txnetcop
April 1st, 2019, 08:16
Hello there!
This month we're focusing on all aspects of scenery! We have exciting news about the newest World Editor and a major Gateway milestone.
Upcoming Dates
Aero Friedrichshafen (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cDovL3d3dy5hZXJvLWV4cG8uY29t LyIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjU4NzA0NTg2LCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6MX0/450d6518b05e2ca4d6eda82129f682269f55ca7967d3ba951f 801ad68e3fc6af) - April 10-13 in Friedrichshafen, Germany
FSExpo (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmxpZ2h0c2ltZXhw by5jb20vIiwibGlua19pZCI6NzA3NzEzNjEsInBvc2l0aW9uIj oyfQ/db60e95d2da908490f92c5058c3de00f55474a049bc51fd808 a1d9eacb66a327) - June 7-9 in Orlando, FL, USA
We'll be joining our European distributor, Aerosoft, in Germany. Visitors will be able to experience X-Plane 11 in virtual reality, as well as purchase X-Plane and X-Plane add-ons. We'll be a major sponsor at FSExpo so keep your eyes on your inbox for more in-depth details to arrive soon!
World Editor 2.0 is here
World Editor has gotten so many major improvements that it was time to get an entirely new version number! WED 2.0's major features include: now 64 bits on every platform (Mac/Win/Linux), automatic background maps, NAVAID overlay, adjustable text size, and various bug fixes.
The automatic background maps & NAVAID overlay layers are the highlights of the changes because they make aligning an airport in WED easier than ever. You can enable OpenStreetmap or ESRI Orthoimagery to see exactly where the nearby roads in X-Plane will be, or trace the satellite imagery to make an exact match to the real world airport. Enabling the NAVAID overlay can quickly show if anything is out of alignment, and is also quite useful to precisely place pavement polygons underneath antenna installations.
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WED 2.0 is currently posted as a beta version and you can snag a copy of it here (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9kZXZlbG9wZXIueC1wbGFu ZS5jb20vdG9vbHMvd29ybGRlZGl0b3IvIiwibGlua19pZCI6Nz A3NzE0NDYsInBvc2l0aW9uIjozfQ/dbcaa6be5e7d2f9dbfbba2332226ee5e66f7e522f089df0968 65f7f29bef01d2).
Mobile News
As announced in our live Q&A in February (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20v d2F0Y2g_dj1lc2hYTnRMdFBtdyIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjcwNzcxND Q3LCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6NH0/2749c87ce5237159c1508158cd5978787f3059b200ac2d27e8 9721cdd2552291), full world scenery for X-Plane Mobile is expected in Summer 2019! The team is hard at work making autogen scenery capabilities & huge scenery size efficient and mobile-friendly so that your flights will be able to take you anywhere around the globe.
Tips & Tricks
Learn more about World Editor and designing custom scenery with prolific scenery artist and pilot Jan Vogel! He has posted an in-depth, 21 part video tutorial series on YouTube (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20v cGxheWxpc3Q_bGlzdD1QTEdSc2dfNnJCMUQ0dm0wVUh2SG02Si 1ydkl5VUJHTl9LIiwibGlua19pZCI6MTUwMDAxNjQsInBvc2l0 aW9uIjo1fQ/56ee94cbda62a7b4751264d99e10dab55183e1f4b01309e0aa ffde2c999d80bf) that covers every aspect of scenery creation. It uses the previous version of WED but is still a great tool to get started or take your scenery development to the next level.
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Featured Add Ons
Two scenery packs and three new aircraft were released last month. Check them out in our featured add ons (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueC1wbGFuZS5jb20v MjAxOS8wNC9tYXJjaHMtYmVzdC14LXBsYW5lLWFkZC1vbnMvIi wibGlua19pZCI6NzA3NzE0NDgsInBvc2l0aW9uIjo3fQ/1679bc54613d553f14336114cd974c614877aea1f0e77397e3 05ca05e93674aa) round up!
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Gateway News
On March 12, the X-Plane Scenery Gateway received its 10,000th "recommended" scenery submission! What an amazing milestone! Since going live in August 2014, our artist community has made nearly 24,000 submissions to the Gateway, and we would like to express our gratitude to each end every one of them for a fantastic achievement. We couldn't have done it without you.
Collectively we have moved X-Plane forward to the point where it arguably features the most comprehensive and accurate global airports of any platform. We still have much work to do as over 20,000 airports are still up for grabs, but Gateway volumes continue to trend upwards, and we look forward to a place in the future where X-Plane features accurate models of every airport a flight simmer could conceivably want to fly to.
Stats as of March 25:
3D airports: 10,098
Scenery packs submitted to date: 23,663
Registered artists: 6,510
Airports with Taxi-routes: 4,821
Airports with Ground-routes: 1,594
Airports with ATC Flow: 1,914
Happy flying!
-- The X-Plane Team
This month we're focusing on all aspects of scenery! We have exciting news about the newest World Editor and a major Gateway milestone.
Upcoming Dates
Aero Friedrichshafen (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cDovL3d3dy5hZXJvLWV4cG8uY29t LyIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjU4NzA0NTg2LCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6MX0/450d6518b05e2ca4d6eda82129f682269f55ca7967d3ba951f 801ad68e3fc6af) - April 10-13 in Friedrichshafen, Germany
FSExpo (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmxpZ2h0c2ltZXhw by5jb20vIiwibGlua19pZCI6NzA3NzEzNjEsInBvc2l0aW9uIj oyfQ/db60e95d2da908490f92c5058c3de00f55474a049bc51fd808 a1d9eacb66a327) - June 7-9 in Orlando, FL, USA
We'll be joining our European distributor, Aerosoft, in Germany. Visitors will be able to experience X-Plane 11 in virtual reality, as well as purchase X-Plane and X-Plane add-ons. We'll be a major sponsor at FSExpo so keep your eyes on your inbox for more in-depth details to arrive soon!
World Editor 2.0 is here
World Editor has gotten so many major improvements that it was time to get an entirely new version number! WED 2.0's major features include: now 64 bits on every platform (Mac/Win/Linux), automatic background maps, NAVAID overlay, adjustable text size, and various bug fixes.
The automatic background maps & NAVAID overlay layers are the highlights of the changes because they make aligning an airport in WED easier than ever. You can enable OpenStreetmap or ESRI Orthoimagery to see exactly where the nearby roads in X-Plane will be, or trace the satellite imagery to make an exact match to the real world airport. Enabling the NAVAID overlay can quickly show if anything is out of alignment, and is also quite useful to precisely place pavement polygons underneath antenna installations.
https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/zsS-Dlk73d0qwPZQdoxT--4wmA_ATQMHqW-fbosiThAp_cVAI3BAP5VPS6nTFP52qN7Q1DnRKTE1D0VlMi0OH XN3Km-epL-QfSKZkCqAoKQRjrYfUqRTvIJcMiYy21kaRQyy3a1fAvBwfeyqS DoFQ5x4xPX2qXM_VchrpE7ynA=s0-d-e1-ft#https://userimg.customeriomail.com/mWyRPLlTnKVEqlvozwtc_ksea_slippy.jpg.ccbc5d91a2090 0ae37b51c9025d79de5.jpg
WED 2.0 is currently posted as a beta version and you can snag a copy of it here (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9kZXZlbG9wZXIueC1wbGFu ZS5jb20vdG9vbHMvd29ybGRlZGl0b3IvIiwibGlua19pZCI6Nz A3NzE0NDYsInBvc2l0aW9uIjozfQ/dbcaa6be5e7d2f9dbfbba2332226ee5e66f7e522f089df0968 65f7f29bef01d2).
Mobile News
As announced in our live Q&A in February (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20v d2F0Y2g_dj1lc2hYTnRMdFBtdyIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjcwNzcxND Q3LCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6NH0/2749c87ce5237159c1508158cd5978787f3059b200ac2d27e8 9721cdd2552291), full world scenery for X-Plane Mobile is expected in Summer 2019! The team is hard at work making autogen scenery capabilities & huge scenery size efficient and mobile-friendly so that your flights will be able to take you anywhere around the globe.
Tips & Tricks
Learn more about World Editor and designing custom scenery with prolific scenery artist and pilot Jan Vogel! He has posted an in-depth, 21 part video tutorial series on YouTube (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20v cGxheWxpc3Q_bGlzdD1QTEdSc2dfNnJCMUQ0dm0wVUh2SG02Si 1ydkl5VUJHTl9LIiwibGlua19pZCI6MTUwMDAxNjQsInBvc2l0 aW9uIjo1fQ/56ee94cbda62a7b4751264d99e10dab55183e1f4b01309e0aa ffde2c999d80bf) that covers every aspect of scenery creation. It uses the previous version of WED but is still a great tool to get started or take your scenery development to the next level.
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Featured Add Ons
Two scenery packs and three new aircraft were released last month. Check them out in our featured add ons (http://e.customeriomail.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlJLOExBd0FCYWRtR3RyeW5Yd3l1NHkyNV ZxTFoiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueC1wbGFuZS5jb20v MjAxOS8wNC9tYXJjaHMtYmVzdC14LXBsYW5lLWFkZC1vbnMvIi wibGlua19pZCI6NzA3NzE0NDgsInBvc2l0aW9uIjo3fQ/1679bc54613d553f14336114cd974c614877aea1f0e77397e3 05ca05e93674aa) round up!
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Gateway News
On March 12, the X-Plane Scenery Gateway received its 10,000th "recommended" scenery submission! What an amazing milestone! Since going live in August 2014, our artist community has made nearly 24,000 submissions to the Gateway, and we would like to express our gratitude to each end every one of them for a fantastic achievement. We couldn't have done it without you.
Collectively we have moved X-Plane forward to the point where it arguably features the most comprehensive and accurate global airports of any platform. We still have much work to do as over 20,000 airports are still up for grabs, but Gateway volumes continue to trend upwards, and we look forward to a place in the future where X-Plane features accurate models of every airport a flight simmer could conceivably want to fly to.
Stats as of March 25:
3D airports: 10,098
Scenery packs submitted to date: 23,663
Registered artists: 6,510
Airports with Taxi-routes: 4,821
Airports with Ground-routes: 1,594
Airports with ATC Flow: 1,914
Happy flying!
-- The X-Plane Team