FlightGear Newsletter January 2015: Difference between revisions
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[[#Release preparations|Release preparations]] <br /> | |||
[[#New ATC client|New ATC client]] <br /> | |||
[[#Aircraft documentation|Aircraft documentation]] | |||
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[[#TNCM custom scenery - flood fixed|TNCM custom scenery - flood fixed]]<br/> | |||
[[#Slovenia|Slovenia]] | |||
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=== New ATC client === | === New ATC client === | ||
[[File:ATC-pie-logo.png|96x96px | [[File:ATC-pie-logo.png|96x96px|left]] ''"Happy new year! I brought you a cake..."'' | ||
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. | A '''new ATC client''' for the FlightGear network has been announced on [http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=25153 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. | 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. | ||
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== Scenery Corner == | == Scenery Corner == | ||
=== TNCM | === TNCM custom scenery - flood fixed === | ||
[[User:Legoboyvdlp]] has created a custom scenery that fixes the flood at TNCM. He requests that any of you that know of any other flooded airports please to notify him on his talkpage. [[User:Legoboyvdlp|Legoboyvdlp]] ([[User talk:Legoboyvdlp|talk]]) 18:04, 16 January 2015 (UTC) | [[User:Legoboyvdlp]] has created a custom scenery that fixes the flood at TNCM. He requests that any of you that know of any other flooded airports please to notify him on his talkpage. [[User:Legoboyvdlp|Legoboyvdlp]] ([[User talk:Legoboyvdlp|talk]]) 18:04, 16 January 2015 (UTC) | ||
This custom scenery is available at https://github.com/legoboyvdlp/LegoTNCMScenery. | This custom scenery is available at https://github.com/legoboyvdlp/LegoTNCMScenery. | ||
=== Slovenia === | === Slovenia === | ||
Slovenia is a small European country "on the sunny side of the Alps" | [[File:Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport.jpg|thumb|270px|Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJLJ)]] | ||
[[User:Laserman]] added 3300 scenery objects, mostly power pylons but also 990 churches and 50 castles which look very nice on the hills and in the villages. | Slovenia is a small European country "on the sunny side of the Alps". [[User:Laserman]] added 3300 scenery objects, mostly power pylons but also 990 churches and 50 castles which look very nice on the hills and in the villages. Enable random buildings if your hardware can do it. | ||
Enable random buildings if your hardware can do it. | |||
Suggested airports: LJCE | Suggested airports: | ||
* LJCE | |||
* LJLJ | |||
* LJPZ | |||
Suggested | Suggested flights: | ||
* takeoff from LJCE and explore the cities Krško, Brežice and Sevnica | * takeoff from LJCE and explore the cities Krško, Brežice and Sevnica | ||
* takeoff from LIPY and follow the coast to LJPZ | * takeoff from LIPY and follow the coast to LJPZ | ||
[[Category:FlightGear Newsletter|2015 01]] | [[Category:FlightGear Newsletter|2015 01]] | ||
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Scenery corner |
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Development news
Release preparations
Per our release plan, the release branches have been created on January 17. From that day onwards, no new features have been pushed, meaning that we have a feature-complete version 3.4 available for testing. Those interested in giving it a try can grab a release candidate from this location or build FlightGear from the release/3.4.0 branch. Bugs can be reported at our bug tracker.
FlightGear 3.4 will be released on February 17.
New ATC client
"Happy new year! I brought you a cake..."
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
A tool for generating documentation based on the aircraft available in FlightGear was announced on the 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!
Scenery Corner
TNCM custom scenery - flood fixed
User:Legoboyvdlp has created a custom scenery that fixes the flood at TNCM. He requests that any of you that know of any other flooded airports please to notify him on his talkpage. Legoboyvdlp (talk) 18:04, 16 January 2015 (UTC) This custom scenery is available at https://github.com/legoboyvdlp/LegoTNCMScenery.
Slovenia
Slovenia is a small European country "on the sunny side of the Alps". User:Laserman added 3300 scenery objects, mostly power pylons but also 990 churches and 50 castles which look very nice on the hills and in the villages. Enable random buildings if your hardware can do it.
Suggested airports:
- LJCE
- LJLJ
- LJPZ
Suggested flights:
- takeoff from LJCE and explore the cities Krško, Brežice and Sevnica
- takeoff from LIPY and follow the coast to LJPZ