FlightGear Newsletter December 2017
We would like to emphasize that the monthly newsletter can not live without the contributions of FlightGear users and developers. Everyone with a wiki account (free to register) is welcome to contribute to the newsletter. If you know about any FlightGear related news or projects such as for example updated scenery or aircraft, please do feel invited to add such news to the newsletter.
In the hangar
Updated aircraft
User "iamzac" on the FlightGear forums has improved various general aviation aircraft with ALS effects. Aircraft improved include the Tecnam-P92-Echo, Diamond-Da42-VI, Tecnam-2006, Tecnam-2010, ATR-72, Falcon-50, Piaggio-P180, and Do-228. You can explore all his improved aircraft by searching his post history at the FlightGear forums.
AI
Updated AI Traffic 2017
Throughout 2017 many members of the community have been busy developing AI Traffic, AI Aircraft, and AI Liveries, including SP-KOK and BecOzlacan (Ian). Both of these have been very active and the community has been able to:
- Add various lighting effects to AI aircraft
- Update TAROM, Wizzair, Rossiya, UTair, Jet2, Air Transat, Belavia, Qatar , TAP Portugal, Swiss, Helvetic, Austrian, HOP, AirSerbia, British Airways, LOT, Thai Airways, and Czech Airlines among others
- Add Santa Barbara, EL AL, Travel Service, Kuwait, Air Baltic, Montenegro Airlines, Loganair, Wideroe, Fly Dubai, Norwegian, and Blue Air
We look forward to seeing what the community can achieve in 2018!
|
Making traffic files is the perfect place for you to get your feet wet on contributing to FlightGear. There is plenty of documentation about it. You have all the existing traffic files as reference material and examples of the finished product. They are only XML format text files that contain the routes. Go for it, I'm sure the contributors that currently do a lot of this would be more than happy to verify that your work is up to standards and help you get it committed to fgdata.
[1] — Wlbragg
|
|
Scenery corner
OSM
Since FlightGear version 2017.2, FlightGear has a greater support of OSM data within FlightGear. Some parts of the world now have OSM2CITY data in Terrasync, while others remain custom sceneries. Some of these custom sceneries include:
- California (https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32187)
- Eastern Europe (https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32172)
- KIAB and ESSA (https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32609)
- Ecuador (https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32254#p322652)
- Portugal (https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32062&start=15#p325384)
- Spain (https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32062&start=15#p325109)
Other areas with OSM data can be found at this wiki page.
Land cover
D-ECHO and his work
D-ECHO has created various custom sceneries througout 2017 for many different areas. They can all be found at his GitHub page, including:
- Helgoland
- Guadeloupe, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua and Barbuda
- Windward Islands
- Lucia and Martinique
- TNCS
- Azores
- Parts of Norway, including the Sogne and Fjordane, the Lofoten and the area around Oslo
- Many others
The Azores are available on TerraSync with the long-term goal of having every of the custom sceneries available via TerraSync.
Community
FlightGear on Facebook
Since early December 2010, FlightGear has an official Facebook page. If you have a Facebook account please feel free to join the page.
FlightGear on Google+
Since November 2011 there is a FlightGear page on Google+. If you haven't done so already, please add us to your circle and stay up to date on the latest FlightGear news, cool screenshots and release info.
Until It Ends Euro Tour 2017
To celebrate the holiday season, J Maverick 16 has organized a short, multi-leg European tour event consisting of four flights across some well-developed airports in the continent which happened from Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th, gathering a good number of pilots. Find out more at the FlightGear Forums!
Translators needed
|
The FlightGear Wiki still needs help for translating it into various languages. If you are interested in making the FlightGear Wiki multilingual, you can start by looking at Help:Translate. |
|
Le wiki de FlightGear a toujours besoin d'aide pour être traduit en différentes langues. Si vous êtes intéressé par le rendre multilingue, commencez par lire Help:Traduire. |
|
Das FlightGear Wiki benötigt immer noch Hilfe bei der Übersetzung in verschiedene Sprachen. Wenn Du Interesse daran hast, das FlightGear Wiki mehrsprachig zu machen, dann fang mit dem Help:Übersetzen an. |
|
De FlightGear Wiki kan nog steed hulp gebruiken bij het vertalen van artikelen. Als je interesse hebt om de wiki meertalig te maken, raden we je aan om een kijkje te nemen bij Help:Vertalen. |
|
La wiki de FlightGear todavía necesita ayuda para traducirla a varios lenguajes. Si estás interesado en hacer la FlightGear wiki multilingüe, entonces comienza en Help:Traducir. |
|
La wiki de FlightGear encara necessita ajuda per traduir-la a diverses llengües. Si esteu interessat en fer la wiki de FlightGear multilingüe, llavors comenceu a Help:Traduir. |
|
A wiki de FlightGear ainda necessita de ajuda para traduzi-la em vários idiomas. Se estás interessado em tornar a wiki de FlightGear multi-lingual, por favor começa em Help:Traduzir. |
|
FlightGear 百科仍然需要志愿者将其翻译为各种语言。如果你有兴趣让FlightGear百科支持更多语言, 你可以查看 Help:Translate. |
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.
Screenshot of the Month
FlightGear's Screenshot of the Month December 2017 is On route to Nyingchi by sidi762
If you want to participate in the screenshot contest of January 2018, you can submit your candidate to this forum topic. Be sure to see the 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 in the Newsletter edition of January 2018
Screenshot(s) of the Year 2017
The contest this year had many great screenshots, making it a difficult choice! The poll eventually ended in a tie, with the two winning screenshots being...
1. Having some fun in the Basque Country by xcvb
2. Jurassic Park by Thorsten
Thanks for reading FlightGear Newsletter December 2017!
References
|