-New in 0.9.9-pre1
-* November 5, 2005
+New in 0.9.9-pre2
+* November 9, 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.
* Allow switching the tower view location at any time.
* Add support for configuring views with asymmetric view frustums.
* Many updates to gui/dialog box infrastructure. Ability to alter
border thickness, change fonts, dialog boxes are draggable across
the screen, you can enable automatic line wrapping, select
- colors, allow key presses to be bound to widgets, .
+ 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.)
autopilot stages.
* Support TACAN instruments. And an IVSI instrument.
+* Support for new animations and effects such as heat-haze and chrome.
+* Dynamic taxiway following at airports equipped with a logical ground
+ network.
+* Ability to define "AI" scenarios with scripted moving objects that
+ interact intelligently with the environment and the simulator state.
* Depricated old (somewhat less the spectacularly conceived)
electrical system model in favor of a much more flexible script based
system that can be tailored to any individual aircraft.
* 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.
-
+* 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.
* Removed all lingering dependencies on plib's SL sound library.
-* Add support for OpenAL 1.1 and alut.
+* Add support for OpenAL 1.1 and alut. OpenAL is a 3d sound system supporting
+ directional sound and doppler effects.
+
+
* Better cross platform compatibility with our standard network structures.
* More cpu friendly frame rate throttling code that can leave more cpu
available for other apps.
several memory leaks fixed.
* New aircraft available (in various stages of developement): A380,
- Boeing 314 (seaplane), Citation Bravo (glass cockpit), F-8E
- Crusader, Hurricane IIb, MiG-15bis, TU-114, B29, C150, and SR20.
+ Boeing 314 (seaplane), Citation Bravo (glass cockpit), Hurricane IIb,
+ MiG-15bis, TU-114, B29, C150, and SR20.
* Aircraft that have had updates since the last release: 737, A-10,
AN-225, B-52F, BAC-TSR2, Citation-II (550), Comper Swift, Concorde,
- Hunter, OV10, Spitfire, T37, B1900d, bo105, C172 et. al., DHC2F
+ Hunter, OV10, Spitfire, T37, B1900d, bo105, C172 et. al., C182, DHC2F
(Beaver), F16, Fokker DR1 Triplane, Fokker 50 (turboprop), Fokker
100 (jet), J3 Cub, P51, Santa, Seahawk, and 1903 Wright Flyer.
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