X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=db142bda1caff374b5b7166382da2428f37bcb3e;hb=c1ffafd663aeb1cc7012a69175bc552ba3af803c;hp=6ef40d44bdb2734c4b78a9a14ac8772f324758bd;hpb=430136fdc910001878e715358e21ca78a9ea4756;p=simgear.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6ef40d44..db142bda 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,55 @@ -New in 0.3.5.pre2 -* March 23, 2004 +New in 0.3.8 +* January 18, 2005 + +* Configure script does a sanity check for the existance of openal. +* Better pthreads detection for FreeBSD. +* Abstract out the location of gl.h, glu.h, and glut.h so we can more + easily support MacOS which puts these in an oddball location. +* Added two new debug output types for instrumentation and systems. +* Add a name parameter to the waypoint class for supporting a route + manager in the flightgear gps module. +* Make display list usage optional. +* Event manager: specifying a zero delay will force event execution in + the next frame rather than entering an infinite loop. +* gcc-4.0 fix. +* Fixes to property tree loading and saving. +* Make volume inaudible at startup. +* Solaris fixes. +* For low density cloud coverages, blend the layer to nothing as we pass + through instead of fully engulfing the aircraft in the cloud. +* Add several new capabilities to the texture management code for building + normal maps and doing some simple on-the-fly effects on textures. +* Better error message for sound problems. +* Add support for binding a thread to a specific CPU. + + +New in 0.3.7 +* October 12, 2004 + +* Add support for parsing xml from an in memory buffer, not just a file. +* Don't reduce visibility for a "clear" cloud layer. +* Add support for audio orientation (direction and cone) for internal + view and tower view. +* Add support for drawing from display lists rather than in immediate mode. + This provides a big performance improvement on many systems. + + +New in 0.3.6 +* July 29, 2004 + +* Better MinGW support +* A bit better handling of OpenAL under Cygwin +* Switched audio system from plib's "sl/sm" to OpenAL. +* Add support for scaling an object based on distance. The scaling + factor is determined by a lookup table based on distance. +* Add a "flash" animation type. +* Fix cloud positioning/animation bugs. +* Fix an off-by-one error in props_io.cxx +* Clip audio gain (volume) to 1.0 + + +New in 0.3.5 +* March 26, 2004 * Added Andy's nasal interpreter for small built in scripting tasks. Nasal integrates nicely with FlightGear's property system.