New in 0.9.9-pre1
-* November 5, 2005
+* November 8, 2005
* New well integrated volumetric clouds by Harald Johnsen
* Removed 'old' 3D clouds code.
* Better support for redoing livery textures on an individual aircraft.
* Support for seasonal terrain textures. (Updates to summer textures
plus new winter textures added.)
+* Carrier - added working arrester wires and catapults. The carrier is
+ selectable as a starting position. AI has been added to the
+ carrier in the form of an operating box and an automated turn
+ into/out of wind. TACAN beacon added.
+* Extensive revisions to the Multiplayer code. Multiplayer servers are
+ now available. A Google-based map server is also available
* Enhanced weather modeling (lightning and rain.)
* Support for high G redout/blackout effects.
* Add status updates to the initial splash/startup screen.
border thickness, change fonts, dialog boxes are draggable across
the screen, you can enable automatic line wrapping, select
colors, and allow key presses to be bound to widgets.
+* Replaced many hardcoded dialog boxes with xml configurable dialog boxes.
* Support for xml configurable gui themes.
* Help dialog boxes supported for each aircraft listing special keys,
global keys, procedures and performance data.
* Updates and enhancements to many of the dialog boxes to fix problems,
expose new features, enhance usability, etc.
+* Added a generic, XML configurable, autopilot framework, and several
+ high level, configurable filter implementations for use by autopilot
+ designers.
+* Added a transponder and Altitude encoder.
+* Made the instruments code much more configurable, it is now possible to
+ only include instruments that are actually present.
+* Implemented the groundcache code which made it possible for aircraft
+ to follow the ground precisely and, as a result, made it possible to
+ land on aircraft carriers.
* Updated JSBSim version since the last release. (More updates
pending after this release.)
* Include an external utility that can feed saved nmea tracks back
into FlightGear. If you take a gps on a real flight with you and
capture the output, you can replay your flight in FlightGear.
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+* Added a function that can intersect any arbitrary vector with the
+ loaded scenery and return the hit point.
* Many updates and fixes to the joystick configuration files, many new
joysticks directly supported.