Expand existing —-config option to read either property-XML files (as
it previously did) but for non-XML files, to parse them as command
line argument files.
With Simgear commit d7d59b08a2f1a77a4247ec1a89d6ff48ed73f5c7, this
allows terrasync to be initialised from files in the install data,
which avoids downloading them again.
Relocate the start-up position to a plausible hold-short position
when MP is active and a runway start is requested. This does not (yet)
use ground-net data to identify a real hold-short position.
Remove uses of .str(), .c_str() and some other methods of SGPath.
Pass SGPath directly where possible, or explicitly convert to the
appropriate 8-bit encoding.
When set on the command line, will be used for aircraft packages. When
set in the Qt launcher, will also be used for aircraft downloads at
all times.
When changing the path in the launcher, the set of aircraft catalogs
is refresh automatically. Note the default catalog may need to be
re-installed.
The --metar option has no effect unless --disable-real-weather-fetch is
also passed. This often makes users believe that --metar doesn't work.
Change the implementation for --metar so that it automatically implies
--disable-real-weather-fetch.
After removing /Models from FGData loading of shared models from
within a scenery model failed because the ResourceManager did not know
about additional scenery paths.
The problem was that the change to make FGScenery a standard subsystem caused
the particle OSG group to no longer be inserted into the scene graph. The
solution was to convert the particle group to be set up as a standard branch of
the scene graph, alongside the terrain, models, aircraft, and interior branches.
The particle system is now set up as part of the init() subsystem function call,
so it is compatible with the new subsystem design.
This follows from http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.games.flightgear.devel/78650 and
resolves the sign bug https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/codetickets/1778/ .
Combined with a matching change to FGData, this changes the HUD formats from the
current set of 3 (note that the text in brackets is not shown in the HUD
preferences PUI dialog, but is show here for reference):
0) Decimal degrees (37.618890N -122.375000W)
1) Degrees, minutes (37*37.133N -122*22.500W)
2) Degrees, minutes, seconds (37*37 08.0 N -122*22 30.0 W)
to (here the text in brackets will be shown in the PUI dialog):
0) DDD format (37.618890N 122.375000W)
1) DMM format (37*37.133'N 122*22.500'W)
2) DMS format (37*37'08.0"N 122*22'30.0"W)
3) Signed DDD format (37.618890 -122.375000)
4) Signed DMM format (37*37.133' -122*22.500')
5) Signed DMS format (37*37'08.0" -122*22'30.0")
6) Zero padded DDD (51.477500N 000.461389W)
7) Zero padded DMM (51*28.650'N 000*27.683'W)
8) Zero padded DMS (51*28'39.0"N 000*27'41.0"W)
9) Trinity House Navigation (51* 28'.650N 000* 27'.683W)
