DreamFoil has been working very hard on a plethora of new and cool stuff for the new version. The price will be the same as the previous version (US$35) but owners of the previous version will be entitled to a nice discount: these users will only pay US$15 for this amazing update. Pretty nice!

DreamFoil went above and beyond with the cool cart and the blade ties you can see on the video above but they have pack-filled this update with great stuff. Check it out:

Features

  • HeliSAS/Autopilot implemented
  • Deprecated "rigid cruise" and "arcade mode" functions
  • Added blade tie system so each blade can be tied to their positions by clicking and dragging their tips
  • New electrical cart for moving the helicopter on ground

Graphics

  • Added interior normal maps
  • Improved gauges bar display visibility
  • Removed _lit textures for 5 objects on interior
  • New seat and interior textures that take advantage of PBR
  • Cabin lights are now on their real place and using spill lights
  • Framerate improve with obj optimized by removing ghost animations
  • New 3D propeller for tail rotor
  • Fixed rotor blur/shadow issue with clouds
  • Improved pedal stop light logics
  • Fixed small fliped quad on left side of headphone

Sound

  • New skin for DreamEngine config window to match XP11 ui
  • Added DreamEngine volumetric cabin

UI

  • SmartLivery now uses X-Plane 11 thumb icons
  • Added mouse scroll to manipulators
  • Added ability to manually rotate the rotor from outside
  • Added GPU external manipulator
  • Added Garmin430 power button manipulator
  • Added engine inlet/outlet/pitot caps can be manipulated individualy from outside without need to go in menu for adding them
  • Moved external menu from nose tip to side of nose, this was necessary to add the pitot cap manipulator
  • Improved SmartMenu icons visibility and interaction radius
  • Improved battery compartment handling, it's not necessary to go on menu to open/close it anymore
  • Improved doors external interaction, now it's possible to choose between go inside or just open the door

Flight Model

  • Improved airfoil drag curve, now helicopter will cruise at a realistic speed
  • Fixed torque on ground with flight rpm, will display correct value now
  • Improved landing gear adaptation during plugin start to avoid helicopter "drop" at ground
  • Recalibrated NG to match the correct rpm on various power settings
  • Fixed MGT temperature during start and flight should give an more accurate reading
  • Improved fuel flow
  • Fixed wrong idle speed
  • Improved rotor slowdown during shutdown, will not keep spinning forever
  • Frahm Damper now affects the flight model

Others

  • Clock now displays the Estimated Time from HSI
  • Added shutdown command for starter switch

Expect this model to be released within the next few days.