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Aaand here is the next problem. The systems MFD is blacked out: image.png This took me a while to understand … So the plane is drawn first. It renders a black low-poly pit. Then the cockpit is drawn. It is farther away from the viewer than the black low-poly pit. F22 did not use depth buffering, so ...

Explosions and bullet impacts are invisible on the IRST.

Some insight. So the problem is, I must disable depth buffering for the cockpit to render properly (because DID overlaps it with the F-22 base model and relies on the cockpit polygons painting over the base even though the latter are closer to the viewer). But depth buffering fully disabled means th...

The DID EF2000/F22 extensions use global state in the rendering – terrain rendering sets a texture; vehicle rendering later picks it up. This causes problems like white craters or flickering contrails. It is also absolutely incompatible with multi-threading. I established the new terrain graphics AP...

I recently made the terrain API publicly available and documented. I should do the same with the vehicle API.

I’ll have to touch the terrain rendering again to make culling work correctly. I was putting lots of thought into this, but it’s now clear to me that the current API can never support modern features like GPU-based culling because it follows the D3D9/10 command stream model. The new API will, instea...

With the introduction of remappable controls, a third layer has been added to the input code in addition to the existing RawInput and HID wrappers. It has become a burden to maintain and it should be streamlined. I’m pretty sure that half of the input code in TFXplorer can be removed for good. Much ...

I introduced a new sound API a few months ago under the premise to first change the extension API and clean up the code later. Time to clean up the code has come, as it is littered with TODOs and I really don’t get how it works any more. E.g. civilian planes are not loud enough even though their SFX...

TFXplorer gameplay/physics is currently calculated at 240 Hz, independent of graphics framerate. This is a bit high for a flight sim – it is rather suited for racing simulators with constantly changing forces. One effect is drastically increased compute demand when lots of stuff happen on-screen . P...

mikew wrote: ↑Yesterday, 20:33On running TFXplorer, I had access to the EF2000 scenarios as well, so it may be reading the existing registry entries or something.

Yes, it uses the same keys under HKCU\Software\TFXplorer – the scripts are just helpers for users who are bad at editing the registry (i.e. everyone).

install EF2000 V2.0.cmd has debug output enabled and prints ADF instead of EF2000 in one message. Will be fixed in the next version.

High-DPI gameplay seemed fine … except the player icon on the minimap is too small.

I need feedback on the installer, but keyboard navigation can be regarded okay because the last issue is the plane controls page not being scrollable, and that doesn’t break the game. Pretty much all critical bugfixes/features have landed, so here is a release candidate: http://simforums.krishty.com...

Aside from Arcade not working, TAW 2.0 does not provide an engine start-up sound.

But that’s about it. I have played it for some time now without serious issues.

I think we can close this.

Please let me know if the download is giving you trouble with SmartScreen or virus checks. These are the first digitally signed executables that I release.

I think this version is in a stable state and we have fixed the most pressing bugs. There’s still plenty to go but that’s for later. So here is the first official RC in … seven years? Download Requires 64-bit Windows 10 or later. http://krishty.com/taw/tfxplorer/2024-04-14/tfxplorer.7z Usage Extract...

With the latest version, install.cmd should consider the TAW 2.0 registry key.

Fix has landed.

The latest version brings TrackIR to the chase cam ( F7 ). No solution for nose view and external view yet. Nose view clashes a lot with how HUD is computed and displayed; external view clashes a bit with how I internally compute viewer position. I tried TrackIR in explorer mode but it was utterly c...

Fix has landed.

The repository has been force-pushed to a new version. git pull --rebase is required. TFXplorer 2024.04.14 New version number.   GUI: Change Title Font to Bahnschrift Just giving the GUI a more distinctive look.   Fix Total Air War 2.0 Detection (rebased)   Fix Contrail Crashes (Again) (rebased)   F...