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FlightGear Newsletter December 2011 (view source)
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=== Trying to get more performance out of the 3D clouds! === | === Trying to get more performance out of the 3D clouds! === | ||
There has been quite a lengthy discussion on optimizing FlightGear's 3D clouds even more, for more info please see: [http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg35092.html] and [http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg35100.html]. | There has been quite a lengthy discussion on optimizing FlightGear's 3D clouds even more, for more info please see: [http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg35092.html] and [http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg35100.html]. | ||
=== Flightgear goes to space! === | |||
As part of the ongoing work developing a haze and fog shader and improving the sky appearance, rendering of the high altitude environment is much improved. With the development version of the terrain-haze and skydome shaders and the visibility model in altitude provided by Local Weather, a seamless transition from low altitude to a near space environment up at 100 km altitude can be achieved. | |||
This allows for spectacular views from planes like the X-15 - here an X-15 has just completed the ballistic climb to 270.000 ft and falls back to Earth with stunning high-altitude views of Nevada and California. | |||
[[File: X-15-10.jpg | 400px]] | |||
Despite some claims to the contrary, the existing rendering engine is well up to the job, providing framerates above 20 fps at the top of the arc. However, naturally the Flightgear scenery model is not optimal for rendering orbital views, and photo-texturing of Earth with satellite imagery as done in orbital simulations becomes increasingly superior with altitude. [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=14844] | |||
=== Improvements to the radio code in FlightGear === | === Improvements to the radio code in FlightGear === | ||