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Welcome to X-Plane 12.4.3 – The VR Release!
Notams
- Apple Vision Pro Support requires a dedicated FREE app from the App Store
- Hand-Tracking and Eye-Tracking is only compatible on headsets with the required Open-XR Extensions
- Meta Quest 3 is not natively compatible with Hand and Eye-Tracking (Due to OpenXR software limitations with the headset)
Version History
Release Date: May 8, 2026 ATC
- Fixed default ATIS transmissions to include transition altitude/level and RVR information regardless of distance from the airport (XPD-18013)
- Improved call sign and gate suffix pronunciation (XPD-17820)
- Fixed a crash when selecting PLN mode on but_map_mode_HSI without a flight plan (XPD-18045)
- Fixed an FMS/CDU softlock for the 737 variant on the FPLN page where canceling a modification after an invalid airway entry prevented any further airway or waypoint input (XPD-18028)
- Trigger gear down warning again in multi-engine aircraft after setting another engine to idle (XPD-18027)
- Fixed an A330 FCU bug where pressing the HDG V/S–TRK FPA pushbutton with both FDs off failed to toggle the FPV and instead caused the selected HDG value to drift incorrectly with each press (XPD-18031)
- Fixed an issue where the EGT and CHT bars and graphs weren’t drawn correctly on the MFD->Engine->Lean page of the X1000 (XPD-17956)
- Added a new command called sim/transponder/transponder_test_cancel to cancel the transponder test (XPD-17954)
- Fixed a drawing issue of the trend line on the X1000 MFD when moving the map using the slaw/cursor mode
- Fixed an issue where ATTR_layer_group blended reversed normals
- Updated Global Airports to the latest version
- Added new color variants for flat hangars, hangar doors, flat warehouses, and cargo warehouses
- 10 New Static Aircraft, including the Boeing 757, Challenger 600, Hondajet, Piper PA-28 Archer, M500, PC-12, E-2 Hawkeye, F-15, F-18 and SH60 Seahawk
- 182 New Static Liveries
- Improved placement for static aircraft and airport vehicles by searching for regional libraries first
- Fixed an issue where omnidirectional spill lights are always on, even during the day
- Support for Apple Vision Pro
- Full AVP helper when connecting to X-Plane Streaming Link
- Complete rewrite of the VR system
- Support for Mixed Reality on supported devices
- Controller & Interaction Refactor
- Support for Hand-Tracking & Gestures
- Support for Eye-gaze driven Variable Shading Rate on support devices
- New Enlarged Multi-touch Keyboard
- UI re-factor with improved glass aesthetic, quick zoom buttons and grab handles
- Highlight – and + top buttons on new VR Windows when hovering over them (XPD-18041)
- Add haptic hover feedback for VR Controllers (XPD-18039)
- Clicking on the X1000 will no longer pop it out in 2D mode (XPD-18038)
- VR Keyboard can be moved again (XPD-18037)
- Fixed an issue where clicking on “Use OpenXR Runtime” would cause a XR_ERROR_RUNTIME_FAILURE (XPD-17551)
- Fixed a VR bug where the xPAD and VR Controllers could enter a whiteout state independently of the cockpit lighting when flying through dense clouds (XPD-17844)
- Fixed a crash when calling XPLMIsAvionicsPoppedOut when disabling a plugin (XPD-18049)
- Fixed a bug where Custom Avionics Devices did not receive the correct touchscreen coordinates when using VR Controllers (XPD-18009)
- Added missing “clear” option for the weather preset in the Flight Initialization API (XPD-17958)
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