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The FlightGear development team is delighted to announce the v3.2 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Highlights in this release include an experimental aircraft manager allowing users to download and load aircraft in-sim, a very capable built-in HTTP server, built-in voice synthesizer for ATIS messages, and many improvements to the Canvas rendering framework. | The FlightGear development team is delighted to announce the v3.2 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Highlights in this release include an experimental aircraft manager allowing users to download and load aircraft in-sim, a very capable built-in HTTP server, built-in voice synthesizer for ATIS messages, and many improvements to the Canvas rendering framework. | ||
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'''Graphics''' | '''Graphics''' | ||
* Improved rendering of VASI, PAPI, runway and taxiway lights. | * Improved rendering of VASI, PAPI, runway and taxiway lights. | ||
* Orbital rendering using textures from the NASA Visible Earth project | |||
* Additions to the Atmospheric Light Scattering (ALS) rendering include: | * Additions to the Atmospheric Light Scattering (ALS) rendering include: | ||
** an experimental framework to render cloud shadows on the ground (requires Advanced Weather) | ** an experimental framework to render cloud shadows on the ground (requires Advanced Weather) |