Auch wenn gestern der Release des neuen Prepar3D im Fokus stand, hat Lockheed Martin gleichzeitig ein neus Hotfix den Prepar3D Version 4 released, das berichten die Kollegen von FSElite.

Hier gibt es einen Changelog mit allen Änderungen. Dabei handelt es sich vor allem um Kosmetik an kleiner Simulatorelementen.

Client Fixes and Improvements

• Added support for the Varjo XR-1 Mixed Reality (MR) headset.
• Fixed bug preventing gaze select cursor from appearing in some cases.
• Ownship can now follow waypoints when using the ActivateWaypointsAction.
• The ActivateWaypointsAction now correctly sets waypoint requested distance values.
• Fixed bug preventing waypoint list data from being queried by the PDK when running SimDirector.
• Fixed bug preventing Camera System PDK calls from accessing the latest interface version.
• Improved DIS wildcard handling and fixed issue preventing entity types from corresponding correctly in some cases.
• Fixed bug preventing preview windows from rendering in SimDirector in some cases.
• Fixed issue where shared cockpit would lag with more than four players in a vehicle.
• Fixed QueryService call for the IDISManagerv450 interface.
• Fixed issue causing irregular movements on nested attached objects.
• Fixed multichannel startup crash seen in some cases.
• Fixed issue where sound would still be muted in some cases when leaving multiplayer UI screens.
• Fixed wave animation issues when changing wind directions over the 0/360 degree boundary.
• Slew is now enabled by default in multichannel.
• Added a command line argument to launch Prepar3D directly into playing back a flight recording.
• Fixed cases where certain objects would have irregular movements in recording playbacks.
• Fixed issue preventing metallic occlusion properties from loading correctly.
• Fixed crash seen when loading airports with no taxiway paths.
• Fixed issue where scenario actions would not fire when starting directly into multiplayer.
• Improved handling of near clip in VR.
• Fixed issue where autopilot state would not load correctly in some cases.
• Fixed issue causing incorrect pitch to be set when loading an uncompressed 32 bit DDS texture.
• Added controls to emulate the mouse scroll wheel when using Gaze Selection in VR.
• Added support for the Varjo XR-1 Mixed Reality (MR) headset.
• Multichannel clients can now use direct IP autostart.
• Fixed issue where scenario objects would not handle events correctly in multichannel.
• Fixed crash when resetting structured scenarios in multichannel.

Content Fixes and Improvements

• Updated several DISEntityTypes.xml entries to ensure each default object is unique.
• Removed invalid FuelTruck object from DISEntityTypes.xml.
• Fixed flap configuration for the F-35A.
• Fixed issue with F-16 effects being added twice by removing effect file extensions in F-16 config entries.
• Fixed minor issues in the Basics of Flight scenario.

SDK Fixes and Improvements

• Added functionality to the PDK for Structured Scenario support for Mission Objectives, Goals and Flight Segments.
• Added additional multiplayer PDK service functions.
• Fixed TrafficToolbox dump airport list to correctly parse airspace types.
• Fixed issue preventing ImageTool from loading certain DDS textures.
• Fixed event ID filter for mouse inputs to allow custom ISimObject instance-based properties.
• Added [ClampingOnGround] variables to SimObjects to prevent stationary vehicles from sliding in some cases.