+New in 0.9.9-pre2
+* November 9, 2005
+
+* New well integrated volumetric clouds by Harald Johnsen
+* Removed 'old' 3D clouds code.
+* Fixed the jitter problem with 3d cockpits.
+* Volumetric shadows are now supported so that aircraft can cast
+ shadows upon themselves as well as the ground.
+* 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, 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.)
+* YASim: expose "spool-time" of a jet engine as a config parameter,
+ add an oil temp model, support gear compression along any arbitrary axis,
+ reworked MP calculations for super/turbochargers.
+* Allow setting individual sample/update rates for any of the PID
+ 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. 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.
+* Various Nasal (scripting) bug fixes and language improvements.
+* Various bug fixes, various platform/compiler compatibility fixes,
+ several memory leaks fixed.
+
+* New aircraft available (in various stages of developement): A380,
+ 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., C182, DHC2F
+ (Beaver), F16, Fokker DR1 Triplane, Fokker 50 (turboprop), Fokker
+ 100 (jet), J3 Cub, P51, Santa, Seahawk, and 1903 Wright Flyer.
+
+
New in 0.9.8
-* December 20, 2004
+* January 18, 2005
* Added an encoder and transponder to the available avionics modules.
* gcc 2.95 and 4.0 fixes.
* Updated aircraft: 737, A-10, AN-225, B-52, BAC-TSR2, Concorde,
- Spitfire, BO-105 Helicopter, F-15 (updated flight control system),
- Fokker DR1, Fokker 50, Fokker 100, Seahawk made carrier capable (working
- arresting hook),
+ Spitfire, BO-105 Eurocopter, DHC2, F-15 (updated flight control system),
+ Fokker DR1, Fokker 50, Fokker 100, OV10, Seahawk made carrier
+ capable (working arresting hook),
* New aircraft: Cessna Citation-II (wip), Beech 1900D, DHC-2 Beaver
(on floats)
added Oracle head quarters to bay area scenery, added Dumbarton
bridge at the south end of the SFO bay, added a model of Alcatraz,
+
New in 0.9.6
* October 12, 2004
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