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I haven't found a good way to maintain this file. For now you can view
the CVS logs at:
See the NEWS file for a list of major changes between releases.
http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt/fgfs/CVSlogs/FlightGear.html
CVS commit messages are archived on the flightgear-cvslogs mailing list.
For details on accessing the archive, see:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-cvslogs

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New in 0.7.9 (final)
* February 16, 2002
* Fixes to the Thanks file.
* Fix --time-offset in the man page and options help.
* Fixed the spelling of Celsius.
* Cleaned up some stray cout's
* Removed some redundant FG* class qualifiers in various headers.
* GUI dialog box fixes for autopilot.
* Ensure that initial engine settings are copied over from FlightGear
to JSBSim.
* FreeBSD fix from JSBSim.
New in 0.7.9pre2
* February 13, 2002
* JSBSim FGPiston mixture improvements
* Enable Audio by default in MSVC builds
* Added a clock freeze option.
New in 0.7.9pre1
* February 12, 2002
* Switch to JSBSim (jsbsim.sf.net) as our default flight model.
* Added additional aircraft: Cessna 182, Cessna 172 (ifr panel),
and a Cessna 310 (twin prop).
* Added an entirely new set of flight dynamics modeling code by Andy Ross.
Includes several aircraft such as a 747, A4, and DC-3.
This is (Y)et (A)nother Flight Dynamics (Sim)ulator. It is a first cut
of a "different take" on FDM design. It's intended to be very simple
to use, producing reasonable results for aircraft of all sorts and sizes,
while maintaining simulation plausibility even in odd flight conditions
like spins and aerobatics. It's at the point now where one can
actually fly the planes around.
* Added an optional embedded http server that provides a property
manager interface to external programs and scripts.
* Added an optional embedded http server that can serve out live
screen shots to anyone on the web.
* Sync with the latest JSBSim code.
* Added simple ATIS support.
* More flexible autopilot that can be tuned per aircraft.
* Many updates to the HUD to allow it to handle a much bigger set of
symbology and functionality
* Support for back course ILS approaches.
* Implimented DME ETE and speed.
* Added support for rudder and aileron trim.
* Many improvents with piston engine and propeller modeling. Engine
startup procedures work, and engine guages work.
* Added support for retractable gear.
* Added 'master freeze' and 'fuel freeze' modes. Would like to add
other freeze modes soon.
* Added a 'high' level aircraft config file that specifies things like
the FDM code to use, the aircraft config file, the 3d model, the
instrument panel, autopilot config, etc.
* Added a neat external 'chase' view control panel.
* Added a GUI interface to the property manager system.
* Moved keybinding definitions to a config file.
* Many additions and improvements to the sound effects including
stall horn, tire squeek, ground rumble, wind noise, flaps, etc.
* Enable introduction music in windows (off by default on all platforms)
* Added support for the OpenGC glass cockpit project.
* Added support for flying ILS approaches in both runway directions if the
same frequency is used in both cases.
* Added an autogen.sh script for those compiling from CVS code.
* Attempt to support more incompatible varients of the
automake/autoconf tools.
* Added basic man pages.
* Removed old remnants of plib-1.2.x support. Plib-1.4.x is now required.
* Added support for building mandrake packages (other packaging system
contributions welcom.)
* Various initialization and startup sequence fixes and tweaks.
This helps get the flight dynamics model going reliably and robustly.
It also helps get initial time of day effects correct.
* Fixed a config problem that could lead to bogus builds for people with
Voodoo cards.
* Better support for running with an alternate time/date for when we
are being slaved to an external data source.
* Fixed (simplistic) terrain following autopilot mode.
* Fixes to problems with window aspect ratio that could surface if the
window was resized.
* Fix several off by one errors in hud_card.cxx
* Fix gauge spelling error.
* Modified FGSubsystem::update() to take an int parameter for delta time.
* Many internal fixes and enhancements to the core code that manages
instrument panel modeling and rendering.
* LaRCsim EGT doesn't show 'running' values while cranking.
* Fixes to JSBSim so that the slip/skid ball is much more realistically modelled
* Added support for an unlimited number of fuel tanks.
* Multi-engine throttle fixes.
* A round of updates to the UIUC flight dynamics model.
* Fixed an annoying tile cache scheduling bug. This makes tile paging
much more robust even with teleporting and reseting.
* Fixed a potential mouse freeze up condition on windows.
* Converted the materials file to xml.
* Tweaked and updated initial option and config file parsing to be
more intuitive and robust.
* Check for the proper version of the base file and exit gracefully
if not found.
* Fixed a problem with the initial view offset being lost.
* Various floating point / initial value bug fixes
* Added support for tracing property manager reads and writes (for
debugging purposes.)
* Fixed the problem where the simulator clock time would go goofy
when scenery was being loaded.
* Make the tile cache system more tolerant of situations where the tile
cache is full, but no entry qualifies for removal.
* MSVC fixes.
* IRIX fixes.
* FreeBSD fixes.
* Mac OS X fixes.
* Better cygwin and mingwin support.
* Better support for gcc-3.0
New in 0.7.8
* July 13, 2001
* Updated to the latest JSBSim flight dynamics model (http://jsbsim.sf.net)
* First release of a bundled utility: fgjs which assists you in creating
a joystick/button configuration for your setup.
* Updated airport data file with taxiways at many major airports.
* Better support for using an external browser to view online help
components. Windows support for this will be included in the next
revision.
* Now using plib-1.4.x which supports more than 3 concurrent sounds.
* Most of the README's and documentation has been reviewed and brought
up to date.
* Support for ultra-hires screen dumps suitable for large scale
printed output.
* Updated, more flexible binary scenery format.
* Support for using digital axes (i.e. a hat) as a pair of buttons
which can be mapped to any function a button could be mapped to.
* Added user documentation to the base package
* Added a c172 mini panel.
* Improved c172 panel graphics.
* Added units to configuration files
* Fixed X15 panel
* External view panning fix ups.
* Fixed the segfault on exit bug.
* Lots of property manager tweaks. Appened units to property name to
make it explicit, adjusted read/write/archive bits and defaults
* MSVC fixups.
* gcc-3.0 fixups.
* Irix fixups.
* Fixed a potential segfault in radio station lookup/search code.
* Fixed a bug in the audio system intialization order that could cause
a segfault in some circumstances.
* Fixed a typo in the 2nd tank property name so it's value is now accessible
from the instrument panel.
* Fixed a bug when loading the "old" binary scenery which prevented ground
lighting from being generated.
* Jettison old conditionally compiled plib-1.2.x code, we now require
plib-1.4.x or higher.
* Eliminated some convoluted that generated a harmless, but confusing
"*** NO TIMEZONE" error message,
* Fixed doubled bindings for joystick buttons.
* Threading fixups.
* Fixed a bug with the time warping/offset code. You can again
startup with a proper time offset if you like.
* Fixed a couple memory problems ... attempting to access/use/write to
previously freed memory.
New in 0.7.7
* June 20, 2001
* Cleaned up various warning messages
* Various Cygwin fixes.
* Various MSVC fixes.
* Various Irix Mips fixes.
* Check for null panel before passing mouse events to panel object.
* Fixed panel edge artifacts (due to unwanted texture wrapping.)
* Fixed a typo in the base/materials file.
* Various property manager fixes.
* Various property manager lookup optimizations.
* Fixed a bug in the autopilot altitude hold that crept in.
* Converted from hardcoded to configurable keyboard bindings.
* Added an FGSubsystem base class so subsystems can be managed with a
common api.
* Keyboard commands are now completely remapable. Removed BFI and
keyboard in place of remapable inputs.
* Started to impliment a command manager. This along with the
property manager will go a long ways toward building infrastructure
for scripting.
* Started laying infrastructure for creating ultra-high-res tiled
screen shots suitable for printers.
* Synced with a recent version of JSBSim.
* GUI code split into smaller logical subcomponents.
* FGOptions converted to use property manager directly.
* "delta-t" and fdm interface timing fixes and tweaks.
* Added a sound effect manager class at the FlightGear level.
* Support for setting a starting position as and offset distance (and /
or radial) from your specified starting postition. This allows you to
initialize on final x miles out at y altitude.
* Many updates to make a much more realistic single engine and prop model
with atmospheric and velocity dependencies. Fuel flow now modeled.
* Straightened out magnetic offset issues with VOR stations so we can
navigate properly from real avaition charts.
* Added a direct network interface support for the "Atlas" moving map
program. (Output radio stack settings so current VOR and OBS can be
visualized.)
* Autopilot made to work more like a real world autopilot (rather than
based on perfect values.) Autopilot wing leveler is slaved off the
turn coordinator. Heading hold is slaved from the DG (which drifts).
Nav and ILS holds slave off the needle position.
* Backcorse ILS needle should move in correct direction now.
* Identing of NAV radios (and individual volume control) now work.
* Don't play DME ident if no colocated DME.
* VOR/ILS/ADF range pickup realistically modeled as per AIM.
* Added support for marker beacons.
* Support for loading and saving the current 'simulator state' using
an xml formated file.
* Added threaded tile paging for systems with pthread support.
* Added high level support for creating airport taxiway and runway signs.
* Many updates and fixes to the "installation and getting started" manual.
* Support for adding static objects to the scenery.
* Many updates and new features for the xml configurable panel engine.
Many corresponding improvements to the default instrument panel.
* Support added for incrementally numbering screen snapshots.
* Added support for a new, smaller, faster binary scenery format.
* Added an xml configurable HUD engine.
* Added interface glue to propogate wind values to LaRCsim.
New in 0.7.6
* December 15, 2000
* Added night ground cover lights with user controllable densities on
a per texture basis. Lights have a bit of a "fog punch through" effect.
* Support added for "shaped" instrument panels.
* Added support for virtual panels that are larger than the screen
space which can scroll.
* Added waypoint and route flying support to the autopilot and HUD.
* New highly detailed runway textures with accurate markings.
* Added a basic piston engine model, with support for rpm, egt, cht, mp,
and mixture.
* Many tweaks and improvements to the c172 instrument panel.
* Corrections and additions to the airport and navaid database.
* Added an external interface to the property manager so you can
"telnet" into a running copy of FlightGear, cd through the property
tree and examine and even change values, all from a remote computer.
* Improvements to flight model initialization.
* Fixes and improvements to the save/restore code.
* Added a load/save dialog box for saving/restoring your current flight.
* Program notes max texture size for your card/driver so it can load
higher resultion textures if they are available and if you can use
them.
* Added a visibility= command line option for setting intial visibility
distance.
* Range of tiles loaded and drawn are now directly calculated from the current
visibility distance so that the ground always blends smoothly into sky.
* Rewrote the tile caching scheme so it is now more flexible, more dynamic,
simpler, and more robust.
* Updates to the FDM bus.
* Many clean ups with the view code to prepare the way for a greater
variety of external views.
* MSVC project files now included in the source distribution.
* Fixed a view bug that could make the aircraft model appear rotated
incorrectly
* Fixed a bug with the autopilot rate of climb hold.
* Internal property manager tweaks.
* Additional materials can be aliased to an existing material to save
texture space (at the expense of less texture variety)
* MSVC tweaks.
* MacOS tweaks.
New in 0.7.5
* September 18, 2000
* Aircraft now starts at end of runway closest to desired heading.

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Thanks
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credit everyone who has contributed to this project.
A1 Free Sounds <techie@mail.ev1.net> http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com
Granted permission for the flightgear project to use some of the
sound effects from their site.
Raul Alonzo <amil@las.es>
Mr. Alonzo is the author of Ssystem and provided his kind permission
for using the moon texture. I also used parts of his code as a template
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John Check <j4strngs@rockfish.net>
Cloud textures
Maintains the base package repository
Joystick howto
Panel howto
New instrument panel configurations
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Dave Cornish <dmc@halcyon.com>
Created our new, super cool, runway textures.
Created some of our cloud textures.
Oliver Delise <delise@mail.isis.de>
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RedHat package building changes for SimGear.
Mike Hill <mikehill@flightsim.com>
Contributed 3d aircraft models to our project.
http://www.flightsimnetwork.com/mikehill/home.htm
Erik Hofman <erik@ehofman.com>
Irix port.
Charlie Hotchkiss <clhotch@pacbell.net>
Worked on improving and enhancing the HUD code.
Lots of code style tips and code tweaks ...
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all original creations.
Cameron Moore <cameron@unbeatenpath.net>
Reigning list admin.
Provided man pages.
Self-proclaimed code janitor.
Anders Morken <amrken@online.no>
Maintained the European mirror of the FG web pages.
Unfortunately this mirror has been taken down due to reglementation
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the sim.
Brian Paul
His TR Library: http://www.mesa3d.org/brianp/TR.html
And also Mesa of course: http://www.mesa3d.org
Tony Peden <apeden@earthlink.net>
Contributions on the flight model front, including a LaRCsim based
Cessna 172. JSBsim: the initial conditions code, a more complete
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aid database for the Flight Gear project as well as for X-Plane.
Alex Perry <arp11@pacbell.net>
Alex Perry <alex.perry@ieee.org>
Contributed code to more accurately model VSI, DG, Altitude.
Contributed to the Install and Getting Started manual.
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Patch to support a first joystick with more than two axes.
Andy Ross <andy@plausible.org>
Contributed a new configurable FDM, "YASim", based on geometry
information rather than aerodynamic coefficients.
Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se>
Mr. Schlyter provided Durk Talsma with all the information
he needed to write the astro code. Mr. S. is also willing
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Project Bonanza - http://members.xoom.com/ConceptSim/index.html
Martin Spott <Martin.Spott@uni-duisburg.de>
Contributed to the installation / user guide.
U.S. Geological Survey
Provided geographic data used by this project
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html
@ -374,6 +409,9 @@ Norman Vine <nhv@yahoo.com>
Contributed a great circle route autopilot mode based on wgs84 routines.
Many other GUI, HUD, and autopilot contributions.
Contributed a patch to allow mouse input to control view direction.
Ultra hires tiled screen dumps.
Contributed the initial 'goto airport' and 'reset' functions
Contributed the initial http image server code
Roland Voegtli <voegtli@sanw.unibe.ch>
@ -410,6 +448,8 @@ Jean-Claude Wippler <jcw@equi4.com>
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. ]
Provided computing resources and services so that the Flight Gear
project could have real home. This includes, web services,
ftp services, shell accounts, email lists, dns services, etc.
@ -433,3 +473,6 @@ Curt L. Olson <curt@flightgear.org>
THE CONTENTS WERE LASTLY RESEARCHED AND UPDATED MARCH, 8 2000
Oliver Delise <delise@mail.isis.de>
Updated 2001-12-11 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com