UTX USA Version 1.3 Release Notes

 

 

 

Version 1.3 Feature Enhancements

 

 

Race Tracks

 

UTX USA now provides race track polygons, similar to those released in UTX Canada.   

 

 

UTX Europe Style Tunnels

 

UTX USA tunnels have been converted over to the newer and improved style present in our UTX Europe product and most recent UTX Canada patch.    The tunnel entrances now look more realistic, instead of just a black hole in the terrain.

 

 

Alternate Extrusion Bridge Texture

 

The recommended road surface texture for all UTX road types is asphalt.     In order to have the extrusion bridges match the asphalt road textures, an alternate extrusion bridge texture has been included.    You can change road and extrusion bridge surface textures by running the UTX Setup tool and selecting “Change Road Surface Colors” from the “Ultimate Terrain” menu.

 

 

More Traffic

 

While working on our UTX Europe product, we discovered the cause of moving traffic dropouts in FSX.    The problem occurs when there are overlapping traffic scenery files present.   As per the overwhelming response to a poll in our public forum, we have combined both freeway and major road traffic into the same regional files to resolve the problem.   As a result, all major roads and freeways will now have traffic without the isolated missing sections.     Also, there are no longer two different traffic features in the UTX setup tool (separate entries for major roads and freeways).   Instead, there is only a single traffic feature due to the need to work around the FSX traffic anomaly.

 

The additional traffic may cause a bit more of a frame rate hit.   So, if you find that version 1.3 performance is reduced compared to previous versions, the culprit is the additional moving traffic density.    To compensate for the additional UTX traffic, you may need to lower your traffic % slider in FSX to improve frame rates..

 

 

Bug Fixes And Specific Enhancement Requests

 

We received 108 enhancement requests from our users, which have been addressed in this patch.   Of the 108 enhancement requests received:

 

  • 87 requests have been implemented in version 1.3 (green issues in the GE map).
  • 12 requests were due to user configuration issues or are currently out of scope for UTX (white issues in the GE map).
  • 9 requests has been put on hold for a future release (Yellow issues in the GE map).
  • Any late requests that missed the patch cutoff date will be addressed in future patches (Red issues in the GE map).

 

If you have any questions as to why a reported issue was not addressed, please inquire about the issue in our public support forum at:

 

http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_topics.asp?FID=19

 

You can also view developer notes for each issue in the following document:

 

http://www.scenerysolutions.com/Download/Usa-Notes.html

 

 

Additional Setup Tool interface Enhancements

 

  • Added FS9-Style wave effect support to UTX USA.
  • Added more accurate resolution titles to alternate texture sets.
  • Resolved issue with duplicate files when user changes light brightness setting with “intersection lighting” disabled.
  • Added support for higher FSX “Global Texture Resolution” settings (implemented by FEX product).