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'''PLIB''' (Portable Game Library) is a set of software libraries for writing games written by Steve J. Baker. [[FlightGear]] has used PLIB for most of its development. It is also used by the FlightGear related program [[Atlas]]. PLIB is open source released under | '''PLIB''' (Portable Game Library) is a set of software libraries for writing games written by Steve J. Baker. [[FlightGear]] has used PLIB for most of its development. It is also used by the FlightGear related program [[Atlas]]. PLIB is open source and released under Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL). | ||
[[FlightGear 1.0.0]] (released in 2007) was the last public release to use PLIB for the 3d scene graph, before the the transition to OpenSceneGraph ([[OSG]]). FlightGear still uses PLIB for various | [[FlightGear 1.0.0]] (released in 2007) was the last public release to use PLIB for the 3d scene graph, before the the transition to OpenSceneGraph ([[OSG]]). FlightGear still uses PLIB for various tasks, for example reading joystick inputs and showing a graphical user interface (GUI). In the latter usage, the PUI component of PLIB will be replaced in FlightGear with [[Canvas|Canvas 2D rendering subsystem]] and [[Nasal|Nasal scripting]] to improve the GUI beyond what PUI offers. | ||
PLIB is needed when building [[FlightGear]]. | PLIB is needed when building [[FlightGear]]. | ||