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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 />
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[[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]] · {{tickets|Bug tracker}}</span>


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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">Feeds</span><br />
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[https://forum.flightgear.org/feed.php Forum posts]<br/>
[http://wiki.flightgear.org/api.php?hidebots=1&days=7&limit=50&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atom Wiki changes]<br/>
[https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/feed.rss Bugs]<br/>
{{repo link
| site = sf
| repo = fgdata
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| text = FGData RSS feed
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{{repo link
| site = sf
| repo = flightgear
| view = rss
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{{repo link
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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]] · [[Virtual FSweekend Hackathon 2021]]<br/>
[[Project Infrastructure Enhancements|Project infrastructure enhancements]]<br/>
[[Improving Glider Realism|Improving glider realism]] / [[Improving Helicopter Realism|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-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Portal:Developer/Aircraft|Aircraft]]</span><br />
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[[Howto:Troubleshooting Aircraft Performance Issues]]·
[[Howto: Make an aircraft|Making an aircraft]] · [[Flight Dynamics Model|Flight dynamics model]]<br/>
[[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/>
[[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/>
[[Soaring instrumentation sdk]]  · [[Creating instruments for FG|Creating instruments]] · [[System dependent instruments|System dependent instruments]]<br/>
[[Howto: Design an autopilot|Designing an autopilot]]</span>
[[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 />
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[[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]] · [[Tracking animation]]<br/>
[[Howto: Animate gear scissors|Gear scissors]] ([[Howto: Animate gear scissors using the tracking animation|with tracking animation]])<br/>
[[Howto: Make a clickable panel|Clickable panels]] · [[Knob / slider animation]]</span>
[[Howto: Make a clickable panel|Clickable panels]] · [[Knob / slider animation]]</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 />
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<span style="font-style:italic;">
[[:Category:FlightGear Core developers|List of Core Developers]] · [[:Category:Developer Plans|Developer Plans]] · [[:Category:Core development projects|Projects]] <br/>
[[:Category:FlightGear Core developers|List of Core Developers]] · [[:Category:Developer Plans|Developer Plans]] · [[:Category:Core development projects|Projects]] <br/>
[[Howto: Start core development|Getting started]] · [[Programming resources]] · [[Nasal/CppBind|Adding scripting bindings]]<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/>
[[Built-in Profiler]] · [[Howto:Extend Nasal]] <br/>
[[Built-in Profiler]] · [[Howto:Extend Nasal]] · [[Howto:Using Ada in FlightGear]]<br/>
[[Howto:Use Property Tree Objects]] · [[Code cleanup]] <br/>
[[Howto:Use Property Tree Objects]] · [[Code cleanup]] <br/>
[[FlightGear-Points of Interest]] · [[Request for comments]] <br/>
[[FlightGear-Points of Interest]] · [[Request for comments]] <br/>
[[OpenSceneGraph]] · [[Rendering system improvements]]</span>
[[OpenSceneGraph]] · [[Rendering system improvements]] · [http://build.flightgear.org:8080 Jenkins build page] · {{tickets|Bug tracker}}</span>
 
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<span style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold">[[Portal:Developer/Nasal|FlightGear Scripting with Nasal]]</span><br />
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[[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">[[Portal:Developer/Effects and Shaders|Effects and Shaders]]</span><br />
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[[Shaders]]<br/>
[[Howto:Shader Programming in FlightGear]]<br/>
[[GLSL Shader Programming Resources]]<br/>
[[Shader Coding - Best Practices]]<br/>
[[Project Rembrandt]]<br/>
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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 />
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[[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]] · [[Howto:Improve scenery in your area, or area of interest|Quick links: Improve your area - where & how to improve something you see]]</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.


Visit [[:Category:Core development projects]] to see a list of currently ongoing projects!
{{Main page/Leftbox|title=Put a piece of yourself into FlightGear!
See [[:Category:Developer Plans]] to see a list of developer plans for the upcoming release.
  |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 right. If you want an extended overview, check out the [[Volunteer]] page.
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:
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.


{{cquote|There are some pending merge requests 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.
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|Bug tracker}}.


Obviously this is chicken-and-egg, since no one can become expert enough in the  code to become a maintainer :)
Remember: we might call it volunteering, but what should drive you is [[How the FlightGear project works|the fun of doing something]].
 
}}
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}}
 
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{{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). Also see the [http://build.flightgear.org:8080 Jenkins build page] and the {{tickets|Bug tracker}}.
}}
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{{Main page/Leftbox|title=Coding Help Needed! (Updated 11/2013)
{{Main page/Leftbox|title=Coding Help Needed! (Updated 06/2020)
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* {{Pending}} [[FlightGear 3.0  backlog]] a backlog of open items for the 3.0 release
* {{Progressbar|20}} [[Deboosting FlightGear|Replacing boost]]
* {{Pending}} [[Reset & re-init]] and [[Fixing Presets]]
* {{Pending}} [[World Scenery 3.0 roadmap]]  
* {{Pending}} [[USB HID Support]] - mapping USB/HID devices onto the property tree
* {{Pending}} [[Reset & re-init]]  
* {{Pending}} [[Project Rembrandt#TODO List|Project Rembrandt (Todo List)]] (Shadows/Deferred Rendering: OpenGL/OSG, C++)
* {{Pending}} [[Canvas Development]] - discusses possible future Canvas additions
* {{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]]
* {{Pending}} [[A_local_weather_system#Feature_requests_on_the_C.2B.2B_side|Local weather system Improvements]] (Requested C++ Changes)
* {{Pending}} [[Airport data (apt.dat) update]] (switch to the newer 850 format)
* {{Pending}} [[Subsystem-level Memory Tracking for FlightGear]]
* {{Pending}} [[How the Nasal GC works|Fixing the Garbage Collector]] (the GC in [[Nasal]] needs to be improved)
* {{Pending}} [[CompositeViewer Support|Switching to osgViewer::CompositeViewer]] (multiple scenery cameras and moving maps)
* {{Pending}} [[Performance Database via FDM]] - implementing VNAV support for FlightGear aircraft
* {{Pending}} [[TerraGear scenery build server]]
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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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Latest revision as of 15:31, 18 March 2024

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 right. 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 Bug 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). Also see the Jenkins build page and the Bug tracker.
 
 

Coding Help Needed! (Updated 06/2020)

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 · Bug tracker

Feeds
Forum posts
Wiki changes
Bugs
FGData RSS feed
FlightGear RSS feed
SimGear RSS feed

General
Long term goals · Popular Ideas · Virtual FSweekend Hackathon 2021
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 (with 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
Howto:Use Property Tree Objects · Code cleanup
FlightGear-Points of Interest · Request for comments
OpenSceneGraph · Rendering system improvements · Jenkins build page · Bug tracker

Portal scenery.png

Scenery
Procedural Texturing
Placing objects · Airport signs
Converting from X-Plane/MSFS
Making an airport · Generating terrain
AI Traffic · Quick links: Improve your area - where & how to improve something you see

Nasallogo3.png

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