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== Development news == | == Development news == | ||
=== Flightgear goes to Space, Part II === | |||
Coded in less than 8 hours, the Earthview orbital terrain rendering engine is an addon to Flightgear which allows to use orbital phototextures (such as the NASA Pale Blue Marble) on top of the default Flightgear terrain. Combined with the skydome scattering shader, this improves the realism of the visuals of orbital flight in Flightgear substantially. | |||
[[File:Earthview07.jpg|250px|]][[File:Earthview06.jpg|250px|]][[File:Earthview05.jpg|250px|]] | |||
With some additional patches, finally Vostok-1 is free from the 150 km altitude restriction and can enter high orbits of several hundred km above the planet. | |||
[[File:Earthview09.jpg|250px|]][[File:Earthview10.jpg|250px|]][[File:Earthview11.jpg|250px|]] | |||
Hopefully this will trigger some activity on the modeller side to add a few more spacecraft to the Flightgear experience! | |||
(development discussion and download is found in the Forum [ http://flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15754 ]). | |||
=== FlightGear and HLA (High Level Architecture) === | === FlightGear and HLA (High Level Architecture) === | ||