Developer of the Airport Layout Enhancement Solution, Pyreegue Dev. Co., has revealed that version two of the addon is just around the corner and is due in the coming weeks.

Informing Threshold of the new developments, the developer took to our public chat platform on Discord to share the news, along with a lengthy list of changes over the most recent version 1.4.

Feature List

• 2K/4K resolution options
• Laser-scanned surfaces for incredible detail
• Every ground polygon in X-Plane replaced with a HQ one
• Multiple runway textures for various regions [by choice] and runway age [10 in total]
• Multiple tire skid textures [4 in total]
• Canadian Runways: Standard
• Euro Runways: New | Old
• USA Runways: New | Old
• Taxi Lines: New | Old
• Custom helipads for every region of choice: Canada | Europe | USA
• All draped signs replaced
• Rain effects for every polygon surface [.pol] NOTE: Default runways do not support this feature.
• All textures are based on real world images of runways, taxi lines and helipads to ensure ultimate replicas
• High-resolution decals for stunning, up close details
• 12 asphalt surfaces replaced – 12 more added for rain effects
• 12 concrete surfaces replaced – 12 more added for rain effects
• Multi-platform support – Windows | MacOS | Linux
• Custom product configurator for Windows
• Vulkan | OpenGL compatible
• DDS image format for optimized rendering and better performance

We were also provided with a number of screenshots of the addon. To see them in full quality, find the original files on Threshold's Discord server.

The upgrade price for existing users "will be the price difference between v1 and v2 (around $5.00)."

Learn more about ALES in the article detailing the changes seen in v1.4 here.