Prepar3D v4.3 coming soon
After a very quiet campaign, normally Lockheed Martin should release a new version 4.3 very soon (NLDR: probably by the end of June). This new version should probably focus on performance improvements of the native VR.
This should cut the ground under the foot of the FlyInside simulator which was due to come out in the second half of 2018 and which featured native RV support.
16 June 2018
My latest readings from the English forums seem to confirm the following tracks for this new version:
- very probable release during the last week-end of June (25th or 30th June at the latest)
- Dynamic Light improvements
We also talk about PBR textures (currently used on X-Plane 11.0) that would be implemented in P3D and a passage on DX12. If it's not for v4.3 it might be in the next v5. This last track would push the last irreducible to pass under Windows 10 to benefit from this novelty (DX12).
If that is the case, I hope that it will not be limited to simple cosmetic' modifications but to a modification of the rendering engine.
Nevertheless for this v4.3, let the people who depend on FSUIPC be reassured: Pete Dawson only thinks about taking a few days off in July and that if L-M doesn't make big changes in SimConnect, his current version of FSUIPC should work as well in V4.2 as in v4.3