The other downside? Betas, especially early builds, might break things.
Contrary to popular belief, most major beta issues get fixed before public release, but still, the early builds often cause a few problems.
But if you enjoy the forum life here, even that can be fun, as you can report and discuss bugs and issues. I dunno, I kinda like betas now. But it does seem like I am IN a beta far more often than I am not these days. Sometimes I miss the live traffic. Seeing someone online in beta is a far rarer occurrence.
That said, the beta servers are usually great because they have to host far fewer players.
Anyway, in this case, if you want your LOD and textures back, this is the only way for the next month to see the fix.
Been testing all eve and itâs looks great - a little blurry runways here and there could be my add ons but the main issues with LOD seem to have largely gone lots of lovely detail back and no flat built up areas. Even the most taxing 3rd party airports seem fine - Corfu is always demanding a few little stutters and some black screens but this is a memory optimisation issue with some 3rd party add ons - this airport and others probably now need updating - but the XBox X dealt with it - didnât crash. It a joy to fly VFR again and have some great Instrument approaches in the heavies with detail all around airports. If this is the first attempt to put right the issues itâs a huge improvement! I hope everyone on the beta is having the same experience.
I just landed at a busy La Guardia (live traffic still a mess but one thing at a time eh?!) but New York looked amazing - I spent a decade living there and I got that sense of awe back tonight flying over the Hudson - so beautiful
Just flew a couple of flights in the beta. Still have to pinch myself, it looks so awesome. Did notice some runways were still blurry but thatâs such a tiny tiny thing compared to the rest of the whole world.
Incidentally, did see quite a bit of multiplayer traffic. Hope to see some of you in the beta!
Looks like almost everything fixed. Flied in Chicago and downtown doesnât disappear/reappear like it did in SU11.
Also, night flights the lights donât turn off and on for the near vicinity. I see it still happen for areas a bit further out but honestly donât remember paying attention if this was occurring in SU10.
good improve, liked to see this graphics back like the prior version (SU 10) but I have to share. 2 CTDs. flying with Honda Jet. 3rd party airports (SBSD) and using the hotas one.(XSX)
glad you joined the beta night and day difference from old version lod is much better
