From: curt Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 01:03:20 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Updated for version 0.6.0 release. X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7c6b95756a051dee9f8404f6ba7d98787fc10e22;p=flightgear.git Updated for version 0.6.0 release. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 68617ee0f..6fcc14802 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,8 +1,36 @@ -New in 0.59 +New in 0.6.0 +* Tons of improvements with scenery creation. Inter-tile gaps have been + fixed, distorted textures have been fixed, real coastlines have been added, + and many other subtle improvements. +* Tools for parallelizing the scenery building tasks. For instance by using + 20 machines in parallel, scenery for the entire USA can be regenerated in + just over 4 hours vs. 70+ hours on a single machine. +* Texture scale can be specified (and changed)( in the materials file. The + sim must be rerun for the change to take effect. +* Windows now uses plib joystick code so rudder pedals should now work. +* Now builds against Steve Baker's plib (portable game devel library) + distributed separately (www.woodsoup.org/~sbaker/plib/) +* Many source code changes for the MacOS port contributed by Darrell + Walisser (the port isn't quite there yet ...) +* Source code changes for better compiling with the Borland compiler. +* Source code changes for better compiling with the native Irix compilers. +* Fixed a bug so you can now fly across the international date line (or + more precisely the division between longitude = +/-180. +* Tweaks to the Astro section contributed by Durk Talsma. +* Autopilot improvements contributed by Norman Vine. +* Fonts/characters now drawn with texture maps for increased speed. +* Instrument panel can be toggled on and off with "P". +* GUI interface for tweaking some autopilot parameters. +* HUD appearance and layout changes contributed by Norman Vine, includes + faster font drawing for much better performance. +* Reset function added to reset you to your starting conditions. +* GUI function to enter a new airport id (and be transported there) +* Added serial output support for an "in-development" full motion cockpit. +* "Just in time" texture loading to reduce initial sim loading time. -(This is an intermediate/stepping stone release. Skip this if you are -interested in stability.) +New in 0.59 (This is an intermediate/stepping stone release. Skip this + release if you are interested in stability.) * IRIX portability changes and support for native SGI compilers. * Solaris portability tweaks * Incorporated some MacOS portability changes (although the port is not