FlightGear Newsletter 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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In the hanger |
Contributing |
Development news
Understanding Rembrandt and VSync
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:
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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Also see: what is VSync ?
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
I just wanted to post a quick message letting everyone know that next week FlightGear will be a featured project of the week on SourceForge's front — Curtis Olson (2015-04-10). [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear will be one of SourceForge's projects
of the week.
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FG Flights blog
A new blog by gsagostinho focused on sharing screenshots of short flights, particularly with GA aircraft. The link is http://fgflights.blogspot.cz/?view=sidebar.
Contributing
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Better Accessibility for FlightGear
I’d like to set up a dedicated web site for those of us with any disability to have ways to get around Flight Gear. I was also thinking even maybe we could find some developers who are disabled who would be interested in helping us set up Flight Gear for all disabilities? I think we can do some of this on Source Forge. If we have some developers here on the Flightgear list who would like to help if I could get names that would be helpful so then I have a list. I would be happy to help develop some as well. I am unfortunately not a Java programmer but can do html type stuff and the Nasel stuff doesn’t look to terribly bad to learn. I’d also like to see if we can make packs for speech like in our turns so we know what direction one is going as they turn. There are many more things. I have to be honest Flight Gear is a platform for me to become familiar with what I will also need for actual flight. I plan to attack flight lessons myself and FG gives me a good foundation to handle some of these concerns for a bigger project I may have later. I’d like to personally thank everyone who answers and would be willing to help.
— Scott Berry (2015-04-06). Re: [Flightgear-devel] New fgcom server needed.
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Translators required
The FlightGear Wiki still needs help for translating it into various languages. If you are interested in making the FlightGear Wiki multi-language then start at Help:Translate. | |
Das FlightGear Wiki benötigt immer noch Hilfe bei der Übersetzung in verschiedene Sprachen. Wenn Du Interesse daran hast, das FlightGear Wiki Mehrsprachig zu machen, dann fang doch mit Help:Übersetzen an. | |
De FlightGear Wiki kan nog steed hulp gebruiken bij het vertalen van artikelen. Als je interesse hebt om de wiki meertalig te maken, raden we je aan om een kijkje te nemen bij Help:Vertalen. | |
La wiki de FlightGear todavía necesita ayuda para traducirla a varios lenguajes. Si estás interesado en hacer la FlightGear wiki multilingüe, entonces comienza en Help:Traducir. |
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.