A new RealFlight Evolution beta, version 10.10.129, is now available. This is the first beta version in a while and it includes a lot of changes. More complete release notes will come later. I will briefly touch on some highlights now, though.
- A new material definition system for content creation (see this post in the RealFlight Forums Designer's Corner for details)
- Rendering: Moon flickering when water is enabled is improved, but not completely fixed (case #84757)
- Rendering: Fixed unexpected transparency in some aircraft preview images (case #84762)
- Rendering: Smoke no longer obscures the vehicle in the binocular gadget (case #84763)
- Rendering: Fixed shader compositor and shadow rendering errors related to certain props (case #84798)
- User Interface: Training system menus are updated similarly to the Challenges UI changes that went into 10.10.101 (and which are still in beta)
- Sound: If master mute is enabled ('M'), exiting the vehicle editor does not unmute ambient environment sounds
- Sound: Fixed spurious prop strike sounds that sometimes played incessantly in the vehicle editor (and which ignored muting)
- Sound: Ambient environment sounds do not play in the vehicle editor
- Import: Protected against crashes from certain malformed data
- Added support for all currently available DLC (through 2024 Quarterly Content Pack 4)
This update also includes all fixes already released in the public release branch.
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”.