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A new public beta version of RealFlight G3 is now available. This update fixes a number of bugs; the complete list will follow.
This version is currently available only on the public beta site, although we believe it to be a stable version, and we plan to make it an official public version in the near future. If you experience any of the problems which the revision list below states are now fixed, we encourage you to try this new version. Note that if you have not yet installed the heli update, this version will be a large download, since it includes the heli update.
Perform the following steps to obtain the update:
Start the RealFlight G3 Launcher
Click Additional Options, then Technical Support
Click Enter Tech Support Code
Enter the following code: B#e3j3ea45h598 (If successful, you will see a message saying "You are now registered to use the Public Beta site until the new version is posted to official download site.")
Go back to the main Launcher menu and click Registration/Updates
Make sure that in the bottom left corner it says Temporary Public Beta (PS). If not, try reentering the code
Either click Update to Latest Version (which should tell you that .387 is available) or click Update to Specific Version and choose .387.
The Launcher will need to restart partway through this process. Answer "Yes" when it asks if you want to continue downloading the new version. When this process is finished, you will have RealFlight G3 version .387.
Please post and let us know whether or not this new versions resolves the issues described below. Also, please let us know if you find any new bugs (that is, bugs that did not exist in version .366).
Revision list
Fixes specific to version .387
ADDED: Sukhoi (AO3): added 3D version as alternate choice in aircraft selection dialog
FIXED: Sukhoi (AO3): reduced throws on non-3D version to make it a sport plane
FIXED: Big Stik (AO1): changed to .40 size engine and reduced weight accordingly to match Great Planes Bit Stik 40 kit
FIXED: Corsair (AO1): moved CG, reduced weight in some areas, added incidence to horizontal stab to reduce climbing tendency, and added more flaps
FIXED: Piper Cub (AO1): changed engine to .52 four stroke to match description; lowered wing strength to 85%
FIXED: T-34 (AO5): reduced elevator throw
FIXED: Tiger Moth (AO5): reduced elevator throw and increased aileron size and throw to tame down in pitch and give more roll authority
FIXED: Taylor Craft (AO4): increased elevator throw and also corrected elevator chord percentages as they were not consistent with the mesh
FIXED: Extra 330 (AO3): reduced rudder throw at low rate; modified cg locations and throws for greater stability; enlarged vertical stab to avoid snap rolling at near-stall alphas
FIXED: P-38 (AO3): removed aileron-rudder mixing; increased throws in elevator and ailerons
FIXED: Stinson Reliant (AO3): moved cg, lightened plane, increased size of vertical stab, adjusted throws, modified wing to reduce taper, and made other extensive changes to correct snap rolling tendencies and improve overall flight quality
FIXED: Dazzler (AO2); lightened aircraft; adjusted cg and throws; enlarged vertical stab size; changed propeller to lower pitch, higher diameter. Plane now flies 3D much better and rudder no longer intersects elevator
FIXED: Slinger: removed unused components (smoke servo, etc.)
FIXED: Pitts (AO4): reduced weight considerably, adjusted throws. Much easier to fly now
FIXED: Sopwith Camel (AO2) bug where the wrong airfoil would be used with very old versions of the AO2 disk
FIXED: Battleship (AO4) airport description
FIXED: Tail boom break-apart issues with all helis
FIXED: Simple Flier spins and flies up in the air sometimes after crashing
FIXED: P-38 (AO3) ailerons don't move
FIXED: P-38 (AO3) wings break off too easily
FIXED: Osprey (AO5) elevator doesn't move
FIXED: Stinson Reliant (AO3) ailerons don't move
FIXED: Assorted spelling, grammar, and typo errors in menus and text
FIXED: Tutor Cabin Trainer (AO4) rudder doesn't move
FIXED: Huey tail rotor moved to correct location
FIXED: Concept EP CG
FIXED: Heli servo naming inconsistencies
FIXED: Adjusted some heli component strength multipliers
FIXED: T-34 (AO5) visual landing gear problems
FIXED: Viewing ledge airport object is closed on the back
FIXED: PT-40 see-through problems related to break-apart
FIXED: BLT Park Flyer tail skid to improve landing behavior
FIXED: Fundango tail skid to improve landing behavior
FIXED: IFO landing gear wires to improve landing behavior
FIXED: Viper (AO5) landing gear wires to improve landing behavior
FIXED: P-47 (AO3) see-through problems related to break-apart
FIXED: Radio gadget, white dots on the gimbals had display glitches
FIXED: Giles 202 (AO3) is too easy to tip over
FIXED: Viper (AO5) breakapart mapping and tail skid art
FIXED: Ecureuil see-through problems related to break-apart
FIXED: Huey tail rotor blur disk
FIXED: Bell 222 tail rotor blur disk
FIXED: Dolphin pushrod alignment, white boom supports, and blur disk issues
ADDED: Implemented wheel inertia, so wheels will continue to spin for a few seconds after takeoff
ADDED: Protection against several errors that could cause invalid results (and possibly crashes) during collision calculations
FIXED: Optimizations to the collision system so that it is faster and uses less memory to perform its computations
FIXED: Improved object-to-object contact model
FIXED: Resetting aircraft when another aircraft is at the plane spawn causes prop strike
FIXED: Orientation of aircraft in airplane editor is affected by retract position when loaded
FIXED: Aircraft orientation in aircraft editor affected by aircraft orientation in sim world
FIXED: Init problem that caused helis to be unstable until reset when loaded after an airplane
FIXED: Gyros reset when aircraft is reset; keeps aircraft like the Osprey from tipping over sometimes immediately after reset
FIXED: Improved reset code so that objects rest correctly on reset
FIXED: Crash that occurred in some aircraft when changing propeller type to ducted fan
FIXED: Some potential random crashes
FIXED: Crash when attempting to rename a resource that is currently in use
FIXED: Crash when loading VFI's back to back that were created at different airports
FIXED: Crash that occurs when using old versions of AO1 & AO2 disks
FIXED: Crash that occurs when AO1 or AO2 are installed and a sound profile is selected that is also available on those disks
FIXED: View->Show All doesn't enable pilot nametags
FIXED: Changing color scheme in aircraft selection dialog for airplane currently in use causes the wrong scheme to be marked as active in the Aircraft->Select Color Scheme menu
FIXED: View->Show All is sometimes disabled incorrectly
FIXED: Save as… will allow overwrite of existing file after prompting
FIXED: Camera lag causes jittery view in walk mode
FIXED: Walk mode sometimes behaves as if mouse input was supplied when it wasn't
FIXED: Numerous View bugs, including zoom mode persistence, walk mode behavior issues, etc.
ADDED: read-only property of rotor to aircraft editor which shows pitch values
ADDED: throttle and pitch curves to the helicopters
ADDED: Create empty color schemes directory on user's drive if not found
ADDED: Allow zoom in preview window using +/- keys
FIXED: Flight model change to increase lateral stability during a hover
FIXED: Governor: editor shows armed and active, and shows correct target RPM
FIXED: Headspeed governor setup for helis, so that throttle input now goes to governor, which in turn is fed to actual throttle servo
FIXED: Improved handling and detection of illegal characters in filenames and descriptions
FIXED: Aircraft editor background to match other viewport backgrounds
FIXED: "Airframe" moves around in airport editor hierarchy when certain options are changed
FIXED: Custom color schemes now work for all aircraft
FIXED: Removed "Open as read-only" checkbox from open recordings dialog
FIXED: Pressing controller button while in aircraft editor makes aircraft disappear
FIXED: In slope soaring primer (VFI), aircraft flies through ground
FIXED: FM radio interference flight failure is now much more severe
FIXED: In NavGuides, volts and amps always displayed 0 for electric helis
FIXED: Problems caused by deleting files for the most recently used airport before running the sim again
FIXED: Launcher performs some additional cleanup during uninstall
FIXED: Directory removal bug (sometimes empty directories would be left behind)
FIXED: rotor disk scaling issues, so that now rotors disks/propellers appears the same size in recordings/multiplayer as they do on the local machine
FIXED: removed some unused heli mixing
Fixes which were added in .377
ADDED: Progress bar during collision mesh generation
ADDED: Factor in wheel velocity when determining ground penetration depth
ADDED: More descriptive warning messages when unsupported graphics cards detected
ADDED: In airport selection dialog, moved RealFlight G2 airports to their own folder, separate from G3 airports
ADDED: Support for transmitter modes 1, 3, and 4 in Radio Gadget
ADDED: Option to turn shadows on/off, in addition to shadow quality setting
ADDED: Online update size and estimated download time notification
ADDED: Prevent Windows 95/98/ME from switching to fullscreen mode, which caused crash
FIXED: Slowdown after changing airport (NVidia)
FIXED: Intermittent lockup on startup fixed for some cases
FIXED: Potential crash after receiving "You do not have this airplane..." message
FIXED: Bug that caused error message after G3 had been running for a number of hours
FIXED: Crash when too many objects are being drawn
FIXED: Ground handling improvements and optimizations
FIXED: Aircraft/objects resting on other objects (aircraft can now land on objects)
FIXED: Wheel camber and toe-in problems, which caused ground handling problems for aircraft with gears that are swept forward or back
FIXED: More "glass wall" collision problems
FIXED: Bouncy wheels on some airplanes
FIXED: Issues with helicopter fuselages penetrating ground and overly active broken-off parts
FIXED: Surface roughness behavior (ground is bumpier off of the runway)
FIXED: Screen resolution is persistent
FIXED: Removed non-functional Anisotropic Filtering slider. User can set this through system hardware settings (GeForce or ATI control panel)
FIXED: Backspace resets autozoom
FIXED: Look At menu in MultiMode to offer correct options for player 2
FIXED: Minimum/maximum field of view camera settings now work as intended
FIXED: Fixed crash when using Quick Look functions while in chase view
FIXED: No longer lists disconnected G2 interlink
FIXED: Moved "View Pilot Name Tags" to "View->Show" menu
FIXED: Double-clicking in selection dialogs
FIXED: Assorted other minor UI improvements
FIXED: Better default values for controller calibration
FIXED: Prevent user from entering invalid username
FIXED: Prevent invalid multiplayer participant count (-1)
FIXED: "Radio out of range" flight failure made less severe
FIXED: Randomized PCM lockout flight failure
FIXED: Wind direction in gadget always displays 0 in place of 360
FIXED: Inapplicable NavGuides now reset to "0"
FIXED: Missing engine in recordings
FIXED: Audio playback during recordings/VFI now enabled while in cockpit mode
FIXED: Switched aircraft icon colors to match airport icons
FIXED: Launcher's default setting for "Check for updates before starting RealFlight" is now "off"
FIXED: Incompatibility with non-IE web browsers when attempting to open the manual from within G3 or the Launcher (Firefox, Opera)
FIXED: Chase camera now starts behind aircraft
FIXED: Prevent control objects from being placed underground in airport editor
FIXED: Mountain Pass airport terrain decal appeared small the very first time that airport was loaded
FIXED: Island Paradise airport: windmill objects now turn, bridge is not floating in midair
FIXED: Most of the airplanes were modified for camber, toe-in, and minor adjustments to wheel and landing gear position/angles
FIXED: Corsair main gear protruding through top of wing when retracted
FIXED: Extra 330L missing texture
FIXED: Bell H-13 scale fuel tanks now detect collisions
FIXED: Spitfire main gear protruding through top of wing when retracted
FIXED: P-38 steering gear
FIXED: Remove retract servo from AT-6 steering gear (was incorrect)
< Message edited by jaafit -- 4/12/2005 9:05 AM >
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I have the new version working just fine with the workaround posted. Keep up the great work, I know I appreciate your efforts. 
