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[[#Project restructuring|Project restructuring]]<br/> | [[#Project restructuring|Project restructuring]]<br/> | ||
{{Newsletter-cover-header|Development news}}<br/> | {{Newsletter-cover-header|Development news}}<br/> | ||
[[#Upcoming built-in GUI|Upcoming built-in GUI]]<br/> | |||
[[#Environment-responsive glass|Environment-responsive glass]]<br/> | [[#Environment-responsive glass|Environment-responsive glass]]<br/> | ||
[[#Cockpit interior light and shadow|Cockpit interior light and shadow]]<br/> | [[#Cockpit interior light and shadow|Cockpit interior light and shadow]]<br/> | ||
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{{Note|HTTPS access is no longer supported; you will have to change the relevant URLs.}} | {{Note|HTTPS access is no longer supported; you will have to change the relevant URLs.}} | ||
The bug tracker has moved to http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33600886 | The bug tracker has moved to http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33600886 | |||
|title = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] Bugtracker moving to sourceforge</nowiki> | |||
|author = Torsten Dreyer | |||
|date = 2015-03-16}}</ref>. All old issues/feature requests have been preserved. The wiki template {{tl|Issue}} has been updated ([http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php?title=Template:Issue&diff=82555&oldid=72743 diff]). | |||
TerraSync is yet to be moved as of March 18. | TerraSync is yet to be moved as of March 18. | ||
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== Development news == | == Development news == | ||
=== | === Upcoming built-in GUI === | ||
[[File:Qt launcher for FlightGear 3.5 on Windows 7.jpg|thumb|The aircraft page of the Qt launcher for FlightGear 3.5 as rendered on Windows 7.]] | [[File:Qt launcher for FlightGear 3.5 on Windows 7.jpg|thumb|The aircraft page of the Qt launcher for FlightGear 3.5 as rendered on Windows 7.]] | ||
Development of a new GUI frontend for FlightGear has started, with the aim to replace [[FGRun]] and eventually the PLIB PUI. James Turner is currently prototyping this new launcher, based on [http://www.qt.io/qt-quick/ Qt Quick], at the suggestion and encouragement of Curt, Torsten D & others<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33245028 | |||
|title = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] Gui technologies</nowiki> | |||
|author = James Turner | |||
|authorlink-wiki = User:Zakalawe | |||
|date = 2015-01-20 | |||
}}</ref>. There will also be the HTML5-based GUI called [[Phi]], which is being developed by Torsten D. | |||
The | The reason for the announcement is that this would overlap some areas other developers are working on. This will hopefully avoid others unnecessarily expending energy on areas that might be affected. | ||
{{inote| | {{inote|The parallel development of HTML and Qt-based UIs is happening by intention and is not the result of discoordination<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url = http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=229445#p229445 | |||
|title = Re: New Canvas GUI | |||
|author = Torsten | |||
|authorlink-wiki = User:T3r | |||
|date = Jan 10, 2015 | |||
}}</ref>. It is likely both will use a common service layer to provide necessary data<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url = http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=229303#p229303 | |||
|title = Re: New Canvas GUI | |||
|author = Torsten | |||
|authorlink-wiki = User:T3r | |||
|date = Jan 08, 2015 | |||
}}</ref>.}} | |||
To learn more, see [[Integrated Qt5 Launcher]] | To learn more, see [[Integrated Qt5 Launcher]]. | ||
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