Thank you for your interest in this software. The installation is done automatically, running the included setup. If you are upgrading from a previous release, just run setup as already said, making sure to OVERWRITE all the files having the same name, should it be asked by the installer (uninstalling the previous version is not required, the settings will not be lost). Upgrading users, BE SURE to read the What's New chapter for very important information.
Once installed, a new group will be created into Windows START menu | Programs, where the user's guide and the uninstallation program is located. A WidevieW menu is automatically added to Flight Simulator X "Add-ons" menu, from where WidevieW can be configured and used (press ALT if you don't see the menu).
Adobe Acrobat Reader is necessary to visualize the manual, if it's not installed in your system, it can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
If unregistered, WidevieW is limited to 10 minutes of time per flight session. A serial number can be obtained visiting the on-line store at one of the followings websites:
For any question or information, please contact Luciano Napolitano at info@wideview.it or visit http://www.wideview.it/
Please visit http://www.wideview.it for additional utilities for Flight Simulator and cockpit builders.
WHATS NEW / UPDATE HISTORY
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From version 2.2 to 3.0
- Enhanced IntelliSmooth option, effectively improving clients smoothness under many different circumstances (it is now suggest to keep this option activated even on very modern and fast computers, however it is very important to set the performance parameters correctly, so please see chapters 6 and 10 for details)
- Added network traffic and performance statistics, helping to optimize the parameters and to find the bottlenecks
- Improved weather support, with automatic synchronization of multiple weather stations around own aircraft, in addition to interpolated weather
- Added network multicast transmission. Send data to all networks or only to a specific interface
- Added network camera handling via servers joystick buttons: switch a client to Spot Plane, Map or any other different view on the fly, by just pressing a fire button on the server. Keep the views always perfectly aligned, by creating custom cameras.
- Clients zoom factor can be changed on the fly from server, through custom cameras
- The clients no longer require SLEW to be active. Now WidevieW works with the client set just into normal flight mode, opening a whole new world of possibilities, most of them already included in this release
- Improved clients spot plane view, without stutters while mobile parts are actuated and with many mobile parts added (for example: running engine, flight control surfaces and much more)
- Fixed fractional number support on view configuration, regardless of simulators language
- Added a menu item to load different flights on server and clients (useful, for example, to switch quickly to a different aircraft type on the clients)
- 28 pages added to the users guide to explain the new features and to discuss additional tips about performance optimization
- Upgrading users: please read the ADDITIONAL STEPS FOR BOTH NEW USERS AND USERS COMING FROM WIDEVIEW 2.2 OR OLDER, included in the QUICK START GUIDE chapter, for important information about how to get the most from this release.
From version 2.1 to 2.2
- Improved clients smoothness when connected to slower servers, through the new IntelliSmooth option
- Added interactive view reorientation on clients via servers joystick / yoke POV-Hat switch or users defined fire buttons
- Expanded multi CPU support, now up to 8 cores
- Added an option to synchronize clients clocks automatically
- Fixed a bug that was causing southern hemisphere to shake on mixed FS2004 / FSX installations
- Improved compatibility with Windows Vista and Windows Vista SP1 (the INI file is now stored into %appdata%\Microsoft\FSX folder, rather than into WidevieW installation folder)
- Fixed some installer behaviour under Windows Vista
- Added detailed documentation explaining how to improve performance
From version 2.0 to 2.1
- Improved weather synchronization
- Support for multi-core and multi-processor systems
- New view alignment method through a dummy aircraft
- Revised documentation for installations under Windows Vista
From version 1.6 to 2.0
- Improved weather support when used with FSX SP1
- Fixed WidevieW quitting on server, when complex METARs are processed under FSX SP1
- Added an option to prevent stutters on clients while the airplane is on ground
- Added an option to remove SLEW text from lower-right corner of the screen
- Added an automated procedure to eliminate the virtual cockpit from lateral views, when FSX SP1 is used
- Added complete eye point setup, including lateral, vertical and forward/backward eye point shift.
From version 1.5 to 1.6
- Improved smoothness and compatibility when Widetraffic (the optional module used to synchronize AI traffic) is used.
- Improved installation, with error 1010/1011 prevention, under Windows VISTA.
- Added decimal point to view orientation parameter.
- Minor fixes and improvements.
From version 1.0 to 1.5
- Added dynamic view reorientation on the clients, when the view angle changes on server.
- Added support for flaps, spoiler and gear on the clients, when Spot Plane view is used.
- Minor fixes and improvements.
From pre-release 0.9 to version 1.0
- Mixed configurations FS2004 / FSX in the same network are now allowed. Please read here http://www.wideview.it/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=298 for more information on this feature.
- Added automatic weather synchronization throughout the network.
