FlightGear Newsletter June 2015

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Please feel free to add content you think will be of interest to the FlightGear community. You can read the latest newsletter at FlightGear Newsletter May 2015.


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June 2015

Development news
Random splash screens
ALS flashlight

In the hangar
Space Shuttle developement
Scenery Corner
Großenhain Airfield
New Regional Textures
Community News
CaracasWorld - FlyVenezuela

D-Day FlightNight

Contributing
Translators required
FlightGear logos
Screenshots

Development News

Random splash screens

It is now possible to add multiple splash screens for an aircraft. When starting FlightGear, one of the splash screens is randomly chosen and shown on the screen. To add multiple splash screen, simply add multiple <splash-texture> tags. For example:

<startup>
    <splash-texture>Aircraft/c172p/splash1.png</splash-texture>
    <splash-texture>Aircraft/c172p/splash2.png</splash-texture>
    <splash-texture>Aircraft/c172p/splash3.png</splash-texture>
    <splash-texture>Aircraft/c172p/splash4.png</splash-texture>
</startup>

You can add as many splash screens as you want.

ALS flashlight

Thanks to Thorsten a new flashlight effect is now available via the ALS framework.

ALS flashlight.jpg

When you just entered your dark aircraft, a flashlight is useful to orientate yourself in the cockpit.

Find out more at ALS flashlight


In the Hangar

Space Shuttle

User:Japreja is now modelling the landing gear for the Shuttle.

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Lots of work is currently going into orbital maneuvering. The reaction control system has been overhauled to a realistic configuration, giving the Shuttle a grand total of 51 distinct engines to be controlled by the guidance logic in different modes, many of them pointing away from orthogonal direction which gives a realistic simulation of cross coupling between the various rotational and translational modes when the RCS is used.

In addition, the visuals of the OMS and RCS engines have been re-done to agree with NASA imagery and the Shuttle is now rendered with a dedicated space effect which creates hard light and shadows outside the atmosphere - here is an example of the OMS firing at full thrust with the new visuals:

Orbital Maneuvering System in action

Scenery Corner

Großenhain Airfield

Apron of Großenhain Airfield
Custom FGscenery_Saxony package has new content. For Grossenhain Airfield (EDAK) the package contains a custom airport layout (scenery tile), static buildings and airport data. You can download this custom scenery file from the Grossenhain Airfield wiki page.
We wish you happy flying!

New Regional Textures

This project aims to create new regional textures, particularly for the Southern Hemisphere. Currently, the whole Africa (desert, savanna, rainforest and Mediterranean regions) as well as parts of South America (rainforest) and Southeast Asia (rainforest) have new textures and materials (including new urban textures). Repository link: https://github.com/gilbertohasnofb/new-regional-textures and development thread: http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=26031

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Community News

CaracasWorld - FlyVenezuela

Legoboyvdlp has created an event which will be the initial event of FlyVenezuela- a Venezuelan Flying Club. The first event will be on the 20th, route will be SVMI-SVVP-SVJM. Details later this month!

Normandy Landings Commemorative FlightNight

To remember all who were involved on both sides.

Contributing

Translators required

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FlightGear logos

If you want some graphic elements for your FlightGear-related site (such as 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 (anti-aliasing, texture sharpening, etc.). More info at Howto:Make nice screenshots.