Changelog

version 2.1

• SAM Plugin compatibility (needs SAM Plugin 2.1.3 or newer)

• If a manual season option is checked during startup, seasonal textures are loaded accordingly (no more reload needed). Automatic season options still need a reload, since mean elevation data (used to calculate the season) are available only after sim is started.

version 2.0

• Four Seasons now works with XPPython3 (Python 3.6+) Old PythonInterface plugin (Python 2.7) has been abandonded

version 1.10

• Four Seasons natively feeds SAM Seasons datarefs

version 1.9

• X-Plane 10 compatibility: restored reload functionality

version 1.8

• New option: Treat "Winter with Patchy Snow" as "Winter with Snow"

• Fix: No more textures reload request at startup if manual season is "Disabled"

• Fix wrong OpenSceneryX references in default textures pack (thanks to 172MC for catching this) Updated textures files are:

  • FourSeasons_Seasons_Winter.zip

  • FourSeasons_Seasons_Spring.zip

  • FourSeasons_Seasons_Autumn.zip

version 1.7

• First season calculation upon X-Plane boot is delayed, in order to comply with late weather injections

• If at startup manual mode is set, Four Seasons asks the user to confirm the reload

• Delay period calculation refactored: now it is dynamic and related to temperature difference and time passed from last season change

• Added option for pausing the sim on season change detection

version 1.6

• Two Automatic modes available: "Always" and "Only with aircraft on ground and stopped"

• In automatic mode, the textures are reloaded only after user confirmation

• Different refresh periods in automatic modes and reload times mitigation

• The used temperature is based on sea level temperature scaled to the mean elevation of the surrounding territory (a 100 km circular grid is probed)

• Better Pushback compatibilty (the plugin changes weather conditions during the pre-plan phase)

• Fixed TerraMaxx typo in docs and configuration file

version 1.5

• Automatic reloads will now happen only after a new airport has been selected and with the aircraft stopped on the ground

• New "Disabled" option

• Used temperature is now the one at the airport elevation

• Four Seasons partially takes into account airport elevation when determining snow coverage

version 1.4:

• documentation moved to gitbook

• New option "When summer, use non seasonal/default textures"

• More consistent UI options state management

• New "Help" button

version 1.3.4:

• Fix library.txt for "SAM Seasons 1.0.1" (spring dataref non mapped correctly)

version 1.3.3:

• Distributed library.txt for "SAM Seasons 1.0.1"

version 1.3.2:

• Distributed library.txt for "SAM Seasons" package support.

• First reload if season is summer re-enabled for 3d party packages.

version 1.3.1:

• Fixed missing first reload in manual mode

• Avoid unnecessary first reload if season is summer

version 1.3:

• Fixed initial detection of season

• Fixed "winter deep" (TerraMaxx only) treated as "winter"

• No more log.txt flooding

• New control panel option for debug info written into log.txt (default=info level)

• Fixed saving of terramax dataref option

version 1.2.1:

• Control panel shows estimated season immediately

version 1.2:

• New season level for "Winter with patchy snow"

version 1.0.1:

• Includes compatible seasonal packages from einstein and maxmadland

• Bug fix: Setting the day to January 1st yields a "No period!" log error

• Change: snow is activated if within period, snow coverage and OAT <= 0

version 0.9.2:

• Bug fix: was using wrong temperature dataref

version 0.9.1:

• Library.txt fixes

• Updated docs

version 0.9:

• First public release