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0.9.6 Public Release

• X-Plane: add several datarefs for addon aircraft

0.9.5.156 RC Final 3

• X-Plane: Update Plugin to 1.1.0.18. COnnection to SPAD.neXt will not be established before plane is fully loaded and running
• X-Plane: Fix some datatypes that are wrong reported
• X-Plane: Fix Datarefs with converters not updating
• BIP/Script: Fix plate color not reset internally when changing aircraft/profile

0.9.5.155 RC Final 2

• X-Plane: Fix gauges not updating
• FIP: Fix sluggish brightness slider

0.9.5.154 RC Final 1

• Fix various crashes when running in “Debug” Mode
• Text2Speech: Add option to insert datarefs into spoken text
• Text2Speech: Add test button

0.9.5.153

• GaugeDesigner: Fix “Save Image” not working
• Actions: Add Text2Speech [Complete Edition]
• GoFlight: Fix SPAD.neXt not starting if device is not connected in “Debug” Mode

0.9.5.152

• General: Force conditions to reevaluate after profile change or editing
• vJoy: Release vJOy after action executed to unblock device.

0.9.5.151

• Gauges: Add access to ManualURl and Name for GaugeLabels
• LVAR Bridge: Update to 1.0.0.21

0.9.5.149

• SimConnect: Fix writing to Elevator Trim Pct does not work anymore
• SimConnect: Fix SPAD.neXt not connecting to FSX after FSW crashed

0.9.5.148

• FSW: Add support for FlightSimWorld. Please note that not everything that works on FSX wil work on FSW. Please report Stuff not working. LVAR not yet supported.

0.9.5.144

• Data: Fix data with custom unit no longer showing in browser

0.9.5.143 Release Candidate 11

• FIP: Improve rendering
• Gauges: Fix loading same gauge to multiple fip works as “one”
• Gauges: Fix DEVICE-Scoped variables not working
• Events: Relax event handling and uncouple from provider

0.9.5.141 Release Candidate 10

• FIP: Fix Gauge not loading if referencing disabled Provider (e.g. LVAR)
• FIP: Add Option to Devices→Saitek.FIP to boost FIP-Rendering CPU
• General: Fix Global Expressions not showing in Definition Browser

0.9.5.140

• FIP: Fix gauges. Report smoothness and CPU please
• Display: Fix some display-converters not working
• Plates: Add some more debugging to track double-events

0.9.5.139 Release Candidate 9

• FIP: Improve gauge smoothness
• X-Plane: Make gauges working again
• Display: Add option to convert a value before displaying it
• General: Ensure events are evaluated when added or edited
• Expert Mode: Debugsetting for events is saved to profile [Complete only]

0.9.5.136

• FIP: Fix lagging FIP gauges. Currently not performance optimized. Keep an eye on CPU usage please

0.9.5.126

• Events: Limit that an event can be only execute once at a time.

0.9.5.126 Release Candidate 8

• Conditions: Fix occasional evaluation error if data value is not yet available
• Data values: Allow to select common conversion for all units

0.9.5.124 Release Candidate 7

• SimConnect: Fix SPAD.neXt cannot establish connection to sim after it once disconnected
• LVAR Installer: will remove old bridge entries from dll.xml now to prevent 2 bridges connecting confusing SPAD.neXt
• X-Plane: Fix data not updated after aircraft loaded

0.9.5.123 Release Candidate 6

• FIP: Fix Manual-Link broken
• LVAR: Fix timing problem when connecting
• Expert Mode: Add option to set events into debug mode. Will log evaluation of condition and actions. (In Future: Enables stepping through the action) [Complete only]

0.9.5.122 Beta Fix

• Just fixes the broken public beta of RC 5

0.9.5.121 Release Candidate 5

• Conditions: Expert mode will show compiled expression (Not looking nice for Q400/PMDG yet)
• Variables: Add new local variable “LOCAL:SPAD_AIRCRAFTCHANGED” (Local→Events) that will get value ON (1) when the aircraft changed
• X-Plane: Favor X-Plane Standard Axis-controls over XUIPC as they are not supported by XUIPC

0.9.5.120 Release Candidate 4

• Panels: Fix switches sent to sim after simulation pauses, even if aircraft did not change.
• X-Plane: Add menuitem to reload datarefs of an aircraft without restarting X-Plane

0.9.5.119 Release Candidate 3

• Gauges: Polish Load Gauge dialog. PopUp will not autoshow anymore
• LVAR Bridge: Update to 1.0.0.20
• Wizard: Remove LVAR Configuration as it's done by a seperate setup now.

0.9.5.118 Release Candiate 2

• Gauges: Optimize Thumbnail-loading and sorting
• LVAR Bridge: Fix crash when starting installer

0.9.5.117 Release Candiate 1

• Gauges: Fix “Add Location” not adding basedirectory
• LVAR Bridge: Updated to Version 1.0.0.19 and providing Installer for it.

0.9.5.116

• iFly: Add iFly 737 / 744 Support
• General: Rework Monitor Save-Configuration Dialog
• X-Plane: Add AirfoilLabs C172 Datarefs

0.9.5.115

• Gauges: Fix locations outside Documents fodler did not favor index-control-files
• Gauges: Add posibillity to add “usercategories” to gauges
• Gauges: Rework gauges “Add location” dialog

0.9.5.114

• Gauges: Fix Filter-ComboBoxes not updating when gauge changes
• GaugeDesigner: Update GaugeSettings-Schema
• FIP: Fix Link/Info not updated if current gauge changes
• Gauges: Fix MaskImgae Transparency
• Gauges: Change Rotate-Mask Handling in SPAD Mode

0.9.5.113 Public Beta

• OC MCP: Fix display numbers lagging behind
• GF MCP: Fix display numbers lagging behind
• Gauges: Add new supported Tags for GaugeSettings:

<Category>Category 1</Category>

    <Category>Twin Engine</Category>
    <Simulation>FSX</Simulation>
    <Simulation>XPLANE</Simulation>
    <Simulation>OTHER</Simulation>
    <Type>AIRLINER</Type>
    <Type>GENERAL AVIATION</Type>
    <Type>SEAPLANE</Type>
    <Type>MILITARY</Type>
    <Type>HELICOPTER</Type>
    <Type>OTHER</Type>
    Category = Free text will show in Categories selection
    Type = Vehicle Type (repeat as many as you need, only shown values. Need new type -> tell me)
    Simulation = Supported Simulation  (repeat as many as you need, only shown values. Need new -> tell me)
* FIP: Add Filtering to loading dialog
* FIP: Add indexing control to loading dialog:
       If you create a file "GAUGE_NO_INDEX" in a folder, this folder will not be indexed or added to the folderlist on the left.
       If you create a file "GAUGE_FOLDER_INDEX" in a Top-Folder, all sub-folders of that folder will be added to the list on the left. 

0.9.5.112 Public Beta

• General: Add error popup if clipboard action fails
• Gauges: Fix profile/session/device scoped variables are saved to gauge-options
• Gauges: Fix profile/session/device scoped variables getting incorrect default value
• Gauges: Fix gauge scoped variables not saved when rendered on vFip client
• FIP: Add new gauge loading dialog

0.9.5.111:

• MultiPanel: Fix internal error if button pressed before initialization is complete
• General: Allow to add scripted events to every Button/Switch
• vJoy: Remove false warnings for vJoy actions
• vJoy: Add “Press and Release” action for buttons

0.9.5.110 Public Beta

• SCS: Add ETS2/ATS Plugin to simmodule directory. It will try to install automatically into ETS2/ATS. If it throws an error run SPAD.neXt once as Administrator. ETS/ATS must be started in 64-bit mode!

0.9.5.109 Public Beta

• Gauges: Fix archives in uppercase are not indexed
• General: Fix occasional racing condition upon first start
• Gauges: Make all paths relative to installation to enable transport of profiles
• General: Allow customizing of directory locations

0.9.5.108 Alpha

• Gauges: Fix sound causes crash
• Gauges: Fix image masking

0.9.5.107 Alpha

• General: Change Clipboard handling to more fault tolerant version
• Gauges: Fix archive names in upper cases are not recognized correctly
• Gauges: Fix variables defaults are not favored
• Gauges: Fix wrong transparency code used for mask images
• GaugeDesigner: Fix missing images not made red in unprotected gauges
• SimConnect: Fix “Number of Engines” being incorrect
• DCS: Remove “Configure” button, as it does nothing at all.

0.9.5.106 Public Beta

• vJoy: Fix events not saved.
• Gauges: Add ManualURL to GaugeSettings-Tags
• Gauges: Fix sound events in zipped gauges not working
• Gauges: Fix settings not saved
• FIP: Fix events lost and rendering stuttering

0.9.5.105 Public Beta

• Multipanel: Fix Displayformat being ignored
• Multipanel: Add event to turn display on/off
• Wizard: Add PMDG 747 QOTS II Version check
• FIP: Disallow UNC paths as gauge-location due to limitations of windows implementation. Map the path to a drive letter to have gauges sit on a networkshare.
• BIP: Fix copy&paste of events does not change targetplate of pasted event.
• vFIP Client: All computing and rendering is now done in the vFIP-Client, taking away the load from the sim-computer.
• vFIP Client: Add possibility to attach a vFIP to a physical FIP instead of undocking.
• vFIP Client: Prepare supporting of vBIP and remote interfacing RP/MP

0.9.5.104 Alpha

• FIP: Fix incorrect datareferences if gauge loaded while no sim is connected and sim connects later on
• FIP: Improve rendering performance. (Please report CPU-Usage changes or stuttering gauges)

0.9.5.103 Public Beta

• XPLANE: Fix data not updating

0.9.5.102 Public Beta

• General: Invalid Button/Switch-Configuration no longer handled as error, but will show a warning icon in the status line.
• PMDG747: Fix status reports connected when it is not.
• XPLANE: Add datarefs and commands for default aircraft (XP11 only)
• XPLANE: Ensure data for old aircraft is not shown anymore when switching

0.9.5.100 Public Beta

• SimConnect: Add TFDI B717 Events (enable in Settings→Application→Simulations)
• X-Plane: Fix Simulation-Events are gone after X-Plane connects

0.9.5.99 Public Beta

• SimConnect: Fix altimeter updated incorrectly
• Aircraftlist: Fix some aircrafts not showing up, add tooltip popup
• X-Plane: Add event monitor support
• DCS: Add first beta ( readonly ) , please see [url=http://www.spadnext.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=32]http://www.spadnext.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=32[/url] how to get it working

0.9.5.98 Public Beta

• vJoy: first implementation. Only buttons

0.9.5.97 Public Beta

• FIP: Fix gauges jittering

0.9.5.96 Public Beta

• GF MCP: Fix device not turned on
• General: Fix data getting corrupt if used with two diffrent units
• General: Prepare support for vJoy devices

0.9.5.95 Public Beta

• X-Plane Plugin: Clear custom datarefs if aircraft changes
• X-Plane: Adopt datamodel to new internal datamodel (please check FIP Gauges still working!)

0.9.5.94

• FIP: Make fonts independend from windows system scaling. IMPORTANT: If you created your own gauge with labels or dynamic text, you will most likely need to adjust the fontsizes!

0.9.5.93

• FIP: Force rendering of gauge after 500ms if a frame was dropped.

0.9.5.92

• X-Plane: Fix Simulation Events
• X-Plane Plugin: Fix threading issues

0.9.5.91

• Standard Axis: Add “Reverser with no pull” reverser axis for aircraft that have no pull out (e.g. stock 737)
• OC MCP: Fix occasional race condition when starting

0.9.5.90

• SimConnect: Fix Simulation-Events (axes and buttons) not executed

0.9.5.89

• SimConnect: Fix roll-over for COM/NAV/ADF
• SimConnect: Fix transponder digit not changing correct position
• X-Plane: Default SimConnect Radio Panel programming fully compatible.

0.9.5.88

• Radio Panel: Fix COM/NAV frequencies creating impossible values
• FIP: Adjust fip will drop max 2 frames in a row

0.9.5.87

• Radio Panel: Adjust dial sensitivity
• Joysticks : Add option to turn on GamePad-Mode for joysticks that send Press/Release events in quick sequence while a button is pressed. (e.g. Chinese GamePads)
• SimConnect : Changed default Units for NAV / COM / ADF Frequencies to MHz/KHz so it can be better worked with
• X-Plane : First update to make X-Plane fully SimConnect compatible. Not tested yet. FIP-Gauges might not be working!
• FIP : Fix gauges not rendered if no data used/static
• FIP : Impose FPS Limit to prevent gauges dying because of heat or power consumption
• GF MCP : Fix Displays not updating

0.9.5.86 Release Candidate 2

• GoFlight: Fix SPAD.neXt hanging if device is not responding
• VoiceAttack: Fix Plugin losing connection when switching VA Profile

0.9.5.85 Release Candidate 1

• General: Fix Device Configuration dialog comes up unexpectedly if device has no power configuration
• General: Fix occasional deadlock when switching profiles
• GF EFIS: Fix TFC-Dial UI offset

0.9.5.84 Beta

• GF EFIS: Update UI , Finalize implementation
• X-Plane: Add support for keyboard events and messages (Plugin needs update!)

0.9.5.83 Beta

• GF MCP Pro: Sync switches to UI when device starts up
• GF MCP Pro: Add option to force sending of switches when device is virtually powered on
• GF EFIS: Add support for GoFlight EFIS (Std gfx still)

0.9.5.82 Beta * General: Enable “new device”-Wizard