TDFI B717 Updates/Patches

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1.0.9.21 (11 January 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)


•   [FIXED] The drawing order of the magenta line and airplane symbol (for real this time)
•   [FIXED] Certain optional parameters not working when configured via TrueGlass.xml
•   [FIXED] A CTD on initial load caused by a GPU usage bug in TrueGlass*
•   [FIXED] A CTD on initial load caused by a GPU usage bug in RealLight*

*To those of you affected, this was the bug we believed to be a Prepar3D bug. It turned out to be a lack of documentation in the Prepar3D SDK combined with bug in our logic to handle the situation.

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1.0.9.22 (13 January 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)

•   [FIXED] TrueGlass not working on some machines after the 1.0.9.21 update
•   [FIXED] RealLight not working on some machines after the 1.0.9.21 update

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1.0.9.23 (In Development)

•   [FIXED] Missing back lighting on SD cue switches

There are some significant items coming in this update that we are intentionally not listing, but work is being done.

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1.0.9.23 (15 March 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)

•   [ADDED] AFS roll mode flash logic during reversion to TAKEOFF mode after landing
•   [ADDED] Optional rising runway functionality
•   [FIXED] WXR AUTO gain value
•   [FIXED] WXR gain knob behavior
•   [FIXED] Several display/data source issues on the IRS/GNS POS and IRS STATUS page
•   [FIXED] Rudder trim TO BAND appearing during all stages of flight
•   [FIXED] MCDU power source
•   [FIXED] An issue preventing VORs from displaying on the ND while an ILS is tuned
•   [FIXED] A potential bug causing incorrect flight plan sequencing after changing a SID/STAR mid-flight
•   [FIXED] A minor scratchpad not resetting after deleting V-speeds to reset them to automatic
•   [FIXED] Missing back lighting on SD cue switches
•   [FIXED] Manual altitude/speed restriction entry scale issue
•   [FIXED] Missing manual altitude/speed restriction entry range check
•   [FIXED] Low speed protection engagement range
•   [FIXED] Ability to start both engines simultaneously

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1.0.9.24 (15 March 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)

•   [FIXED] An issue preventing VORs from displaying on the ND map while an ILS is tuned

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1.0.9.26 (1 April 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)

•   [ADDED] Option to change tablet auto-lock time
•   [FIXED] Offside VOR display indication on ND
•   [FIXED] Certain VOR pointer elements not appearing while an ILS is tuned
•   [FIXED] Inability to pop out the ISIS or MCDUs as an observer via Aircraft Sharing
•   [FIXED] Right engine TGT spike during startup
•   [FIXED] A bug in MCDU numeric entry validation
•   [FIXED] An issue that could potentially cause an erroneous SPEEDBRAKE DISAG message
•   [CHANGED] Clicking the edge of the tablet while the screen is on will now lock the screen on the first click and hide it on the second
•   [CHANGED] Made internal changes to the FPLN page in preparation for HOLD support

1.0.9.25 was skipped as it was identical to 1.0.9.26 but contained an installation bug.

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1.0.9.27 (10 May 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)

•   [ADDED] Remote CDU support
•   [ADDED] New integrated high performance display rendering system
•   [FIXED] NAV related issues with a certain terminal (SID/STAR) leg type (AF legs)
•   [FIXED] APU FIRE aural alert not cancelling automatically after three cycles
•   [FIXED] An issue preventing tablet clicks from being properly handled
•   [FIXED] MCDU latitude/longitude display and entry format
•   [FIXED] MCDU ACT-FPLN page 2 display
•   [CHANGED] Made internal changes to the VERT REV, LAT REV, and MCDU drawing system in preparation for HOLD support
•   [CHANGED] Rewrote and significantly optimized custom sound engine
•   [CHANGED] Modified RealLight textures to significantly reduce video memory consumption



Edit: Updated with Remote CDU addition

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Performance Update - 1.0.9.27
By turbofandude, Lead Programmer


Folks, as promised, we have made several changes in 1.0.9.27 to improve performance, and preliminary testing results have shown remarkable improvements. I've detailed the specifics of the changes below.

We introduced a new display rendering system that is not only significantly clearer, but also faster and less resource intensive. We created a bridge that allowed us to render our displays using the same system RealLight and TrueGlass use to render at higher refresh rates with low performance impact. This is good all by itself, but even better when it replaces the archaic, horrendously slow gauge rendering system that was previously required.

We created a new texture processing system to allow better compression without reducing visual quality of RealLight textures. This has allowed us to reduce texture memory consumption by approximately 66%. Users experiencing issues due to video memory consumption should notice a reduction of around 300MB from the 717.

We also rewrote and re-optimized the custom sound engine to reduce unnecessary resource consumption. This change is minor, but should help edge case performance drops and FPS stability.

Remember, we are testing new technology with the displays. There may be some hiccups - if so, we will fix them. Please let us know your experiences with the new version.

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Performance Update (1.0.9.27)

Also adds support for Remote CDU.

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1.0.9.28 (23 May 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)


•   [ADDED] HOLD support
•   [ADDED] Passenger count variable support
•   [FIXED] Terrain peaks mode display color
•   [FIXED] Magenta display colors
•   [FIXED] Terrain display pattern
•   [FIXED] Terrain display temporarily showing incorrect data
•   [FIXED] A resizing related rendering issue on the AFS and radios
•   [FIXED] A potential rendering related CTD
•   [FIXED] Various F-PLN display and HOLD related issues in preparation for HOLD support
•   [FIXED] Right side TERR peaks display
•   [CHANGED] Tweaked various PFD colors

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1.0.9.29 (29 May 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)


•   [ADDED] Repaints button added to Addon Manager
•   [FIXED] Offside pack air usage logic
•   [FIXED] Offside engine start air pressure bleed
•   [CHANGED] Limited MCDU prediction display to prevent text overrun

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1.0.9.30 (4 June 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)


•   [ADDED] WIND display to PROGRESS page
•   [FIXED] Incorrect ATO display
•   [FIXED] Inability to access THRUST LIMITS page from CRZ/DES performance pages
•   [FIXED] Ability to access SID/STAR menu when a departure/arrival airport isn't entered
•   [FIXED] MCDU text overrun when invalid values are displayed
•   [FIXED] Ability to stay on TAKEOFF page after  takeoff phase is over
•   [FIXED] HOLD page ALTN interaction
•   [FIXED] NAV RAD preselect accepted formats
•   [FIXED] IRU 1 mislabeling on IRS/GNS POS page
•   [FIXED] Partial mislabeling of "SLAT EXT MIN" on APPR page
•   [FIXED] Missing "PLACE/BRG/DIST" text on DEFINED WAYPOINT MCDU page
•   [FIXED] Deleting manual CLB/DES SPD LIM not completely reverting to default
•   [CHANGED] Thread access system for MCDU data export to improve stability
•   [CHANGED] Thread access for persistence system to improve stability
•   [CHANGED] Cleaned up miscellaneous MCDU pages

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1.0.9.31 (6 June 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)

•   [ADDED] New documentation
•   [FIXED] VOR/ADF 2 separator slash on ND displaying in blue instead of green
•   [FIXED] Reversed WIND data on the PROG page

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1.0.9.32 (17 June 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)

•   [FIXED] Crash on load for some users due to incompatible persistence/save flight files

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1.0.9.33 (8 July 2018 - Community Opt-in Beta Release)

•   [ADDED] Added IvAp transponder control support (via FSUIPC)
•   [ADDED] Support for the number pad with MCDU keyboard entry
•   [ADDED] Missing bearing to waypoint indication on F-PLN page 2
•   [FIXED] Outer marker display color
•   [FIXED] FIX page displaying bearing as distance
•   [FIXED] VCL displaying incorrectly on the TAKEOFF page
•   [FIXED] An issue causing a black rectangle to appear over certain ND elements
•   [FIXED] Default autorudder setting being permanently changed
•   [CHANGED] Improved DONE functionality of the FMS
•   [CHANGED] Improved documentation wording/grammar slightly
•   [CHANGED] Adjusted position trend vector logic slightly