4 * Impliment SimGear's (aka Andy's) Nasal scripting language in
5 FlightGear and integrate with the FG property system.
6 * Many updates from David Culp and David Luff to the AI aircraft and
8 * Complete overhaul of the autopilot system. The new system uses a
9 much more advanced PID algorithm, is much more flexible, and is
10 completely reconfigurable for each aircraft.
11 * Added the ability to fetch current weather in real time during a
12 flight (via a thread) from the weather.noaa.gov web site and update
13 the current weather conditions in the sim.
14 * Added properly working VASI/PAPI lights.
15 * Make the ground intersection code smart so allow flying under
16 bridges, taxiing on the lower level of the bay bridge, taxiing into
18 * Added a utility to automatically manage scenery installation and
20 * Several updated ground textures, plus a variety of new random
23 * Much additional work on the San Francisco area buildings and bridges.
25 * Added a Comper Swift (nice), a Hawker Hunter (nice), added a T37 Tweet,
27 * Updates to the 737 (nice panel, 3d model, and flight model), updates
28 to the 747 flight dynamics, updates to the OV10, T38, AN-225, bo105
29 (helicopter), better sounds for the DC-3, updates to f104 model,
30 many updates to the F16, updates to the J3 Cub, 3D cockpit added to
31 the pa28-161, updates to the sgs233, overhaul of the tsr2 and yf23
34 * The UFO became Santa Claus over the holidays, but it is back to
35 being extra terrestial.
38 * First stab at a weather radar instrument.
40 * Added a number of basic 3d instruments to the instrument library
41 that could be reused used for any general aviation cockpit.
43 * Added RedHat packaging files.
44 * Added some perl script utility functions which are useful when
45 writing remote perl scripts that interact with a running copy of
46 FlightGear. Includes routines to facility remote control of data
47 logging and even some simple graph plotting.
48 * Updates to OpenGC interface.
49 * Various JSBSim updates.
50 * Various YASim updates.
51 * Various UIUCsim updates.
52 * More work on the native multiplayer system.
54 * Sorted out the confusion between left, right, and parking brakes
55 vs. the cockpit controls vs. the wheels they apply to.
56 * Much infrastructure added to support future GPS instruments.
57 * Fixed a meter/feet conversion problem in DME distance calculations
58 which would cause it to often read quite high.
59 * Fixes to nmea output so it can better trick a moving map software
60 application into thinking it is talking to a real gps.
62 * Fixed a subtle problem with our star database that has been lurking
63 for many years, but it took an astronomy expert to spot the subtle
66 * Add support for Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, thrustmaster top gun
67 afterburner USB, Logitech WingMan Force 3D, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
68 USB, and Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro joysticks.
70 * Removed the old WeatherCM module (it can be resurrected from CVS if
71 any one ever wants to do that.)
72 * Removed the NetworkOLK module (it can be resurrected from CVS if
73 any one ever wants to do that.)
74 * Removed support for the PSL scripting language.
80 * Added a flight "replay" system.
81 * Many updates to the ATC and AI aircraft subsystem. (David Luff)
82 * Add support for moving cloud layers.
83 * New "symbolic" time of day dialog box for easily setting dawn, dusk,
85 * Aircraft are now each self contained in their own individual
86 subdirectories for easier end user addition and removal.
87 * Many improvements to scene lighting throughout the day->night range
88 including more realistic sky and fog colors, more realistic scene
89 illumination, better dusk/dawn sky coloring, better specular
91 * A nice new chase view has been added.
92 * Added displaced thresholds on all runways that have them.
93 * Updated default scenery for the KSFO area.
94 * Many buildings and bridges added in the San Francisco area.
95 * Updated airport and navaid database, many new taxiways, many
96 corrected runways, many new airports (especially outside the USA.)
97 * Updates to the man page.
98 * Better Win32 packaging (more standardized installer, plus a launcher
99 which allows selection of starting location and starting aircraft.)
100 * Added an initial cut at modeling helicopters.
101 * Support multiple inside the cockpit views.
102 * Updated FlightGear Flight School tutorial.
104 * Use the field elevation for GS when no specific altitude listed in
106 * Fix to translate DME and TACAN X/Y channels to paired VHF frequencies
107 correctly. Thanks to Jorge Van Hemelryck <ml@jvh.net> for the fix.
108 * Fixes to runway search routines (didn't always work correctly under
110 * Many fixes and updates to the autopilot. Autothrottle tracks speed
111 much better with much less jumping around.
112 * Expose the tuned navaid via the property system to support building
113 more advanced avionics.
114 * Improvements to the environment manager and gui's, more control over
115 turbulence, ability to specify boundary condition layers as well as
116 aloft condition layers.
117 * JSBSim updates including a new turbine engine model that supports
118 things like starting and stopping procedures and thrust reversing.
119 * UIUCsim updates (compiler warning and namespace conflict fixes.)
120 * YASim updates (fix drag from shutdown engine, helicopter support,
121 better in air startup support.)
122 * Support for "clock" instruments that operate independently of
123 computer system time.
124 * Annunciators shouldn't work if electrical system not serviceable.
125 * A few updated splash screens.
126 * Added various fields to net_ctrls and net_fdm to include various
127 failures, faults, control surface positions, and other interesting
129 * A few updated joystick definition files.
130 * Various keyboard mapping tweaks and changes.
131 * Many updates and tweaks to default material properties and random
133 * Updated aircraft: 747, A320, T-38, A-10, B-52, F-104, Fokker 50,
134 Fokker 100, Piper Cub, P-51, UFO, YF-23, Ornithopter, A-4, C172,
136 * New Aircraft: J-22, Paraglider, SGS-126 Sailplane, ASW 20, and
137 AN-225 aircraft; Bell 206 JetRanger, CH-47 Chinook, and Ecureuil
139 * Updated cloud textures.
141 * Removed dependency on Metakit. The airport and runway databases are now
142 stored in a simple flat file ascii database.
144 * FreeBSD, Solaris, MSVC, Irix, Mac OSX, cygwin, and mingwin fixes.
150 * New aircraft available: P51-D (w/ full 3d cockpit), Sea Hawk
151 (WV908), a research ornithopter (propelled by actual flapping
152 wings), A10, B-52, F-104, F-15, F-16, OV10, PA28-161, T-6A Texan II,
153 T-38, British TSR2, YF-23, 737,
155 * Updated aircraft: airwave extreme hang glider, asw20 glider, A-4
156 Skyhawk, Beech-99, Cessna 172 w/ 3d cockpit, Cessna 310 w/ 3d
157 cockpit, DC3, Piper J3 Cub, 1903 Wright Flyer, Sopwith Camel, Space
158 Shuttle, Boeing 747-400
160 * Overhauled menu/gui system and made it xml configurable rather than
161 hardwired. Include support for things like checkboxes, sliders, and
164 * Added some early multiplayer features.
166 * Added support for in-air presets relative to a VOR, NDB, or fix.
168 * Support for Futaba, Airtronics, Hitec, JR, Multiplex and Tower R/C
169 transmitters using the RCJoy USB interface box (see
170 http://www.rcjoy.com).
172 * Much improved sky and coloring as well as more realistic coloring of
173 the sunset and sunrise.
175 * Clouds are drawn on a surface that better matches the underlying
178 * A few updated terrain textures, better variety of random ground
181 * Most weather options can now be set via the GUI. Added an option to
182 randomize the weather.
184 * Various instruments and systems can now be failed/unfailed via the
187 * Developed scripts to build Navaid and ILS databases from DAFIFT,
188 FAA, and other data sources.
189 * Update Navaid and ILS databases based on DAFIFT, FAA, and other data
192 * Continued development of voice ATC, robot aircraft AI, logical
193 taxiway networks (continues to be a work in progess, but much
194 progress has been made.)
195 * Separated out much of the low level model/material management code
196 and moved it over to SimGear where it can be potentially used by
198 * Separated out the low level sound effect playing/management code and
199 moved it over to SimGear.
200 * Added functions to the "telnet" interface to allow remote management
201 of autopilot waypoints.
202 * Support the parking brake in the "external" flight dynamics interface.
203 * Added support for an audio panel (set of switches to set various
204 avionics audio sources on/off in the aircraft.)
205 * Add support for speed brake and spoiler controls.
206 * Many code updates to UIUCmodel including support for ornithopters
207 (flapping wing vehicles.)
208 * Many JSBsim code updates include a new turbine engine model.
209 * Added a "named pipe" external flight dynamics model interface.
210 * YASim updates including support for manual-pitch control props,
211 support for wing washout, and adjusting aircraft masses as fuel is
213 * The property picker interface now shows the property values changing
215 * Added support for a simple annunciator panel (fuel, oil, vacuum,
216 volts dummy warning lights.)
217 * Added a "gyro" model. This can be driven electrically (turn
218 coordinator) or via vacuum (attitude indicator). If one of these
219 systems failes, the corresponding gyro will spin down realistically
220 an introduce realistic errors in the gauge reading.
221 * Model attitude indicator tumbling at extreme attitudes.
222 * Modeled the pitot system and use that drive the air speed indicator.
223 * Added a very simplistic volts/amps model to the electrical
224 system...enough to make the gauges behave plausibly and drive the
225 annunciator panel correctly.
226 * Updated the vacuum/suction model to behave more realistically.
227 * Added Italian and Polish translation for the GUI.
230 * Better FreeBSD support.
232 * Improved native sgi compiler support.
235 * Fixed problems in marker beacon audio.
236 * Fixed several subtle problems in the modeling/positioning of glide
237 slope transmitters in FlightGear
238 * Don't allow the dewpoint to go higher than the temperature.
239 * Don't allow gust speed to be less than base wind speed.
240 * Fix a couple problems in the external fdm interface that prevented
241 FlightGear from being driven properly by an external source (i.e. to
242 act as a image generator only.)
243 * Fixes to camera parameters for external views (especially when rotating
244 the view around the different axes.)
245 * Many miscellaneous code clean ups, many bug fixes, and much code
252 * Fixes a problem with a missing file in the source distribution of 0.9.0
253 * Updates to AI aircraft subsystem (this is a work in progress)
254 * Added a canned ATC voice handling class (using prerecorded voice snippets.)
261 * Support for fully animated, fully clickable 3d instrument panels.
262 * Support for runway, approach, and taxiway lighting. Lighting is
263 directional and intensity varies smoothly with relative view
265 * Many new and updated aircraft.
266 * Improved runway textures.
267 * Some improved terrain textures.
268 * Added a util called terrasync to runtime fetch just the scenery you
269 need from the master scenery server as you fly. No need to
270 pre-download large chunks of data.
271 * Add a vacuum system and support for it's failure.
272 * Add a pitot system and support for it's failure.
273 * Model gyro spin for various instruments.
274 * Added support for modeling complex aircraft electrical system. Sample
275 implimentation for a C172, simplistic electrical model provided for
276 other aircraft until their specific system is modeled.
277 * Added a "presets" section to the GUI.
278 * Localization support for GUI and for command line option help, including
279 the ability to specify a custom per language font.
280 * Support for specifying an initial startup runway.
281 * Splash screen now slowly fades out revealing the ready to run sim.
282 * Support additional joysticks: Logitech WingMan Force,
283 Logitech WingMan Extreme Digital 3D (USB), and Saitek Cyborg Gold 3D USB,
284 CH Virtual Pilot USB/USB CH Pedals,
286 * Many updates to External/Network FDM interface.
287 * Many updates to the JSBSim FDM model code.
288 * Many updates from the UIUC folk to their FDM package.
289 * Many updates to the YASim FDM model code (fuel usage, tunable
290 induced drag parameter, better gear tuning, fix a ground effect bug,
291 and a standalone config file compiler.
292 * Make rotational rate FDM values available in the property tree.
293 * Fix a subtle bug in the ssg partial tree deleter code.
294 * Started a new XML configurable GUI subsystem.
295 * Some preliminary support for AI driven aircraft.
296 * Fix ILS back course needle deflection.
297 * Fix for ATI driver "issue" causing instrument panels to be all gray.
298 * Support for toggling 3d instrument hotspot visibility (debugging/learning
300 * Tweaks to instrument panel night lighting.
301 * Added a per engine fuel pump switch.
303 * NOMINMAX fix for cygwin/gcc-3.2
304 * Renamed External FDM to NullFDM
305 * New module/submodule system.
307 * Restructured some of the initialization code to facilitate reseting the sim
308 to alternate presets (airport, runway, offset distance, altitude, speed, etc.)
309 * Fixed DG heading bug hold to work with new instrumentation updates.
310 * Updates to autopilot to let it work with perfect values as a compile time
312 * Split Nav/Com units, and DME out into their own source files.
313 * Fixes to support newer versions of plib/cvs
319 * The world is now populated with random ground objects with
320 appropriate type and density for the local ground cover type
321 (buildings, water towers, farm houses, silos, cows, trees, etc.)
322 * Many (most?) ground textures updated for a much nicer, more coherent,
323 more realistic overall look and feel.
324 * Added a java client library for FlightGear.
325 * Added some external scripting examples (python.)
326 * Implemented a Bendix/King KT 70 transponder.
327 * Implemented a Bendix/King KR 87 adf.
328 * Added support for 3d instrument panels inside 3d cockpits.
329 * Added support for animation of 3d models tied to internal properties.
330 * New/updated aircraft include: Cessna 172, Piper J3 Cub, DC-3, A4
331 Skyhawk, Cessna 310, 747, 1903 Wright Flyer (non-linear with stall
332 modeled, based on wind tunnel data.)
333 * Convert the magic carpet into a UFO, complete with sound effects and
334 a 3d model (based on real world data of course.) :-)
335 * Environment manager overhaul
336 * Support for a base wind speed with gusts.
337 * Support for a base wind direction with variation.
338 * Support for more dynamically reconfigurable cloud layers. Cloud
339 layers are no longer hard coded.
341 * Updates and additions to the FAQ
342 * Improvements to the sound effects module.
343 * Autopilot fixes to allow it to work much better on large airliners.
344 * Added a generic interface for running the flight dynamics model as a
345 separate process communicating via a network connection.
346 * Synced with the latest JSBSim code.
347 * Synced with the latest UIUCmodel code.
348 * Many fixes and updates to the YASim FDM (fixed flap drag issue, new
349 tail wheel lock, lots of solver fixes, and fixes to other internal
351 * Added support for menus defined in an xml file.
352 * Make the help system start more robustly/quickly in Win32
353 * Added support for detecting the name of a joystick and using the
354 appropriate default joystick config file.
355 * Overhauled the remote/network property interface.
356 * Added a --show-aircraft option to dump out a list of all the
357 available aircraft you can select with the --aircraft=NAME option.
358 * Added a --random-wind command line option.
359 * --wind= option can now contain ranges,
360 i.e. --wind=min_dir:max_dir@min_speed:max_speed; the system will
361 automatically vary the wind within these ranges.
362 * A "physical" crash (i.e. too-hard impact with the ground) causes the
363 sim to freeze. You can then reset the sim to the starting state
364 with the menu->reset option.
366 * Support in the scenery tile cache for maintaining tiles in the cache
367 relative to several view points that could be *very* far apart.
368 * Brake makes the magic carpet fly backwards.
369 * Many clean ups, fixes, and improvements with the tile pager. Memory free
370 is now done incrementally and spread out through multiple frames to hide it.
371 * Modernized the autoconf/make scripts.
372 * Cleaned up old cruft from the build system.
373 * Default to using FGEnvironment
374 * Removed support for efence (in favor of valgrind.)
375 * Bumped minimum plib version required up to 1.4.2, however the latest
376 cvs (and hopefully release) works much better.
377 * Added valgrind debugging config files/scripts.
378 * Weeded out many warnings/errors flagged by valgrind.
379 * Overhauled the FGSubsystem class.
380 * Fixed reporting of winds, cloudbase and altimeter setting.
381 * FGSteam converted to a proper FGSubsystem.
382 * Fix fog on 3dfx cards.
383 * Added internal support for turning each tank on/off individually.
384 * Added support for a fuel selector switch.
385 * Fixes to builtin property browser.
386 * Fixed several math overflow problems with time elapsed calculations
387 that had crept in. These would cause some things to stop updating
388 (like portions of the instrument panel, and radio station frequency
390 * Updates to the network OpenGC interface.
395 * IA-64 w/ Intel compiler fixes.
397 * automake/conf script enhancemnts and fixes.
398 * Updated the UIUCModel code.
399 * Removed some dos line endings that crept in.
401 * Removed some depricated code related to the old view management system.
402 * Fix a problem with VOR station lookups where we wouldn't always find
403 the closest station of a given frequency.
404 * Changed the default Nav radio frequencies to be more appropriate for SFO.
406 * Added seats and other interior stuff to the J3 Cub, and retrimmed. Also
407 fixed wing incidence in the 3d visual model.
408 * Fixed C310u3a-3d. 3d cockpit instruments can now be seen.
409 * Fixes to the DC-3 such as tank location; other surface and wheel position
410 adjustments. Increase effectiveness of rudder, vstab, and hstab.
411 * Updated some of the preconfigured joystick files.
413 * Fixed problem with pressure/altitude getting botched up after a reset
414 * Use a nicer helvetica font for the menus.
415 * Various fixes to the internal pui property browser.
416 * Fixed a typo in the scenery file loader that could cause a crash on
418 * More joystick configuration defaults. (Saitek Cyborg Gold 3D USB,
419 non FF sidewinder precision 2 usb)
420 * More texture tweaks.
421 * Additional fixes and panel work for the J3 Cub.
427 * Much work on drawing and animating 3d aircraft models for things like the
428 chase and tower views. Propellers spin, control surfaces move, gear
430 * Overhauled mouse handling code and make it user configurable.
431 * Added a new environment (as in weather) subsystem.
432 * Added a new logging module
433 * Aded a new ATC subsystem.
434 * Virtual 3d Cessna 172 cockpit (work in progress) but many things are
435 animated and working.
436 * Virtual 3d Cessna 310 cockpit.
437 * Instrument panel background can now be a set of tiled textures so we can
438 achieve *much* higher resolution.
440 * Major property manager overhaul.
441 * Major view code overhaul. All views are now configurable via config files.
442 * Major overhaul of the sound manager, it is now much more
443 configurable with many sound effect improvements.
444 * Seperate XML I/O opertions into a separate header.
445 * Impliment a standard FGSubsystem interface for module consistency.
446 * Add waypoint dialog now shows entire current waypoint list in a scroll box.
447 * Elevator trim position now shown on the HUD.
448 * Use an LED font for radios (and added infrastructer/support for
450 * Continued work on developing a generalized network interface to an external
451 flight dynamics model running as a separate process on the same or different
453 * Initial glideslope and climb rate can be specified from the command line.
454 * Fixes and improvements to make ground trimming more robust.
455 * Many JSBSim updates and improvements, JSBSim now exports all it's
456 interesting internal state via the property manager.
457 * Many updates to UIUCsim including support for non-linear models, flaps.
458 * Move tower view location when teleporting to a new airport.
459 * Created a new /devices subtree in the property manager to display
460 current device status.
462 * Many YASim updates and bug fixes, autogen contact points for
463 collision detection, support for full engine startup procedure,
464 minimal support for magnetos, support skid objects (non-rolling gear
465 objects), reduce idle power a bit, export gear compression amount to
466 the property tree, include wind when computing airspeed,
468 * Fixes to the property picker/browser.
469 * Fixes and updates to the configure script.
470 * Several potential memory abuse bugs detected (valgrind) and fixed (Melchior)
471 * Fix an instrument panel text bug ... an integer overflow could prevent
472 the text from displaying if the panel was turned off for more than 37.8
474 * Fixed a segfault when trying to audibly ident a nav station. Changes in
475 the sound manager code broke some assumptions.
476 * Fixed a bug (another int overflow) which could trick the event
477 manager into thinking the next time to run the events is *way* in
479 * Various performance optimizations.
480 * More work on saving/restoring flights
481 * Of all the ILS stations of the specified frequency, pick the one the most
482 directly points at us.
483 * Various restructures in the scenery loading code in preparation for
484 more flexible runway lighting support.
485 * Fixes/improvements to the scenery/line interesection code.
487 * Various IRIX fixes.
488 * Various MSVC fixes.
489 * Various compiler warning messages fixed.
495 * Fixes to the Thanks file.
496 * Fix --time-offset in the man page and options help.
497 * Fixed the spelling of Celsius.
498 * Cleaned up some stray cout's
499 * Removed some redundant FG* class qualifiers in various headers.
500 * GUI dialog box fixes for autopilot.
501 * Ensure that initial engine settings are copied over from FlightGear
503 * FreeBSD fix from JSBSim.
509 * JSBSim FGPiston mixture improvements
510 * Enable Audio by default in MSVC builds
511 * Added a clock freeze option.
517 * Switch to JSBSim (jsbsim.sf.net) as our default flight model.
518 * Added additional aircraft: Cessna 182, Cessna 172 (ifr panel),
519 and a Cessna 310 (twin prop).
520 * Added an entirely new set of flight dynamics modeling code by Andy Ross.
521 Includes several aircraft such as a 747, A4, and DC-3.
522 This is (Y)et (A)nother Flight Dynamics (Sim)ulator. It is a first cut
523 of a "different take" on FDM design. It's intended to be very simple
524 to use, producing reasonable results for aircraft of all sorts and sizes,
525 while maintaining simulation plausibility even in odd flight conditions
526 like spins and aerobatics. It's at the point now where one can
527 actually fly the planes around.
528 * Added an optional embedded http server that provides a property
529 manager interface to external programs and scripts.
530 * Added an optional embedded http server that can serve out live
531 screen shots to anyone on the web.
532 * Sync with the latest JSBSim code.
533 * Added simple ATIS support.
534 * More flexible autopilot that can be tuned per aircraft.
535 * Many updates to the HUD to allow it to handle a much bigger set of
536 symbology and functionality
537 * Support for back course ILS approaches.
538 * Implimented DME ETE and speed.
539 * Added support for rudder and aileron trim.
540 * Many improvents with piston engine and propeller modeling. Engine
541 startup procedures work, and engine guages work.
542 * Added support for retractable gear.
543 * Added 'master freeze' and 'fuel freeze' modes. Would like to add
544 other freeze modes soon.
545 * Added a 'high' level aircraft config file that specifies things like
546 the FDM code to use, the aircraft config file, the 3d model, the
547 instrument panel, autopilot config, etc.
548 * Added a neat external 'chase' view control panel.
549 * Added a GUI interface to the property manager system.
550 * Moved keybinding definitions to a config file.
551 * Many additions and improvements to the sound effects including
552 stall horn, tire squeek, ground rumble, wind noise, flaps, etc.
553 * Enable introduction music in windows (off by default on all platforms)
554 * Added support for the OpenGC glass cockpit project.
555 * Added support for flying ILS approaches in both runway directions if the
556 same frequency is used in both cases.
558 * Added an autogen.sh script for those compiling from CVS code.
559 * Attempt to support more incompatible varients of the
560 automake/autoconf tools.
561 * Added basic man pages.
562 * Removed old remnants of plib-1.2.x support. Plib-1.4.x is now required.
563 * Added support for building mandrake packages (other packaging system
564 contributions welcom.)
565 * Various initialization and startup sequence fixes and tweaks.
566 This helps get the flight dynamics model going reliably and robustly.
567 It also helps get initial time of day effects correct.
568 * Fixed a config problem that could lead to bogus builds for people with
570 * Better support for running with an alternate time/date for when we
571 are being slaved to an external data source.
572 * Fixed (simplistic) terrain following autopilot mode.
573 * Fixes to problems with window aspect ratio that could surface if the
575 * Fix several off by one errors in hud_card.cxx
576 * Fix gauge spelling error.
577 * Modified FGSubsystem::update() to take an int parameter for delta time.
578 * Many internal fixes and enhancements to the core code that manages
579 instrument panel modeling and rendering.
580 * LaRCsim EGT doesn't show 'running' values while cranking.
581 * Fixes to JSBSim so that the slip/skid ball is much more realistically modelled
582 * Added support for an unlimited number of fuel tanks.
583 * Multi-engine throttle fixes.
584 * A round of updates to the UIUC flight dynamics model.
585 * Fixed an annoying tile cache scheduling bug. This makes tile paging
586 much more robust even with teleporting and reseting.
587 * Fixed a potential mouse freeze up condition on windows.
588 * Converted the materials file to xml.
589 * Tweaked and updated initial option and config file parsing to be
590 more intuitive and robust.
591 * Check for the proper version of the base file and exit gracefully
593 * Fixed a problem with the initial view offset being lost.
594 * Various floating point / initial value bug fixes
595 * Added support for tracing property manager reads and writes (for
597 * Fixed the problem where the simulator clock time would go goofy
598 when scenery was being loaded.
599 * Make the tile cache system more tolerant of situations where the tile
600 cache is full, but no entry qualifies for removal.
606 * Better cygwin and mingwin support.
607 * Better support for gcc-3.0
612 * Updated to the latest JSBSim flight dynamics model (http://jsbsim.sf.net)
613 * First release of a bundled utility: fgjs which assists you in creating
614 a joystick/button configuration for your setup.
615 * Updated airport data file with taxiways at many major airports.
616 * Better support for using an external browser to view online help
617 components. Windows support for this will be included in the next
619 * Now using plib-1.4.x which supports more than 3 concurrent sounds.
620 * Most of the README's and documentation has been reviewed and brought
622 * Support for ultra-hires screen dumps suitable for large scale
624 * Updated, more flexible binary scenery format.
625 * Support for using digital axes (i.e. a hat) as a pair of buttons
626 which can be mapped to any function a button could be mapped to.
627 * Added user documentation to the base package
628 * Added a c172 mini panel.
629 * Improved c172 panel graphics.
630 * Added units to configuration files
632 * External view panning fix ups.
633 * Fixed the segfault on exit bug.
634 * Lots of property manager tweaks. Appened units to property name to
635 make it explicit, adjusted read/write/archive bits and defaults
639 * Fixed a potential segfault in radio station lookup/search code.
640 * Fixed a bug in the audio system intialization order that could cause
641 a segfault in some circumstances.
642 * Fixed a typo in the 2nd tank property name so it's value is now accessible
643 from the instrument panel.
644 * Fixed a bug when loading the "old" binary scenery which prevented ground
645 lighting from being generated.
646 * Jettison old conditionally compiled plib-1.2.x code, we now require
647 plib-1.4.x or higher.
648 * Eliminated some convoluted that generated a harmless, but confusing
649 "*** NO TIMEZONE" error message,
650 * Fixed doubled bindings for joystick buttons.
652 * Fixed a bug with the time warping/offset code. You can again
653 startup with a proper time offset if you like.
654 * Fixed a couple memory problems ... attempting to access/use/write to
655 previously freed memory.
660 * Cleaned up various warning messages
661 * Various Cygwin fixes.
662 * Various MSVC fixes.
663 * Various Irix Mips fixes.
665 * Check for null panel before passing mouse events to panel object.
666 * Fixed panel edge artifacts (due to unwanted texture wrapping.)
667 * Fixed a typo in the base/materials file.
668 * Various property manager fixes.
669 * Various property manager lookup optimizations.
670 * Fixed a bug in the autopilot altitude hold that crept in.
672 * Converted from hardcoded to configurable keyboard bindings.
673 * Added an FGSubsystem base class so subsystems can be managed with a
675 * Keyboard commands are now completely remapable. Removed BFI and
676 keyboard in place of remapable inputs.
677 * Started to impliment a command manager. This along with the
678 property manager will go a long ways toward building infrastructure
680 * Started laying infrastructure for creating ultra-high-res tiled
681 screen shots suitable for printers.
682 * Synced with a recent version of JSBSim.
683 * GUI code split into smaller logical subcomponents.
684 * FGOptions converted to use property manager directly.
685 * "delta-t" and fdm interface timing fixes and tweaks.
686 * Added a sound effect manager class at the FlightGear level.
688 * Support for setting a starting position as and offset distance (and /
689 or radial) from your specified starting postition. This allows you to
690 initialize on final x miles out at y altitude.
691 * Many updates to make a much more realistic single engine and prop model
692 with atmospheric and velocity dependencies. Fuel flow now modeled.
693 * Straightened out magnetic offset issues with VOR stations so we can
694 navigate properly from real avaition charts.
695 * Added a direct network interface support for the "Atlas" moving map
696 program. (Output radio stack settings so current VOR and OBS can be
698 * Autopilot made to work more like a real world autopilot (rather than
699 based on perfect values.) Autopilot wing leveler is slaved off the
700 turn coordinator. Heading hold is slaved from the DG (which drifts).
701 Nav and ILS holds slave off the needle position.
702 * Backcorse ILS needle should move in correct direction now.
703 * Identing of NAV radios (and individual volume control) now work.
704 * Don't play DME ident if no colocated DME.
705 * VOR/ILS/ADF range pickup realistically modeled as per AIM.
706 * Added support for marker beacons.
707 * Support for loading and saving the current 'simulator state' using
708 an xml formated file.
709 * Added threaded tile paging for systems with pthread support.
710 * Added high level support for creating airport taxiway and runway signs.
711 * Many updates and fixes to the "installation and getting started" manual.
712 * Support for adding static objects to the scenery.
713 * Many updates and new features for the xml configurable panel engine.
714 Many corresponding improvements to the default instrument panel.
715 * Support added for incrementally numbering screen snapshots.
716 * Added support for a new, smaller, faster binary scenery format.
717 * Added an xml configurable HUD engine.
718 * Added interface glue to propogate wind values to LaRCsim.
722 * Added night ground cover lights with user controllable densities on
723 a per texture basis. Lights have a bit of a "fog punch through" effect.
724 * Support added for "shaped" instrument panels.
725 * Added support for virtual panels that are larger than the screen
726 space which can scroll.
727 * Added waypoint and route flying support to the autopilot and HUD.
728 * New highly detailed runway textures with accurate markings.
729 * Added a basic piston engine model, with support for rpm, egt, cht, mp,
731 * Many tweaks and improvements to the c172 instrument panel.
732 * Corrections and additions to the airport and navaid database.
733 * Added an external interface to the property manager so you can
734 "telnet" into a running copy of FlightGear, cd through the property
735 tree and examine and even change values, all from a remote computer.
736 * Improvements to flight model initialization.
737 * Fixes and improvements to the save/restore code.
738 * Added a load/save dialog box for saving/restoring your current flight.
739 * Program notes max texture size for your card/driver so it can load
740 higher resultion textures if they are available and if you can use
742 * Added a visibility= command line option for setting intial visibility
744 * Range of tiles loaded and drawn are now directly calculated from the current
745 visibility distance so that the ground always blends smoothly into sky.
746 * Rewrote the tile caching scheme so it is now more flexible, more dynamic,
747 simpler, and more robust.
748 * Updates to the FDM bus.
749 * Many clean ups with the view code to prepare the way for a greater
750 variety of external views.
751 * MSVC project files now included in the source distribution.
752 * Fixed a view bug that could make the aircraft model appear rotated
754 * Fixed a bug with the autopilot rate of climb hold.
755 * Internal property manager tweaks.
756 * Additional materials can be aliased to an existing material to save
757 texture space (at the expense of less texture variety)
763 * Aircraft now starts at end of runway closest to desired heading.
764 * Runways now have accurate markings.
765 * Addition of a completely reconfigurable instrument panel.
766 * Tons of panel tweaks and fixes. Gyro now drifts, relocated whisky compass,
767 skid ball moves in the right direction, etc.
768 * Updates and tweaks to network multiplayer code.
769 * Tweaks to ground steering sensitivity.
770 * Updates to the UIUC flightmodel and icing research code.
771 * Fixed the sound problem in the previous version.
772 * Current scenery normal is now available for use.
773 * Current load queue size is now available for use.
774 * Added a configure time check for proper simgear version.
775 * Explicitely link in -lpthread if it exists.
776 * Fixed a couple namespace problems.
777 * MacOS and MSVC tweaks.
778 * Renamed JSBsim to JSBSim
779 * Added support in the material library for non-repeating textures.
784 * VOR reception now scales with altitude.
785 * Added differential braking support.
786 * Landing gear modeling code now works in JSBSim
787 * Overhauled cloud code substantially, new cloud textures.
788 * Added support for Ray Woodworth's 5 axis motion chair.
789 * Red light the panel at night and shade based on time of day.
791 * Fixed autopilot altitude hold increment bug.
792 * Fixed screen snap shot function.
793 * Fixed mach number for LaRCsim.
794 * --start-date-gmt option fixed.
795 * Fixes to uiuc includes and initializations
796 * Fixes to periodic scheduler.
797 * Fixed a tile loading bug if the load queue wasn't empty before a reset or
800 * Some additional MSVC5 portability fixes.
801 * Tweaks to build with newest gcc under Irix contributed by Erik Hofman.
803 * Clean out a pile of old junk in the material manager library from the
804 pre-ssg days, and majorly overhauled it.
805 * Complete reengineering of the panel code in preparation for moving the
806 configuration out into a data file.
807 * Lots of hashing around with Joystick support trying to achieve something
808 that is flexible enough to handle the zillions of possible configurations
809 out there. Hopefully we are approaching a workable solution.
810 * Better windows support in our joystick module.
811 * View code simplifications and optimizations contributed by Norman Vine.
813 * Added support for $FG_SCENERY and --fg-scenery=path so scenery can have a
814 different location from the base package.
815 * Moved drop in sky module, world time module, ephemeris module, and low
816 level communications modules over to simgear.
817 * Replaced gdbm with metakit
818 * Added David Megginson's property manager
823 * Added a radio stack 2 VOR/ILS and an ADF to the instrument panel.
824 You can change the frequencies by clicking on the knobs on the
825 instrument panels. You can now navigate with VOR/ADF/DME and fly
827 * Added a chronometer to the instrument panel.
828 * Added a "wet" compass to the top of the instrument panel.
829 * Compass, vsi, and altitute instruments and vacuum system are more
831 * Added a magnetic variation model.
832 * Added navaid database management and query code.
833 * Added magvar offset to VOR radials.
834 * Heading bug now display magnetic heading rather than true heading.
835 * Autopilot now has modes to track a VOR and GS.
836 * Added custom joystick client support so sim can be flown from a
837 remote joystick connected to another machine. This is in support of
838 some custom hardware located in the human factors research lab of the
839 university of minnesota.
840 * HUD controls are a bit different "h" toggles through day/night/off
841 modes and "H" cycles through brightness levels.
842 * Norman Vine contributed code to optionally do antialiased hud lines
843 on hardware that supports this. Norman also contributed additional
844 hud cleanups and updates.
845 * Updates to JSBsim flight dynamics code that includes a generic
846 reconfigurable flight control system, a initial state trimming routine,
847 support for wind and weather, support for flaps, independent trim control,
849 * Updates to LaRCsim flight dynamcis code contributed by UIUC that
850 allows loading aircraft specifications at runtime from config files.
851 UIUC is using flightgear as a platform to do icing research. The UIUC
852 aircraft use the c172 gear model for now which causes some weirdness
853 on the ground for some of the larger aircraft.
854 * Flight model no longer has to be chosen at compile time.
855 * Separated ephemeris code from the actual sky rendering code and gave
856 this whole section a big overhaul. The moon should now consistantly
857 have the correct phase.
858 * Rebuilt the sky dome using ssg.
859 * Removed dependencies on mat3.h and friends (old srgp support lib)
860 * Airport lookups now done through gdbm (a light weight embedded database.)
861 * Converted ssgVTable's to ssgVtxTables which do proper memory
862 management and should facilitate use of compiled vertex arrays once
863 ssg add support for these.
864 * Overhauled autopilot internals, separated out the gui controls from
865 the actual autopilot code.
866 * Cygwin32 build fixes
872 * Lots of code reorganizations
873 * Build requires plib-1.1.x
874 * Build requires SimGear-0.0.x
875 * LaRCsim/c172 is now the default aircraft model.
876 * Added flaps support to control model.
877 * Lots of updates and tweaks for the LaRCsim/c172 model.
878 * Use a more standard texture/blend mode combination for sun/moon halos to
879 avoid render path that's not supported by all cards/drivers.
880 * Change reported speed on hud from V_equiv_kts to V_calibrated_kts
881 * Instrument panel rewrite by David Megginson. This isn't quite as flashy
882 as the first pass, but is much more functional, plays much better with
883 opengl, and it should be relatively easy for someone with graphical skills
884 to make it look more spiffy.
885 * MacOS fixes contributed by Darrell Walisser.
886 * Many JSBsim updates.
887 * Added a screen snapshot facility (F3).
888 * Added a load/save state function contributed by David Megginson.
889 * Added support for various I/O protocols and channels so that flightgear
890 can communicate with itself and other programs through a variety of means.
891 * Bug fix: The aircraft model used for external views was being included in
892 the height above terrain check so when the view position and the aircraft
893 model collided the current altitude kept getting pushed up to compensate,
894 but of course the aircraft model would get pushed up as well because it
895 tracks the current aircraft position and orientation. Thus you had a never
897 * Oliver's multiplayer network code now moved to his own subdirectory:
899 * Added simulated cloud puffs as we pass through the cloud layer.
900 * Cleaned up some memory leaks occuring between ssg and flightgear.
901 * Update to Christian's weather data base code.
904 * Durk Talsma added a nifty cloud layer.
905 * Default to Christian Mayer's new weather system.
906 * Added routines to do screen printing contributed by Mark Vallevand.
907 * Added routines to do screen shots to ppm graphics file (all platforms)
908 contributed Rich Kaszeta.
909 * Added a magic carpet (aka slew) mode.
910 * Added a hot air balloon simulator mode. (alpha)
911 * Added a simple (direct lincage) autocoordation feature.
912 * Added a mode to control view (side to side and up and down) with the mouse.
913 * Fixed a DEM decoding problem which caused most of the terrain to be 256
914 meter too high (and regenerated the world scenery with proper elevations.)
916 * Added support for a pilot view offset from the center of gravity.
917 * Various platform portability fixes.
918 * Updated time-offset/syncing command line options.
919 * Updated the FDM <==> Flight Gear interface to be more object oriented.
920 This should hopefully pave the way for being able to simulate several
922 * Removed unimplemented menu entries.
923 * Various scenery tools changes and enhancements in preparation for adding
924 runways (hopefully for the next release.)
927 * Autopilot can now fly great circle routes.
928 * Incorporated a first stab at some networking code contributed by Oliver
930 * Added Christian Mayer's new weather subsystem.
931 * Started adding support for "external" views ... still needs some work.
932 * Added a flight model acceleration funtion.
933 * Added support for mouse yoke control contributed by David Megginson.
934 * FDM model hertz now definable from the command line.
935 * Added initial timezone support so the user can have better control and more
936 options for setting the starting time of the sim.
937 * We now draw nonexistant tiles as ocean which means we only have to create
938 and distribute tiles that contain some sort of land mass.
940 * Replaced basic render engine with plib's ssg (simple scene graph).
941 * Now expect plib to be installed in it's one true and official location.
942 * Added support for timegm() if it exists which explicitely expects GMT input.
943 * A bit of your basic code reorganization and shuffling.
945 * Removed tools dependency on libgfc. Functionality is now covered by
946 shapelib which has been added into the Tools tree.
947 * Added support for the wonderful GSHHS global land mass data set.
948 * Removed dependecy on process-dem.pl script.
949 * Created a new distributed/parallel tile build system ... hmmm kind of super
950 computer or beowulf style stuff for getting large chunks of scenery built
952 * Only generate tiles that have land mass data since the sim can recreate pure
953 ocean tiles on the fly.
954 * First stab at a water flattening scheme to prevent oceans, lakes, and rivers
955 from running up and down the sides of hills.
956 * Changed the default "Work/" subdirectory layout.
957 * Updates to better handle segment boundaries in preparation for real airport
958 runway and lighting modeling.
959 * Updates and enhancements to my polygon management class.
962 * Updates to Tony's c172 model.
963 * Updated getting started guide from Micheal Basler.
965 * FreeBSD portability tweaks.
966 * MACos portability tweaks.
967 * Borland C++ tweaks.
971 * Tons of improvements with scenery creation. Inter-tile gaps have been
972 fixed, distorted textures have been fixed, real coastlines have been added,
973 and many other subtle improvements.
974 * Tools for parallelizing the scenery building tasks. For instance by using
975 20 machines in parallel, scenery for the entire USA can be regenerated in
976 just over 4 hours vs. 70+ hours on a single machine.
977 * Texture scale can be specified (and changed)( in the materials file. The
978 sim must be rerun for the change to take effect.
979 * Windows now uses plib joystick code so rudder pedals should now work.
980 * Now builds against Steve Baker's plib (portable game devel library)
981 distributed separately (www.woodsoup.org/~sbaker/plib/)
982 * Many source code changes for the MacOS port contributed by Darrell
983 Walisser (the port isn't quite there yet ...)
984 * Source code changes for better compiling with the Borland compiler.
985 * Source code changes for better compiling with the native Irix compilers.
986 * Fixed a bug so you can now fly across the international date line (or
987 more precisely the division between longitude = +/-180.
988 * Tweaks to the Astro section contributed by Durk Talsma.
989 * Autopilot improvements contributed by Norman Vine.
990 * Fonts/characters now drawn with texture maps for increased speed.
991 * Instrument panel can be toggled on and off with "P".
992 * GUI interface for tweaking some autopilot parameters.
993 * HUD appearance and layout changes contributed by Norman Vine, includes
994 faster font drawing for much better performance.
995 * Reset function added to reset you to your starting conditions.
996 * GUI function to enter a new airport id (and be transported there)
997 * Added serial output support for an "in-development" full motion cockpit.
998 * "Just in time" texture loading to reduce initial sim loading time.
1001 New in 0.59 (This is an intermediate/stepping stone release. Skip this
1002 release if you are interested in stability.)
1003 * IRIX portability changes and support for native SGI compilers.
1004 * Solaris portability tweaks
1005 * Incorporated some MacOS portability changes (although the port is not
1007 * Changes to allow adjustment of the autopilot settings while it is
1009 * Began complete overhaul of scenery generation tools.
1010 * Fixed a view frustum culling bug.
1011 * separated lib GPC (generic polygon clipper.) GPC is not "freeware" and
1012 the author has explicitely refused our request to distribute source code
1013 for this library with Flight Gear.
1014 * updated installation and getting started guide
1015 * switched to a simpler, lighter weight frame rate calculation method.
1016 * new tile division scheme.
1017 * GPS serial *output* fixes.
1018 * Added a nifty halo to both the sun and moon. Preparation for allowing
1019 subtle moon lighting effects at night.
1020 * Incorporated Jon Berndt's new C++ flight model rewrite.
1021 * Autopilot settings can be adjusted while active.
1022 * Updates to the instrument panel.
1023 * Fixed AOA reading on the HUD.
1024 * Added random splash screens.
1025 * Modified scenery loader to accept tri-fans.
1026 * Other non-backwards compatible changes to scenery file format and tile
1031 * Added JSBsim alpha code ... this is Jon S. Berndts alpha FDM rewrite.
1032 Still lots to do, but you can watch a balistic flight for a short time.
1033 * Renamed Simulator/Flight to Simulator/FDM
1034 * Tweaks to assist building FGFS on solaris platforms.
1035 * Moved Lib/DEM to Tools/DEM
1036 * Started preparations for scenery generation tools overhaul.
1037 * More MSVC++ support.
1038 * Removed code that made the sun bigger at the horizon since this is just
1039 an optical illusion in real life.
1040 * Bug fixed so that the sim can start out at an airport below sea level.
1043 * Converted to a simpler frame rate counting method.
1044 * Fixed the AOA reading on the HUD.
1045 * Removed gpc from the Lib section of distribution by request of the
1046 gpc Author. The gpc license is unfortunately not compatible with
1047 the GPL. I may look for an alternative library, or just require
1048 that developers download this library separately.
1049 * First slew of changes from the MacOS porting effort contributed by
1050 "Robert Puyol" <puyol@abvent.fr>.
1051 * Support for an arbitrary number of serial ports + additional serial port
1053 * Serial output tweaks to make things more robust and act more like a GPS.
1054 * Portability enhancements for Borland, Solaris, and SGI.
1055 * Some internal class renaming and reorganizations. fgFLIGHT becomes FGState.
1056 fgCONTROLS becomes FGControls.
1057 * Started work on an "external" flight model so the sim can be driven from
1058 external input (serial port, network, file, etc.)
1059 * Fixed a problem that creeped in with setting the initial startup altitude.
1060 This could cause an unrecoverable bounce and you'd end up flipped on your
1061 back. Should be fixed now.
1062 * Sun now appears to grow in size as it gets very low in the horizon.
1063 * Fixed a view frustum culling bug where the scene was not accurately culled
1064 when your view was anything other than straight forward.
1067 * Changed default HUD units to the more standard feet units. You can still
1068 use meters by specifying the command line option "--units-meters".
1069 * Added some initial joystick support using Steve's joystick interface class.
1070 This works great under Linux, but Steve's class now needs to be ported to
1071 Windoze and other platforms.
1072 * Also added a fall back to the GLUT joystick routines for windows (until
1073 we can find better joystick support.)
1074 * Added some initial serial port support for acting like gps and outputing
1075 nmea data such that could be fed into a flight map software package.
1076 * Miscellaneous code clean ups, portability improvements, and optimizations.
1077 * Switched to a streams based error/debug logging system that can be
1078 completely stripped out for a release build (./configure --without-logging)
1079 * Support for cygwin32 b20 compiler (latest release)
1080 * Continued progress on instrument panel
1081 * Support for starting fgfs at higher resolutions.
1084 * New version of gpc (generic polygon clipping library) from
1085 http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/aig/staff/alan/software/
1086 * Brakes (use "b" to toggle)
1087 * Added an altitude hold module to the autopilot. Lock your current altitude
1088 with "ctrl-a", "cntr-a" again will deactivate. (Also lock your current
1089 heading with "ctrl-h", and again to deactivate.)
1090 * Added a terrain following module ... "ctrl-t" to activate.
1091 * Added an autothrottle ... "ctrl-s" to activate.
1092 * Fixes so that terrain tools will work in windoze.
1093 * More STL & Compiler compatibility fixes.
1094 * Changes to use a Point3 class.
1095 * Fixed win95/98 time problem that limited fps to about 18.3
1098 * Implimented audio envelopes so that pitch of engine changes with throttle
1099 * Textured moon, and rewritten/restructured Astro code.
1100 * More optimizations and code cleanups. (Norman Vine, Bernie Bright, Charlie
1102 * Bug fixed that was causing odd display artifacts due to a degenerate
1103 fragment being created for every tile.
1104 * Bug fixed that caused scenery generation to go bad (misplaced fclose on an
1105 invalid file descriptor.)
1106 * Code changes to support g++ 2.7 STL (from Bernie Bright)
1109 * Some initial "GameGLUT" support contributed by Gary R. Van Sickle
1110 (tiberius@braemarinc.com)
1111 * Tracked down and eliminated some memory access type bugs that were
1112 causing segfaults on some platforms, with some compilers using various
1114 * Assorted code optimizations submitted by Norman Vine.
1115 * Renamed fg -> fgfs
1117 - Created a new directory Simulator/Airports/ to handle airport data
1119 - Created Simulator/Object/ to handle basic rendering objects
1120 * Panel code update from Friedemann Reinhard (use --enable-panel to activate)
1121 * Contributions from Bernie Bright
1122 - Created some new classes to enable pointers-to-functions and
1123 pointers-to-class-methods to be treated like objects. These objects
1124 can be registered with fgEVENT_MGR.
1125 - File "Include/fg_callback.hxx" contains the callback class defns.
1126 - Modified fgEVENT and fgEVENT_MGR to use the callback classes. Also
1127 some minor tweaks to STL usage.
1128 - Added file "Include/fg_stl_config.h" to deal with STL portability
1129 issues. Added an initial config for egcs (and probably gcc-2.8.x).
1130 Don't have access to Visual C++ so I've left that for someone else.
1131 - This file is influenced by the stl_config.h file delivered with egcs.
1132 - Added "Include/auto_ptr.hxx" which contains an implementation of the
1133 STL auto_ptr class which is not provided in all STL implementations
1134 and is needed to use the callback classes.
1135 - Deleted fgLightUpdate() which was just a wrapper to call
1137 - Modified fg_init.cxx to register two method callbacks in place of the
1138 old wrapper functions.
1139 - The new classes in libmisc.tgz define a stream interface into zlib.
1140 I've put these in a new directory, Lib/Misc. Feel free to rename it
1141 to something more appropriate. However you'll have to change the
1142 include directives in all the other files. Additionally you'll have
1143 add the library to Lib/Makefile.am and Simulator/Main/Makefile.am.
1145 The StopWatch class in Lib/Misc requires a HAVE_GETRUSAGE autoconf
1146 test so I've included the required changes in config.tgz.
1148 There are a fair few changes to Simulator/Objects as I've moved
1149 things around. Loading tiles is quicker but thats not where the delay
1150 is. Tile loading takes a few tenths of a second per file on a P200
1151 but it seems to be the post-processing that leads to a noticeable
1152 blip in framerate. I suppose its time to start profiling to see where
1155 I've included a brief description of each archives contents.
1160 C++ stream interface into zlib.
1161 Taken from zlib-1.1.3/contrib/iostream/.
1162 Minor mods for STL compatibility.
1163 There's no copyright associated with these so I assume they're
1168 FlightGear input stream using gz_ifstream. Tries to open the
1169 given filename. If that fails then filename is examined and a
1170 ".gz" suffix is removed or appended and that file is opened.
1173 A simple timer for benchmarking. Not used in production code.
1174 Taken from the Blitz++ project. Covered by GPL.
1178 Some simple string manipulation routines.
1181 Load airports database using fgstream.
1182 Changed fgAIRPORTS to use set<> instead of map<>.
1183 Added bool fgAIRPORTS::search() as a neater way doing the lookup.
1184 Returns true if found.
1187 Modified fgStarsInit() to load stars database using fgstream.
1190 Modified fgObjLoad() to use fgstream.
1191 Modified fgMATERIAL_MGR::load_lib() to use fgstream.
1192 Many changes to fgMATERIAL.
1193 Some changes to fgFRAGMENT but I forget what!
1196 * Stars added in 8 stages as sky gets darker for a smoother more realistic
1198 * rewrote star loader to significantly improve load times.
1199 * Tweaked sky brightness and dawn/dusk colors.
1200 * Fixed a small problem with moon rendering.
1201 * Fog color tries to track the sky color at the center of view in sunrise
1202 and sunset situations.
1203 * Optimizations from Norman Vine
1204 * Code fixes and tweaks from Charlie Hotchkiss.
1205 * Added an --enable/disable-sound option.
1206 * Added a pause key "p"
1207 * Added command line options to specify initial position and orientation.
1208 * Added command line option to start in paused or unpaused state.
1212 * Various HUD intensities so you can find something that is readable for the
1213 current conditions and lighting.
1214 * Tie visibility to far clip plane & view frustum culling so reducting
1215 visibility can increase frame rates by increasing what is culled.
1216 * Fixed stupid bug with misplaced initial position.
1217 * Hopefully fixed a bug when parsing system.fgfsrc on windoze.
1220 * HUD updates from Charlie Hotchkiss (ladder number rotate w/ ladder, control
1221 position indicators are back)
1222 * Only draw the PUI cursor if Mesa/Glide/Fullscreen.
1224 * Calculate the model view transformation matrix once per tile per iteration.
1225 Then glLoadMatrixd() it for each fragment rather than calling push(),
1227 * Added a basic splash screen.
1228 * Added support for switching between fullscreen and window mode for
1230 * added an enable/disable splash screen option
1231 * added an enable/disable intro music option
1232 * added an enable/disable instrument panel option
1233 * added an enable/disable mouse pointer option
1234 * Ground collision detection. You can now land or test for collision with
1235 any scenery surface.
1236 * Converted angle of attack scale into a radio altimeter.
1239 * Managment of multiple textures
1240 * Incorporated Friedemann Reinhard's initial panel code.
1241 * Fog mode is now GL_FOG_EXP2 instead of GL_FOG_LINEAR
1242 * Build the non-shared pieces of the FG sim as static libs.
1245 * Incorporated Steve Baker's PUI user interface library written
1246 entirely on top of OpenGL
1247 * Incorporated Steve Baker's Audio library which currently only
1248 supports Linux, but a win32 port is very close to being done.
1249 * Sort object fragments by material property before rendering. This
1250 will be a big help to performance when we start including objects
1251 with a wide variety of material properties and textures.
1252 * Overlapped scenery tiles to reduce the chance of an occasional
1253 floating point precission induced gaps.
1254 * Fixed a bug in zlib exposed by Borland Win32 compiler.
1255 * Impose a maximum triangle area during scenery generation so even
1256 very flat areas will get split into a few smaller sub triangles.
1257 * Fine grained (fragment level) view frustum culling.
1258 * view transformation optimizations -- Norman Vine.
1259 * Fixed polygon winding problem in scenery generation, so all
1260 tri-strips are wound counter clockwise (opengl default).
1263 * Course (per tile) view frustum culling.
1264 * Added a command line option to specify --fg-root which will override
1266 * Hard coded default locations for FG_ROOT for situations when nothing
1267 is specified. Unix = /usr/local/lib/FlightGear Win32 = \FlightGear
1268 * Restructured the command line processing code so that it can process
1269 these sames comands (one per line) out of a config file.
1270 * Added a command line option to specify field of view. This is
1271 adjustable at run time using "X / x". Supporting code contributed
1275 * Complete C++ re-write of the HUD section.
1276 * Miscellaneous bug fixes and tweaks.
1279 * Added an option to enable/disable wireframe rendering.
1280 * Added an option to enable/disable fog/haze.
1281 * Added an option to enable/disable sky blending.
1282 * Added an option to select smooth/flat polygon shading.
1283 * Added an option to enable full-screen mode.
1284 * Added a visual frame rate counter on the HUD. (Contributed by Durk Talsma)
1285 * Autopilot updates (Jeff Goeke-Smith)
1286 * Added an option to control the number of neighboring tiles that are drawn
1289 * Fixed a horible bug that cause the time to be *WAY* off when
1290 compiling with the CygWin32 compiler.
1291 * Wrap up zlib so we can conditionally compile back in normal behavior
1292 on systems that have trouble building zlib.
1293 * Minor adjustment to texture coordinate generation to reduce texture
1295 * Added a command line option to enable/disable texture maps
1296 * Minor transformation adjustments to try to keep scenery tiles closer
1297 to (0, 0, 0) GLfloats run out of precision at the distances we need
1298 to model the earth, but we can do a bunch of pre-transformations
1299 using double floats and then cast to GLfloat once everything is
1300 close in where we have less precision problems.
1301 * command line option to set starting position by airport ID
1302 * Cleaned up initialization sequence to eliminate interdependencies
1303 between sun position, lighting, and view position. This creates a
1304 valid single pass initialization path.
1305 * use already calculated LaRCsim values to create the roll/pitch/yaw
1306 transformation matrix
1309 * material properties bug fixed when rendering terrain.
1310 * bug in sky color generation fixed.
1311 * bug in fog color generation fixed.
1312 * zlib on the fly decompression/compression support.
1313 * more code reorganization and clean ups.
1314 * a fixed up 30 arcsec DEM file preprocessor. World wide DEM's are
1315 available in this format.
1318 * Simple autopilot heading hold contributed by
1319 Jeff Goeke-Smith <jgoeke@voyager.net>
1320 * More code reorganization and clean ups.
1323 * Many autoconf cleanups and tweaks
1324 * make and make install work in unix
1325 * make works for cygnus win32 (but not install yet)
1326 * make dist now works
1327 * added the Tools directory into the main source tree
1330 * Gnu automake/autoconf/libtool make system
1331 * Initial texture support
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