This was a highly-requested feature by the community, and it’s nice to see the developers listen to the feedback. The results are clear and can be seen below in the article.Īlso, as mentioned during the development in the past, various seasons will be present in the new simulator.
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For the windshield effects, developers from Laminar Research have worked together with Librain developers on implementing Librain to the simulator from default.
When it is raining, water droplets will be visible on the ground and puddles.
The clouds will now be rendered in 3D so once you actually get in the clouds, they will be around the aircraft, and will not disappear.įurther, the developers have worked on improving the rain effects. The developers at Laminar Research were aware of flight simmers not being happy with 2D clouds, so they have decided to change that with X-Plane 12. This was unfortunately not previewed in the video showcase. As Austin, the CEO of Laminar Research, said: “ There are over a million data points.“Ī new icing model is also going to be present in the new simulator. This also allows the developers to implement smooth transitions between various weather conditions at various times without being limited to the airport area only and to a certain hour. The new weather system, in addition to the traditional METAR-generated weather, works with GRIB files generated by computers covering the whole earth. X-Plane 12 is going to offer a much higher resolution and accuracy of the weather due to a whole new technology not loading data only from airport METARs. WeatherĪs expected, X-Plane 12 will feature a very much improved weather engine for better immersion and realism while flying. After months of high anticipation and questions from the community, Laminar Research has today, as part of their seminar at FlightSimExpo 2021, officially announced the next simulator in the X-Plane product range – X-Plane 12, the successor of the second-most popular flight simulator of today, X-Plane 11.