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{{draft|changelog|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.<br/>It's a good idea to check [[:Category:Changes_after_3.4|the newsletters since the last release]] and the commit histories for all main repositories: | {{draft|changelog|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.<br/>It's a good idea to check [[:Category:Changes_after_3.4|the newsletters since the last release]] and the commit histories for all main repositories: | ||
{{Commit log|mode=commit_browser|project=fgdata|title= | {{Commit log|mode=commit_browser|project=fgdata|title=FGData}}<br/> | ||
{{Commit log|mode=commit_browser|project=flightgear|title=FlightGear source}}<br/> | {{Commit log|mode=commit_browser|project=flightgear|title=FlightGear source}}<br/> | ||
{{Commit log|mode=commit_browser|project=simgear|title=SimGear}}<br/> | {{Commit log|mode=commit_browser|project=simgear|title=SimGear}}<br/> | ||
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by desktop flight simulator enthusiasts, for research in universities and for interactive exhibits in museums. | by desktop flight simulator enthusiasts, for research in universities and for interactive exhibits in museums. | ||
FlightGear features more than 400 aircraft, a worldwide scenery database, a | FlightGear features more than 400 aircraft, a worldwide scenery database, a multiplayer environment, detailed sky modelling, a flexible and open aircraft modelling system, varied networking options, multiple display support, a powerful scripting language and an open architecture. Best of all, being open-source, the simulator is owned by the community and everyone is encouraged to contribute. | ||
Download FlightGear v3.6 for free from [http://www.flightgear.org/ FlightGear.org] | Download FlightGear v3.6 for free from [http://www.flightgear.org/ FlightGear.org] | ||
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[[File:Qt launcher for FlightGear 3.5 on Windows 7.jpg|thumb|The aircraft page of the Qt launcher for FlightGear 3.5 as rendered on Windows 7.]] | [[File:Qt launcher for FlightGear 3.5 on Windows 7.jpg|thumb|The aircraft page of the Qt launcher for FlightGear 3.5 as rendered on Windows 7.]] | ||
The [[Integrated Qt5 Launcher|built-in Qt launcher]], developed by James Turner shipped by default with the Mac version of FlightGear 3.4, will be used for other OSes<ref | The [[Integrated Qt5 Launcher|built-in Qt launcher]], developed by James Turner shipped by default with the Mac version of FlightGear 3.4, will be used for other OSes<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url = http:// | |url = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/1591/#4cb7 | ||
|title = | |title = Issue #1591 | ||
|author = Gijs | |author = Gijs | ||
|authorlink-wiki = User:Gijs | |authorlink-wiki = User:Gijs | ||
|date = | |date = April 8th, 2015 | ||
}}</ref>. In addition, [[FGRun]] will be dropped in favor of this. | }}</ref>. In addition, [[FGRun]] will be dropped in favor of this. | ||
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'''Bug fixes''' | '''Bug fixes''' | ||
* See [http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/ | * See [http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/search/?q=status%3AFixed+AND+_milestone%3A3.6 our bugtracker] for an extensive, yet incomplete, list of the bugs fixed in this release. | ||
{{Appendix}} | {{Appendix}} | ||
[[Category:FlightGear changelogs]] | [[Category:FlightGear changelogs]] | ||
Revision as of 09:33, 10 May 2015
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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].
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FlightGear has completely moved all its gitorious based material over to< sourceforge. But it's nice to know a historical record will remain at gitorious.org as well as several other public locations not to mention on a myriad of personal computers.
— Curtis Olson (2015-04-15). [Flightgear-devel] Fwd: Gitorious.org is dead,
long live Gitorious.org.
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I have just added hooks to our our flightgear, simgear and fgdata repositories that send a message to the flightgear-commitlogs mailinglist — Torsten Dreyer (2015-04-15). [Flightgear-devel] flightgear-commitlogs revived.
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Core
Launcher
The built-in Qt launcher, developed by James Turner shipped by default with the Mac version of FlightGear 3.4, will be used for other OSes[3]. In addition, FGRun will be dropped in favor of this.
Note In future FlightGear releases, there will be an additional HTML5-based version (Phi, developed by Torsten D), and the Qt launcher, based on well-supported libraries, will be used as the main launcher (replacing FGRun). This parallel development is intentional[4], and it is likely that both will use a common service layer to provide the necessary data[5].
To learn more, see Integrated Qt5 Launcher
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. See FlightGear Newsletter March 2015.
JSBSim
Atmospheric Light Scattering
- The addition of volumetric grass to the random vegetation system.
- Interior cockpit shadows
- Interior glass reflections and shadows.
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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