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dlh716:
Hi there,
I asked you a few months ago regarding the support of airline and operator logos on GSX vehicles.
You replied that this function is currently not available due to DirectX 12 and that you're waiting for P3D v5.2 to make this function available.
So, I allow myself, after several months and after the release of P3D v5.2, to ask you again about the availability of these features.
Thank you so much in advance for your response.
Kind regards,
Yann

virtuali:
We are in the final stages of testing them.

Note that, we'll not have the same features as P3D V4, because they require DirectX 11 and libraries which are no longer available in DirectX 12 so, we won't a true Render to Texture. Which means:

- Logos for ground handling, jetways and catering operators will be back, but you won't be able to put your own logos just as easily as it was with P3D V4. Instead, you'll be able to choose only from the ones in the stock list, which is about 200 operators.

- gate numbers on jetways won't work.

- other RTT features, like dynamic texts, won't work as well.

Basically, logos will work similar to FSX and P3D V3, using standard multi-liveries.

dlh716:
Thank you very much for your reply.
Okay I see. I’m looking forward to try it!

wdylm:
Thanks for reply, so it means RTT in DX12 still failed(at least temporarily)？And is it still flexible for assigning different logos for different airports/airlines by using new method? e.g. I assign a catering vehicle logo in a airport for an airline, and this configuration will be stored for next time, as RTT performance before？

virtuali:

--- Quote from: wdylm on September 06, 2021, 01:57:43 pm ---Thanks for reply, so it means RTT in DX12 still failed(at least temporarily)
--- End quote ---

Considering all the pain and reliability problems LM had switching to DX12, in addition to the fact DX12 lacks native support for DirectWrite required by Fonts ( unless you mix-up DX11 + DX12, for an even higher VRAM usage ) and we used an open source library to do all Font rendering which won't be ported to DX12, we explained a while ago to have dropped any plans to try porting the RTT features to DX12.

We had some hopes moving to HTML5 instead but, it seemed very unstable and, even LM themselves, in 5.1 HF1 switched BACK from Html5 to Scaleform for their own menus system so, if not even LM trusts their HTML implementation to be reliable enough ( the infamous Simconnect menu locks up that were fixed by switching back to Scaleform ), it would have been too risky for us using it anyway.

That left us with the only possible choice, which has always been our "Plan B": using the regular multi-liveries system like FSX, which we are sure it works.


--- Quote ---And is it still flexible for assigning different logos for different airports/airlines by using new method? e.g. I assign a catering vehicle logo in a airport for an airline, and this configuration will be stored for next time, as RTT performance before？
--- End quote ---

You can still assign an operator logo for handling, catering and jetways for each parking, simply by selecting one from the list. So, it's definitely easy but, you can only choose from the list of about 200 stock operators.

However, it's not as flexible as it is in P3D V4 that, thanks to RTT, you can create a new operator from scratch and pick-up your own PNG image for the logo.

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