Classic British Flight Sim

I heard yesterday that v4.4 would be out tomorrow but looking on Lockheed Martin site just now it's already available I will give it a few days to see if there are any niggles but it looks another step improvement with the following updates

Prepar3D Client
General Platform Updates
New Features
Updated rendering engine to support Physically Based Rendering (PBR) content.
Photoreal textures can now be rendered at 512×512 and 1024×1024 resolution.
Scenery draw distance, including airports, can now be configured.
Enhanced night lighting based on moon phases.
Most add-ons can now be activated and deactivated at runtime without requiring a restart.
Multiplayer hosts can now change the time and weather during a session.
Added visual notifications when chat messages are received in multiplayer.
Added scroll wheel zoom control to map screens.
Emitters can now emit particles underwater.
Added support for placing panel windows in 3D space.
Added Augmented Reality (AR) support using pass-through cameras on standard Vive headsets.
Added menu bar and context menu support when using Virtual Reality (VR).
Added gaze selection control mappings and mouse dragging functionality to VR. Now you can use head movements to control the mouse and select buttons in Virtual Cockpits.
Cockpit tooltips are now available in VR.
Added voice control debugging to show phrase detection in real time.

Prepar3D Content
New Content
AC11 Commander 114 user-selectable vehicle provided by Carenado.
Indago UAS is now a user-selectable custom vehicle with auto-land capabilities, tracking camera, and custom UAV control scheme.
Several large explosion effects.
Generic torpedo weapon.
Reintroduction of VEH_air_firetruck that was removed in a previous release.
Generic 60ft Pusher Drone AI object with PBR textures.
Drone 3 AI object with PBR textures.
MHTK Launcher box AI object with PBR textures.
S-97 AI object.
81mm mortar weapon and launcher with PBR textures.
Also various fixes and improvements, too many to list here
Dale

Downloaded, but I'll have to wait until tomorrow to install.

I'd be interested to know about the improvements to night lighting and water rendering, as and when.

My internet stayed up long enough to download. Might have a chance later to install but it looks best to do a fresh install so here comes the joy of reinstalling all those add-ons!

I'll let you know Paul as soon as I've done the hours of reinstalling.

Read somewhere that the Beechcrafts may have been removed. Booo! if that is the case. Big Baron fan here.

ChrisHunt wrote: ↑

29 Nov 2018, 10:31

I'll let you know Paul as soon as I've done the hours of reinstalling.

C'mon, hurry up!

Is that just the old Microsoft Beechcraft that have been removed?

Very impressed with 4.4 so far. I did a full, clean install, then copied my settings across from a backup and added back in my usual addons. Like for like fps seems slightly higher, photoreal ground textures are much sharper and general texture loading seems improved.
Haven't looked at the water in detail yet, and as I don't usually fly at night I can't really comment on any improvements there.
The pbr textures oh the default F16 are "ok", and give some idea of what is to come, but I think when the 3rd party devs get to grips with it we will start to see some stunning effects.
The old default Beechcraft aircraft were removed at the request of Textron, so it was not LMs decision to do so.

Just joined the world of 64 bits and quite like it. I'm still running it as installed, with no add-ons whatsoever, and the PBR on the F-16 is completely lost on me. Maybe it's something you have to look for, in order to appreciate.

I shall install the JF Vulcan tomorrow and have a longer play.

You can see the difference if you compare the PBR and non-PBR F-16s back to back, but on its own it doesn't really showcase the effect to its full potential.