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Hi!

Here comes another public alpha testversion of the upcoming 2.0 release.

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The new features and bugfixes in respect to the alpha 5 version are:

* Fixed DME distance display bug when flying from outside into the range of a VOR station.
* Refactored the X-Plane module to work with vasFMC 2.0. This module is *not* compatible the the module of vasFMC 1.x.
  vasFMC 2.x now has a very basic X-Plane support - many features available to MSFS will not work yet for X-Plane.
  The PFD and the ECAM will not work, the MCDU and the ND should do their basic navigation jobs.
* Added stall speed display (clean + full flaps) to PFD according to values of the aircraft.cfg (MSFS).
  Many thanks to Peter Dowson who implemented those values on request as fast as lightning.
* Added minimum drag speed display to PFD according to MSFS calulated values.
* Made small changes, fixes and additions to PFD items.
* Fixed distance calculation for the leg between the last two waypoints.
* Added slip indicator to PFD.
* Limited speed tape to speeds above 30kts.
* Fixed bug when entering a departure without a destination airport in the INIT page.
* Fixed bug in A-style of the cross track distance overlapping with the range value.
* Added ILS DME readout for NAV2 to the ND.
* Added speed bug to PFD showing the AP IAS setting on the speedband when AP is set to MACH hold.
* Added optional inches of mercury pressure display to PFD (see context menu).
* Added predefined vasFMC FSUIPC controls, take a look into the fsuipc.offsets.txt document in the vasFMC docs directory.
  Many thanks to Peter Dowson who implemented this feature on request as fast as lightning!
* Fixed radar altitude QNH bug, now the radar altitude really shows the height above ground.
* Fixed ground speed issue below 40kts.
* Added metric altitude display to PFD.
* Added A-style ADF2 pointer.
* Added custom N1 thrust hold and IAS autothrottle.
* Added upper ECAM in A-style.
* Fixed font size switch problem.
* Added many new FSUIPC controls (see fsuipc.offsets.txt)
* Added "battery off" and "avionics off" handling which will now effect the FMC displays.
* The End-of-Climb/Descent arrow in A-style will now be drawn onto the trackline when the FMC is not coupled to the flightsim.
* Readded date and time synchronize feature.
* Added callouts and sounds (radar alt, overspeed, stall, etc.).
  Many thanks to Jimmy Foong to give us permission to use his sounds.
* The quit dialog may be turned off via the FMC console option menu.
* Fixed TCAS symbol bug which disappeared sometimes.
* Now when entering a "direct to" waypoint which is not contained in the route,
  the waypoints in the route between the current position and the new "direct to" waypoint will be removed.
* Added Squawkbox transponder handling to the MENU page. When switched to automatic mode,
  the transponder will automatically be engaged when airborne and switched off when on ground.
* The configured CDU scrollmode has now an effect onto PGUP/PGDN keypresses.
* Made style switching globally switchable via the FMC console.

Your can grab the new alpha here: http://files.vas-project.org/viewcat.php?id=1

Have fun flying and please post any bugs to the forum!