v3.3.2 RealTraffic Hotifx for channel turning "invalid"

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• Hotifx for RealTraffic channel turning "invalid": Larger receive buffer and ignore errors on the weather data as weather isn't critical

v3.3.1 RealTraffic Send Time

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• RealTraffic: Sending simulator time to RealTraffic app, so that RealTraffic can send matching historic traffic (activate "Simulator controls time offset" in RealTraffic Advanced Settings).
• Fixed default for RealTraffic port (49005) on new installations.
• Fixed TwinFan/XPMP2#54 FMOD Error 36 by correctly calculating sound's spacial orientation.

v3.3.0 Contrails

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• Contrails for jets flying between configurable altitudes, see Settings > Advanced > Contrails.
• Fixed #244: URL formatting and JSON parsing robust against changes to locale/formatting settings in system or by other plugins.
• FMOD Error 36: Avoid repeated logging, but provide more details once every 5 minutes if it occurs. Please report occurences here for me to have a chance to find the root cause.

v3.2.2 Workarounds for Mac and Linux

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• Mac/XP12 only: Added workaround to avoid freeze upon TCAS activation due to XPD-13332, see here for details. You can activate TCAS again, also on startup.
• Linux only: Added workaround to avoid freeze on some Linux distros due to FMOD incompatibilities, see TwinFan/XPMP2#54 and support thread.

v3.1.1 Fix for RealTraffic Channel

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• RealTraffic: Fix planes stuck to ground. See Support Thread for details.
  Note 1: Fix effective only with RealTraffic App 9.1.202 or later.
  Note 2: Root cause is a change in the RTTFC format definition, which also affects people feeding own data in RTTFC format to LiveTraffic: Field 6 has reversed meaning from a "Ground" flag to an "Airborne" flag, in line again with the AITFC format's definition of the same field. LiveTraffic's RTTFC Export has been adapted accordingly.

v3.1.0

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• NEW Advanced settings for increased flight data refresh interval when flying above a configurable height AGL; so that your OpenSky and ADS-B budgets last longer during cruise.
  Removed A/c outdated timeout setting, now handled automatically.
• Added #241 display of multi-stop routes instead of just origin/destination
• Added #240 direct links to OpenSky for updating Aircraft Profile and Route information into the Aircraft List (new column "Update") and the Aircraft Information window, so you can quickly correct/add information in case you find it wrong/missing.
• ADSBEx, RealTraffic: Reverted to using their barometric altitude fields as they have proven to be more reliable.
• OpenSky settings: Allow to set username/password while channel is active
• Gracefully handle zero-sized config file.

v3.0.0 Channel Updates / Prepare for XP12

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• NEW #225 option Basics > Cooperation > Hide all a/c in Replay to have all aircraft hidden while X-Plane is in Replay mode.
• NEW #223 option Basics > Cooperation > Hide static objects to remove static objects like towers from all data streams where identifiable.
• NEW #18 feature: Planes correct angle for wind, crab and de-crab for take-off/landing. The wind considered is taken from current simulator's weather, ie. the same that affects your own aircraft, too.
• General performance improvements, especially noticeable if many more aircraft are seen in the data than can be displayed.
• OpenSky: NEW #237 option to enter credentials of a registered user account to allow for a higher number of requests per day (details).
• Remaining requests per day are shown in the OpenSky status in the Status / About page and in the OpenSky settings.
• ADS-B Exchange: Prepare for version 2 data format (not yet available for the RAPID API interface).
  Provides more data for potentially better altitude and type of vehicle information. Will become mandatory as the v1 format will be phased out by ADS-B Exchange at some point in time.
• RealTraffic: NEW #229 support for traffic info format "RTTFC" introduced with RT v9, broadcasted on port 49005, becoming the default listening port. Older formats continue to work, too, no matter the network port.
  The network port LiveTraffic listens to is now configurable in Settings > Input Channels > RealTraffic.
• The Export functionality is also extended to support RealTraffic's RTTFC format: There is a new setting Advanced > Export > Export file format to choose between the previous AITFC and the new RTTFC format.
  Use the updated Resources/SendTraffic.py to send AITFC or RTTFC data back into LiveTraffic.
• ADDED more potential Ground Vehicles to FlightModels.prf, thanks to @sawiczja and @larsras.
• FSCharter channel: FIXED #231 static link to flight board.
• X-Plane 12-specific changes
  • ADDED #59: Support for X-Plane 12's wake turbulence, which is applied to TCAS targets, ie. only if LiveTraffic has TCAS control.
    So watch out...going into the wake of an airliner with your C172 may crash you! For training purposes, you can have X-Plane vizualize the wakes by selecting "View > Show 3-D Flight Mode" from the menu or hit [Ctrl-M] eight times until "Wake Turbulence" appears on the screen.
  • FIXED reading global airport scenery files, which got relocated in X-Plane 12.

v2.60 FSCharter Channel

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• ADDED a new channel for FSCharter flights, usable for registered users; see documentation for details.
• ADDED links to follow a flight on the web sites of the feeding channels. Find the link symbol (arrow pointing top right) in the Actions column of the Aircraft List as well as in the Tracking Data line of the Info Window.

v2.53 Network stability improvements

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• FIXED #219: Network timeouts are handled more dynamically and gracefully and don't lead to channel inactivation any longer.
  Aircraft master data is fetched in order of distance, so that closest aircraft appear in proper livery first.
• FIXED #215: Channels, which got inactivated after too many errors, can be restarted (from Settings > Input Channels and from Status / About).
• Stopped channels are no longer treated and saved as "disabled" and therefor will appear enabled after X-Plane restart.
  Added Pilatus and other L1T planes to related.txt, as well as some more ground vehicle call signs to FlightModels.prf, see here.
• ADDED more enhancements to FlightModels.prf and related.txt to better identify ground vehicles, business jets and small prop aircraft, see here.
• ADDED an option to the Debug settings to dump airport layout data for analysis purposes

v2.51 Bug Fixes

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• ADDED #214 an option to hide aircraft parking at gates or ramp positions to Settings > Basics > Cooperation.
• ADDED Dassault 3-engine jets to related.txt
• ADDED enhancements to FlightModels.prf and related.txt to better identify ground vehicles
• FIXED LiveTraffic to be compatible again with XP 11.41 and before (down to XP11.10)
• FIXED crash when receiving unknown aircraft type with OpenGlider Network channel
• FIXED SendTraffic.py to be compatible with Python 3.5 upwards