Most--but not all--of the changes in this new public beta version address issues that were present in earlier beta versions, not the public version. We welcome your feedback!
Release Notes:
Improvements/Fixes
- [85768] Framerate at water airports was reduced for certain quality settings after a previous bug fix, is now mostly restored to previous levels
- Fixed some issues with .dds creation for new material definition types
- Challenges & Training: Pressing and releasing the controller Select button activates the Pause menu instead of it only appearing while Select is held down
- Training: Pause menu remains accessible from the controller after successive Cancel button presses
- UI: Fixed difficult-to-provoke crash when moving between various challenge menus
- UI: Selection dialogs' "Product" filter works correctly for vehicles that belong under multiple products
- UI: Names of enabled/disabled-type settings are slightly altered for greater clarity
- UI: Improved names, description text, and the enabled/disabled functionality for multiplayer sound reduction settings
- UI: Fixed misc. minor typos in various text
Aircraft
- Blade Fusion 360: Added missing preview images
- E-flite UMX F-86 Sabre 30mm EDF (without gear): Added missing preview images
- E-flite UMX Slow Ultra Stick: Added missing preview images
- E-flite UMX Slow Ultra Stick: Categorized correctly as a stock model (not DLC) for selection dialog filtering purposes
- Silhouette 3D: Loads texture instead of appearing all white
- [85800] Ultra Sport tire textures are correct
How to Get the Beta Build
- Restart your Steam client to ensure it is aware of the new version.
- Right-click the Steam icon in your system tray and select Exit.
- Once everything closes, run Steam again.
Right-click on RealFlight Evolution in your Steam library, then select Properties…In the Properties window, select Betas on the left.Click the Beta Participation dropdown control to expand the list.Select “publicbeta_directx11”.Close the Properties dialog.Steam will now download the new version.You can switch back and forth between the beta and the default (non-beta) distribution branch at any time. Simply perform steps 2-7 above, except in step 5 choose “None” instead of “publicbeta_directx11”.