Revision as of 21:11, 10 April 2013

This is a quick summary of who I am, what I'm currently working on, and what's on my todo list.

Who am I?

I have various FlightGear interests/responsibilities:

One of the maintainers of the official manual
Moderator of the FlightGear Forums.
Sometimes editor of the FG Newsletter
Creator of the Vulcan B2, Flash 2 Alpha, Pitts S1C.
Maintainer of the a4f, c172p
Developed various graphics - trees, clouds and random buildings.
Write release notes, and sometimes "policy statement" (e.g. FPS, GPL)
General interest in improving usability (joystick config, various UI improvements)

(Updated 2013-04-10)

Improve Basic Weather integration with the Atmospheric Shader.
Review Vivian's changes to the Weather dialog
Modify trees so that there's no need to change the texture set under atmospheric light shading. This is almost complete and means that trees above the snow-line are snow-covered, and deciduous trees in autumn/winter lose their leaves
Move the loading of trees/buildings from the tile loading into a deferred LoD node so that they only get generated when the user gets closer to them. This should improve tile loading times and memory occupancy.
Fly my P&M Quik GT450 aircraft in real life.

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 =TODO List=
-This list is probably out of date, but currently (16/12/2012) I've got the following on my list:
+(Updated 2013-04-10)
-* Improvements to the A-4F, including a radar system and improved FDM.
+* Improve Basic Weather integration with the Atmospheric Shader.
-* Improve tanker support - particularly multiple models.
+* Review Vivian's changes to the Weather dialog
-* Release activities (new Manual, release note)
+* Modify trees so that there's no need to change the texture set under atmospheric light shading.  This is almost complete and means that trees above the snow-line are snow-covered, and deciduous trees in autumn/winter lose their leaves
-I also fly a P&M Quik GT450 aircraft in real life.
+* Move the loading of trees/buildings from the tile loading into a deferred LoD node so that they only get generated when the user gets closer to them.  This should improve tile loading times and memory occupancy.
+* Fly my P&M Quik GT450 aircraft in real life.
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 [[Category: FlightGear Core developers]]