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=== Translators required ===
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Revision as of 18:18, 6 April 2015

This newsletter is a draft.

Please feel free to add content you think will be of interest to the FlightGear community. Read the latest newsletter at FlightGear Newsletter March 2015.



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Enjoy reading the latest edition!
Please help us write the coming edition!
April 2015

Development news

In the hanger
Scenery Corner

Contributing
Translators required
FlightGear logos
Screenshots

Development news

Understanding Rembrandt and VSync

Cquote1.png For the last few weeks I've been getting to grips with the way that deferred rendering works in an attempt to figure out why we don't get the framerate that we should.

I've written up my findings here http://chateau-logic.com/content/deferred-rendering-rembrandt-performance

It appears that vsync is causing problems; and I get a marked improvement in deferred rendering performance (Rembrandt) using the following flags: —prop:/sim/rendering/vsync-enable=false —prop:/sim/frame-rate-throttle-hz=60

Without these flags I get 30fps with nothing visible (/sim/rendering/draw-mask all false). With these flags I get 60fps when drawing nothing which is what I'd expect. What I'd like to know know is whether this makes a difference to anyone else - so I'd appreciate any test result FPS figures (with and without the flag) with graphics card and CPU posted here.

I didn't figure out if vsync can be turned off per camera; but I'm 99.9% certain that this is what vsync is causing to happen on my configuration.


— Richard Harrison (2015-03-29). [Flightgear-devel] Deferred rendering (Rembrandt) performance.
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In the hangar

Liveries

Seven new liveries are now available for Boeing 707.

  • British Airways
  • British Airways cargo
  • British Caledonian
  • China Airlines
  • Pakistan International Airlines
  • Trans European Airways
  • Belize Airways Ltd. (Nick Reimer, others by sanhozay).

See this forum post for more information. Download the liveries here.

Scenery corner

Community news

Contributing

Note
Cquote1.png Our FGCom server (fgcom.flightgear.org) has disappeared from the radars. Any volunteer to host a new one or any plan to provide the voice service?
— Guy Brand (2015-04-05). [Flightgear-devel] New fgcom server needed.
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Cquote1.png The fgcom server was provided through a generous donation of a contributor who quietly purchased a VPS specifically for fgcom out of his own personal resources. That contributor has quietly left the project and I suspect that the disappearance of fgcom is a consequence of his departure. It sounds like we need to find a new volunteer to host the fgcom server and set up and maintain the software.
— Curtis Olson (2015-04-06). Re: [Flightgear-devel] New fgcom server needed.
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FlightGear logos

If you want some graphic elements for your FlightGear-related site (for example a hangar or YouTube channel), please feel free to visit FlightGear logos for a repository of logos. And if you have some art skills, please don't hesitate to contribute with your own design creations.

Screenshots

The FlightGear project always needs screenshots, which show features that were added since the last release. These should be of good quality, especially in content and technical image properties. It is therefore recommended to use the best viable filter settings (antialiasing, texture sharpening, etc.). More info at Howto:Make nice screenshots.