747

After a year of development and plenty of new technology, OldProp (as FSFX Packages are now known) has released their 747 Immersion Package.

Ripping apart the previous immersion packages, the team have created a brand new easy to use interface called Immersion Manager to apply effects, preview them and switch them on/off on the fly to suit your computer’s performance. It will now become the new standard for future Immersion Packages from the team, with more updates still to come in the future.

The 747 Immersion Package is compatible with the PMDG 747 Queen of the Skies II, as well as the newly released 747-8. It includes a whole range of effects that are suited to the atmosphere and in-sim conditions. For example, water droplets will drop off realistically from the edges of your aircraft, dust will fall off your wheels upon landing and spray effects will display depending on weather and speed of aircraft. Further effects include light reflections off of fog and cloud, condensation falling off the wings and much more. All of the effects can be tested or adjusted via the Immersion Manager.

You can buy the product now for $29.00USD via the OldProp website.

Despite saying at the release of the previous update, that v1.9 would be the last before the all-new version 2 of the aircraft, Supercritical Simulations Group (SSG) has updated their Boeing 747-8 Series to v1.9.1 in order to address some pressing bugs that were present for a large portion of users in the previous update.

Many users reported a very poor frame rate with the previous update, and this has been corrected in the latest release. Additionally, this update corrects the behaviour of cockpit avionics such as the autothrottle, PFD, MCP, Autobrakes and FMC, while SSG has also made adjustments to the lighting of the aircraft, with strobe and beacon lights now reflecting from the ground, and the cockpit night lighting is improved.
See the full changelog below for the entire update summary.

The update is available to all existing owners free of charge and can be downloaded from your point of purchase.