Andrew Gransden Posted February 12, 2014 at 04:14 PM Posted February 12, 2014 at 04:14 PM I was getting confused. I could not see other aircraft during daylight although I could see their navigation/strobes at night. I also found that I could see their shadows. It turns out that you can not use a shadow details above a certain level. With shadows set above "3D on aircraft" I can only see the shadows of other aircraft (in X-Plane 10.25r1, rendering options/ shadow detail). I am using XSquawkbox 1.2 with VATSIM UK on my new Apple Mac Pro (2013). Image of other aircraft's shadow but no plane. (Shadow Detail set above 3D on aircraft. See http://www.awgphoto.co.uk/XPlaneImages/a320neo_7.jpg Image of other aircraft visible (shadow detail set to 3D on aircraft). Note missing shadows from other aircraft and buildings. See http://www.awgphoto.co.uk/XPlaneImages/a320neo_8.jpg This is an important consideration when flying with VATSIM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Evans Posted February 12, 2014 at 09:45 PM Posted February 12, 2014 at 09:45 PM From what I hear, this is a known issue to the developers, and has already been fixed in code that has yet to be released... so it will eventually be resolved. Mike Evans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Gransden Posted February 12, 2014 at 11:12 PM Author Posted February 12, 2014 at 11:12 PM Know and will be fixed (?) but not publicised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Smith Posted February 13, 2014 at 04:02 PM Posted February 13, 2014 at 04:02 PM Xsquawkbox is made up of several components. This issue was resolved in one of the lower level components, along with the addition of several other visual capabilities for the next generation of CSL aircraft. However, for this fix to come into play, a new version of XSB would have to be built. They are two separate projects, that's why the release of one doesn't automatically mean the other one is instantly rebuilt and re-released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Gransden Posted February 13, 2014 at 05:21 PM Author Posted February 13, 2014 at 05:21 PM Thank you for the detailed update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephania Hernandez 1310012 Posted January 16, 2015 at 08:33 PM Posted January 16, 2015 at 08:33 PM Quite some time has p[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ed since the last post, but I just would like to confirm that the problem still exists (XP v10.32 on Win 8.1 and xquawkbox VATSIM 1.2). When setting the shadow details (Settings -> Rendering Options) to "global (low)" or higher than external A/C are not shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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