REX Sky Force 3D – Technical Update 2

Fixed – Freezing of application when user confirms removal of favorite airport
Fixed – Scaling issue with Windows 10
Fixed – Overlapping community theme notification
Fixed – Notifications causing P3D 4.1 to reload
Fixed – Issue of overwriting last entered favorite airport during registration
Fixed – CTD issue when some users right-click the interactive map
Fixed – Aircraft and precipitation positioning on the map
Fixed – Failure when Pilot2Atc flight plan is imported into Sky Force
Fixed – Naming conventions for Sun/Atmospherics sets 08 and 13
Fixed – “Theme completed” popup when adding a new set
Fixed – Issue where weather was not showing in the Weather Center due to foreign date/time
Fixed – Searches within the Weather Center for stations/airports not in the database
Fixed – Texture sets not showing due to missing folder sets
Fixed – .net error messages within the In-Sync Cloud Engine
Fixed – Toggle button “Enable Quick Start” not being aligned with other buttons
Fixed – Issue where Sky Force was causing P3D to go directly into “Load” mode
Fixed – Major jumps of altimeter
Fixed – Accuracy of weather injections
Fixed – Visibility causing complete reduction including the cockpit
Fixed – .net errors with the weather engine
Fixed – OAT/TAT/SAT erratic temperatures increasing with altitude
Fixed – No weather showing
Fixed – Visibility too low for FSX, FSXSE when at 10SM
Fixed – Weather injection issue causing errors with GSX and ChasePlane
Fixed – Weather engine continuing to inject weather after it was turned off
Fixed – In-sim green status bar not showing during weather engine injection
Fixed – Network mode for weather injection
Fixed – Installer stating “Organization” instead of “Email” during user registration
Fixed – Issue with Sky Force working with FSUIPC autosave
Fixed – Long named favorite airports cutting off on Favorite Airport panel within the Dashboard
Fixed – Sky Force resolution issue with Windows 10
Fixed – In-Sim briefing not reporting flight plan data
Fixed – In-Sim briefing not showing clouds reported
Fixed – Issue with textures sets not being saved when creating themes
Fixed – Issue of application hang while changing a theme within the PTA window
Fixed – Double popup alert window when installing a preset theme from the PTA window
Fixed – Default airport not being saved after restart
Fixed – Preventing duplication favorite airports from being added
Fixed – Weather not reporting CAVOK properly within the Weather Center
Fixed – “Precip” button on the mapping still showing precipitation if turned off
Fixed – Latest TAF report is included in the Weather Center data
Fixed – Bank numbers did not change when selecting a category in My Saved Themes or Community Shared Themes
Fixed – Toggle button within the Engine setting grayed out when not active
Fixed – Search for weather stations with winds over 30kts+
Fixed – Length of notification text on successful texture install being cut off
Fixed – Step 2 grammatical error during registration
Fixed – Disabling the In-Sync Cloud function was not disabling all functions
Fixed – Disabling the weather engine was not disabling the Refresh Weather button
Fixed – Weather engine was showing DISCONNECTED instead of ON. Changed global variable
Fixed – Issue where clicking Currently In Sim was causing Sky Force to CTD
Fixed – Altitude of roll clouds showing at higher altitudes
Fixed – Issue with cirrus not showing
Fixed – Weather engine continued to load when disabled
Fixed – Load time of weather injections in-sim
Fixed – Inaccurate HDR read-only settings per sim type causing textures to not install correctly
Fixed – Close icons on system and community notification areas. Incorporated buttons instead of icons as some users would quit the application by mistake.
Added – Function to minimize Sky Force to system tray
Added – Option to overwrite default backup of flight sim files
Added – Fade in/out of generic alert system
Added – Function to save latest map settings when application is closed and restarted
Added – 3 levels of density related 3D stratus overcast model sets for user control over performance impact
Added – 7 levels of density related 3D cumulus overcast model sets for user control over performance impact
Added – Feature within the Weather Center to add a custom airport into the database when not found
Added – Feature to set default favorite weather station/airport to show in the Weather Center and Favorite Airports
Added – View buttons to replace ID numbers within My Themes and Community Themes
Added – Better handling of the user’s system profile to help optimize texture resolution
Added – Encrypted serial key field to the Profile Settings window
Added – Function within General Settings to give the user the ability to start up Sky Force in the system tray
Added – Flight sim validation location validation
Added – Full support for weather injection for Prepar3D v4.0 users
Added – Tool tips rollovers to 3 buttons on top right of main window
Added – Weather Refresh button to engine status window
Added – Disabling feature when changing between Enable Performance Optimizer and Auto tune
Added – Code that prevents duplicate airports from being added to the Favorite Airport list from the Weather Center and Dashboard windows
Added – Confirmation of Favorite Airport being added when set from the Weather Center window
Added – Download of the metar_report.xml file for ProAtc users
Added – Code to prevent users from starting more than one version of Sky Force at a time
Added – Examples of the required lat/lon degrees when adding an airport to the database
Added – Note to Flight Center details that winds are provided via the GFS model on the 12 and 00Z times
Added – Text to Favorite Airports stating to wait patiently as we download data from our servers
Added – Text to Most Recent Community Themes stating to wait patiently as we download data from our servers
Added – Added new button synchronization window to track aircraft location
Added – Disable notifications button for session to community notifications screen
Removed – Support for PFPX export flight plans
Removed – Additional popup alert when deleting a favorite airport
Streamlined – Weather engine
Streamlined – Cloud model sync engine
Recoded – In-Sim weather briefing
Updated – Software User Manual