From c48061aea20e5af07c770796d6821b824c09c83b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: curt Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:24:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updates for 0.9.3 --- NEWS | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- Thanks | 6 ++++++ version | 2 +- 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index de308505f..9833947e3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,66 @@ +New in 0.9.3 +* October 15, 2003 + +* Added a flight "replay" system. +* Many updates to the ATC and AI aircraft subsystem. (David Luff) +* Add support for moving cloud layers. +* New "symbolic" time of day dialog box for easily setting dawn, dusk, + noon, etc. +* Aircaft are now each self contained in their own individual + subdirectories for easier end user addition and removal. +* Many improvements to scene lighting throughout the day->night range + including more realistic sky and fog colors, more relistic scene + illumination, better dusk/dawn sky coloring, better specular + lighting support. +* A nice new chase view has been added. +* Added displaced thresholds on all runways that have them. +* Updated default scenery for the KSFO area. +* Many buildings and bridges added in the San Francisco area. +* Updated airport and navaid database, many new taxiways, many + corrected runways, many new airports (especially outside the USA.) + +* Use the field elevation for GS when no specific altitude listed in + FAA/DAFIF data +* Fix to translate DME and TACAN X/Y channels to paired VHF frequencies + correctly. Thanks to Jorge Van Hemelryck for the fix. +* Fixes to runway search routines (didn't always work correctly under + some circumstances.) +* Many fixes and updates to the autopilot. Autothrottle tracks speed + much better with much less jumping around. +* Expose the tuned navid via the property system to support building + more advanced avionics. +* Improvements to the environment manager and gui's, more control over + turbulence, ability to specify boundary condition layers as well as + aloft condition layers. +* JSBSim updates including a new turbine engine model that supports + things like starting and stopping procedures and thrust reversing. +* UIUCsim updates (compiler warning and namespace conflict fixes.) +* YASim updates (fix drag from shutdown engine.) +* Support for "clock" instruments that operate independently of + computer system time. +* Annunciators shouldn't work if electrical system not serviceable. +* A few updated splash screens. +* Added various fields to net_ctrls and net_fdm to include various + failures, faults, control surface positions, and other interesting + things. +* A few updated joystick definition files. +* Various keyboard mapping tweaks and changes. +* Many updates and tweaks to default material properties and random + land cover objects. +* Updated aircraft: 747, A320, T-38, A-10, B-52, F-104, Fokker 50, + Fokker 100, Piper Cub, P-51, UFO, YF-23, Ornithopter, A-4, C172, + and F-16 +* New Aircraft: J-22, Paraglider, SGS-126 Sailplane, ASW 20, and AN-225. +* Updated cloud textures. + +* Removed dependency on Metakit. The airport and runway databases are now + stored in a simple flat file ascii database. + +* FreeBSD, Solaris, MSVC, Irix, cygwin, and mingwin fixes. + + New in 0.9.2 -* June 4, 2002 +* June 4, 2003 * New aircraft available: P51-D (w/ full 3d cockpit), Sea Hawk (WV908), a research ornithopter (propelled by actual flapping diff --git a/Thanks b/Thanks index 1f04748c7..c227431b0 100644 --- a/Thanks +++ b/Thanks @@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ Michele America Contributed to the HUD code. +Andrei Barbu + Completely overhauled the look and feel of our web site to bring us + into the current century. Also did some nice reorganization to make + information more accessible. + + Michael Basler Author of the Getting Started guide. diff --git a/version b/version index 34e07b57e..965065db5 100644 --- a/version +++ b/version @@ -1 +1 @@ -0.9.3-pre1 +0.9.3