does not look like its being sold on x-aviation, maybe John can point you in the right dirrection to buy it.

We can't wait to get it out the door ; )

the plane is free but the GPS will be payware

I just bought X-Plane 10 and although there are some things I'd like to see improved, the default clouds have been at the top of my list, so SkyMAXX Pro is now the addon that I'm most excited about! Can't wait!! Thank you for creating this!

I disagree about the FM realism of IL-2; I thought it was very watered down.. but that's OK .. we just see it differently! Regarding DCS I find that the world and the reasons for flying it to be the limiting factors. I'm not that interested in air combat anymore .. much prefer to fly a regional route IFR than tango with the MiG's It wasn't always the case .. but one probably settles down a bit with age .. lol!

Gunship day. MD-902 Combat Explorer BK117 Gunship

Well Im glad you settled on SkyMAXX instead of hoping for another texture pack.....

I have to apologize for the criticism I uttered in regard of that 1st colorful screenshot. A day later, the sky over my hometown looked exactly like what you've shown. When I saw that, I just thought: "Damn. Even reality tries to look like a comic."

br@ubuntu:~/Desktop/Gizmo/build_linux/plugin_source$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux br@ubuntu:~/Desktop/Gizmo/build_linux/plugin_source$ ls -la total 17112 drwxrwxr-x 3 br br 4096 Sep 18 17:46 . drwxrwxr-x 4 br br 4096 Sep 18 08:27 .. drwxrwxr-x 4 br br 4096 Sep 18 08:27 CMakeFiles -rw-rw-r-- 1 br br 1160 Dec 27 2012 cmake_install.cmake -rwxrwxr-x 1 br br 17414698 Sep 18 17:44 Gizmo_lin.xpl -rw-rw-r-- 1 br br 86075 Sep 18 08:27 Makefile br@ubuntu:~/Desktop/Gizmo/build_linux/plugin_source$ ldd Gizmo_lin.xpl linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff4678c000) libGLU.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLU.so.1 (0x00007f987348a000) libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 (0x00007f9873229000) libpng12.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0 (0x00007f9873001000) libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f9872dea000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f9872aea000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f98727ef000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f98725d9000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f987221c000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f9873fd4000) libglapi.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglapi.so.0 (0x00007f9871ff6000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f9871de5000) libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007f9871be2000) libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007f98719db000) libX11-xcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x00007f98717d9000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f98714a5000) libxcb-glx.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-glx.so.0 (0x00007f987128d000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f987106f000) libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0x00007f9870e6a000) libdrm.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdrm.so.2 (0x00007f9870c5e000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f9870a41000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f987083d000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f9870639000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f9870433000) librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f987022a000) br@ubuntu:~/Desktop/Gizmo/build_linux/plugin_source$ ....but will you actually support it?

Well, after reading this today http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/forums/index.php?/topic/24989-rex-for-xplane-10/?p=200971 I guess there's no point holding out for an XP10 version of REX anytime soon, so provided the price isn't too outrageous my card will be broken out for SkyMaxx.

Never mind. For some really strange reason I stumbled into the xplane wiki PM manual and managed to change it. Haven't a clue how...

Now THIS plane looks like fun!

Is this the freeware TBM?

Love the red desk!

Didn't ya hear?

Just picked up ILM on the extremely generous deal! First scenery I have bought for X-Plane... Amazing, maybe I have been missing out Perfect spot for the CRJ... I hope.Forest fires in the backround...19R at KIAD.Touchdown!

Not if you haven't seen it. Like Schrödinger's cat (which may or may not be in the movie).

Now I have no clue as to what's in John's mind, but my inner voice is telling me he'll release it when it's ready.

To bad X-Plane does not model hard powerlines like we have for real surrounding most of the fields. Now that would really add to the emersion of the sim.

Do you guys know the Humblebundle (pay as much as you want game bundles) Indie Games sales: https://www.humblebundle.com/ (yes, I have bought most of them, as I find this is a cool idea and many of the games are good too) Now there are statistics about previous / ongoing bundles: http://cheesetalks.twolofbees.com/humble The interesting thing is, that they usually have far more than 1% Linux users (I looked at the number of packages, not just the price - because the Linux users pay much more on average than the Windows users). They usually go around 5-6% Linux users, but some of the bundles went even as high as 9-10% ... So yes, its still not mainstream .... but the niche is growing ...

I guess I should have quoted this, too: So basically even Valve accept that it's never going to be a mainstream desktop event. They're going to make it the future of gaming, by making(or licensing) their own gaming hardware. Sounds an awful lot like a Console to me... convergence. Not a bad thing. This thread is a little bit tongue in cheek from me. I want to support Linux, but it's very hard to justify the time put into it. It's a justifcation on-top-of all the other justifications I've already made about the time I spend on X-Plane. At the moment I spend all my programming time on contract work, I haven't put any work into X-Plane for a couple of months now. I'm still waiting for X-Plane to pay off the last 2.5 years I put into Gizmo. If only we had $256M budgets and 5 year time frames, like some of the games people love to compare X-Plane to. We don't. It's just that simple.

Thanks for the encouragement guys. Indeed, one of the main goals is to produce the assets to generate the entire city, we have tons of custom objects of city landmarks and buildings. Once this are available, they can be used in all our remaining sceneries. We have plans for other large cities in Mexico: Puerto Vallarta (MMPR), Guadalajara (MMGL), Monterrey (MMMY), Torreon (MMTC), Acapulco (MMAA), Toluca (MMTO), Tijuana (MMTJ), Merida(MMMD), Cancun(MMUN), Oaxaca (MMOX), Isla Mujeres (MMIM) and Cozumel (MMCZ). Some we have available, some will be developed from scratch. But for the time being, Mexico City has all the attention and will be so until is completed, then we shall see. Here are some pictures of the recent release that shows what we will try to accomplish in the X-Plane version, enjoy.

All of my scenery work (and the flying too) was done under Linux ... Ever since X-Plane 8 came out and was the first commercial sim supporting Linux (that was the time when I deleted Windows from my HDD). PS: me working with Linux only was an additional factor for Ben Supnik to continue the Linux support (which was questioned for a short time when they moved from XP8 to XP9)

20 invisible Misc Wings are cheked but in fact only 5 Misc wings are used . .

hoping for a news update today

Android is based on a Linux kernel. Ask Google if you want to know how many thousands of gaming apps they're selling every day on the Play Store.

Cool! Looking forward to it. Looks like the South Pacific.

Hi guys, Yes, STILL NOT A RELEASE but at least some new screenshots - and proof that this project is alive - from Canada which received a very nice landclass update over the last weeks which will make it a worthy addition in the HD Mesh v2 regions! You can check the pictures out here: https://picasaweb.google.com/101666907909842492197/XPlane10HDMeshV2CanadaPREVIEW For the final (I don't even dare to say, but I now really really hope for this autumn) release I am still waiting for a few things to happen: X-Plane 10.30 needs to become available, as it will bring a quite large set of texture updates and a few important new terrain types which the HD Mesh relies on. Without this, it won't work.Some final code changes in the scenery generator are in the makings which - I hope - will further improve the cities (but I don't want to tell too much)And some final data tweakings (but most of this is now done - thats why I can showcase Canada)And because of the postponed release I will also do one more complete OSM data import for the entire project in about two weeks (around the first days of October), so who ever wants to do some improvements in OSM, then this might be a good time to do so ... I would also repeat (before you ask) the planned coverage: Europe (this time, entire Europe)USA (complete)AlaskaCanada (possibly not all of it, but definitely the South and West ...)

There are quite a bit of controls in the UI that make a big impact on the overall look and performance of SkyMAXX Pro, for instance in this shot I increased the minimum and maximum size of the cloud puffs, used a lower contrast sky color and set the visibility CAVOK (inside the weather dialog). Is this more of what you are looking for?.....

I think the Saab is more like the 25 year old living in the basement.... get the hell out in the world and experience something! (and send some money home if you wanna be good to your parents...)

I'm sure its not like that...... Your kid going to school costs money. Them releasing the Saab will make them money. To top if off they then can take a breather. (I guess you can say the same for sending you kid off, LOL) Every day it's not out cost them money, I am sure they are working their butts off to get it out the door.

Probably because you've been hanging out in the world of censorship that is x-plane.org. Anyways, no matter now. Your wait to see it and experience it will be far less than those that have followed it for years.

You just got Cameron'd.

I'm back at school yes, but still without a computer i'm really sorry guys, but don't expect much until I excitedly return in an all caps exclamation statement