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Swift with Vulkan


Robin Tannahill
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Robin Tannahill
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The new X-Plane 11.50b1 with Vulkan gives really impressive frame rate increases (good bye "we're going to disconnect you" messages?)

 

However, it would appear that, with Vulkan, none of the VATSIM or IVAO pilot clients display other on-line aircraft, which, in most circomestances makes on-line flying a no-no. I am presuming that work is underway with Swift to make this excellent program compatible with Vulkan as I am sure that when 11.50 is released as a non-beta most folks who can will choose Vulkan due to the performance improvement.

 

So, really, this post is just to seek confirmation that work is ongoing to make Swift a Vulkan compatible program?

Thanks again for a really nice pilot client!

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Andreas Fuchs
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Hi Robin,

 

actually Justin, the developer of xPilot, has been in touch with the developers of swift (and I presume also with Chris from xSquawkbox), sharing some findings on how to approach these challenges. I do not want to lift anybody's hopes too much, so there is no time-line or similar. Just confirmation that it is being worked on in one way or the other.

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Robin Tannahill
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Thanks so much for the "Swift" reply! I really look forward to this development. To be honest, it's just frustrating to have at least 50% extra fps to play with and not being able to take advantage of it on line! Thanks again for you efforts , Robin

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Guest Andries Gouws
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Hi is there any news when this problem will be resolved..........

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Richard Quigley
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I can connect swift 276 with X-Plane 11.50b4 and it appears to work in all respect except actually rendering other aircraft on my screen.

Voice works with controllers. Other aircraft are shown on  the swift radar. Aircraft, ATC and User lists appear to be correct.

The Models list indicates Rendered aircraft are being rendered.

Is this swift?

Or am I missing something?

Do you need any files?

 

 

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Quig, C3, P1, VATPAC, CZQM (inact), CZQX (ret).

4200+ hrs of "Chaos, Panic & Disorder in your virtual skies!"

 

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Andreas Fuchs
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Yes, so far swift is not yet able to really render aircraft with Vulkan. It will come, but there's no time line for it. I think xPilot can do it already, or was it xSquawkbox? Or both? It may be worth checking posts about it.

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Richard Quigley
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It is xPilot Andreas. 

But I like swift!  It a great many very useful features.

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Quig, C3, P1, VATPAC, CZQM (inact), CZQX (ret).

4200+ hrs of "Chaos, Panic & Disorder in your virtual skies!"

 

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Francois Delpierre
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Aha... Please update the documentation on :

https://dev.swift-project.org/w/help/swiftgeneral/notrendered/

This could save people like me hours of search and frustration...

Thanks, I now have the reason ;-)

 

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Andries Gouws
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Good morning i HOPE that the PROBLEM with Vatsim and Swift will be fix very Quickly........every time i reach and airport and want to switch over to the controllers SWIFT starting to stagger....and you CAN NOT talk to the controllers, and then i have to disconnect.........

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Andreas Fuchs
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1 hour ago, Andries Gouws said:

every time i reach and airport and want to switch over to the controllers SWIFT starting to stagger....and you CAN NOT talk to the controllers, and then i have to disconnect.........

Hello Andries,

what simulator and what version of swift are you using, exactly?

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Andries Gouws
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Xplane 11 and .276 version of Swift.......

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Andreas Fuchs
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I am using the same, I do not have these problems.

What exactly do you mean that swift starts to "stagger"? Is the voice broken or like a robot? Does swiftGUI freeze? Are you able to talk to other pilots on UNICOM 122.800 when there is no ATC?

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Andries Gouws
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Hi yes its like a robot the voice but i battle to switch over to freq........my ptp talk button reacts slower......and when i zoom into the radar menu it staggers.......it does it to all the servers....yes i can talk to others on unicom.......it looks like it freezes......even battle to scroll to diff freq.......

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Andries Gouws
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Hi i even deleted it and reinstall it......still the same......

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Andries Gouws
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Yes it look like it freeze......

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Andries Gouws
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No im not on  Discord , it was working but as soon as Xplane 11 went over to Vulcan its a ............ so yes i hope they sort it out......soon. The purpose is to fly online......the controllers think you stupid if you cant answer them straight away after instructions......and then you have to disconnect......

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Andreas Fuchs
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Ok, I am stupid. I thought you were using X-Plane 11.50 in OpenGL and not in Vulkan (because it does not work yet with swift, as explained in the first few posts of this thread).

Just to be sure: swift does not support Vulkan yet. If you would like to continue using Vulkan, you'll have to use xPilot. Maybe even xSquawkbox works with it already, but you'll have to check the forum and the XSB-website for it.

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Andries Gouws
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Im using Xplane 11.50b6 in OpenGL......I know it doesnt wotk with Vulkan......does xPilot work with Vulkan........

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Daniel Blasig
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Which audio driver do you use? Please have a look into C:\Program Files\swift-0.9.4-64bit\bin\audio. Is there more than a "qtaudio_windows.dll" file?

Best regards

Daniel

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Andries Gouws
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Morning there is only 1 file.......

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Andries Gouws
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Ok,,,,so i hope that vatsim can fix this problem very soon, the servers cant handle all the pilots at the moment.....see all different problems......pilots are having......

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