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{{draft|newsletter|Please feel free to add content that you think will be of interest to the FlightGear community.<br>You can read the latest newsletter at [[FlightGear Newsletter February 2016]].}}


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{{Newsletter-cover-header|Development news}}<br>
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[[#ALS HUD effect|ALS HUD effect]]<br>
[[#G-force ALS tunnel-vision and greyout|G-force ALS tunnel-vision and greyout]]<br>
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== Development news ==
== Development news ==
=== ALS HUD effect ===
=== ALS HUD effect ===
The atmospheric light scattering rendering framework adds support to render canvas-based head-up displays in a more plausible way so that they look like light projected on glass and less like symbols printed onto the surface.
The atmospheric light scattering rendering framework adds support to render canvas-based head-up displays in a more plausible way so that they look like light projected on glass and less like symbols printed onto the surface.


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=== G-force ALS tunnel-vision and greyout ===
=== G-force ALS tunnel-vision and greyout ===
If running in ALS with ALS filters enabled, there will now instead of just the screen go black at high G-force also be tunnel-vision and greyout.
If running in ALS with ALS filters enabled, there will now instead of just the screen go black at high G-force also be tunnel-vision and greyout.


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==== Screenshot of the Month ====
==== Screenshot of the Month ====
Entries for this month's best screenshot can be submitted to [ this] <!-- link to SOTM topic --> forum topic. Be sure to see the [ first post] <!-- link to first post of SOTM topic --> for participation rules. For purposes of convenience and organization, after all the entries have been submitted, a new forum topic will be started containing all shots in an easy-to-view layout. The voting will then take place there. Once the voting has finished, the best screenshot will be presented on this page. --> <!-- Edit this when the SOTM topic for this month has been created -->
Entries for this month's best screenshot can be submitted to [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=31783 this] forum topic. Be sure to see the [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=31783#p306280 first post] for participation rules. For purposes of convenience and organization, after all the entries have been submitted, a new forum topic will be started containing all shots in an easy-to-view layout. The voting will then take place there. Once the voting has finished, the best screenshot will be presented on this page.


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