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OrthoStreamXP v1.0.2

Better support for OrthoStudio XP packages

You can now point OrthoStreamXP straight at your OrthoStudio XP tiles folder (for example C:\Users\<you>\.orthostudio\tiles). OrthoStreamXP shows X-Plane fresh, streamed imagery instead of the photo textures OrthoStudio XP generated.

What changed

• The package's own photo textures are ignored. The .dds photo files OrthoStudio XP put in textures\ no longer appear in the mounted scenery and are never shown in X-Plane. Every photo texture now comes from OrthoStreamXP's online imagery and cache, at your chosen quality preset and with seasons and colour matching applied.
• Water and coastline masks are kept. water_transition.png and the coastline masks (..._ZL16.png and similar) are passed to X-Plane exactly as OrthoStudio XP made them, so sea and shorelines look as before.
• Your files are not touched. OrthoStreamXP only reads your package. Nothing in your OrthoStudio XP folder is changed, moved or deleted.

This applies to all base packages, including those made by Ortho4XP.

Good to know

• Areas you haven't flown before now load from the internet the first time, starting blurry and sharpening within moments. They used to appear instantly from the package's own photos. After your first visit, they load from the cache.
• The background-textures setting relied on the package's own photo files, so it now has little effect on these packages.

Optional: free up disk space

OrthoStreamXP no longer needs OrthoStudio XP's photo .dds files. If disk space is tight, you can delete the .dds files in a package's textures folder. Keep every .png file and all other folders.
⚠️ Only do this if you always fly with OrthoStreamXP running: without it, X-Plane will show those areas with no photo scenery.

How to update

1. Close X-Plane and stop OrthoStreamXP.
2. Download OrthoStreamXP-Setup.msi below and run it, or let the app update itself.
3. Start OrthoStreamXP, click Start, then start X-Plane.

As always, start OrthoStreamXP before X-Plane.