DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP
All the items listed in the roadmap are sorted by priority Click on the icon to see all the actions performed during the item development
KNOWN ISSUES This section contains all the known issues for the completed features These items are of the top priority but may not be resolved in the next update
	Known Issue	Precipitation follows camera
Known Issue Precipitation follows camera This will be fixed during future development.
	Known Issue	Snow coverage may appear in the regions where no snowfall encountered recently
Known Issue Snow coverage may appear in the regions where no snowfall encountered recently Snow data is calculated and accumulated on the server over time. Some server parameters still require further tuning and this issue will be reduced as we continue with the server updates.
	Known Issue	Cloud edge artifacts
Known Issue Cloud edge artifacts In some situations visual artifacts may appear at the edges of clouds including dots, lines, random cutouts. This will be further refined in the future versions.
	Known Issue	Clouds may be loaded partially after aircraft repositioning
Known Issue Clouds may be loaded partially after aircraft repositioning In some cases only a part of the cloud coverage may be loaded after aircraft reposition.
	Known Issue	Unnatural cloud shapes
Known Issue Unnatural cloud shapes Sometimes cloud can form unnatural shapes. This will be improved during 1.17 cycle.
IMMEDIATE ITEMS This section contains all the items that will be addressed during next update
	WIP	Atmosphere
WIP Atmosphere Volume atmosphere rendering is very resource demanding therefore requires architecture change in order to improve performance and anti-aliasing. This may slightly affect visual quality and will make atmosphere rendering procedures more complicated but will improve atmosphere performance by 80-90% in clear sky conditions.   1.10 Changed Calculations for scattering, perspective and optical depth have been separated.   1.10 Changed The entire scene lighting is now calculated dynamically for the key points.   1.10 Changed Scenery albedo now dynamically adjusted for a better environment representation.   1.10 Changed Low level haze scattering calculation allows variable particle size.   1.10 Added Maximum ozone level slider.   1.12 Changed Scattering equations for low sun angles.   1.13 Changed Atmosphere and haze constants adjusted to better match reported conditions.   1.14 Changed Illumination and shadows adjusted for low level sun angles.   1.14 Changed Atmosphere and haze constants adjusted to better match reported conditions.   1.14 Added Local area airborne visibility.   1.14 Changed Heavy and slow atmosphere perspective model replaced with simple and fast calculations.   1.14 Changed Light phase displacement coefficients revised for water droplets and aerosols.   1.14 Changed Light phase displacement coefficients revised for solid particles and pollution.   1.14 Added Realistic aerial perspective checkbox added.   1.14 Added Realistic night perspective checkbox added.   1.15 Removed Maximum ozone level slider.   1.15 Added Realistic ozone level checkbox.   1.17 Changed Atmosphere light scattering revised.   1.17 Changed Visibility math changed.   1.17 Changed General scene light energy adjusted to match atmosphere conditions.
	WIP	Clouds
WIP Clouds Implementation of the volume rendering with raymarching. Will start with simplified algorythms and move towards excessive abuse of the GPU.   1.10 Added Volume rendered clouds.   1.10 Removed Resolution slider has been removed.   1.10 Removed Complexity slider has been removed.   1.10 Removed Reflections range slider has been removed.   1.10 Removed Detailed range slider has been removed.   1.10 Removed Maximum drawing distance slider removed.   1.10 Added Maximum intensity slider.   1.10 Added Blur level slider.   1.11 Changed Noise mixing law for cumulus clouds.   1.11 Changed Noise mixing law for cumulonimbus clouds.   1.11 Changed Coverage procedures adjusted to match new cloud laws.   1.11 Removed In cloud effect checkbox.   1.11 Changed Basic volume sampling optimization.   1.12 Changed Better sector mixing to reduce squared appearance.   1.12 Changed Noise mixing law for base shapes.   1.12 Added Aircraft lights now illuminate clouds.   1.12 Changed Noise mixing law for cirrus clouds.   1.12 Changed Noise mixing law for stratus clouds.   1.12 Removed Maximum intensity slider for clouds.   1.12 Added Full clouds coverage checkbox.   1.14 Changed Early discard pass implemented for better performance.   1.14 Changed Two stage drawing pass implemented for better performance.   1.14 Changed Filter pass implemented for better performance and appearance.   1.14 Changed Noise mixing law for base shapes.   1.14 Changed Scattering and illumination model adjusted.   1.14 Added High and medium altitude clouds based on forecast data.   1.14 Changed Sector drawing logic changed to remove grid lines.   1.14 Changed Haze blending for clouds has been adjusted.   1.14 Removed Full clouds coverage checkbox removed.   1.14 Added Clouds static quality slider added.   1.14 Added Clouds dynamic quality slider added.   1.14 Added Clouds detail range slider added.   1.14 Added Clouds blur level slider added.   1.17 Added Spherical buffer   1.17 Added Full volume rendering implemented. No more separate layer rendering.   1.17 Added New cloud light scattering math.   1.17 Added New cloud formation logic. Now we can create clouds of any shape.   1.17 Added Smooth transition between startus and cumulus.   1.17 Added Thunderstorm clouds are back.   1.17 Added Incloud lightning.   1.17 Removed Banding lines on distant clouds removed.   1.17 Removed Clouds static quality slider removed.   1.17 Added Clouds screen edge quality slider added.   1.17 Changed Clouds blur level slider changed to clouds dynamic blur.   1.17 Added Draw high level clouds checkbox added.   1.17 Changed Cloud base adjusted to better match reported values.
	WIP	Wind and turbulence
WIP Wind and turbulence Turbulence shall be yet again evaluated by subjective match using real line crew feedback immediately off the flight if possible.   1.04 Changed Maximum turbulence slider value has been increased up to 200%.   1.04 Changed Turbulence has been checked for few known areas and ratios adjusted to some realistic levels.   1.04 Changed Wind model has been adjusted to have more accurate behaviour.   1.06 Added Maximum wind speed slider with range 0-100%. Affecting wind speeds at all levels.   1.07 Changed Maximum wind speed now set in Knots.   ALOFT data density has been increased. Submitted for evaluation to determine if this density is sufficient.   1.07 Changed Wind distribution has been changed to improve ATC reliability.   1.08 Changed Turbulence model adjusted to have less evenly distributed areas of the same air velocity.   1.10 Changed Turbulence slider now controls the average amount of flow disturbance.   1.10 Changed ALOFT data format has been changed, sampling rate increased, vorticity data added.   1.10 Added Reduce surface crosswind checkbox added.   1.14 Changed Turbulence model adjusted to accurately model disturbances for high lifting index areas.   1.14 Changed Turbulence model adjusted to accurately model disturbances inside clouds.   1.14 Changed Turbulence model adjusted to better model long term forces.   1.17 Changed Turbulence model changed to better match long term forces.   1.17 Added Updrafts added below cumulus clouds with vertical development.   1.17 Added Tropopause temperature control.   1.17 Changed Wind distribution changed to avail fake forecast reports for aircraft devs.
	WIP	Post-processing
WIP Post-processing Special effects in post-processing shader.   1.08 Added Post-processing shader is back.   1.08 Added Sun glare.   1.08 Added Camera lens flare effect.   1.08 Added Checkbox to display or remove lens flare effect.   1.09 Added Checkbox to display crepuscular rays.   1.10 Added New alternative sun glare.   1.10 Added Checkbox to display or remove diffraction spikes.   1.10 Removed Post processing checkbox removed.   1.10 Added Camera blue filter slider.   1.11 Added Brightness slider.   1.11 Added Contrast slider.   1.11 Added Vibrance slider.   1.11 Added Gamma slider.   1.11 Changed Cloud Settings changed to Rendering Settings.   1.11 Changed Simple preset changed to Natural.   1.11 Changed Full preset changed to Vivid.   1.15 Added Post processing tone mapping added.   1.15 Added Tone mapping selector slider.   1.15 Added Tone mapping mixing level slider.   1.17 Changed Post processing math and application order adjusted.
WORK IN PROGRESS ITEMS Items in this section are being worked on but cannot be guaranteed to be finalized in the next update
	WIP	Scenery and Airport Lighting
WIP Scenery and Airport Lighting Ground scenery lights management and airports lights management will be addressed in this section. Will make attempts to make all the ground light sources to smoothly blend with haze and slowly disappear with distance.   1.10 Changed Airport lights range has been adjusted to match the actual visibility range.   1.12 Changed Scenery light visibility law adjusted.   1.15 Fixed Scenery light no more disappear abruptly at night.   1.16 Changed Scenery lights now appear gradually when breaking out from clouds.
	WIP	SDK
WIP SDK Custom datarefs and other means to access internal weather data for aircraft and add-on developers.   1.07 Added General status dataref.   1.07 Added Dataref for the weather radar data (precipitation echo).   1.08 Added Rain intensity dataref.   1.08 Added Snow intensity dataref.   1.08 Added Terrain surface condition dataref.
	WIP	VR support
WIP VR support We demand full VR support.   1.17 Added Basic VR support.
	WIP	Weather briefing
WIP Weather briefing METAR report lookup for selected airfield of station   1.07 Added Weather Briefing window added. Displays METAR for 20 nearby stations.   1.11 Added Button to close the Briefing window.   1.14 Added Weather search tab.   1.17 Added Weather search accepts Enter key.
	WIP	Night environment
WIP Night environment Moon, planets and stars implementation. Ambient and reflected light reworks.   1.08 Added Moon with position and phase based on the current system date and time.   1.10 Added Draw default night sky checkbox.   1.17 Changed Increased distance for the city lights reflected by haze.
	WIP	Water environment
WIP Water environment Enhanced water representation.   1.10 Added Parameters for water waves adjusted to match current weather.   1.11 Added Control water waves checkbox.   1.12 Changed Control water waves now controls water textures too.
	WIP	Environment visual effects
WIP Environment visual effects Rain, snow, hail, lightning, etc.   1.10 Changed New rain effect.   1.10 Changed New snow effect.   1.10 Changed Rain and snow affected by aircraft lights.   1.10 Changed Volumetric landing and taxi light beams.   1.10 Removed Remove scenery shadows under overcast checkbox removed.   1.14 Changed X-Plane shadow logic adjusted for low sun angles.   1.14 Changed Precipitation model adjusted to calculate the amount of precipitation inside the clouds.   1.14 Changed Precipitation model adjusted to calculate the amount of precipitation falling out of the clouds.   1.15 Added Light scattering from scenery light sources at night.   1.15 Changed X-Plane precipitation dataref update suspended for critical phases of flight.
	WIP	User Interface
WIP User Interface We are constantly changing and adjusting user interface to make it more friendly and convenient.   1.14 Added Draw drifting snow checkbox added.   1.14 Added Button or key assignable command to force CAVOK condition.   1.14 Added Button or key assignable command to show and hide Weather Briefing window.   1.15 Added Button or key assignable command to show and hide Settings window.   1.17 Changed Server timeout reduced to 5 seconds.   1.17 Added Manage X-Plane rain sound checkbox added.
	WIP	Scenery and seasons
WIP Scenery and seasons Features for scenery visual effects and seasonal data available for scenery developers. Details will be published in the corresponding section of xEnviro SDK.   1.08 Added Seasonal data now calculated and accumulated on the server.   1.08 Added Terrain surface condition data now calculated and accumulated on the server.   1.08 Added xEnviro now publishes seasonal data for the scenery developers. Details can be found in the SDK.   1.10 Added Dynamic snow coverage in the mountain areas.   1.10 Added Dynamic surface snow coverage.   1.10 Added Dark airport surface when wet.   1.10 Changed Default surface drifting snow removed at runtime.   1.10 Added Maximum snow coverage slider.   1.10 Added Wet aerodrome surface effect checkbox.   1.10 Added Draw snow in mountains checkbox.   1.12 Added Seasons.   1.12 Removed Maximum snow coverage slider.   1.12 Added Seasonal changes intensity slider.   1.12 Changed Wet aerodrome surface checkbox affects particles exhaust effect too.   1.12 Changed Snow application logic changed to remove yellow tint from the default X-Plane sun.   1.14 Changed Wet and damp surface logic adjusted.   1.14 Added Surface snow drift effect.
FUTURE ITEMS Items that will be implemented in the future development
	New Event	Multimonitor support
New Event Multimonitor support Adjustments to accomodate multiple monitor feature available in X-Plane 11.
	New Event	Historical weather
New Event Historical weather
	New Event	VATSIM & IVAO network weather
New Event VATSIM & IVAO network weather
	New Event	Mac OS version
New Event Mac OS version
	New Event	Sound environment
New Event Sound environment General sound environmental effects.

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