FlightGear Newsletter January 2010: Difference between revisions
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==In the hangar== | ==In the hangar== | ||
===Liveries=== | ===Liveries=== | ||
[ | For over a year, realistic (meaning: they have to exist, have existed, or will exist on the corresponding aircraft with the corresponding airline) FlightGear liveries have been available from [http://flightgear.oxyhost.com this website]. Due to the increasing amount of visitors and liveries, the website is moved to a new server, resulting in much faster downloads. The serverswitch was a good oppurtunity to re-design the website and its internal structure. It used to be a simple list, now it exists of a fully functional database, improving the use- and maintainablity significantly. The database can be searched by aircraft, airline or author. | ||
Everyone is free to upload his/her liveries. What to do is explained at this page. | |||
Visit the new livery database (link to come) | |||
===Aircraft=== | ===Aircraft=== | ||
====Boeing 737-100 updates==== | |||
{{Main article|Boeing 737-100}} | |||
[[File:737-100_outside.jpg|thumb|270px|Outside view with open doors]] | [[File:737-100_outside.jpg|thumb|270px|Outside view with open doors]] | ||
[[File:737-100_cockpit.jpg|thumb|270px|Cockpit view from pilot seat]] | [[File:737-100_cockpit.jpg|thumb|270px|Cockpit view from pilot seat]] | ||
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==Scenery Corner== | ==Scenery Corner== | ||
===Manila=== | |||
The Airport of Manila, Philippines (RPLL) has been improved. Beside the Terminals 1 and 2, Terminal 3 is now built. The Tower is redesigned to be closer to the original. Many shared models on the ground has been added and like always all buildings are [[Howto:_Illuminate_faces|illuminated]] at night and [[Howto:_Add_smooth_("Ambient_Occlusion")_shadows_in_Blender|ambient occlusion]] is added to all new textures.. | |||
===San Francisco International Airport=== | |||
{{Main article|San Francisco International Airport}} | |||
With the upcoming release in mind, FlightGear's main airport has been populated with more buildings than ever before. Dock your plane at one of the many gates, follow the airtrain as it moves from station to station, land your helicopter in the famous parkingarea hole or simply enjoy the visuals on final. | |||
==Community News== | ==Community News== | ||
Revision as of 19:50, 7 January 2010
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This is the draft of the next edition of the FlightGear Newsletter. Please feel free to edit and add your contribution.
What's new in CVS
In the hangar
Liveries
For over a year, realistic (meaning: they have to exist, have existed, or will exist on the corresponding aircraft with the corresponding airline) FlightGear liveries have been available from this website. Due to the increasing amount of visitors and liveries, the website is moved to a new server, resulting in much faster downloads. The serverswitch was a good oppurtunity to re-design the website and its internal structure. It used to be a simple list, now it exists of a fully functional database, improving the use- and maintainablity significantly. The database can be searched by aircraft, airline or author.
Everyone is free to upload his/her liveries. What to do is explained at this page.
Visit the new livery database (link to come)
Aircraft
Boeing 737-100 updates
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Since Octobre we have the 737-100 by helijah in CVS as you could follow the newsletter from octobre. Now the aircrafts got further improvements: Mike (aka D-SKY1) is building the autopilot including the 3D models, and a lot more changes were already done:
- FDM refined
- Working instruments in front panel
- Doors (front and back) open with the keys D and Shift-D
- Frontdoor also extracts stairs
- Detailed overhead panel (not yet wired)
- Detailed pedestal (not yet wired)
- Autopilot incl. ILS approach (partly wired) actual screenshot of the glareshield)
- Several liveries available via menu:
- Lufthansa
- Canadian
- Continental
- Qatar
- Swiss Air
- Air France
- Alitalia
- KLM
- Kuwait Airways
- Boeings Prototype-Livery
Scenery Corner
Manila
The Airport of Manila, Philippines (RPLL) has been improved. Beside the Terminals 1 and 2, Terminal 3 is now built. The Tower is redesigned to be closer to the original. Many shared models on the ground has been added and like always all buildings are illuminated at night and ambient occlusion is added to all new textures..
San Francisco International Airport
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With the upcoming release in mind, FlightGear's main airport has been populated with more buildings than ever before. Dock your plane at one of the many gates, follow the airtrain as it moves from station to station, land your helicopter in the famous parkingarea hole or simply enjoy the visuals on final.