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For other ideas on starting to contribute to FlightGear, you may want to check out: [[Volunteer]]. | For other ideas on starting to contribute to FlightGear, you may want to check out: [[Volunteer]]. | ||
== Reminder: Google Summer of Code | ==Reminder: Google Summer of Code 2011== | ||
We would like to remind all readers that the FlightGear project is planning to participate in Google's Summer of Code 2011. | We would like to remind all readers that the FlightGear project is planning to participate in Google's Summer of Code 2011. | ||
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If you have any questions or other feedback related to GSoC, please use the forum to get in touch: http://flightgear.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=38 | If you have any questions or other feedback related to GSoC, please use the forum to get in touch: http://flightgear.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=38 | ||
==Development news== | ==Development news== | ||
===A new forum for Google | ===A new forum for Google Summer of Code=== | ||
As some of you may already know, there is now an orchestrated effort going on to get FlightGear ready for becoming a mentoring organization in Google's Summer of Code 2011. | As some of you may already know, there is now an orchestrated effort going on to get FlightGear ready for becoming a mentoring organization in Google's Summer of Code 2011. | ||
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For the time being, one topic from the "New Features" sub forum has already been moved to this new forum, it is about a suggestion to procedurally populate the FlightGear scenery with dynamically created cities, for more details please check out [[AutoGen Scenery for FlightGear]]. | For the time being, one topic from the "New Features" sub forum has already been moved to this new forum, it is about a suggestion to procedurally populate the FlightGear scenery with dynamically created cities, for more details please check out [[AutoGen Scenery for FlightGear]]. | ||
===New mapping software | ===Local weather system update=== | ||
''Thorsten'' updated his local weather system to version 0.73. See more information [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7358 here]. | |||
===New mapping software=== | |||
Michael contributes new FlightGear mapping software to the communitiy, written in the Ruby programming language: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/fgmap FGMap]. Basically it shows your current flight position on an [http://openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap] map. It therefore has some similarity to [[Atlas]] and the online [[MPMap]]s. As with all projects, [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=add&group_id=9572&atid=37032 feedback] is highly appreciated. | Michael contributes new FlightGear mapping software to the communitiy, written in the Ruby programming language: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/fgmap FGMap]. Basically it shows your current flight position on an [http://openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap] map. It therefore has some similarity to [[Atlas]] and the online [[MPMap]]s. As with all projects, [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=add&group_id=9572&atid=37032 feedback] is highly appreciated. | ||
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Downloads and more information are available at [http://rubyforge.org/projects/fgmap the project's website]. | Downloads and more information are available at [http://rubyforge.org/projects/fgmap the project's website]. | ||
=== Troubleshooting triangleintersect, QNaN | ===Troubleshooting ''triangleintersect, QNaN'' etc.=== | ||
Last month, the infamous [http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php/Howto:_Get_rid_of_common_errors#Warning:_Picked_up_TriangleIntersect QNaN errors] that may cause FlightGear to become [[Showstoppers|unresponsive]] have been linked to potential issues in the Nasal interpreter (and more generally Nasal code) by flug, for more details please see: [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8483&p=83701 "Nasal source of Dreaded Triangle Error-source of many probs?"]. | Last month, the infamous [http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php/Howto:_Get_rid_of_common_errors#Warning:_Picked_up_TriangleIntersect QNaN errors] that may cause FlightGear to become [[Showstoppers|unresponsive]] have been linked to potential issues in the Nasal interpreter (and more generally Nasal code) by flug, for more details please see: [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8483&p=83701 "Nasal source of Dreaded Triangle Error-source of many probs?"]. | ||
For the time being, you will want to look out for any Nasal code that contains unchecked divisions with unvalidated divisors. | For the time being, you will want to look out for any Nasal code that contains unchecked divisions with unvalidated divisors. | ||
== Nasal for newbies == | ==Nasal for newbies== | ||
[[Nasal]] is the name of FlightGear's built in scripting language that allows people to easily create custom logics for adjusting and driving FlightGear internals without having to modify the C++ source code or recompile FlightGear. | [[Nasal]] is the name of FlightGear's built in scripting language that allows people to easily create custom logics for adjusting and driving FlightGear internals without having to modify the C++ source code or recompile FlightGear. | ||
To use Nasal you don't need to be a programmer, in fact Nasal is so simple that it can be used by people without any prior programming experience at all. Still Nasal is very powerful and flexible. | To use Nasal you don't need to be a programmer, in fact Nasal is so simple that it can be used by people without any prior programming experience at all. Still Nasal is very powerful and flexible. | ||
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London Gatwick EGKK may be downloaded from [http://www.mediafire.com/?t2ml5ezmgwv MediaFire]. | London Gatwick EGKK may be downloaded from [http://www.mediafire.com/?t2ml5ezmgwv MediaFire]. | ||
===Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX)=== | |||
''skyop'' has been improving the Los Angeles airport terminals and [[AI traffic]] XML files. See the progress [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8862 at the forum]. | |||
==Aircraft review== | ==Aircraft review== |
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