Der kostenpflichtige Shader- und Texturen-Mod xVision hat jetzt ein Update erhalten. Damit ist das neueste Tool von Trifonov Yuri jetzt auch mit Vulcan und der neuesten Version von X-Plane 11.51.r1 kompatibel. Die Verbesserungen und Anpassungen erhält bestehende Kundinnen und Kunden allerdings nicht kostenfrei. Für einen Rabattpreis kann xVision für circa 11 Euro bei simFlight/simMarket geupdatet werden. Folgende Verbesserungen versprechen die Entwickler:

1. xVision 2.00 now supports shader tweaks for both target backend of X-Plane 11: Vulkan and OpenGL.
2. Now each solution may be used with or without FlyWithLua plugin. If plugin is not installed, Lua scripts in preset just ignored.
3. Stock solutions have been redesigned.
4. New solution “Winter” have been added to distribution pack.
5. Custom tweaks are not possible now due to techical limitations.
6. Tweaks “Sunlight adjustments” and “FXAA tuning” are excluded from shader tweaks.
7. Tweak “Khaki correction” has been transformed to tweak “Vegetation shades”. Now it has old “Khaki” filter and a couple new parameters. If you are using Ortho “bluish”-shaded textures, “Bluish correction” parameter of the filter will help to restore the natural shade in such areas. Detailed information here: Vegetation shades (TERRAIN).
8. A new tweak “Seasonaliser” in “TERRAIN” group. A cheap/fast imitation of the snow seasons by using special terrain coloring filters. More info here: Seasonaliser (TERRAIN).
9. Tweak “Fog & scattering (ATMOSPHERE)” have been redesigned. “Effect power” parameter now is applied taking into account the weather conditions. Actually “skyc/raleigh_scattering_clean”, “skyc/raleigh_scattering_ocast”, etc. datarefs are multipliers with “Effect power”.
10. Expressions as a tweak parameters are deprecated due to technical limitations. You will get a error message.
11. “Day opacity coefficient” and “Night opacity coefficient” parameters in tweak “Raindrops rendering” now work only for Vulkan target backend.
12. While restoring Lua scripts from backup you will get warning about clean-up existing scripts.
13. When preset is applying the detailed information about existing Lua scripts deactivation is writing to Program log.
14. Sim shaders cache now clean after restoring shaders from backup.
15. You can copy program log to clipboard by using one button.
16. Minor chandes in UI.
17. Bug fixes in multithreading.
18. New chapters on site: tweaks descriptions and User Manual for xVision version 2.00. Old User Manual and descriptions are marked as “legacy” and used by legacy versions of xVision (1.02-1.50)