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====So where's the new Release?==== | ====So where's the new Release?==== | ||
In the last edition, I expressed the hope that the new FlightGear release would be available by the time the newsletter was published. Well, that didn't quite happen due to a combination of factors. So, I'm writing this edition in the same hope! I know that there are lots of people running v1.9.1 looking forward to the new release, and I can promise that it will be worth the wait. | In the last edition, I expressed the hope that the new FlightGear release would be available by the time the newsletter was published. Well, that didn't quite happen due to a combination of factors. So, I'm writing this edition in the same hope! I know that there are lots of people running v1.9.1 looking forward to the new release, and I can promise that it will be worth the wait. To whet your appetite, Durk has produced some very nice screenshots [http://www.xs4all.nl/~dtalsma/fgfs2.0/ here]. | ||
Even though I personally run the CVS version of FlightGear, I'm particularly looking forward to the new release so I can point some of my friends at it. Just after the new year I had a couple of friends staying over. None of them are gamers, and certainly not flight-sim enthusiasts, just normal well-adjusted people. One of them used to fly when they were at university, and expressed an interest in seeing what FlightGear was about. So, I loaded up a Cessna at the local airport (Edinburgh - EGPH), and let them have a fly around. They were amazed at the level of detail and had a great time flying around recognizing landmarks. So, once v2.0 is released, I'll be sending them an email pointing them at the download. | Even though I personally run the CVS version of FlightGear, I'm particularly looking forward to the new release so I can point some of my friends at it. Just after the new year I had a couple of friends staying over. None of them are gamers, and certainly not flight-sim enthusiasts, just normal well-adjusted people. One of them used to fly when they were at university, and expressed an interest in seeing what FlightGear was about. So, I loaded up a Cessna at the local airport (Edinburgh - EGPH), and let them have a fly around. They were amazed at the level of detail and had a great time flying around recognizing landmarks. So, once v2.0 is released, I'll be sending them an email pointing them at the download. | ||
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Hopefully this will be a step towards a more generalized use of radio communications in networked flight, which are a great improvement for simulation realism. | Hopefully this will be a step towards a more generalized use of radio communications in networked flight, which are a great improvement for simulation realism. | ||
==And finally....== | ==And finally....== | ||
FlightGear 1.9.1 has been voted "best free game" of 2009 by | FlightGear 1.9.1 has been voted "best free game" of 2009 by [http://en.softonic.com/awards2009 Softonic]. While we might not agree with some of the comments in the review, it is another sign that FlightGear is becoming more and more visible. | ||
[[Category:FlightGear Newsletter|2010 01]] | [[Category:FlightGear Newsletter|2010 01]] | ||