Changelog 2016.1: Difference between revisions

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* Interactive traffic system re-enabled, having been disabled by mistake some releases previously.
* Interactive traffic system re-enabled, having been disabled by mistake some releases previously.
* Various security improvements, including the disabling of <tt>system.fgfsrc</tt>.
* Various security improvements, including the disabling of <tt>system.fgfsrc</tt>.
* Reduction in the memory footprint due to scenery
* Improved performance when displaying large numbers of scenery objects


'''Aircraft Modeling'''
'''Aircraft Modeling'''
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'''Rendering'''
'''Rendering'''
* The addition of 3D grass to the random vegetation system.
* Improved vegetation including 3D grass and shadows for trees
* Tree shadows
* Better cockpit rendering:
* Interior cockpit shadows.
** interior shadows
* Interior glass reflections, frosting and fogging.
** glass reflections, fogging and frosting
* Interior panel backlighting.
** panel backlighting.
* New thruster effect (can be used for afterburners flames, rockets, etc.).
* New thruster effect (can be used for afterburners flames, rockets, etc.).
* Lightning effects
* Lightning effects
* Runway skid marks
* Improved airport rendering, including runway skid marks and better effects for the runways and surrounding grass.
* Improved sky rendering, including sun halo, Aurora Borealis.


'''Usability'''
'''Usability'''
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* GUI cleanup to improve support for multiple GUI styles.
* GUI cleanup to improve support for multiple GUI styles.
* The [[Integrated Qt5 Launcher|built-in Qt launcher]] is available for all of FlightGear's supported operating systems.
* The [[Integrated Qt5 Launcher|built-in Qt launcher]] is available for all of FlightGear's supported operating systems.
* Additional latitude and longitude formats are now supported in the HUD.


'''Scenery'''
'''Scenery'''

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