Weather engine xEnviro has received it's much anticipated v1.08 update. Version 1.08 is possibly the most anticipated in xE's short history, with much controversy surrounding its testing period. It's also one of the biggest upate to xEnviro's product life.

Prepare your credit cards folks! Threshold can exclusively announce that xEnviro 1.08 is now available.

Here is a brief changelog;

- Cloud and atmosphere resolution slider.

- Cloud complexity slider to adjust the amount of detailed cloud puffs.

- New, volume rendered atmosphere.

- Rain intensity dataref.

- Snow intensity dataref.

- Terrain surface condition dataref.

- Windshield precipitation effect and corresponding checkbox added.

- Post-processing shader is back.

- Sun glare.

- Camera lens flare effect.

- Checkbox to display or remove lens flare effect.

- Seasonal data now calculated and accumulated on the server.

- Terrain surface condition data now calculated and accumulated on the server.

- xEnviro now publishes seasonal data for the scenery developers. Details can be found in the SDK.

- Moon with position and phase based on the current system date and time.

See the full changelog here.

In the meantime, feast your eyes on the biggest change to xEnviro;

At the time of this news entry, v1.08 is not available yet. [EDIT: 1.08 is now up on the xE website]

You can buy xEnviro and receive the latest and greatest v1.08 now for $70 ($69.90 USD) on the Threshold Store or X-Plane.org

If you're an existing customer of xEnviro and you wish to update, you may do so following this Link.