diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1ad7cd0b0..707b4d952 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ New in 0.9.8 -* December 20, 2004 +* January 18, 2005 * Added an encoder and transponder to the available avionics modules. @@ -19,12 +19,16 @@ New in 0.9.8 * Make display list usage optional since these can be a net performance loss on some older or low memory platforms. * Make sound inaudible until after the scenery is loaded. +* Make sure the ATIS reports surface winds at airports above sea-level +* Default C172 3d model has been completely reworked and many things + have been fixed or sized or placed more accurately. * Move radio stack and avionics code from cockpit library to instrumentation library. * Added several digital filters to the autopilot: exponential, dobule exponential, moving average, and noise spike. These are available to aircraft designers via the autopilot config file. +* Replace old basic.dat.gz and runways.dat.gz with apt.dat.gz (x-plane format) * Fix a crash that could occur when the joystick config specified more buttons or axes than the physical hardware provided. @@ -36,9 +40,9 @@ New in 0.9.8 * gcc 2.95 and 4.0 fixes. * Updated aircraft: 737, A-10, AN-225, B-52, BAC-TSR2, Concorde, - Spitfire, BO-105 Helicopter, F-15 (updated flight control system), - Fokker 50, Fokker 100, Seahawk made carrier capable (working - arresting hook), + Spitfire, BO-105 Eurocopter, DHC2, F-15 (updated flight control system), + Fokker DR1, Fokker 50, Fokker 100, OV10, Seahawk made carrier + capable (working arresting hook), * New aircraft: Cessna Citation-II (wip), Beech 1900D, DHC-2 Beaver (on floats) @@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ New in 0.9.8 added Oracle head quarters to bay area scenery, added Dumbarton bridge at the south end of the SFO bay, added a model of Alcatraz, + New in 0.9.6 * October 12, 2004 diff --git a/Thanks b/Thanks index 29be2f9bc..0e6b1f78b 100644 --- a/Thanks +++ b/Thanks @@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ Melchior Franz <mfranz@aon.at> Created the led.txf font. Ruthlessly hunted down memory leaks in FlightGear, SimGear, and JSBSim. Maintains the only fully working helicopter model in FlightGear (Bolkow 105). + Made the GUI code fully XML configurable and added support for themes. + Started the Nasal library for easy model animation. + Reorganized the joystick code so it won't leave configuration data resident + for joysticks that aren't present. Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler <zlib@gzip.org> @@ -444,6 +448,7 @@ Durk Talsma <d.talsma@chello.nl> Moon has correct phase and blends well into the sky. Planets are correctly positioned and have proper magnitude. Help with time functions, gui, and other misc stuff. + Added the AirTraffic module for scheduled AI airliners and other aircraft. 2D Cloud layers (nifty). http://people.a2000.nl/dtals @@ -569,6 +574,40 @@ Vivian Meazza <vivian.meazza@lineone.net> and Seahawk. +David Culp <davidculp2@comcast.net> + Added the AI model and scenario code which allows non interactive models + (like aircraft, ships, ballistic models, storms and thermals) to move + around the scenery in a predefined way. Every model can have it's own + special characteristics. The thermal model for instance is a non-visible + model that creates an updraft around it's center. + + +Mathias Fr�hlich <Mathias.Froehlich@gmx.net> + Implemented the groundcache code which made it possible for aircraft + to follow the ground precisely and, as a result, made it possible to + land on aircraft carriers. + Modified YASim, JSBSim and LaRCsim to support the groundcache code. + Reorganized the code to eliminate the viewer jitter for close by objects. + + +Harald Johnsen <hjohnsen@evc.net> + Added a new 3D cloud implementation which also works on big-endian machines. + This code allows for clouds of any types and any shapes (and even deformation + while moving). + Implemented volumetric shadowing. + + +Roy Vegard Ovesen <rvovesen@tiscali.no> + Implemented the KAP140 autopilot. + Added a generic, XML configurable, autopilot framework. + Added an Altitude encoder. + Added a transponder. + Made the instruments code much more configurable, it is now possible to only + include instruments that are actually present. + Added several high level, configurable filter implementations for use by + autopilot designers. + + Space Imaging, Inc http://www.spaceimaging.com/ Space Imaging has allowed us to use the images in their archive for commercial and non-commercial use, provided the original image can't be @@ -617,5 +656,6 @@ Oliver Delise <delise@mail.isis.de> Updated 2001-12-11 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com -Updated 2003-04-17 by Erik Hofman, erik@ehofman.com -Updated 2004-06-01 by Erik Hofman, erik@ehofman.com +Updated 2003-04-17, +Updated 2004-06-01, +Updated 2005-04-02 by Erik Hofman, erik@ehofman.com