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<!-- News about FlightGear itself. The FlightGear mailing list and/or core developers are a good source. --> | <!-- News about FlightGear itself. The FlightGear mailing list and/or core developers are a good source. --> | ||
=== 2020.3.11 release === | === 2020.3.11 release === | ||
FlightGear 2020.3.'''11''' LTS point release is out. FlightGear 2020.3.'''10''' was a soft release that was not announced on the website or in the update available notification in the launcher. This release | FlightGear 2020.3.'''11''' LTS point release is [https://www.flightgear.org/download/ out] - see the [[Changelog 2020.3#2020.3.10|change logs]]. FlightGear 2020.3.'''10''' was a soft release to check for any issues that was not announced on the website or in the update available notification in the launcher. This release includes a web installer for Windows that can update old 2020.3.x versions faster by downloading only changed files - download FlightGear-2020.3.11-web.exe from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2020.3/ sourceforge]. | ||
This follows the FlightGear 2020.3.'''9''' LTS | This follows the FlightGear 2020.3.'''9''' LTS release that first added a web-installer for Windows. See 2020.3.9 LTS [[Changelog 2020.3#2020.3.9|change log]] - included were improved regional definitions for Mediterranean Africa, improvements to shallow ocean water and inland water in certain areas, improvements to ATC dialog etc. | ||
====Web installer for Windows with 2020.3.9+==== | ====Web installer for Windows with 2020.3.9+==== | ||
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See the [https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/flightgear-devel/thread/From_killaccount%40cox.net_Sun_Jul_18_19%3A02%3A54_2021/#msg37322055 '''archived thread'''] on the sourceforge mailing-list archive for more information. | See the [https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/flightgear-devel/thread/From_killaccount%40cox.net_Sun_Jul_18_19%3A02%3A54_2021/#msg37322055 '''archived thread'''] on the sourceforge mailing-list archive for more information. | ||
==== Composite-Viewer is enabled on next ==== | |||
The [[CompositeViewer support|CompositeViewer]] has reached a stable stage and Julian has enabled it by default on the next branch [[https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/37330071/ 1]] (i.e. available on nightly builds). Feedback and bug reports can be sent to the "[https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/ fg-devel]" mailing-list or the issue tracker. | |||
==== Render scaling factor mod for Compositor (for power-users only) ==== | ==== Render scaling factor mod for Compositor (for power-users only) ==== | ||