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FlightGear Newsletter January 2021 (view source)
Revision as of 12:31, 10 February 2021
, 10 February 2021Cleanup. Add info on Australia scenery project terrain release
(News catchup, after Dec and Jan newsletters missed developments. Add some info on: development, aircraft (FGUK releases not in FGAddon), scenery.) |
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== Development news == | == Development news == | ||
<!-- News about FlightGear itself. The FlightGear mailing list and/or core developers are a good source. -->There has been a huge amount of changes on next in recent months, as well as changes in supporting infrastructure like TerraSync. These are in preparation for transitions to: next gen scenery (WS 3.0), Compositor, OSM2City world build rollout, and so on. There are various otther changes like in-sim GUI replacement that are being wroked on, but not on next. | <!-- News about FlightGear itself. The FlightGear mailing list and/or core developers are a good source. -->There has been a huge amount of changes on next in recent months, as well as changes in supporting infrastructure like TerraSync. These are in preparation for transitions to: next gen scenery (WS 3.0), Compositor, OSM2City world build rollout, and so on. There are various otther changes like in-sim GUI replacement that are being wroked on, but not on next. | ||
As usual, nightly builds are available at: [https://download.flightgear.org/builds/nightly/ download.flightgear.org] . These now include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppImage Appimages] for Linux. | |||
=== FlightGear 2020.3.6 released === | === FlightGear 2020.3.6 released === | ||
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf_PWtf0_cs Early clustered lighting test with the Aircrane (the red bug has been fixed) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf_PWtf0_cs Early clustered lighting test with the Aircrane (the red bug has been fixed) | ||
==== Shadows ==== | ===== Shadows ===== | ||
On the next branch, there is an option to enable shadows in the GUI inside the simulator. Menu->View->Rendering->Enable Shadows | On the next branch, there is an option to enable shadows in the GUI inside the simulator. Menu->View->Rendering->Enable Shadows | ||
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Scott (xDraconian) is in the process of integrating WS 2.0 islands and complete landmasses into Terrasync. | Scott (xDraconian) is in the process of integrating WS 2.0 islands and complete landmasses into Terrasync. | ||
This includes the [[Australia Custom Scenery|Australia scenery project]] | This includes the [[Australia Custom Scenery|Australia scenery project]], as well as the New Zealand scenery rebuild by ProfessorS, as well as smaller islands. | ||
=== Australia Scenery Project === | |||
Terrain release: The 1st build of the Australian continent in WS2 format is complete - see the [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=36145&p=378016#p378016 forum thread] for details. This is only the terrain release, the regional definitions are still WiP. The rebuilt terrain can use the new cliff shader present in the 2020.3 LTS onwards (when regional definitions map the landclasses to the new effect). | |||
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