Changelog 2016.2

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This changelog is a draft.

This changelog is currently being written for the FlightGear v2016.2 release. Feel free to help! If you are aware of any FlightGear related changes, please add them to the changelog.



Changed default location

In line with the release adopted in FlightGear v2016.1, this release has been named after its default airport, Barcelona Airport (LEBL).

Major enhancements in this release

Core

  • Video configuration can be saved.[1][2]
  • The TerraSync server has been switched to using HTTP instead of SVN.
  • All scenery models have been cleaned up and moved to TerraSync.

Aircraft Modeling

ATIS and METAR

  • Various improvements in the reporting of wind, atmospheric pressure, and sky cover.
  • Custom ATIS formats for the US/Canada/Pacific region and the UK based on real recordings.
  • Bug fixes and data updates to reduce occurrence of NIL weather.

JSBSim

Atmospheric Light Scattering

Environment Rendering

  • A bug that prevented precipitation from appearing has been fixed.

Performance

Multiplayer

  • A bug in the multiplayer protocol has been fixed.

Misc/Uncategorized

Usability

  • Route manager now allows entry of a space separated list of waypoints.

Internationalization

  • The Italian translation for menus, loading messages and help for command line switches has been updated.

Scenery

  • Further improvements to regional textures.
  • New buildings for London Heathrow

Canvas System

Nasal Scripting

Documentation

Highlighted new and improved aircraft

Other

FGPromo: A FlightGear Promotional Video

After more than 5 months of hard work, FGPromo, a video showing off FlightGear at its finest, has been released!

Bug fixes

  • See our bugtracker for a list, albeit incomplete, of the bugs fixed in this release.
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