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=== Major enhancements in this release ===
=== Major enhancements in this release ===
'''Project Organization'''
'''Project Organization'''
{{FGCquote
  |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/>
<br/>
The result will be a new and much smaller git repository and it will only<br/>
have the c172p and the ufo remaining.<br/>
<br/>
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/
After lots of hard work by Torsten D, a new, more compact [[fgdata]] repository ([[base package]]) has now been created. Located at http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgdata/, this new fgdata has had all aircraft (except for the [[C172p]] and [[UFO]]) stripped from it, as well as the histories of the Scenery, AI, and Models directories<ref>{{cite web
    |title=<nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] FGData size reduction</nowiki>
|url   = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33562106/
    |author=<nowiki>Torsten Dreyer</nowiki>
|title = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] FGData - The Next Generation is ready.</nowiki>
    |date=<nowiki>2015-03-05</nowiki>
|author = Torsten Dreyer
  }}
|date  = 2015-03-07
}}
}}</ref>.  This has reduced its size to about 1.3 GB<ref>{{cite web
|url    = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/33562630/
|title  = <nowiki>Re: [Flightgear-devel] FGData - The Next Generation is ready.</nowiki>
|author = Anders Gidenstam
|date  = 2015-03-07
}}</ref>.


{{FGCquote
'''Core'''
  |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'''
'''Launcher'''
'''Launcher'''
{{FGCquote
  |We now have a [[Integrated Qt5 Launcher|built-in Qt launcher]] that&#39;s shipped by default on Mac and will be used on other OS in the coming release. FGRun will be gone by then, therefore I&#39;m closing this issue. [...] FGRun will be gone with the next release of FlightGear, in favour of a built-in launcher. Therefore, I&#39;m closing this issue to prevent anyone from spending a lot of time on fixing things in FGRun.
  |{{cite web |url=http://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bugs/issues/detail?id=1591#c2
    |title=<nowiki>Issues #1591, #1529, #1295, #1003, #911, #1348</nowiki>
    |author=<nowiki>Gijs</nowiki>
    |date=<nowiki>Sun Jan 11</nowiki>
  }}
}}


The [[Integrated Qt5 Launcher|built-in Qt launcher]] that is shipped by default with the Mac version of FlightGear v3.4.0+ will be used for other OSs<ref name="a">{{cite web
|url = http://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bugs/issues/detail?id=1591#c2
|title = Issues #1591, #1529, #1295, #1003, #911, #1348
|author = Gijs
|authorlink-wiki = User:Gijs
|date = Sun Jan 11
}}</ref>.  [[FGRun]] will be removed in favor of this launcher<ref name="a">{{cite web
|url = http://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bugs/issues/detail?id=1591#c2
|title = Issues #1591, #1529, #1295, #1003, #911, #1348
|author = Gijs
|authorlink-wiki = User:Gijs
|date = Sun Jan 11
}}</ref>.


'''Aircraft Modeling'''
'''Aircraft Modeling'''
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* See [http://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bugs/issues/list?can=1&q=milestone=3.6 our bugtracker] for an extensive, yet incomplete, list of the bugs fixed in this release.
* See [http://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bugs/issues/list?can=1&q=milestone=3.6 our bugtracker] for an extensive, yet incomplete, list of the bugs fixed in this release.
{{Appendix}}


[[Category:FlightGear changelogs]]
[[Category:FlightGear changelogs]]

Revision as of 13:54, 10 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.
It's a good idea to check the newsletters since the last release and the Git commit history. We also encourage people to help by translating the changelog and appreciate all contributions, however please keep in mind that this changelog is not yet final!



Major enhancements in this release

Project Organization

After lots of hard work by Torsten D, a new, more compact fgdata repository (base package) has now been created. Located at http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgdata/, this new fgdata has had all aircraft (except for the C172p and UFO) stripped from it, as well as the histories of the Scenery, AI, and Models directories[1]. This has reduced its size to about 1.3 GB[2].

Core

Launcher

The built-in Qt launcher that is shipped by default with the Mac version of FlightGear v3.4.0+ will be used for other OSs[3]. FGRun will be removed in favor of this launcher[3].

Aircraft Modeling

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.
References
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