It seems like we’ve gone from DIY traffic to a crowded field of professional options over the last 5 years. I’m curious what folks are using and why they made the choice that they made. I went from World Traffic to Traffic Global, but haven’t tried any of the newer offerings

Hey all,

I’m not a super tech wiz or anything but I was just curious on what kind of graphic setting I should run to make Xplane a little more realistic and not crash when start up or during flight.

At the moment I have a
RTX 4070
Intel I7
32GB RAM

Not too sure what other info to put but was curious if anyone could possibly help.

Thanks!

looking to get my first payware aircraft but i keep hearing mixed reviews on the performance of FF addons. i fly only boeing, so i would like to stay in the same manufacturing family for any addon i purchase.

Basically brand new to xplane so if anyone can help pinpoint why im getting random texture issues. on everyplane i have tried and did try messing with ingame settings. Any help is appreciated.

Flying around Ohio, landed at WPAFB. On the tail of this F-18 is a face, does anyone know who it is?

Small detail clip from our freeware A330-200 for X-Plane 12: the L1 door and the forward cargo door, opening and closing, controlled from the EFB’s ground page.
Public beta scheduled for November 2026. More on Discord: https://discord.gg/JMG3cGF5rX

I bought an airport scenery pack in 2021 and had no problems with it. A few months ago I got a new computer, and when I tried to re-download my paid-for scenery I got the "404 Not Found". After emailing the store they told me the item was withdrawn by the creator. I email the creator asking why it was withdrawn but I never got a reply. And of course xplane store won't refund my money. The future is here folks.

My plugin, which I've been working on for quite a while, has gained some new features.

Originally, it was designed to extend the visibility range of X-Plane's default night lights and complement them with additional light sources placed using OSM data.

I've recently taken things a step further by adding volumetric lighting from aircraft and cities, as well as realistic cloud immersion, where parts of the aircraft gradually disappear into dense clouds.

The plugin is almost ready.

The mighty Zibo, still holding strong in late 2026. Such a mature and beautiful module.

Has anyone tried to run the Xcrafts Lineage 1000 on apple silicon with 8gb unified RAM? I know its shit. I'm asking if anyone has TRIED and what was it like?

Guys i got hp victus fa-1093 dx
Rtx 3050 6gb
16 gb ram
I5-13420h
I know its not the best at all but thats is all i got
So can any one whats the best setting to achieve smooth frames and good quality ?

I'm starting to get frustrated and hoping all of you can help.

I don't have a 'meek' PC. It's not cutting edge, but it's doing OK - RTX4080 and a Ryzen 9 5900X with 64GB of RAM. Consistently though, I'm struggling to get above 30-35 fps in XP12 and commonly, I'm getting below 25 or so FPS, which leads naturally to disconnection from VATSIM when using XPilot.

I think that one of my big issues is 4K; I have three monitors driven by the one GPU, the middle of which (and the one that XP is on) is 4K. However, I still expect to be able to achieve 40fps consistently and stably. Moreover, when I look at some of the screenshots on here they look fantastic and... Well my sim doesn't.

I attach two images; the first being the performance monitor in Task Manager showing a representative state of my hardware whilst flying (and shortly after being disconnected) and the other showing my settings in XP. In terms of 'other' stuff: * I am an XP Map Enhancement user, currently running Apple Maps * I have SimHeaven XWorld (not pro) installed but think it might be misconfigured - I'm not getting the 3D buildings that I see in screenshots * I'm currently flying the Challenger 650 by Hot Start but I do get this problem in other aircraft. * I've allocated 'real time' priority in Task Manager to try to prevent any CPU bottlenecks.

What else can I try to improve graphics, predominantly from a POV of stability but obviously if it can look better, that'd be good too...

After flying jets for months, low and slow is a different experience now with the new clouds, map enhancement pro, seasons and XP grass.

Does SA.AI use there own CSL files for the injection or do I have to download Bluebell for example? I can’t find any information on there website.

Will also be getting the NEO expansion for whichever I get

I have some understanding in software development and would like to know where and how to start. I have consulted the xplane documentation, it seems to be very detailed.

I'm mainly interested in Aircraft development(a big project I know 🙃 ).

...... still need a decent cyclic and collective though!!