XPL

Since the initial announcement back in September, Laminar research has drip-fed their social media feeds with fantastic looking screenshots, direct from X-Plane 12. From volumetric clouds to brand new aircraft, the team are working tirelessly to bring the X-Plane platform into the next generation.

One of the largest improvements to the platform will be the environmental changes including a whole new environmental system which will include volumetric clouds, native integration of an improved librain system as well as seasonal autogen trees and vegetation. In a video where Austin Meyers, creator of X-Plane,  shows off the new environment and the new A330, Austin insists there is still a lot of work still to do in terms of performance and graphics optimisation and scenery rendering. 

X-Plane aircraft manufacturer, JARDesign Group, has released previews of their upcoming Airbus A340-500 with the integration of Avitab.

JARDesign first announced their A340-500 product back in 2018 with initial renders of the aircraft. With the latest screenshots of the aircraft’s cockpit, it is evident to see that great progress has been made with the development including the addition of the multifunctional Avitab. Avitab is capable of displaying any PDF format file such as airport charts, aircraft checklists and standard operating procedure documents that you may want to access right from inside the cockpit. Avitab also has a live map function that will display the aircraft’s current position on either a topographical, satellite or general reference map.