Hello @ll,
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WAMA version 1.14 has been released today. 

• This fixes the long standing problem where parked aircraft of some developers would shut down your own engine when you came in range.
• It includes a separate P3D V4.4 version that fixes the issue when trying to play back recorded landings
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The app has been sent to the shops and is already available to all SimMarket customers. The other shops usually follow in a few days time.

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The Lorby Scratchpad has been released as version 1.0.

This app synchronizes an external app window with a message window in Prepar3D V4.x. You can take notes on this window from within the simulator or add complex text snippets to it on the app window.

Furthermore, the Lorby Scratchpard includes an Editor for the Kneeboard files that are associated with your aircraft. You can add any text or pictures to those files using a simple HTML editor window and access them through the standard Kneeboard feature within your simulator.

The Lorby Scratchpad is a freeware tool available on the DOWNLOADS page.

Hello @ll,
​CameraPosition X has been updated to version 1.25 b05.

• When you are using the CPX hotkeys to access fixed location cameras, your own aircraft will no longer be warped to that position. This only happens when you select the camera within the CPX GUI.
• You can opt to disable the CPX camera controls when the app is minimized
• A bug where some keyboard combos would override each other has been fixed.
• Cameras that no longer exist are not removed automatically from the assigned hotkeys.
  

The app has been deployed on SimMarket already, the other shops will provide the update once their deployment process is complete.

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Hello @ll,

Lorby Live Traffic has been updated to 1.14 today.

We are having a lot of fog this time of the year, and I realized that this wasn't really depicted that well when using the "real weather" option in LLTX. With version 1.14 low visibilty should look much better in the sim.

As a reminder: since LLTX 1.12 the "real weather" can be injected continuously, every 15 minutes. This is not really a "weather engine" - it just grabs the current METAR from the NOAA and makes the sim depict that weather information.

LLTX is available as a free download on the DOWNLOADS page

Hello @ll,

LorbyLiveTraffic has been updated today:

• The stutter that was present in the sim when using RealTraffic as datasource has finally been cured!
• The FLAi mapping database has been updated to work with the latest FLAi version (from 6th of November)
• Simulator AI mode has been improved to prevent sim crashes caused by unusable AI flight plans. The sim will still crash though when incompatible AI models are injected.

The app is available as a free download on the Lorby-SI website.

​Best regards

Hello @ll,

with the new version 0.97 of PayloadManager X it is possible to

• Perform parachute jumps with a sky diver Avatar
• Release AI sky divers from your aircraft
  
• Bail out of your aircraft (similar to using an ejection seat)

PayloadManager X is still freeware, available on the "DOWNLOADS" page.

​Best regards

Hello @ll,
Two minor updates haven been released yesterday

CameraPosition X 1.24 b02 
- This fixes an issue with a global camera definition "CIGI view" that seems to be installed by a recent addon.

FireFighter X 1.85 b03
- Has a work-around for blocked simulator events that make it impossible to arm the drop or scoop systems on the default C130 and the Nemeth CH-47
- It also adds a new type of retardant bucket, the "Smokey", which is used in Italy attached to a Chinook. 
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Hello @ll,

P4AO has just been updated to version 1.39 b04

• This fixes the bug where the scenery treeview would not refresh correctly when moving an item down and making it leave the "box". This also affected moving multiple sceneries down at the same time, which only worked once and then deselected the items again.
• The scenery list has gained a search field now, where you can highlight those scenery entries where the title or the path contains a text that you enter.
• P4AO will now also detect new packages, it is no longer necessary to run the simulator first.

The tool is avaliable as a free download on the "DOWNLOADS" page

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Hello @ll,

the P4AO version 1.38 b11 is available for download now. This version has received many small updates and bugfixes, but there are two "big" new (optional) features too:

• Strict package law: if you are using other scenery management tools at the same time, you can direct P4AO to adhere to the strict package activation law. This means that it will no longer be possible to activate/deactivate individual components of an add-on package, because this function is unique to P4AO. Instead, the whole package must be activated or deactivated
  
• Strict layer order: there seem to be scenery products out there that are in trouble if external, add-on.xml based scenery elements are inserted into the numerical range of the scenery.cfg layers. While this is possible and allowed in the specification, there have been "doubts" if this can work correctly in all cases. Should you run into problems with a product like that, you can activate the "strict layer order" in P4AO. This will make sure that add-on.xml based scenery doesn't have a layer inside the scenery.cfg, and it will move "offending" scenery elements into the scenery.cfg if you request it. DON'T USE THIS UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.

Other than that, you can now create scenery.cfg entries too, on the same dialog where you create add-on.xml files, the app will clear the scenery index automatically if so desired, the "Remove Duplicates" feature has been expanded to include all of the scenery library and the scenery list has an additional state now that will show you that a scenery is inactive because the add-on package where it is referenced has been disabled.

Best regards

Hello @ll,

PayloadManager X has received a small update to the aerial refueling logic.

• When "Latched" to a tanker that is using the PMX Boom or Drogue, your aircraft will move around ever so slightly, the connection is not rigid anymore.
• PMX now has a simple file interface for third party interoperability with the tanker logic. The first app to use this will be vLSO.
• The fuel probe on your own aircraft can now be hidden automatically when you are not in range of a tanker.

Best regards