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'''Project Organization''' | |||
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|I am going to commence reducing FGDATA this weekend. The reasons for that<br/> | |||
action have been discussed here and on the forum in epic detail, so I won't<br/> | |||
repeat them.<br/> | |||
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The result will be a new and much smaller git repository and it will only<br/> | |||
have the c172p and the ufo remaining.<br/> | |||
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To avoid any unnecessary extra work, I will temporarily remove all<br/> | |||
contributors with write access except 2 or three admins on Friday afternoon<br/> | |||
(Central European Time Zone).<br/> | |||
|{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33546900/ | |||
|title=<nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] FGData size reduction</nowiki> | |||
|author=<nowiki>Torsten Dreyer</nowiki> | |||
|date=<nowiki>2015-03-05</nowiki> | |||
}} | |||
}} | |||
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|Next, I'll do a initial commit of the base package aircraft to fgaddon/svn.<br/> | |||
Following that, I create a new git repo for a smaller git fgdata and push<br/> | |||
it to sourceforge.<br/> | |||
Finally, we re-add contributors with push permission.<br/> | |||
<br/> | |||
If anything goes wrong, the original fgdata will remain intact and can<br/> | |||
serve as a fallback. | |||
|{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33546900/ | |||
|title=<nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] FGData size reduction</nowiki> | |||
|author=<nowiki>Torsten Dreyer</nowiki> | |||
|date=<nowiki>2015-03-05</nowiki> | |||
}} | |||
}} | |||
'''Core''' | '''Core''' | ||
Revision as of 20:16, 5 March 2015
This changelog is a draft.
This changelog is currently being written for the FlightGear v3.6 release. Feel free to help! If you are aware of any FlightGear related changes, please add them to the changelog. |
Major enhancements in this release
Project Organization
I am going to commence reducing FGDATA this weekend. The reasons for that action have been discussed here and on the forum in epic detail, so I won't — Torsten Dreyer (2015-03-05). [Flightgear-devel] FGData size reduction.
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Next, I'll do a initial commit of the base package aircraft to fgaddon/svn. Following that, I create a new git repo for a smaller git fgdata and push — Torsten Dreyer (2015-03-05). [Flightgear-devel] FGData size reduction.
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Core
Aircraft Modeling
- Tooltips can now be positioned at a specific place on-screen.
- Nasal wing flex module added
- Bug-fixes and improvements to the Failure Manager.
<variant-of>
tag in the *-set.xml file has been added. Example: Boeing 777-200ER →<variant-of>777-200</variant-of>
. Commit
JSBSim
Atmospheric Light Scattering
- The addition of volumetric grass to the random vegetation system.
Environment Rendering
Performance
Usability
Internationalization
Scenery
Canvas System
- Canvas-based maps now support a new property for child elements to be automatically rotated/aligned with the heading of the map, to avoid redundant Nasal code doing this. This has the advantage of better peformance, as it is now done in C++. Commit
Nasal Scripting
Documentation
Highlighted new and improved aircraft
Misc/Uncategorized
Bug fixes
- See our bugtracker for an extensive, yet incomplete, list of the bugs fixed in this release.