Changelog 2.10

This changelog is a draft.

This changelog is currently being written for the FG 3.0 release - FG 3.0 has not yet been released! But starting to write the changelog early, should make it much easier to come up with a comprehensive list of changes.

FlightGear 3.0.0 ChangeLog

The FlightGear development team is happy to announce the v3.0.0 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. New features in this release include an experimental renderer supporting real-time lighting and shadows, and improved terrain rendering.

Founded in 1997, FlightGear is developed by a worldwide group of volunteers, brought together by a shared ambition to create the most realistic flight simulator possible that is free to use, modify and distribute. FlightGear is used all over the world by desktop flight simulator enthusiasts, for research in universities and for interactive exhibits in museums.

FlightGear features more than 400 aircraft, a worldwide scenery database, a multi-player environment, detailed sky modelling, a flexible and open aircraft modelling system, varied networking options, multiple display support, a powerful scripting language and an open architecture. Best of all, being open-source, the simulator is owned by the community and everyone is encouraged to contribute.

Download FlightGear v3.0.0 for free from FlightGear.org

FlightGear - Fly Free!

Some of the major changes include:

Aircraft operations

AI system

AI Traffic

Flight dynamics

Environment

Canvas System The fully scriptable Canvas 2D drawing system in FlightGear 3.0 has now support for:

• creating GUI windows (not just widgets, but also windows - which can be used for popup menus or menubars)
• native copy/paste via 2 new Nasal extension functions, see Howto:Clipboard access using Nasal
• nested canvases
• window stacking
• raster images

Interface

Highlighted new and improved aircraft

Project infrastructure

Visual effects

Other

• Additional joysticks and rudder pedals are supported out-of-the-box:

Bug fixes

• See our bugtracker for an extensive list of the bugs fixed in this release.