A few hours ago, Laminar has released a new beta of 11.20, bringing new content that includes non-VR improvements. The Full release notes are here.

Main features:

• Gateway airports
• Terminal Kit additions
• Customizable Jetway Kit
• Custom landmark pack for Sydney, Australia
• Better syncing of aircraft location in multiplayer and external visuals
• Improved night lighting textures in far views

The beta includes new code to improve network sync, both for external visuals and multiplayer/formation-flying. X-Plane now calculates the total latency between machines and adjusts network aircraft to compensate, with error correction. This means you see your friend flying where he is, not where he was when X-Plane sent an aircraft position update over the wire 100 ms ago.

X-Plane's night lighting stems from the autogen, however, X-Plane doesn’t build autogen far from the aircraft for performance reasons. New night lighting textures for distant views is added to fill in the night sky. See here for comparison shots:

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In addition, Laminar also released WorldEditor 1.7r1, which brings UI workflow improvements along with more detail in the object and texture preview window. See here for the post: LINK