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Yes, we have improved XP's ground model M

I guess so.

My Citation on the ramp last night at KAVL (a V though).. We are getting ready to buy another Citation Ultra and sell the V... I'll be sad to see the old girl go (over 15,000 hours on her..!) BeachAV8R

Hello, all, This will serve as a formal forum announcement that we have released the version 3.1 update for SkyMaxx Pro. All customers who have purchased SkyMaxx Pro v3 up till now have been sent an e-mail by X-Aviation with complete instructions on how to obtain your update. We have made this a very simple process! For those that purchase SkyMaxx Pro v3 from today forward, your purchased download will already be updated to version 3.1 for you. What if I didn't get the update e-mail? If you did not receive your update e-mail don't fret! X-Aviation has updated our system to allow all customers to update with ease, regardless of whether you received an e-mail for the update! Here's what to do: 1. Login to your X-Aviation account here: https://www.x-aviati...talog/login.php 2. View your past order history invoice that contains SkyMaxx Pro purchase on it. 3. At the bottom of the invoice you will find a blue highlighted link to your update that says: "SkyMaxx Pro v3". There are some important fixes and requests implemented in this update. The following is a list of additions/fixes included: What's New / Changed: Landing lights now illuminate clouds as you fly through them! Performance enhancements to reduce "stutters" when new cloud conditions are loaded Many overall performance enhancements More variation in cloud shapes More accurate cloud altitudes Visual improvements to solid and broken stratiform clouds Numerical setting values now displayed in the config screen New ability to save and load named configuration sets More tuning of cloud lighting, visibility, and shadow effects Ready for the upcoming Real Weather Connector product "Hi res clouds" option changed to selections for "Fast", "Soft", and "Crisp". "Fast" is the old low-res SMP 1.0 clouds; "Crisp" are the "hi res" clouds of SMP 2+. The new "soft" option is somewhere in between; higher resolution, but more blurry and indistinct. A few new screenshots to showcase v3.1: As always, thanks for being a customer with X-Aviation. We appreciate your feedback and support! Enjoy these latest updates, and stay tuned to the forum as we continually announce the latest happenings.

Great update....Clouds look good too.!

Exactly right!

That's just LOD editing, just paste the line ATTR_LOD_draped 40000 onto the end of any disappearing ground texture and it should stop

Everytime the product is updated, the download counter will be reset. So every version gives you three downloads. Funny enough [emoji16] ?!

i download the update.. soo i can download only 3 update... funnyman..

Glad to hear you're getting the fps back I've only had smp 3 since march 25th, after wasting install slots etc then seeing how amazing the clouds are, i thought it couldn't get much better Well v3.1 came along as i got up to greet the day, and wowsa, just took off from lowi headed to eddf, jaw dropped as i was plonked on the runway at lowi Looked just like something on a pilots-eye etc, kind of misty and low ground hogging clouds, headed 77degrees from lowi to gain speed at 1k/min, banked left then on auto pilot to climb to 12k, inbetween the clouds the sun shining through, breathtakingly lifelike (not a pilot irl but i mean by seeing vids etc) Astoundingly good hehe Again, i am now swamped in a mass of clouds, i'd guesstimate double easy to previously, and now i'm back at fps rates i had with v3 !! Double the eye candy for the same fps, dang it, that's what i call brilliance from the devs : EDIT, just alt-tabbed and gone into chase view mode, damn, i reckon i am x4 the amount of clouds at least !! Have Fun Tony

I deleted the object file that was causing the error, so the conversion worked. But the ground textures are disappearing when you zoom out and I am not good at coding for X-Plane, so no solution for that at the time.

Haha, I actually asked if you guys did something with how clouds are rebaked when transition occurs, becuase I used to get those annoying 1/2 second freezes with 3.0. Now they are completely gone... now clouds just fade away and everything feels and looks very fluid. That's the greatest change I could have hoped for from this update, and you guys more than delivered. Kudos to the entire team!

Because 3-1 = 2

Actually, you can open the cargo door from the outside, you just need to be in 3D cockpit mode.

Thanks! I had to give my hometown some love

Just a quick update: today I'm going to finish the last bug for v1.0 Not sure how long will it take to create a proper manual, but hope it won't take too long... Will see.

That's exactly what the work in progress section here is for. PLENTY of screenshots in the gallery on the website already otherwise.

Okay!