Prepar3D in neuer Version 2.5 erschienen!

• Fixed a crash that would occur if licensing check on startup failed
• Fixed a bug where thumbnail images for missions and aircraft were not matching up properly
• Renamed missions to reflect their content
• Restructured path configuration files
• New IRIS F-22 Raptor aircraft with simulated radar system

• Added post process for night vision that includes bloom
• Added a light scalar to camera so that NVG cameras can have a brighter scene
• Added a configuration option to the Prepar3D.cfg and Camera Definitions that allows cameras to share a single terrain view
• Added an option to specify whether or not a panel should write alpha when rendering into a texture
• Improved long range sensor capabilities by allowing plugins to set the scenery load origin for a camera independent of its location
• Fixed a bug that would prevent the HideAircraft flag from hiding aircraft attached effects
• Fixed a bug that would cause all extrusion effects to draw with a visible sawtooth pattern
• Fixed a bug where the exclude VC panels sensor setting was not working as intended
• Fixed issue that caused clouds to face vertically
• Fixed out of memory issues with the Vehicle Selection Screen
• Fixed an issue that would prevent effects from visually displaying if the effect was at a low level of detail distance
• Fixed issues with shaders failing to compile if material is created without setting a specular map
• Fixed an issue that would cause some aircraft to load with the engines turned off
• Fixed an issue that would prevent engine wash effects from rendering
• Fixed an issue that would cause none facing sprites to be half their size
• Fixed an issue with landing light ground polygon fading based on view direction
• Fixed a bug that would prevent rotor wash effect from rendering
• Fixed issues with resolution differences between shadow views and main views causing shadow artifacts to appear
• Fixed a bug that would cause effects with smoke and fire to appear blue
• Fixed issues with the bridge pylons that would cause them to look tall/stretched

• Added an Undo feature in SimDirector. Undo allows a user to undo and redo most actions in their mission. A history window provides visual feedback of what actions have been done
• Added a Measure Tool to SimDirector. This allows the user to measure distances in several different unit types.
• Added a setting that allows the user choose whether or not they would like to load their mission in Prepar3D after closing SimDirector
• Added the ability to preview actions from the visualization window in Preview Mode in SimDirector
• Added an option for hiding icons and bounding boxes in SimDirector
• Added catalog preview into the catalog and created object preview
• Added ability to edit mission while in Preview Mode
• Added a setting that allows the user to filter object references by group
• Added the ability to copy values from the condition editor
• Added better error handling and error reports for mission Mission Briefing files
• Added a unit converter to several distance related properties
• Added the ability to read friendly names for third party models
• Added option to set whether SimDirector controls or Prepar3D controls have precedence when hovered over the Prepar3D window in Virtual Instructor, Flight Instructor, and Preview Mode
• Fixed a bug where saving scenario alters camera orientation
• Fixed bugs dealing with multiple item selects.
• Fixed bug that effected saving properly observation profiles
• Fixed a bug that would prevent the file name from updating and saving properly in different modes
• Fixed a bug that would prevent pop-up windows from scrolling through all the options
• Fixed a bug that would prevent the context menu in the logic editor from opening properly when using non-standard DPI settings
• Fixed a bug that would remove referencing of an ownship if the ownship aircraft was changed
• Fixed a bug that would prevent multiple external properties from updating in monitoring
• Fixed a bug that would cause issues with loading missions located in Program Files
• Fixed a bug that would prevent visual model from updating orientation changes reflected in the property grid
• Fixed a bug that would prevent catalog friendly names from loading properly
• Fixed a bug that would prevent single row text box to extend scrolling with the cursor
• Fixed a bug that would cause backstage to hang when clicking the arrow
• Fixed a bug that would prevent property observation profiles from saving
• Fixed a bug that would prevent build object list from increasing the count
• Fixed a bug that caused bulk lasso selection to not appear as one selection
• Fixed a bug that would not progress the object list count
• Fixed a bug that would prevent visibility from resetting when toggling the weather on/off
• Fixed issues with broken timer validation check
• Fixed an issue where object preview would not display mobile scenery
• Fixed an issue where mission menu windows would close prematurely
• Fixed issues with Virtual Instruction recording while in inner group visualization
• Fixed SimDirector window sizing issues
• Fixed an issue that prevented Mission Preview from re-enabling the user interface
• Fixed issues with search boxes in SimDirector. All search boxes now search for any part of search phrase
• Fixed issues with selecting actions inside of a Virtual Instructor session
• Fixed issues with observer look-at and look-at-ground functionality
• Fixed issues with monitoring in Virtual Instructor mode
• Fixed issues that would cause the Preview window to stop working
• Fixed issues that would cause a slow down when dragging objects around in SimDirector
• Fixed an issue where the Preview Window would cause crash when resetting scenarios
• Fixed issues with waypoints being placed too close to each other or other objects
• Fixed issues with mouse cursor state not changing as expected
• Fixed issues that would cause crashes if user sim was null
• Enhanced translate, rotate, and scale gizmos
• Enhanced speed of object selection from validation window
• Enhanced speed of switching between viewer sim and vehicle
• Enhanced drag and drop feature in SimDirector
• Enhanced preview subset feature in Preview Mode

• Added a way for developers to add and modify path configuration files through installers
• Added ability to manipulate visual effects during runtime through the PDK interface
• Added ability to retrieve attach point data via SimConnect
• Updated documentation regarding supported pylons, objects, and their interactions
• Added scenery load origin settings to camera definitions and PDK development
• Fixed a crash that would occur if a panel developer requested an aircraft variable while the aircraft was shutting down

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