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== Development news == | == Development news == | ||
=== New ATC client === | === New ATC client === | ||
[[File:ATC-pie-logo.png|96x96px|thumbnail|left]] | [[File:ATC-pie-logo.png|96x96px|thumbnail|left]] ''"Happy new year! I brought you a cake..."'' | ||
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'' | A '''new ATC client''' for the FlightGear network has been announced on the forum, called ''[[ATC-pie]]''. It is comparable to [[OpenRadar]], but essentially designed for realism. It has begun its beta-testing phase this month, and is expected to be called stable by February. | ||
Several testers have put their hand up to try, some quite experienced ATCs, and their feedback was very much appreciated. Both major public live maps already show connected ''ATC-pie'' clients with the appropriate ATC icon, which makes this new little program feel fully welcome in the multi-player excitement. | |||
''ATC-pie'' is programmed in Python3 for Qt5, so both must be installed, as well as the python3-qt5 bindings. That done, it is meant to work straight away, with no other resource to install or make/compile command to run. No need to install or update FlightGear, download scenery or fetch any external resource before it can run. | |||
=== Aircraft documentation === | === Aircraft documentation === | ||
A tool for generating documentation based on the aircraft available in FlightGear was announced on the [http://forum.flightgear.org/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=view&f=0&p=35049 forum]. It parses it's checklists and renders a nice .PDF. It's possible for the aircraft developers to add additional information to the .PDF. The [[Boeing 777]] series serves as an example. The documentation will be published on a central location, check out the new wiki page [[Documentation compiler]] for more information. More features for this generator are being suggested; any feedback is welcome! | A tool for generating documentation based on the aircraft available in FlightGear was announced on the [http://forum.flightgear.org/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=view&f=0&p=35049 forum]. It parses it's checklists and renders a nice .PDF. It's possible for the aircraft developers to add additional information to the .PDF. The [[Boeing 777]] series serves as an example. The documentation will be published on a central location, check out the new wiki page [[Documentation compiler]] for more information. More features for this generator are being suggested; any feedback is welcome! | ||