UTX USA
Version 1.4 Release Notes
Version 1.4 Feature
Enhancements
Bug Fixes And Specific Enhancments
We
received 80 enhancement requests from our users, which have been addressed in
this patch. Of the 80 enhancement
requests received:
If
you have reported an issue and would like to read the developer notes, please
see the link below:
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
Airport
Corrections
As
we mentioned in our forum, this UTX USA patch is the first of our products that
will attempt to correct misplaced FSX airports. Focus will be on the FSX airports that are
positioned in such a way as to conflict with the accurately placed roads and
water in the UTX product lines.
Each
airport renovation will be released as individual pair of scenery files (one of
object data and one for vector data).
The UTX renovations for each individual airport can be enabled or
disabled using the UTX Setup Tool.
There
are 16 airports that have been corrected and enhanced in this release.
Previous Version 1.3
Feature Enhancements
Race
Tracks
UTX
UTX
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.
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:
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