12.0.9 comes with bug fixes and a global scenery update! Weve re-rendered the scenery with slight improvements. Including slightly higher and more accurate mesh fidelity, new autogen/forestry updates and flattening issues with some airports. Users will be notified in the sim main menu if a scenery update is available to download.

12.0.9 release notes:

• XPD-14995 - Missing scenery popup when flying over Red Sea east of Samara (+15+41)
• XPD-14979 - Crash on ex-vis if main menu is enabled and scenery is not up to date
• XPD-14980 - X-Plane immediately crashes on startup when launched through the installer on Windows
• XPD-14967 - Linux: Launching Installer via a sim action freezes the main sim window
• XPD-14928 - F14 AoA indexer does not indicate "on speed" AoA unless the hook is down
• XPD-14897 - Missing some objects from the default library (ground markings, fire extinguishers, fuel-related OBJs)
• XPD-14899 - Prevent crashes for ATC background tasks running before the airport has loaded.
• XPD-14529 - Bug report "Save flight / Load flight situation in XP12." New changes should help reduce replay-related CTD issues.
• Fix Crash when dismissing scenery update notification outside of the main menu
• New command added to dump scenery test fixture to log (Under Developer menu)
• 12.0.9-rc-5 adds Support for the soon to be released Control Pad app (IOS).

X-Plane 12, built by pilots and engineers – for everyone.

• Volumetric 3D Clouds
  
• Physics-Based Photometric Lighting Model
  
• Worldwide 3D Water
  
• Rewritten AI Air Traffic Control System
  
• Global 3D Forests
  
• Seasonal Textures and Weather Effects
  
• Revamped Real Weather Data

• Airbus A330
  
• Cessna Citation X
  
• Lancair Evolution
  
• Cirrus SR22
  
• Piper PA-18 Super Cub
  
• Van's RV-10
  
• F-14 Tomcat
  
• Robinson R22 (plus a floats version)

• OS: Varies
• Processor: Intel Core i3. i5. i7. or i9 CPU with 4 or more cores. or AMD Ryzen 3. 5. 7 or 9.Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: A Vulkan 1.3-capable video card from NVIDIA or AMD with at least 2 GB VRAM
• Storage: 23 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: We have developers using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and newer successfully. however we dont provide support for specific distributions. We require proprietary GPU drivers.

• OS: Varies
• Processor: Intel Core i5 8600k or Ryzen 5 3500 or betterMemory: 16 GB RAM
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: A DirectX 12-capable video card from NVIDIA or AMD with at least 4 GB VRAM
• Storage: 23 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: We have developers using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and newer successfully. however we dont provide support for specific distributions. We require proprietary GPU drivers.