Back at FlightSimExpo 2019, Laminar Research detailed their next update to X-Plane: 11.35. The update contains another batch of gateway airports; updated fuel, bleed and APU systems; FMOD sound sets for the default 737 and C90B; landmarks for Washington, D.C and New York; and several other new features, as well as bug fixes in the betas.

The update is now available through either the X-Plane installer or through Steam.

From the release notes page, the main features of X-Plane 11.35 are:

• Updated fuel system
• Updated bleed air and pressurization systems
• Updated ILS data
• FMOD sound for B737 & C90B
• Updated art assets:
• New York landmarks
• Washington D.C. Landmarks
• new boats
• updated aircraft & sim objects
• New datarefs
• fuel_intro_time_prop
• fuel_intro_time_jet
• New autopilot type Collins65
• Updated Portuguese translation

In addition, there are 112 airports introduced with 3D scenery, that did not have 3D scenery before the update. 565 airports also had their existing 3D scenery improved. For details of all the airports modified in this release, see the release notes here.

Beta 1

• XPD-7915 Fix for crash in ATC when AI goes off end of route.
• XPD-8020 UDP RREF dataref reportage is inconsistent.
• XPD-8106 Weather screen temp based on sea level not airport.
• XPD-8224 Removed duplicates in the command bindings UI.
• XPD-8424 MD-82 idle is wrong.
• XPD-8518, XPD-8839, XPD-8876, XPD-9422, XPD-9962 Fixes to metar.rwx interpretation.
• XPD-8715 Reverser failure issue.
• XPD-8942 DataRefs.txt file description error.
• XPD-9193 Turn and bank indicator limited on Aerolite 103.
• XPD-9531 C172 stalls way too early now.
• XPD-9670 Drop down left behind if ATC window closed via menu icon.
• XPD-9709 Aerolite flaps break when fully extended, even when aircraft is parked.
• XPD-9743 Option to assign keyboard shortcuts to pop out g530.
• XPD-9861 Errors in MD-80 POH.
• XPD-9917 SF50 VR pilot view is in the dash.
• XPD-9937 ATC Phonetic Constructs corrections.
• XPD-9970 ATC Callsign Change.
• XPD-9981 B738: APU EGT levels and availability don’t match the real aircraft.
• XPD-9982 B738: Battery switch and guard mismatch.
• XPD-10030 C90B: audio panel COM selection, marker selection not working.
• XPD-10032 Cirrus type changed to cumulus in metar.rwx.
• XPD-10034 FCS-65 climb and descend modes not working.
• XPD-10050 Crash using FMS near an airport that has no runways.
• XPD-10052 AreaFlood_HighMast.obj not showing in x-plane.
• XPD-10057 Satellite misspelled in Map.
• XPD-10064 Serial Port Yoke Restricted/Stuck Movement.
• XPD-10069 Problems with G1000 popout.
• XPD-10070 No Buildings at LOWI & KSEA.
• XPD-10074 Jet engine high idle and lo idle – cannot write to dref.
• XPD-10080 All airports are marked as 3-D.
• XPD-10087 Default King Air C90 – duplicate texture problem.
• XPD-10088 C172 flaps 40 degrees in Plane Maker.
• XPD-10094 KCLT missing from 11.33 Gateway export.
• XPD-10100 Outdated airport names in ATC spreadsheet.
• XPD-10106 ASK total energy fix.
• XPD-10130 Fix crash when control pad disconnects.

Beta 2

• XPD-10143 Clouds rendering broken with HDR and 2xFSAA+FXAA.
• XPD-10145 Fixed NYC scenery pack typo.

Beta 3

• XPD-9928 Fix reference to classic locale.
• XPD-10049 Fixed carrier starts for seaplanes.
• XPD-10084 Fix for Weather Data Over UDP Incorrect for Negative Lat/Lon.
• XPD-10137 Fix grunge obj has no texture.
• XPD-10141 Fix crash when multiplayer ACF has drag chute.
• XPD-10146 Static aircraft were not parsed.
• XPD-10151 Issue fixed with JARDesign 320 and 330.
• XPD-10159 CG_indicator dataref broken.
• XPD-10164 Don’t notify plugins on pseudo-ACF used for only UI.
• XPD-10165 EDLP runway length for AI traffic.

Beta 4

• XPD-10073 Garmin moving maps issues.
• XPD-10147 Crash to desktop when writing to plugin preference file.
• XPD-10168 Fix crash if plugin deletes menu from menu CB.
• XPD-10172, XPD-10177 Fix truncated ramp start count in apt data.
• XPD-10181 Fix freeze on quit when nav data fails to parse.

Beta 5

• XPD-9892 Fix for some users not being able to customize weather.
• XPD-9958 Glider should not be used as AI.
• XPD-9996 Fixed editing of baud rate field.
• XPD-10078 ATC taxi routes were misaligned at high altitude airports.
• XPD-10107 Marker beacon broadcasts in a circle, not ellipse.
• XPD-10123 AI Pilot dos not adjust directional gyro.
• XPD-10140 Some objects do not show alpha transparency correctly during night time.
• XPD-10155 Fixed spurious log errors for AI FMOD sound.
• XPD-10157 C172 airspeed indicator not updating on ex vis machine.
• XPD-10162 METAR “TS” does not give thunder in sim.
• XPD-10173 Crash in zip code in DRM on Linux.
• XPD-10178 Pitch Hold or CWS P mode does not hold the current aircraft pitch.
• XPD-10188 Always export physics mesh to OBJ/STL even if hidden.
• XPD-10196 Fix VR keyboard for plugins.
• XPD-10197 Fixed fuel levels for 3 tank aircraft.
• XPD-10198 Ticking sound on the MCP during cruise when match is selected.
• XPD-10204 Fixes for military beacons.

Beta 6

• XPD-10200 Unable to use Valve Index controllers with X-Plane.
• XPD-10214 X-Plane hangs when using auto update.

To update to the new version, simply run the X-Plane 11 Installer program or, for Steam users, allow the application to automatically update to 11.35.

Cheers to Discord user Full-Flight for suggesting this news in the Threshold Discord server.