Version 2.6.4

Fix for regressions introduced in 2.6.3, and improvements to network logging and the German translation.

Published 2026-03-29

In 2.6.3, I rushed to get out a fix to an issue with how DataRefTool watched files for changes (using inotify). There are two features that use this functionality: (1) responding to changes in the accessibility preferences, like font size and scaling; and (2) automatically reloading plugins when one of them changes.

The substantial changes I made in this area caused a few problems: first, a thread used by inotify did not terminate (join) on plugin shutdown; this caused problems when people quit the simulator (on Windows). Second, plugin changes were no longer detected (on Mac).

This really comes down to me cutting the corners testing this update. Sorry!

I really appreciate the help from users on the X-Plane.org forums.

Changes

• Fix: Fix a crash on Windows introduced in 2.6.3, concerning an inotify thread that wasn't terminated when the plugin exits. Thanks cpuwolf for providing details to track this down and joaopagotto for reporting the bug first.
• Fix: On Mac, the function that automatically reloads plugins when one is modified was broken as part of the changes in 2.6.3.
• Translation: Update the German translation to be more idiomatic (Thanks to @Han_Solo)
• Improvement: DataRefTool has used the X-Plane Web API to get additional information about commands and datarefs, like the "description" field for commands. It does this by connecting to the web API on a regular interval to check for new commands and datarefs, and to get details on them. When the "Disable incoming connections" setting on the Network section of X-Plane settings is used, DataRefTool generates lots of warning messages as these connections fail. These log messages will only appear once now, and have been clarified to point to the cause of the issue. (Thanks @Florincoter on the X-Plane.org forums)