XP12: 12.00 Release Candidate 1

Version 12.00 Release Candidate 1
Released	2022-12-02
Version	12.00 Release Candidate 1
Official mirror	X-Plane.com
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Version 12.00 Release Candidate 1 was a simulator update for the late pre-production of X-Plane 12 released on 2022-12-02.

Known bugs

• Incomplete or missing features in Alpha/Early Access:
  • Master-external visual networking
  • New XPLM APIs
  • Airbus A330-300 FMC
• In progress features:
  • Tuning lighting & fog
  • LIT textures
  • VR holodeck lighting
  • Far trees don't look great
  • Better cloud shapes, especially cirrus
  • Performance tuning

Changes

• XPD-13475 – Popup window pool could be exhausted.
• XPD-13470 – Updated Ford Carrier.
• XPD-13453 – Com freq did not update moving from standby to active.
• XPD-13429 – Removed beta watermark from loading screen.
• XPD-13299 – Fixed unnecessary and repeated revectors on approach at some airports.
• XPD-13456 – UI: Applied less annoying “downloading weather” dialog.
• XPD-13420 – Weather SDK: Added new DataRefs.
• XPD-13417 – Correction engine bypass ratio calculation being inverted in XP / PM 12.
• XPD-13378 – Far mountains/terrain were visible through clouds.
• XPD-12736 – Terrain had better resolution from far view than from close view.
• XPD-12272 – When ATC issues a wristslap, it now informs the user of the cause.
• XPD-13482 – Updated Las Vegas landmarks.
• XPD-13465 – Changed layer order of the airport ground elements.
• XPD-13452 – Programming the FMS no longer causes stuttering.
• XPD-13383 – Presumed text width calculation changes broke DataRefTool.
• XPD-13346 – Refactored tone mapping from GPU blending to CPU readback.
• XPD-13341 – Handoff from IFR route to FISO field did not always happen depending on the exact route details.
• XPD-13331 – Fixed no SDK access to METAR file schema.
• XPD-13230 – Turbulence dataref returned to the weather menu slider setting.
• XPD-13224 – Checklist to release 12.00b11.
• XPD-13038 – ATC taxi guidance arrows no longer move with aircraft motion.
• XPD-11983 – Holodeck was washed out – not using real shading.
• XPD-13460 – Real weather log output was too verbose.
• XPD-13086 – From bug report: XPLMMeasureString was incorrect for Proportional Font (regression).
• XPD-11969 – ATC now offers to request final descent.
• XPD-13364 – Crew oxygen gauge on default Boeing 737-800 showed wrong value by factor of 1000.