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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, im flw the plane and when i started not work , i come here and see some people who use xfsuipc , back to old version, im back to the old and activate the plane again. if i change cold dark mode or turn arround or ready, the plane stop to work .. after this i need to restart the simulator to work again. i hope this message help who have the same problem Have a good flight with thi old baby! Thank you! its amazing!

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

Indeed. logged. thx for posting -tk

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

I have found Living Scenery Technology to be the cause of my Level 2 fail at the moment. still testing the rest of my plugins

I've installed this FSUIPC posted here and now everything is working...

Confirmed and logged. Thx gents. -tk

Same as before, with Navigraph.

Thx, got this logged.

From my log.txt. same issue as others: 0:03:17.710 G64: warn: We have received:[lss.xa.validation] msg:[8599407] param:[-843408656] 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: ----Beginning License Check Sequence---- 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: defaulting IXEG license to OFF before activation checks 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: Staging kill functions in case license invalid.... 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: Verifying Level 2 backup before initiating checks..... 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: Level 2 backup ready and standing by, Beginning license checks 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: --------------------------------------------------------------- 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: Checking for valid license via Level 1..... 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: Level-1 license check good. Requesting Level-2 check.... 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: Performing Level-2 check 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: Level-2 check FAILED 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: Killing critical functions, kill set [1] 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: Killing critical functions, kill set [2] 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: IXEG: Level-1 PASS / Level-2 FAIL. License invalid 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: GK: Auto license update is on. 0:03:17.711 G64: debug: GK: License days remaining: 14.99 - No update required. 0:03:17.712 G64: debug: GK: Update required when <= 2.00 days.

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?

Thank you for the fast reply, i give this a go, did do a reload but didn’t seem to work, restart it is then. so glad to see ixeg still developing for xplane, the best way I can describe the 737 is …it feels alive, real immersive

yes it does. But was necessary due to the reorganization of lots of things for future work.....but deemed a small deviation in workflow for the time being and worthy tradeoff to get folks back in the air in V12. That does not sound right. When Jan gets back, we'll dig into this. I've logged your report. Thx. -tk

+I tried through the developer tab, it didn't work, then I tried by relaunching XP12, it didn't work, I reloaded another plane, the sound and controls came back, I relaunched IXEG and the sound and controls still don't work.

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

Got me on that one Pils....I believe Jan tested it on the beta yes. It was just funny timing when that screen popped up -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

I can't say i've seen any issue with the LNAV...that wasn't related to the quality of the data sources. Some may remember that we intend to convert over to the XP11 format...at that is still the plan, but certainly the LNAV has been working extremely solid for us. -tk

We are fixing couple 3D things, and we want to make sure that there are no changes, and give you an up-to-date paintkit.

Go back about three posts above yours.

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

Thanks all for your comments. As a pensioner and living in Australia the current conversion value is around $82.00. Hence I have to think twice about buying it. I've purchased a few aircraft through X-Aviation including the Challenger so my pockets are getting a bit empty. Hopefully if I do purchase it there's an Aussie livery for it.

OK, that's Expensive!

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

My best advice, don't wait the 60 days to find out xD..

Yes, you need to enable the option for the GPS DTK to be automatically set. This setting needs to be set in Plane Maker for the aircraft being used, Systems -> Auto Adjust CDI to GPS DTK.

I don't know what aircraft people are flying, or what their expectations are - I can only offer my view. Granted there may be things off with the model - but that's just polygon wrangling and could be fixed. Doors slightly worong sized/wrong place... you might be right - I don't know. I fly mostly from the flight deck so it's from there I will offer my first thoughts. Got the aircraft today, but as we're in the middle of having our house repainted, with all the attendant chaos I 've only just manage a brief hop from Nantes (LFRS) to Ancenis (LFFI) with the classic DC3. Took a while to get my controls configured properly - I have the Thrustmaster Airbus sidestick and throttle quadrants, with flaps/speedbrake addons, plus rudder pedals with toe brakes. Trim controls were a bit different as they're mechanical, not servo, but everything is working as advertised, apart from flaps control - maybe when I get a bit more time I figure it out. If in doubt, read the manual and waggle the handle! Managed a smooth takeoff, using diff braking and engine thrust to maintain the centreline, but quite uneventful and not at all hard to control. Used the majority of the flight to try out the trim controls and set up views and got up to around 6,000ft without anything catching fire, blowing up or otherwise failing, which is what I'd expected! Flew a right hand pattern for runway 25 at LFFI, with a hard landing pretty much on the numbers - all in all, compared to some first flights I've had, this was a major achievement! And hand flown all the way. I've got the 'Other Two' DC3's, the payware and the freeware, but this one feels different. I can't put my finger on it but feels like actually flying a big old 1930's aircraft, and not a sled on rails. It seems to have a mind of it's own at times and needs a bit of anticipation and a firm hand to make it do what you want. Quite unlike the other two... and I like it! But then, I'm a funny sort... I like tail draggers, seat-of-the-pants flying - my other favourite is the Tiger Moth, which the majority of DC-3 pilots would have started on, back in the day. It certainly keeps you busy and alert, and I can see that I'll be putting in a lot of hours getting to know this old girl In summary, I'm not disappointed, but fascinated - theres a lot going on 'under the hood' which most of the aircraft I fly don't have. I think the 'livery as airframe' concept is inspired and absolutely the right way to go. Can't imagine why no-one thought of it before. But, this is not an aircraft for everyone., and can be quite a challenge, as was the original (and I have that on good authority from my father - RAF Coastal Command - and my Uncle John from Canada (RCAF). Thanks Team LES - entirely happy to have this aircraft, and look forward to updates!