From 8fd577583479e9d644914dc0ca66cb5008af6b0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: curt Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 03:17:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] More last minute 0.9.2 tweaks. --- NEWS | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ec4fc1acb..de308505f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,105 @@ +New in 0.9.2 +* June 4, 2002 + +* New aircraft available: P51-D (w/ full 3d cockpit), Sea Hawk + (WV908), a research ornithopter (propelled by actual flapping + wings), A10, B-52, F-104, F-15, F-16, OV10, PA28-161, T-6A Texan II, + T-38, British TSR2, YF-23, 737, + +* Updated aircraft: airwave extreme hang glider, asw20 glider, A-4 + Skyhawk, Beech-99, Cessna 172 w/ 3d cockpit, Cessna 310 w/ 3d + cockpit, DC3, Piper J3 Cub, 1903 Wright Flyer, Sopwith Camel, Space + Shuttle, Boeing 747-400 + +* Overhauled menu/gui system and made it xml configurable rather than + hardwired. Include support for things like checkboxes, sliders, and + dials. + +* Added some early multiplayer features. + +* Added support for in-air presets relative to a VOR, NDB, or fix. + +* Support for Futaba, Airtronics, Hitec, JR, Multiplex and Tower R/C + transmitters using the RCJoy USB interface box (see + http://www.rcjoy.com). + +* Much improved sky and coloring as well as more realistic coloring of + the sunset and sunrise. + +* Clouds are drawn on a surface that better matches the underlying + curve of the earth. + +* A few updated terrain textures, better variety of random ground + cover objects. + +* Most weather options can now be set via the GUI. Added an option to + randomize the weather. + +* Various instruments and systems can now be failed/unfailed via the + GUI. + +* Developed scripts to build Navaid and ILS databases from DAFIFT, + FAA, and other data sources. +* Update Navaid and ILS databases based on DAFIFT, FAA, and other data + sources. + +* Continued development of voice ATC, robot aircraft AI, logical + taxiway networks (continues to be a work in progess, but much + progress has been made.) +* Separated out much of the low level model/material management code + and moved it over to SimGear where it can be potentially used by + other projects. +* Separated out the low level sound effect playing/management code and + moved it over to SimGear. +* Added functions to the "telnet" interface to allow remote management + of autopilot waypoints. +* Support the parking brake in the "external" flight dynamics interface. +* Added support for an audio panel (set of switches to set various + avionics audio sources on/off in the aircraft.) +* Add support for speed brake and spoiler controls. +* Many code updates to UIUCmodel including support for ornithopters + (flapping wing vehicles.) +* Many JSBsim code updates include a new turbine engine model. +* Added a "named pipe" external flight dynamics model interface. +* YASim updates including support for manual-pitch control props, + support for wing washout, and adjusting aircraft masses as fuel is + consumed. +* The property picker interface now shows the property values changing + dynamically. +* Added support for a simple annunciator panel (fuel, oil, vacuum, + volts dummy warning lights.) +* Added a "gyro" model. This can be driven electrically (turn + coordinator) or via vacuum (attitude indicator). If one of these + systems failes, the corresponding gyro will spin down realistically + an introduce realistic errors in the gauge reading. +* Model attitude indicator tumbling at extreme attitudes. +* Modeled the pitot system and use that drive the air speed indicator. +* Added a very simplistic volts/amps model to the electrical + system...enough to make the gauges behave plausibly and drive the + annunciator panel correctly. +* Updated the vacuum/suction model to behave more realistically. +* Added Italian and Polish translation for the GUI. + +* Mac OS X fixes. +* Better FreeBSD support. +* Mingwin fixes. +* Improved native sgi compiler support. +* MSVC fixes. + +* Fixed problems in marker beacon audio. +* Fixed several subtle problems in the modeling/positioning of glide + slope transmitters in FlightGear +* Don't allow the dewpoint to go higher than the temperature. +* Don't allow gust speed to be less than base wind speed. +* Fix a couple problems in the external fdm interface that prevented + FlightGear from being driven properly by an external source (i.e. to + act as a image generator only.) +* Fixes to camera parameters for external views (especially when rotating + the view around the different axes.) +* Many miscellaneous code clean ups, many bug fixes, and much code + refactoring. + + New in 0.9.1 * December 5, 2002 diff --git a/Thanks b/Thanks index 9e7549d8f..570fc1a76 100644 --- a/Thanks +++ b/Thanks @@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ David Megginson Updates to README.running. Working on getting fgfs and ssg to work without textures. Also added the new 2D panel and the save/load support. + Reorganization of the GUI to make it XML configurable. Property manager Generalized input module 3D model animation module @@ -321,8 +322,6 @@ Tony Peden Contributions on the flight model front, including a LaRCsim based Cessna 172. JSBsim: the initial conditions code, a more complete standard atmosphere model, and other bugfixes/additions. - His Flight Dynamics page can be found at: - http://www.nwlink.com/~apeden Robin Peel @@ -339,6 +338,11 @@ Friedemann Reinhard Contributed beginnings of a textured instrument panel. +Frederic Bouvier + Added French language support + Keeps FlightGear MSVC compatible. + + Petter Reinholdtsen Incorporated the Gnu automake/autoconf system (with libtool). This should streamline and standardize the build process for all @@ -355,6 +359,8 @@ William Riley Andy Ross Contributed a new configurable FDM, "YASim", based on geometry information rather than aerodynamic coefficients. + Added support for placing 2D panel objects in 3D space. + Modified the HUD code to make it more accurate and added 3D support. Paul Schlyter @@ -396,6 +402,11 @@ Martin Spott Contributed to the installation / user guide. +Martin Dressler + Created some outstanding panel instrumentation textures + for use in full-screen mode. + + U.S. Geological Survey Provided geographic data used by this project http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html @@ -476,6 +487,13 @@ Darrell Walisser Provides MacOS-specific info in the docs. +Davud Culp + Changed the layout of the conbtrolls section and added a great number + of extra controls which will prove to be usefull no and for the future. + Contributed a number of aircraft configuration files, including a T-38 and + Boeing 737. + + Ed Williams Contributed magnetic variation code (impliments Nima WMM 2000) We've also borrowed from Ed's wonderful aviation formulary at various @@ -488,6 +506,8 @@ Jim Wilson and modular. Contributed many small fixes and bug reports. Contributed the the pui property browser. Contributed to the autopilot. + Created several excellent 3D aircraft models, including the p-51 and + Boeing 747. Jean-Claude Wippler @@ -503,6 +523,20 @@ John Wojnaroski 3d clouds +Space Imaging, Inc + 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 + extracted from the textures. + Some (if not all) of the best textures in use by FlightGear wouldn't be + possible without the satellite images provided by them. + + +Airservices Australia + Duncan McCreanor and Diarmuid Tyson created a multiplayer engine for + FlightGear when putting together a demonstration to show the possibilities + of using Flightgear as the basis for an Air Traffic + + WoodSoup Project http://www.woodsoup.org [ FlightGear no longer uses woodsoup services, but we appreciate the support provided to our project during the time they hosted us. ] @@ -532,3 +566,4 @@ Oliver Delise Updated 2001-12-11 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com +Updated 2003-04-17 by Erik Hofman, erik@ehofman.com