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====Airbus A340-600==== | ====Airbus A340-600==== | ||
More work has continued on developing an [[Airbus A340-600]] for FlightGear. The aircraft has been given a new lease of life with a new JSBsim FDM which replicates better the size and control of such a large bird, and there is much more work on it to come. The model itself is looking very attractive with a newly modelled fuselage from British user Simon (MOJO), some nice new reflection coding, lights and external models. It has a 3D cockpit which is currently identical to that of the [[A320-family]] in FlightGear (by Skyop and Ampere), as an A340 cockpit is being built from scratch by Skyop himself. This doesn't spoil it for now, as both aircraft's cockpits share 99% of similarities in real life. | |||
Back in 2009, the aircraft was the first in FlightGear to incorporate aircraft operation equipment, and Cabin announcements. Now these have been improved with new recordings by the author (Liam, if you're wondering who's voice that is), and work continues to make the aircraft one of the most enjoyable heavy metal birds to fly in FlightGear. Thanks to all the users who have helped this slow moving project progress. | |||
If you are wondering where you can download this new version: check out the Aircraft section in the FlightGear forums, where there is a special topic dedicated to it. | |||
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== Scenery corner == | == Scenery corner == | ||
=== TerraGear GUI: a first release === | |||
[[File:TerraGearGUI.jpg|thumb|The last step: FGFS construct]] | |||
After over a year of slow (and most of the time stalled) development, Gijs released a first full-feature version of his [[TerraGear GUI]]. The name explains it all: it is a graphical interface that allows users to generate scenery. | |||
It works comparable to FGRun, as it generates a commandline based on the user's settings and drives one of the TerraGear tools through that. Through a serie of tabs, the user is guided through the process of creating scenery. Steps include: downloading data, processing elevation data, generating airports, assigning materials and in the end, the actual scenery construction. Making changes in one of those steps will result in different scenery. The GUI allows users to easily finetune their scenery. | |||
There are still lots of bugs to be solved, features to be added and improvements to be made. But, now that there's a useable GUI, more and more people will (be able to) discover the magic world of building scenery. And I'm sure that, if all those people give some feedback in the [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7485 forum topic], the GUI will improve rapidly! | |||
===Seoul=== | ===Seoul=== | ||
Seoul is an impressive city where modern buildings with amazing design are mixed with the Korean traditional architecture of old buildings. | Seoul is an impressive city, where modern buildings with amazing design are mixed with the Korean traditional architecture of old buildings. The following buildings were added throughout this month: [[File:Yeouido-005.png|220px|thumb|right|Yeouido island]] [[File:Gyeongbok Palace.png|220px|thumb|right|Gyeongbok Palace]] | ||
* Modern buildings | * '''Modern buildings''' | ||
** Dongbu Finance Building | ** Dongbu Finance Building | ||
** GT Tower East | ** GT Tower East | ||
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** Jongno Tower | ** Jongno Tower | ||
** Seoul World Cup Stadium | ** Seoul World Cup Stadium | ||
*Old buildings | * '''Old buildings''' | ||
** Namdaemun | ** Namdaemun | ||
** Gyeonghoeru Pavillon | ** Gyeonghoeru Pavillon | ||
** Geunjeongjeon | ** Geunjeongjeon | ||
*Others | * '''Others''' | ||
** National Assembly Building | ** National Assembly Building | ||
In addition to that, about 150 generic buildings have been added in Yeouido island, one of Seoul's main business districts. | In addition to that, about 150 generic buildings have been added in Yeouido island, one of Seoul's main business districts. All of this is available through [[TerraSync]]. | ||
=== Airports === | === Airports === | ||
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== Wiki updates == | == Wiki updates == | ||
This month, the FlightGear wiki welcomed its 8.000.000th page view! The page view count doubled in 12 months time, as we had "just" 4.000.000 views in May 2010. More and more people seem to find their way to the wiki (and the forum as well). This might be due to some more active linking, but it also means that the interest in FlightGear increases. | |||
===New articles=== | ===New articles=== | ||
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