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@spreilly a bit of of background about this whole variant thing. The ability to upgrade our work and make variants is very much tied to both the toolchain we use to develop the IXEG, as well as our 'techniques'. Like anything else, we get better over time at what we do and how we do things and the tools we use evolve as well. In the beginning (2010), we used Blender 2.49, a software quite difficult to make changes in. Also, we wrote our own exporting scripts to leverage emerging X-Plane tech. So after some time, we have this enormous amount of data/assets in a software format that is aging (like every software title). Fast forward a bit in the future and Blender 2.8 releases.....that was such a major....really major paradigm shift in organization of 3D assets....that it changed everything and we set about converting all our work to that format. Blender 2.49 was being abandoned by all. That was a really really laborious and long process that you guys didn't see any change from from ..it was our own challenge to keep the IXEG poised for the future. Even thinking about variants at this point wasn't an option. Fast forward a bit more...we get everything into Blender 2.8, things settle down for a year or so, I work on the MU2, which handles...count em....6 variants... and then X-Plane 12 drops. *sigh...here we go again. and so for the better part of a year, we start this process of integrating everything into X-Plane 12 format. On top of that, I'm swapping out lots of code for more "template" code, getting ready to start some new products also and we've just been building this 'infrastructure' on top of Blender 2.8+ (now 3.6) and XP12 for quite a long time. So....we still have to catch up on all that FMS stuff, still have to make the swap to FMOD and redo the 3D exterioro to keep the IXEG 'up with the times'....and after ALL that, then we can think about variants. BUT....best we can tell, we are in a technical place to do so. Its not that we don't want to...we just have 'the priority list' based on many years of customer input. I know this stuff takes a while, but in my quiet moments, I remind myself that I've been flight simming since 1981...still do it, its a lifelong hobby, most of the 'IXEG type' customers are probably the same...and I should just keep on moving. I'd like the variants in at some point...even those old mechnical ADIs / HSIs. Fingers crossed we'll get there. -TomK

A quick message as evening comes upon my time zone, time to meet with family and things slowing down a bit for today. I suspect I'll link back to this a few times over the next week. As you can guess, a release is mayhem. We see situations we simply can't test for, and some customers end up towards the extreme of the bell curve and have issues that seem to be fringe. Time-zones also always cause inconvenience for some to have to wait more than others. This isn't good or bad, its just how things are in a global market. I know that excitement and anticipation conflicting with frustation of an issue is emotionally annoying, and we simply can't get to everything at once. SO...to help establish expectations. We are basically manning these forums this weekend (during reasonable hours) and "collecting" issues into a log...and they come fast at first. In general, its the folks who have issues that post here and we can report we're also seeing lots of successful installs. We will certainly focus on activation issues firstly....but after and once this initial rush passes...probably in 3-4 days, we'll start prioritizing all the other reports and then begin working on those towards patches. Patches may be more frequent in the early going depending on how severe the "break". Others will be collected and released as a group if they're less severe or annoying. I can assure you we'll be here to address these issues as soon as possible, but it may be a day or two wait for some. I humbly ask for your patience in these cases....we've come this far and not stopping now. Certainly its our goal to get everyone up and running quickly....and get right back to improving things. --B'day dinner with my daughters...signing off for a bit! -TomK

First thing, prepare some coffee

Pinned the Whats new topic here for anybody to point when others may ask: That URL won't go out to new customers for a little bit....as we want to get through this initial push and see what crops up....being that the new XP12 update is out there and there's always hardware configs out there we can't anticipate. But at least its there for "pointing to" if anybody asks. Note that we'll be doing normal family stuff for our time zone (GMT -6)...that means dinner...going to bed at a reasonable hour and not hunkering at the computer. Wife tired of that for the last week and I've used all my "stay on the computer late" vouchers with her. BUT, I'll be around most of the weekend logging any reports worth logging and answering questions as I can. -tkyler

this link will be sent out in the notification email when officially released (though NOT YET as of this posting).....but you guys can get a head start. http://togasim.com/ixeg_15_whatsnew/ BUT....it uses the words "finally released"...which hasn't happened yet. So know its a 'early preview' and "get a head start" on all the other info.

of course.....a new X-Plane 12 udpate dropped just today. Can't WAIT to see what surprises that might bring. -tk

Currently flying a 734 down to Buenos Aires in the real world, looking forward to getting home to fly the updated 733/734 on XP!

For those inevitably wondering when this will drop...and not seeing the previous post....FYI

Where I am, it's been the 15th for 17.5 hrs. I'm ready for this to release now so I can start my weekend

Just a quick note - I just got the VSL C47 update, had a quick flight around the Cape Verde islands, followed by a flight in the LES DC3 Classic from GMMZ to GMMX, Morocco, over the High Atlas mountains. Hand flown all the way for LES, mostly autopilot for VSL. LES DC3 is still my favourite for overall flying experience. I can't put my finger on it but I feel much more involved and invested in the LES version than the VSL - it genuinely feels like flying an actual aircraft - it has mass, inertia, control input lag, it needs constant monitoring, attention and adjustment, the sounds are an integral part of it - any slight change in engine note - scan the instruments! The more I fly it, the more I like it. This was the DC-3 experience I wanted from Day 1.

And just a heads-up from my side: I will be away flying DLH507 from Friday afternoon to Saturday morning, landing around 8:45Z in EDDF. I won´t be able to man the forums and give technical advice and log problems until later that afternoon, plus I have a family outing planned on Saturday night to celebrate my 53rd birthday that I spent here in Sao Paulo, away from my family. So give us a chance to catch up with everything over the weekend, I will certainly try to get through the backlog on Sunday. There are bound to be some problems and issues that slipped by me and my testflights, but as Tom already said, we are going to be on deck in the days and week after the launch and the plan is to have a very short turnaround time on critical fixes. I am excited to hear what you guys think! Cheers, Jan

Plane is also not loading properly for me. I have reinstalled, restarted, re loaded, etc. I turn the BAT on and nothing happens. Will toggle GPU through menu and light never comes on. Unfortunate for a paid upgrade...

guess I need to repeat this every 10 posts or so. I'll admit going back and reading over previous posts are a pain. SO for all you folks on the east side of the Atlantic and the west side of the Pacific.

Lol me, I'm 67. and I want IXEG before I'm 70.

I know one that is...

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Hi everyone, I'm sorry but I have a problem. I purchased the 737 with a discount, once installed and activated, I wanted to try it with the engines already running, but all the screens remain off and furthermore if I increase the throttle the engines don't rev up. The screen is with engines running.

exact same prob here... hope it gets sorted Log.txt

It will always be through an installer. Many files have to be in specific places and the installer can check for all that..which is why we use it. Email notifications always go out when an update is ready. -tk

http://togasim.com/ixeg_15_whatsnew/ we've defaulted back to XP fuel/weight settings for the time being. That link talks about it, including the roadmap section at the bottom. -TK

Success! You were correct. I needed to change one more setting! Thank you!!

You need to change your display’s scaling back to 100%. The password field is being cut off.

well it seems that it will work on the initial load, but change the start type from say cold and dark to ready to fly and the lvl 2 check fails. seems like it's doubling the license check, passing 1st go, failing 2nd go, and then kicking you out of your 85 dollar addon, even though it did a license check to install it, a license check through the X-Pilot in-sim software, and a license check to fly it, but after all that it fails Log.txt

Yea seeing the same...not sure when this one sneaked in on us, I know we tested it at some point. Thx for reporting, logged. -TK

Confirmed and logged. Thx gents. -tk

removed XPUIPC and the throttles work. I guess I'll wait for a fix.

Posted about activation failing a few posts back any updates on that?

FYI your throttle breaking bug from v1 is still in the plane, and downgrading to XPUIPC 2.0.0 causes CTD. So the plane is effectively DOA for those who fly for virtual airlines or log their flights in other ways using XPUIPC. https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/188374-ixeg-737-throttle-not-working/ not off to a great start.

throttle works for a second or two when enterin g the airplane and then locks down. mouse and keyboard won't move it either.

For anyone who was expecting a discount code and didn't receive it, then you should contact support@x-aviation.com letting them know. The email notification system is automated and if some mails didn't make it through, then that is the way to go. -tk

It was just r3 going from “beta” to “release”, nothing actually changed other than who would download it. https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-12-00-release-notes/

Super, the discount code has arrived in my mailbox, thank you very much. Sincerely

Komm runter, wir haben doch Geduld bei der Deutschen Bahn gelernt

I'd like to know too. We're not aware of anything wrong there. It's super solid.

@ThorBrasil It will be a discount code to be sent on via e-mail. -tk

Go back about three posts above yours.

Good morning for the US! I'm patiently waiting on the other side here in western eurasia .

We can't say exactly. We wake up (GMT -5/-6), start our 'deploy checklist' and when everything is a go, its a go. Not unlike a rocket launch. Sometimes its earlier, sometimes its later. All I can tell you is I myself like to get these things out the door before it too late in the evening local time. Its a tiring process which requires recouperation before the release support, which of course is in demand immediately. So I like to try and get some sleep while folks expect us to be sleeping. Of course, this is always a bit rough on those waking up on the east side of the pond....waking up many hours before we do and having to wait a bit. Obviously my evening is close to their next day. I'm sorry about that in advance....darn global economy! The ultimate goal is to "...allow folks to have it as early as possible for the weekend"...which is why we commonly target Fridays, so the eastern hemisphere folks get it for the weekend. Folks just on the western side of the dateline will have it the roughest...might even go into Saturday for them. The whole 'Friday' context applies to our local time here in the US. That's the best I've got. -tkyler

Not for the forseeable future. This is simply a matter of time and logistics atm. I have 'X' number of plates I have to keep spinning, not only for this X-Plane work, but also life in general. I'm creeping up on that age where the less things I have to think about the better. I have given this some thought, but unable to work it in so don't think about it currently. -tkyler

We do appreciate your support Hermann, but your conclusion here is a subjective one. The product pages at XA are provided "for prospective customers consideration when evaluating a purchase", They are not policy pages, warranties or guarantees. Once one has made a purchase, that page, conceptually, goes out of context. I find this reasonable. I bought a Dell monitor a year ago. For me to keep an eye on Dell's "sales page" and try and argue that "current deals offered to prospective customers" on those pages should be retroactively applied to my purchase over a year ago is not reasonable in my opinion. I respect you have your perspective though mine is different. Certainly your perspective will be taken into consideration for future wordings so your points are noted. On a broader level though...you stated previously that you thought the IXEG was great and I thank you for that. If we didn't charge for this update, then I would have never started the update and we would have absolutely declared the IXEG end of life at Version 11 and I would have moved on from X-Plane development. As it stands, I hope to now support the IXEG for years to come and also develop new products. Your support, whether you agree with some elements of the effort or not, does play a part in that. If you choose to purchase the upgrade, I hope you still find the IXEG to your liking and we'll endeavor to keep at it making it better. -tkyler

Yeh I agree here .. I got mine in 2020 so guessing us loyal customers from the start have to pay more Should be the other way around

I purchased this aircraft on 11 February 2018. On the XAviation site it states clearly "X-Plane 12 update will be free." (Screenshot) No mention at all of having to pay for it again! What a farce! In the e-mail newsletter received 13 September 2023 it says that "customers purchasing on or before 6th February 2022, the upgrade will be available at $14.95 USD! XAviation got us again! I've been using this aircraft since 2018. Surely I should get the better deal being such a "dedicated pilot". The second time in a week that XAviation gives us a raw deal. First the LES Douglas DC3 which is to all purposes unusable and now the IXEG B737 sold again to loyal customers.