eSail Sailing Simulator News

Today we have released a new version with several new features. If you do not get the update then please log out of your Steam client, then back in.

1) Better ropes (sailing control lines). Available on the highest quality level. We also have kept the older lines for lower quality levels. Getting both working smoothly has been quite fiddly!

2) Improved boat detailing - mainly pulleys and nav lights. Again this is on the highest quality.

3) Added 'Detailed water' (Settings) this gives you a bow wave and water with more detail and less tiling.

4) Added new 'Boat views' showing the boat from 4 directions. There is a little diamond button near the SmartView button so you can quickly toggle between them.

5) Added keyboard controls for views including new BoatViews.

6) Zoom speed setting. This changes speed when using keyboard and mouse scroll.

7) Volume settings for collisions, narration etc.

8) Numerous bug fixes, especially improved AutoSail to make it more consistent.

Today we have released a new version with several new features. Please do try out this version (available on the beta branch) and let us have your feedback in the Beta forum.

1) Better ropes (sailing control lines). Available on the highest quality level. We also have kept the older lines for lower quality levels. Getting both working smoothly has been quite fiddly!

2) Improved boat detailing - mainly pulleys and nav lights. Again this is on the highest quality.

3) Added 'Detailed water' (Settings) this gives you a bow wave and water with more detail and less tiling.

4) Added new 'Boat views' showing the boat from 4 directions. There is a little diamond button near the SmartView button so you can quickly toggle between them.

5) Added keyboard controls for views including new BoatViews.

6) Zoom speed setting. This changes speed when using keyboard and mouse scroll.

7) Volume settings for collisions, narration etc.

8) Numerous bug fixes, especially tried to improve AutoSail and make it more consistent.

To get the Beta:

1) In your Steam client, right click on eSail Sailing Simulator (in the list on the left). Or control click in Mac.

2) A list of options should appear. Click on 'Properties' at the bottom of the list.

3) Click on the 'BETAS' tab and select 'beta -' from the dropdown list.

4) That will download the Windows or Mac Beta as appropriate.

This update has now been made live. It features a performance update which will help some Windows users and a new 'Add User' screen.

This new Windows only update has improved graphics performance (for some machines) and a slight modification to the 'add user' screen. To try the Beta:

1) In your Steam client, right click on eSail Sailing Simulator (in the list on the left). Or control click in Mac.

2) A list of options should appear. Click on 'Properties' at the bottom of the list.

3) Click on the 'BETAS' tab and select 'beta -' from the dropdown list.

4) That will download the Windows Beta as appropriate. Mac version is unchanged.

Please report any issues or thoughts in 'eSail Beta' discussion group.

Today we have released a new version of eSail Sailing Simulator with new trim controls and 2 new tutorials. There is also a new race - the East Shearwater Drag Race.

A full list of changes can be found here:
https://www.esailyachtsimulator.com/support


eSail v1.3 includes a voice over for the Sail Depth and Sail Trim tutorials by the fantastic Hannah White who in 2015 became the Guinness World Records holder for the fastest crossing of the English Channel in a single-handed dinghy by doing so in 3 hours, 44 minutes and 39 seconds.

NOTE: Thank you to all Beta testers. The Beta challenge have been removed from leaderboards but are still saved on your local machines.

The Mac version is performing well. We have noticed that the mouse scroll is rather fast. In the next update we will give more options to customise all your controls, so this will be improved then.