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   |title=Welcome to the developer portal
   |introduction=Please visit [http://flightgear.org/forums our forum] if you cannot find what you're looking for.
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[FlightGear and Git|Development repository status]]</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Getting started</span><br />
<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Getting started</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[How the FlightGear project works]] <br/>
[[Howto: Understand the FlightGear development process|The development process]] · [[Release plan]]<br/>
[[Howto: Understand the FlightGear development process|The development process]] · [[Release plan]]<br/>
[[Building FlightGear]] · [[FlightGear and Git|Git]] · [[FlightGear Build Server|Build server]]<br/>
[[Building FlightGear]] · [[FlightGear and Git|Git]] · [[FlightGear Build Server|Build server]]<br/>
[[Property tree]] · [[File formats]] · [[Tools of the Trade]]</span>
[[Property tree]] · [[File formats]] · [[Tools of the Trade]]</span>
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">General</span><br />
<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">General</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Long Term Goals|Long term goals]] · [[Google Summer of Code]]<br/>
[[Long Term Goals|Long term goals]] · [[:Category:Popular Community Requests|Popular Ideas]] · [[Google Summer of Code]]<br/>
[[Project Infrastructure Enhancements|Project infrastructure enhancements]] · [[Source Code Management Issues|Source management issues]]<br/>
[[Project Infrastructure Enhancements|Project infrastructure enhancements]]<br/>
[[Improving Glider Realism|Improving glider realism]] · [[Improving Helicopter Realism|Improving helicopter realism]]<br/>
[[Improving Glider Realism|Improving glider realism]] / [[Improving Helicopter Realism|helicopter realism]]<br/>
[[Howto:Set up a multiplayer server|Setting up a multiplayer server]] · [[FlightGear Expo Checklist|Expo checklist]]</span>
[[Howto:Set up a multiplayer server|Setting up a multiplayer server]] · [[FlightGear Expo Checklist|Expo checklist]]</span>
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Portal:Developer/Aircraft|Aircraft]]</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Howto:Troubleshooting Aircraft Performance Issues]]·
[[Howto: Make an aircraft|Making an aircraft]] · [[Flight Dynamics Model|Flight dynamics model]]<br/>
[[Howto: 3D Aircraft Models|3D aircraft models]] · [[Howto: Edit a livery|Liveries]] · [[:Category:Aircraft resources|Resources]]<br/>
[[Soaring instrumentation sdk]]  · [[Creating instruments for FG|Creating instruments]] · [[System dependent instruments|System dependent instruments]]<br/>
[[Howto: Design an autopilot|Designing an autopilot]]</span>
 
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Animations</span><br />
<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Animations</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Howto: Animate models|Animate models]] · [[Howto: Illuminate faces|Illuminate objects]]<br/>
[[Howto: Animate models|Animate models]] · [[Howto: Illuminate faces|Illuminate objects]]<br/>
[[Howto: Animate gear scissors|Gear scissors]]</span>
[[Howto: Animate gear scissors|Gear scissors]] · [[Tracking animation]]<br/>
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[[Howto: Make a clickable panel|Clickable panels]] · [[Knob / slider animation]]</span>
<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Portal:Developer/Aircraft|Aircraft]]</span><br />
 
<span style="font-style:italic;">
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[[Howto: Make an aircraft|Making an aircraft]] · [[Flight Dynamics Model|Flight dynamics model]]<br/>
[[Howto: 3D Aircraft Models|3D aircraft models]] · [[Howto: Edit a livery|Liveries]]<br/>
[[Creating instruments for FG|Creating instruments]] · [[Howto: Make a clickable panel|Clickable panels]]<br/>
[[Howto: Design an autopilot|Designing an autopilot]]<br/>
[[Category:Aircraft_Resources|Resources]]</span>
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Core</span><br />
<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Core</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Howto: Start core development|Getting started]] · [[Programming resources]]<br/>
[[:Category:FlightGear Core developers|List of Core Developers]] · [[:Category:Developer Plans|Developer Plans]] · [[:Category:Core development projects|Projects]] <br/>
[[:Category:Core development projects|Projects]] · [[Request for comments]] · [[Code cleanup]]<br/>
[[Howto: Start core development|Getting started]] · [[Programming resources]] · [[Nasal/CppBind|Adding scripting bindings]]<br/>
[[Howto:Add new fgcommands to FlightGear|Adding fgcommands]] · [[Howto:Create new subsystems|Creating subsystems]]<br/>
[[Howto:Add new fgcommands to FlightGear|Adding fgcommands]] · [[Howto:Create new subsystems|Creating subsystems]] <br/>
[[OpenSceneGraph]]<br/>
[[Built-in Profiler]] · [[Howto:Extend Nasal]] · [[Howto:Using Ada in FlightGear]] <small>(<font color="red">updated!</font>)</small><br/>
[[Initialization Sequence|Initialization sequence]]</span>
[[Howto:Use Property Tree Objects]] · [[Code cleanup]] <br/>
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[[FlightGear-Points of Interest]] · [[Request for comments]] <br/>
<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Portal:Developer/Nasal|FlightGear Scripting with Nasal]]</span><br />
[[OpenSceneGraph]] · [[Rendering system improvements]]</span>
<span style="font-style:italic;">
 
[[Nasal FAQ|Frequently asked questions]] · [[Writing simple scripts in "nasal"|Writing simple scripts]]</span>
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Portal:Developer/Scenery|Scenery]]</span><br />
<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Portal:Developer/Scenery|Scenery]]</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Procedural Texturing]]<br/>
[[Howto: Place 3D objects with the UFO|Placing objects]] · [[Signs|Airport signs]]<br/>
[[Howto: Place 3D objects with the UFO|Placing objects]] · [[Signs|Airport signs]]<br/>
[[Howto: Convert objects from X-Plane|Converting from X-Plane/MSFS]]<br/>
[[Howto: Convert objects from X-Plane|Converting from X-Plane/MSFS]]<br/>
[[Howto: Make an airport|Making an airport]] · [[Using TerraGear|Generating terrain]]<br/>
[[Howto: Make an airport|Making an airport]] · [[Using TerraGear|Generating terrain]]<br/>
[[Interactive traffic]]</span>
[[AI Traffic]]</span>
 
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Nasal|Scripting]]</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Nasal FAQ|Frequently asked questions]] · [[Howto:Write simple scripts in Nasal|Writing simple scripts]] <br />
[[Nasal for C++ programmers]] · [[Nasal Variables|Variables and their types]] <br />
[[Nasal Conditionals|Conditionals]] · [[Nasal Loops|Loops]] · [[Nasal Operators|Operators]] · [[Nasal Console|In-sim console]]</span>
 
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Effects and shaders</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[Shaders]] · [[Project Rembrandt]]<br/>
[[Howto:Shader Programming in FlightGear|Shader programming in FlightGear]]<br/>
[[Shader Coding - Best Practices|Best Practices]] · [[GLSL Shader Programming Resources|GLSL resources]]</span>
    
    
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{{Main page/Leftbox|title=Get involved!
  |contents=If you would like to help with FlightGear's development, it's a good idea to subscribe yourself to the FlightGear development [[mailing list]]. Use the list or the FlightGear [http://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bugs issue tracker] to get in touch with fellow FlightGear core developers.


See [[request for comments]] for a list of long-standing issues and challenges affecting FlightGear's evolution and overall development progress.
{{Main page/Leftbox|title=Put a piece of yourself into FlightGear!
  |contents=In FlightGear, "development" is [[Howto:Understand the FlightGear development process|anything that improves the project]]. So, it's not just code-related [[Howto:Start core development|core development]]. There's also [[Portal:Developer/Scenery|scenery development]], [[Portal:Developer/Aircraft|aircraft development]] and all the stuff you can see in the column here on the left. If you want an extended overview, check out the [[Volunteer]] page.
 
Actually that's not all you can contribute. There's also documentation, with the [[FlightGear Manual]]... and this wiki of course! To contribute to the wiki, head off to the [[Portal:Wiki|Wiki Portal]]. There's a lot to do there too.
 
If you want to get in touch with other developers, register an account at the [http://forum.flightgear.org/viewforum.php?f=18 forum], and for core development subscribe to the [[mailing list]] too and consider visiting the {{tickets|issue tracker}}.
 
Remember: we might call it volunteering, but what should drive you is [[How the FlightGear project works|the fun of doing something]].
}}
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{{Main page/Leftbox|title=Wanted: interview candidates
  |contents=Every month we try to include an interview with a contributor in the [[FlightGear Newsletter]]. Anyone contributing to FlightGear, in whatever way, is welcome to answer a bunch of questions and write his/her own interview.


More info at [[FlightGear Newsletter: Interview]].
{{Main page/Leftbox|title=For core developers
  |contents=Visit [[:Category:Core development projects]] to see a list of currently ongoing projects!
See [[:Category:Developer Plans]] to see a list of developer plans for the upcoming release.
See [[request for comments]] for a list of long-standing issues and challenges affecting FlightGear's evolution and overall development progress (admittedly a little outdated meanwhile).
 
'''Help needed:'''
 
The [[YASim]] FDM is looking for a new maintainer:
 
{{cquote|There are some pending merge requests[http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/flightgear-devel/thread/533DBD01.9040802%40sol2500.net/#msg32183541] to add some YASim features, but we have an issue that since none of the current C++ developers own, or are experts in YASim, we're reluctant to be the person who merges such changes, and potentially introduces subtle regressions.
 
Obviously this is chicken-and-egg, since no one can become expert enough in the  code to become a maintainer :)
 
So, I'm more than happy to apply patches *providing* I can be convinced they are sane+reasonable from a pure code perspective (happy to help with that, too,
if people are new to C++), and providing we have some assurance that a representative sample of YASim aircraft are unchanged or improved by the patch.
Suggestions for that means in practice, are most welcome!
 
Otherwise I worry, given the nature of the solver, we'll keep optimising the solver for some aircraft, and making other existing aircraft worse - until someone tests them, and announced that they're no longer working.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg23986.html
|title=YASim and documentation
|author=James Turner |date= Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:54:43 -0700}}</ref>|James Turner}}
 
{{cquote|I am still broadly happy to answer questions if posed (as long as I remember enough to come up with a meaningful answer).  Just cc: me if you do, because my latencies here are measured in weeks.Bugs can always be fixed.  What YASim needs is a maintainer, not really expertise per se.  The latter comes from the former.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg23986.html
|title=YASim and documentation
|author=Andy Ross |date= Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:54:43 -0700}}</ref>|Andy Ross}}
 
<references/>
 
}}
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* {{Progressbar|70}} [[Compositor#TODO|Compositor roadmap]]
* {{Progressbar|40}} [[Deboosting FlightGear|Replacing boost]]
* {{Pending}} [[CompositeViewer Support|Switching to osgViewer::CompositeViewer]] (multiple scenery cameras and moving maps)
* {{Pending}} [[World Scenery 3.0 roadmap]]
* {{Pending}} [[Reset & re-init]]
* {{Pending}} [[Canvas Development]] - discusses possible future Canvas additions
* {{Pending}} [[Canvas Properties#Planned Features|Canvas Project (Planned Features)]] (fully scriptable 2D rendering API)
* {{Pending}} [[Canvas Widgets#Missing_.2F_Todo|Canvas Widgets (Missing Features)]] (Canvas GUI layer for scriptable widgets)
* {{Pending}} [[Howto:Use Property Tree Objects|Depreciate tied properties and use PropertyObjects instead]]
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{{Main page/Leftbox|title=Wanted: interview candidates
  |contents=Every month we try to include an interview with a contributor in the [[FlightGear Newsletter]]. Anyone contributing to FlightGear, in whatever way, is welcome to answer a few questions and write his/her own interview.


More info at [[FlightGear Newsletter: Interview]].
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Revision as of 03:38, 6 September 2020

Welcome to the developer portal

Please visit our forum if you cannot find what you're looking for.
 
 

Put a piece of yourself into FlightGear!

In FlightGear, "development" is anything that improves the project. So, it's not just code-related core development. There's also scenery development, aircraft development and all the stuff you can see in the column here on the left. If you want an extended overview, check out the Volunteer page.

Actually that's not all you can contribute. There's also documentation, with the FlightGear Manual... and this wiki of course! To contribute to the wiki, head off to the Wiki Portal. There's a lot to do there too.

If you want to get in touch with other developers, register an account at the forum, and for core development subscribe to the mailing list too and consider visiting the issue tracker.

Remember: we might call it volunteering, but what should drive you is the fun of doing something.
 
 

For core developers

Visit Category:Core development projects to see a list of currently ongoing projects! See Category:Developer Plans to see a list of developer plans for the upcoming release. See request for comments for a list of long-standing issues and challenges affecting FlightGear's evolution and overall development progress (admittedly a little outdated meanwhile).

Help needed:

The YASim FDM is looking for a new maintainer:

Cquote1.png There are some pending merge requests[1] to add some YASim features, but we have an issue that since none of the current C++ developers own, or are experts in YASim, we're reluctant to be the person who merges such changes, and potentially introduces subtle regressions.

Obviously this is chicken-and-egg, since no one can become expert enough in the code to become a maintainer :)

So, I'm more than happy to apply patches *providing* I can be convinced they are sane+reasonable from a pure code perspective (happy to help with that, too, if people are new to C++), and providing we have some assurance that a representative sample of YASim aircraft are unchanged or improved by the patch. Suggestions for that means in practice, are most welcome!

Otherwise I worry, given the nature of the solver, we'll keep optimising the solver for some aircraft, and making other existing aircraft worse - until someone tests them, and announced that they're no longer working.[1]
— James Turner
Cquote2.png
Cquote1.png I am still broadly happy to answer questions if posed (as long as I remember enough to come up with a meaningful answer). Just cc: me if you do, because my latencies here are measured in weeks.Bugs can always be fixed. What YASim needs is a maintainer, not really expertise per se. The latter comes from the former.[2]
— Andy Ross
Cquote2.png
  1. James Turner (Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:54:43 -0700). YASim and documentation.
  2. Andy Ross (Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:54:43 -0700). YASim and documentation.
 
 

Coding Help Needed! (Updated 06/2020)


 
 

Wanted: interview candidates

Every month we try to include an interview with a contributor in the FlightGear Newsletter. Anyone contributing to FlightGear, in whatever way, is welcome to answer a few questions and write his/her own interview.

More info at FlightGear Newsletter: Interview.

Development repository status

Current release: 2020.3.19 (18 Oct 2023)
Next release: 2020.3.20
See release plan for details.

Getting started
How the FlightGear project works
The development process · Release plan
Building FlightGear · Git · Build server
Property tree · File formats · Tools of the Trade

General
Long term goals · Popular Ideas · Google Summer of Code
Project infrastructure enhancements
Improving glider realism / helicopter realism
Setting up a multiplayer server · Expo checklist

Portal aircraft.png

Aircraft
Howto:Troubleshooting Aircraft Performance Issues· Making an aircraft · Flight dynamics model
3D aircraft models · Liveries · Resources
Soaring instrumentation sdk · Creating instruments · System dependent instruments
Designing an autopilot

Nuvola apps kaboodle.png

Animations
Animate models · Illuminate objects
Gear scissors · Tracking animation
Clickable panels · Knob / slider animation

Portal developer.png

Core
List of Core Developers · Developer Plans · Projects
Getting started · Programming resources · Adding scripting bindings
Adding fgcommands · Creating subsystems
Built-in Profiler · Howto:Extend Nasal · Howto:Using Ada in FlightGear (updated!)
Howto:Use Property Tree Objects · Code cleanup
FlightGear-Points of Interest · Request for comments
OpenSceneGraph · Rendering system improvements

Portal scenery.png

Scenery
Procedural Texturing
Placing objects · Airport signs
Converting from X-Plane/MSFS
Making an airport · Generating terrain
AI Traffic

Nasallogo3.png

Scripting
Frequently asked questions · Writing simple scripts
Nasal for C++ programmers · Variables and their types
Conditionals · Loops · Operators · In-sim console

Animation Icon.png

Effects and shaders
Shaders · Project Rembrandt
Shader programming in FlightGear
Best Practices · GLSL resources