New in 0.7.3
-* April 27, 2000
-* Simple radio stack added to the instrument panel. The frequencies are
- currently hardwired to default values until the UI for changing them
- is finished. But, this is enough to fly a compile time selected ILS
- instrument approach. You can adjust the radial by clicking the knob on
- the panel.
+* May 18, 2000
+* Added a radio stack 2 VOR/ILS and an ADF to the instrument panel.
+ You can change the frequencies by clicking on the knobs on the
+ instrument panels. You can now navigate with VOR/ADF/DME and fly
+ ILS approaches.
* Added a chronometer to the instrument panel.
+* Added a "wet" compass to the top of the instrument panel.
* Compass, vsi, and altitute instruments and vacuum system are more
accurately modeled.
* Added a magnetic variation model.
+* Added navaid database management and query code.
+* Added magvar offset to VOR radials.
+* Heading bug now display magnetic heading rather than true heading.
+* Autopilot now has modes to track a VOR and GS.
* Added custom joystick client support so sim can be flown from a
remote joystick connected to another machine. This is in support of
some custom hardware located in the human factors research lab of the
university of minnesota.
-* Added navaid database management and query code.
+* HUD controls are a bit different "h" toggles through day/night/off
+ modes and "H" cycles through brightness levels.
+* Norman Vine contributed code to optionally do antialiased hud lines
+ on hardware that supports this. Norman also contributed additional
+ hud cleanups and updates.
* Updates to JSBsim flight dynamics code that includes a generic
- reconfigurable flight control system.
+ reconfigurable flight control system, a initial state trimming routine,
+ support for wind and weather, support for flaps, independent trim control,
+ config files changes
* Updates to LaRCsim flight dynamcis code contributed by UIUC that
allows loading aircraft specifications at runtime from config files.
UIUC is using flightgear as a platform to do icing research. The UIUC
* Converted ssgVTable's to ssgVtxTables which do proper memory
management and should facilitate use of compiled vertex arrays once
ssg add support for these.
+* Overhauled autopilot internals, separated out the gui controls from
+ the actual autopilot code.
* Cygwin32 build fixes
* MSVC++ build fixes
* Mac build fixes