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Global State Management

simulator resets (partial) [1] [2] [3]
saving/loading flights (partial) [4] [5]
simulator replays (along with an option to continue flights)
saving/loading startup "situations" (partial) - similar to loading saved flights
internal subsystem state [6] [7]
property "classes" (velocities, orientation, position, cockpit animations, exterior animations, instrumentation) - select classes and reset/save/load accordingly
provide corresponding signal handlers: reinit/reset, save-state, load-state etc
have aircraft authors provide scripts to register listeners for the corresponding signals and implement corresponding aircraft specific handlers to handle cleanup/reinit work