X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=feb6b0e0cb60dbc4662f4783cb862e2288de208b;hb=bcb193f38b12f38993be747db4eed96df29376a9;hp=04a7b01ed922b3497274c076e3576863735368b2;hpb=39bc8c35c67f6f5eaa94a4c9bf724a61489fb719;p=flightgear.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 04a7b01ed..feb6b0e0c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,95 @@ +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. @@ -40,9 +130,9 @@ New in 0.9.8 * 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) @@ -53,6 +143,7 @@ New in 0.9.8 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