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txnetcop
January 1st, 2016, 06:57
FROM THE X-PLANE TEAM
Hello there!We'll be implementing a new way to provide the best custom scenery experience in the forthcoming 10.45 update. Don't miss the information below on multi-monitor set ups, as well as a free general aviation aircraft download.
Keeping Your Custom Scenery Clean

Your favorite custom sceneries will fear the automatic Airport Scenery Gateway updates no more! X-Plane 10.45, the next update currently in beta, will have a new way to keep your highest priority custom scenery packs free of interference from lower priority packs.
Right now, exclusion zones successfully remove objects such as trees, roads, and buildings only when they're in the highest priority scenery pack. This often puts the burden of exclusion on third party scenery developers, and means that low priority default scenery can't control what shows through. X-Plane 10.45 is implementing a second way to exclude scenery: by airport ID. (Please note that scenery designers must keep using exclusion zones!)
Excluding objects by airport ID works by removing all objects associated with a lower priority airport that has the same airport ID as the higher priority one. By default, Gateway airports automatically delivered via updates are considered the lowest scenery priority. Gateway airports are also required to have all of their objects and facades “inside” the airport in order to upload it to the Gateway. That means this type of exclusion works if the underlying airport is modified--which, in most cases, is the Gateway airport. If you already have scenery for KLAX, for example, receiving a new Gateway version of KLAX should no longer affect what you see.
If you're interested in all the technical details, check out the X-Plane developer blog article (http://email.x-plane.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1UUTFOVG9XQTBNQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVJsVE dnRkpUMUlxeVJVOEdGYUdJX0FCYlRveU5UWXpNVE1BIiwicG9z aXRpb24iOjAsImhyZWYiOiJodHRwOi8vZGV2ZWxvcGVyLngtcG xhbmUuY29tLzIwMTUvMTIvYS1uZXctd2F5LXRvLWV4Y2x1ZGUv IiwibGlua19pZCI6MTA1Nzg4OTB9/7f9df7042b176a1f7e1124646e2ed27197e02a59e916f340ba 88f308d4ac707c). Check here for a list of Gateway airports (http://email.x-plane.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1UUTFOVG9XQTBNQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVJsVE dnRkpUMUlxeVJVOEdGYUdJX0FCYlRveU5UWXpNVE1BIiwicG9z aXRpb24iOjEsImhyZWYiOiJodHRwczovL2dhdGV3YXkueC1wbG FuZS5jb20vdXRpbGl0eS9yZWxlYXNlL2RpZmYvZnJvbS8xMC40 MC90by8xMC40NSIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjEwNTc4ODkxfQ/c2bef8e155106fc61e8a7709952088e1952dd3c9075496ca1c 69d179e1d45d8b) that will be included in the 10.45 release.
Tips and Tricks

If you have more than one monitor or computer, you've probably thought about creating (or already have) a multi-display set up with X-Plane. If you'd like to have one, super-wide view, it will probably be easiest and cheapest to use multiple monitors connected to the same computer. If you would like to view different things on each monitor, you will most likely need multiple computers running separate installs of X-Plane 10.
X-Plane features one way to use two monitors to display the instructor operating station and the flight view. To set it up:


Connect the monitors to the same computer and arrange them so the secondary monitor is on the right.
Open the Rendering Options screen and check "display IOS on second monitor".
Choose if you want the second monitor to display scenery only, the HUD, the panel or the 3D cockpit.
Optionally, check "run full screen" at this resolution.

When you exit the rendering options screen, the IOS will be on the left screen and your flight on the right. You can display the instruments on the IOS by checking the "inst" box at the top of the window. Note you cannot use a mouse to fly in this set up.
To learn about all the ways you can set up multiple monitors or computers to display X-Plane, check out this section of the manual (http://email.x-plane.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1UUTFOVG9XQTBNQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVJsVE dnRkpUMUlxeVJVOEdGYUdJX0FCYlRveU5UWXpNVE1BIiwicG9z aXRpb24iOjIsImhyZWYiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LngtcGxhbmUuY2 9tL21hbnVhbHMvZGVza3RvcC9pbmRleC5odG1sI2NvbmZpZ3Vy aW5nYW11bHRpLW1vbml0b3JzaW11bGF0b3IiLCJsaW5rX2lkIj oxMDU3ODg5Mn0/6d88fd636e1d563f2b1cfabd85cd3235eda355e5a2c53040af adde625bdf8cbf).
Read the manual (http://email.x-plane.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1UUTFOVG9XQTBNQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVJsVE dnRkpUMUlxeVJVOEdGYUdJX0FCYlRveU5UWXpNVE1BIiwicG9z aXRpb24iOjMsImhyZWYiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LngtcGxhbmUuY2 9tL21hbnVhbHMvZGVza3RvcC9pbmRleC5odG1sI2NvbmZpZ3Vy aW5nYW11bHRpLW1vbml0b3JzaW11bGF0b3IiLCJsaW5rX2lkIj oxMDU3ODg5Mn0/4401f53da8910eeed2d2ca76ce5a82cb2a436ef6a2b24e0984 c3fa31ccf515a8)

Featured Freeware

The Piper PA-28 series is one of the most-produced civilian aircraft in the world. They are all-metal, unpressurized, single-engine, piston-powered airplanes with low-mounted wings and tricycle landing gear. Despite their popularity, none of the PA-28 family of aircraft ships with X-Plane 10, but you can remedy that with a free download of thePA28-181 Piper Archer III (http://email.x-plane.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1UUTFOVG9XQTBNQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVJsVE dnRkpUMUlxeVJVOEdGYUdJX0FCYlRveU5UWXpNVE1BIiwicG9z aXRpb24iOjQsImhyZWYiOiJodHRwOi8vZm9ydW1zLngtcGxhbm Uub3JnL2luZGV4LnBocD9hcHA9ZG93bmxvYWRzJnNob3dmaWxl PTg4NzAiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo0ODk4Nn0/9f1815b7b022283b0b3e35c925ee1587636f8e7fe2f170d4e0 158c54a3fa1587).
This freeware version of the Archer features a detailed widescreen 2D panel and numerous manipulable items such as the seatbelt and headset. It also comes with a 6 page checklist accessible from within the cockpit itself. You can learn more and download the aircraft from X-Plane.org (http://email.x-plane.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1UUTFOVG9XQTBNQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVJsVE dnRkpUMUlxeVJVOEdGYUdJX0FCYlRveU5UWXpNVE1BIiwicG9z aXRpb24iOjUsImhyZWYiOiJodHRwOi8vZm9ydW1zLngtcGxhbm Uub3JnL2luZGV4LnBocD9hcHA9ZG93bmxvYWRzJnNob3dmaWxl PTg4NzAiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjo0ODk4Nn0/de77aaf708ddf510c523799e1c54d13ba3ef9830da0f4e8b5d 0513d73b7e07a1) (requires a free account).
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Happy flying!
-- The X-Plane Team