During the Cosford show the other weekend, TFDi Designs announced they would be bringing the much-anticipated ‘rain-drops’ to Prepar3D V4 thanks to their in-house software: True Glass. True Glass enables developers to add the effect to any aircraft and will be completely modular meaning it will be easy to update across multiple aircraft.

When TFDi Designs announced True Glass, they made it very clear that they are completely open for any developer to approach them and incorporate the technology in their upcoming or past aircraft. The first developer to actively confirm their use of the technology in their aircraft are the team behind the upcoming FlythemaddogX MD80.

The developers already have the product in deep beta testing and they’re still aiming for a late 2017 release. Whilst no previews or screenshots were shared, this is a great step forward for the community as it shows how effective developers working together can produce great content for us.

As we find out more, we’ll let you know. You can watch the video above to remind yourself what True Glass is.

TOGA Projects, the team behind the fantastic ENVTEX has confirmed details of their upcoming product ENVSHADE. The new product makes this whole shader business within Prepar3D as easy as possible by providing a complete solution to shader usage. If you’re not aware, changing shaders within Prepar3D can make the sim look amazing. There’s already the great PTA Tool which will enable you to make a huge amount of changes and adds flexibility, but ENVSHADE will make this process easy for those unsure how to edit.

Coming soon, you’ll be able to buy for just €5.00, but if you already own ENVTEX, then you’ll get further discount off of that.

ENVSHADE supports both P3D V3 and V4 and will come with an easy to user interface to give you access to all of your TOGA products. The clouds, sky and atmosphere will vary depending on the weather, time of day and moonlight giving you a realistic looking simulator.

You can see the full feature list below, and we’ll let you know as soon as it’s out.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Developer

Turbulent Designs

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Turbulent Designs

Price

£19.99 (Excl. VAT)

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Version Reviewed

1.2

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Turbulent Designs have been on a roll lately. From their humble beginnings with a few small airports, the team has quickly released some high quality and evolutionary scenery products. Of course, I’m talking about both Idaho Falls and MBS International Airport. Both of those airports had some great features, but something that I really enjoyed was the foliage and natural looking environments around them. Not only was this down to the team’s attention to detail, but also their Real Flora technology. This technology really paved the way for their latest product: TerraFlora.