Version 2024.1.3

Version 2024.1.3 - bug fixes

What's Changed

• Realistic instruments checkbox bug by @wlbragg in #1563
• Bug fixes by @wlbragg in #1564

Full Changelog: version/2024.1.2...version/2024.1.3

Version 2024.1.2

Version 2024.1.2

Features:

• Use density altitude for auto mixture in autostart

Fixes:

• Add rudder trim to autostart
• Adjust pitch moment tables on flap deploy
• Fix throttle with mouse slider bug

Version 2024.1

Version 2024.1

Features:

• Add winter kit, Cowl grill, expanded icing systems and effects
• Ground services improvements
• Convert Custom Registration to Canvas
• Magnetic Compass enhancements including deviation card
• KX165: Add squelch test to COM radio volume knob
• Add Towbar
• Avionics fan added
• C172sp: Avionic fans added
• Multiplayer engine sound
• Starter overheat simulation
• STICK-FORCE-PER-'g' effect of dynamic pressure on flt controls
• Cockpit flight controls react to trim settings

Fixes:

• New fuel gauge texture, thinner oil and fuel gauge needles
• Refactor tiedown logic
• Account for variant properties and others in save/restore logic
• Remove duplicat avionics switch
• GUI refactoring
• Clean up unneeded and unused aliases
• Add alt static port source system
• Slower response for interior static ports
• User volunteer removal of copyright defer to GPA license
• Glass rain effect improvements
• Miscellaneous tutorial fixes
• Miscellaneous glass refactoring
• Ground services bugs
• Wrong property binding for chocks
• Fix NAV needle deflections
• Show rounded headings in tooltips
• VSI damped at sim start and when on the ground
• Fixed conflicts path with MP aircraft system
• Improved Towbar model and fixes
• Magnetic Compass: Clamp roll/pitch animation
• Add transpaent yoke hiding
• Flashlight: synchronize with walker flashlight
• Flashlight: replace ALS by compositor implementation
• Fix autopilot DigitalFilter: unknown config node: value
• Update gyro instruments to current "next" enhancements
• Adjust mixture setting to be able to go over-rich
• Add default props/values for vertical-speed-indicator
• Added ICAO and performance data
• Electrical fix: Turn coordinator flag and power source
• Electrical fix: Ground Power Unit supplies pwr only with master switch
• Turn-coordinator gyro sound depending on spin now
• Avionics switch acts also as circuit breaker (POH 7-26)
• C172sp: Removed turn-coordinator from electrical system
• C172sp: STBY-BAT-LAMP and switch reworked
• C172sp: ESS/AVN Bus wiring corrected
• C172SP: Master-bat switch on for external power to system
• KR87 ADF: Prevent overflow
• KR87 ADF: Implement direct set of active frq in FLT/ELT mode
• KR87 ADF: Added ET count down mode
• KR87: Add ET countdown aural alarm
• Add "X" to aircraft dialog closing buttons (in the window header)
• Add a fallback model index
• Add ALT mode to Throttle/Mixture levers
• Throttle/mixture adjusted to 5% increments for "normal" use
• Added finer ALT mode to elevator and rudder trim
• Fix bug with ADF power switch shutting off also DME
• Fix yoke normals
• Parking brake-lever animation enhanced
• Limit rudder-trim by a filter
• Switched compass pitch/roll to daped c++ values
• KMA20: Made AUTO mode work and make panel failable
• KMA20: Audio panel now has fgcom integration
• KMA20: Listeners only fire when values change
• Refactor throttle controls to work with throttle all

** New Contributors **

• @amalon made their first contribution in #1459
• @Gijsrooy made their first contribution in #1488
• @xcvb85 made their first contribution in #1509

Full Changelog: version/2020.4.1...version/2024.1

2020.4.1

Features:

• Multi-key support for FG1000 variant

Fixes:

• Refactor code for reposition-reinit
• Preset airport tag in tutorials causing problems
• Fuel selector object assigned wrong effect file
• Fix various ac modeling issues
• More robust variant definition code separation
• Add amphibious gear keyboard bindings
• Removed forced invert mouse wheel
• Invert overhead light controls
• Better and more particle effects
• Fix unusable fuel issue
• Fix material animation and effects def before knob animation bug
• FG1000 audio panel and radio bug fixes
• Hobbs track engine hours per engine
• Add fg1000 glass, glass panel and audio panel to avionics rheostat knob
• Hobbs interior lighting
• PFD/MFD power consumption less when dimmed
• KAP140 digits color to better match other electronics
• Fix KAP140, dme and kr87 avionics lighting
• Add magnetic compass integral lighting
• Absolute paths to relative for MP compatibility
• Amphibious gear deployment depends on location when equipment change occurs
• Refactor lighting and position of kap140 on fg1000 panel
• Refactor lighting and position of amphib gear ctrl on fg1000 panel
• Refactor lighting and position of elt on fg1000 panel
• Refactor lighting and position of hobbs on fg1000 panel
• Fix amphibious gear spring discrepancy
• Adjust x and Z position on various gear configuration
• Soften the main ski bogey spring coefficient
• FDM - Adverse yaw adjustment
• FDM - Decrease pitch up tendency at full thrust
• FDM - Correct X VRP
• FDM - Combine two Z offsets into a single one, VRP only
• FDM - Fix deg to rad conversion on roll moment to yaw rate

2020.4

Features:

• Completely new 172sp FG1000 variant
• Add 2020.4 clustered shading lighting support
• Compositor compatibility and real time shadows
• Add support for aerotow to allow gliders to be towed by the C172P
• Add revised and improved KAP140

Fixes:

• VOR/NAV guages: add missing yellow ticks and OBS label
• VOR/NAV guages: fix localizer needle rotation center
• Correct typos in the 'Flying the Pattern' tutorial
• Fix parking brake binding on joysticks; improve the parking brake control
• Fix issue where the engine wouldn't quit after a plane crash
• Fix issue where external views would break after switching airports
• Re-add the default mouse action when in a viewfrom view mode.
• Fix NAV and COM radio electrical source
• Refactor c172p amp draw calculations
• Correct battery amp hours
• Power of two texture correction
• Improved aircraft variant set file isolation

See release/2020.4 for any additional fixes added to this release.

Note: this aircraft is the default aircraft in FlightGear. Manually downloading it is not necessary.

2020.3

Features:

• Add integral fuel tank option and refactor fuel system to allow for operation
• Fuel selector: improved textures
• Engine startup shaking effect (from c182s)

Fixes:

• Turn magnetos on when using ignition key
• FDM: Improve fuel tank locations, COG z location
• Tutorials: Repair aircraft at the start of each tutorial
• Instruments: AI offset knob limited and finer control
• Trim: fix rudder trim sound; adjust animations and sensitivity of trim wheels
• Fix iCCP Color Profile on textures
• Corrected a typo in the engine oil management system
• Add versioning to the propeller configuration files
• Point cones material texture to a valid texture

People who have contributed to the 2018.3 release:

• @wlbragg
• @gilbertohasnofb
• @D-ECHO
• @legoboyvdlp
• @dany93

See release/2020.3 for any additional fixes added to this release.

Note: this aircraft is the default aircraft in FlightGear. Manually downloading it is not necessary.

2020.1

Features:

• New sounds for rolling and tire screeching on both paves and gravel surfaces
• Replaced the KX165 with the KX165A radio which supports 8.33 frequencies
• New mooring locations
• f shortcut now toggles flashlight

Fixes:

• Fixed xy-plane and missing texture error messages
• Corrected a segfault caused when you lower and then raise the amphibious gear on land
• Turn coordinator gyros breaker was not hooked up
• Fix amphibious gear control breaker logic
• Amphibious gear switch now does not triger repair timer while pontoon damaged
• Initialization of new traversing property which is may prevent issues on some systems
• Fix strong pitch oscillations at rest with brakes on and with pure crosswind
• Fix Nasal error due to a typo in avionics.nas
• Changing xml version to 1.0 in xml file headers as this is the supported version
• Radio tutorial now requires the user to turn on the battery and avionics switches
• Fixed minor spelling mistake in preflight tutorial

People who have contributed to the 2019.1 release:

• @wlbragg
• @legoboyvdlp
• @dany93
• @gilbertohasnofb
• @wkitty42
• @cgdae
• @ltoenning

See release/2020.1 for any additional fixes added to this release.

Note: this aircraft is the default aircraft in FlightGear. Manually downloading it is not necessary.

2019.1

Features:

• Persistent adjustable pilot seat/view position
• New seat frame modeling
• New fog and frost overlay showing heat and air vent effect
• Wheels sink based on ground cover density
• Tire size influences tire friction
• Wheels sink based on snow depth
• Snow depth influences tire friction
• Prop spray effect at high rpm in float variant
• New locked brake smoke effect
• Add rudder trim system to interior cabin panel
• Add brake influence to nose wheel steering and disable NWS when airborne
• Animate front caster wheels
• Extend support for CH Throttle Quadrant joystick
• Implement default renderer interior lighting
• Reshape and widen 26" and 36" bush tires to 12" and 15"
• Autostart function includes auto-mixture

Fixes:

• Exterior fuselage mesh cleanup
• Fix broken hydrodynamics
• Fix nasal errors and segfaults
• Skis now slide on ice and snow
• Added fallback model support
• Account for the volume of unusable fuel
• Fix cowl plugs issue in tutorials
• Fix invalid version issue
• Adjust damage effect spark size
• Adjust P-factor
• Correct rain animation over windshield
• Correct wheel spin rolling animation ratio
• Set mixture rich to 3000 ft
• Fix visor rotation issue
• Fix ADF to read khz and not mhz
• Fix default values of selected and standby radio frequencies
• Mixture set to 1 at sea level in autostart
• Fix flap click sound
• Fix animations of COMs, NAVs and ADF knobs
• Correct texture mapping of axles
• Correct texture mapping of interior hydro rudder mechanism

People who have contributed to the 2019.1 release:

• @wlbragg
• @legoboyvdlp
• @dany93
• @gilbertohasnofb
• @wkitty42
• @bcoconni
• @Zaretto

See release/2019.1 for any additional fixes added to this release.

Note: this aircraft is the default aircraft in FlightGear. Manually downloading it is not necessary.

2018.3

Features:

• Improved 3D models and textures of all levers, toggles, seats, magneto keys, EGT gauge and attitude indicator
• New recess casings to all panel instruments
• Improved labels of panel texture
• Added 3D models to cockpit:
  • Alternate static source knob
  • Glove pocket to panel (holds GPS device when not in use)
  • Lighter hole
  • Overhead panel light switches for red flood, gauge post, and white dome/courtesy lights
  • Low Voltage LED
  • Sunvisors
  • PPT cables connected to the yokes
• New ammeter gauge matching the model used in the 172P
• Light maps for red flood, gauge post and white dome light
• ALS procedural lights (glare) for red flood, gauge post, white dome and wing courtesy light
• Light map illumination and procedural glare responds to available light and dims during daylight
• Re-positioned and improved 3D models and textures of all levers
• Added ambient occlusion map to all interior textures
• Added glass effect for gauges
• New sounds, including when clicking on the checklist, adding/removing control lock, mounting/dismounting GPS, opening/closing glove pocket, opening/closing the window latches, extending/retracting the water rudder cable
• Better sound for flaps lever and motor
• Interlocked master switch (BAT and ALT)
• GPS antenna is now up by default
• GPS night mode
• Amphibious gear advisor activated
• New amphibious gear lever
• Expanded help tool tips
• Add subtle glass reflection to panel instruments and radio stack
• Moved tutorials to Hilo Airport (PHTO)
• Improved tutorials and added two new ones: take off and landing for float variants
• Much improved propeller model
• Improved handle animation of doors and baggage door
• Doors should now be closed from the inside using the door strap
• Air resistance will force an open door or baggage door backwards
• Improved KMA20's marker sensitivity toggle animation
• Much improved vertical stabilizer model, including a retopologized beacon model
• Added external antennas for the ELT, transponder, ADF and marker beacons
• Removed wire connecting the wings to the tail as our ADF receiver uses a different type of antenna
• Animated water rudder cable
• New digital clock added
• New five slot Save and Resume feature
• QT launcher variant selection support
• QT launcher Location support including "On approach"

Fixes:

• Most of the cases of multiple objects mapped to a single texture have now been solved by assigning each their own texture
• 3D models of rotary knobs of VOR and NAV radios now turn 360 degrees
• Corrected the label of the OBS knob of the heading indicator
• Implemented a particle effect color and light manager for smoke and spray
• Adjusted P-factor effect
• Strobe lights are stronger now
• Fixed issue which caused the landing light to appear green under certain situations
• Removed shadow effect from radio stack readouts
• Autopilot readouts now match the rest of the radio stack in both colour and intensity
• Added a black panel behind the broken wing structure

People who have contributed to the 2018.3 release:

• @gilbertohasnofb
• @wlbragg
• @legoboyvdlp
• @dany93

See release/2018.3 for any additional fixes added to this release.

Note: this aircraft is the default aircraft in FlightGear. Manually downloading it is not necessary.

2018.2

Features:

• Major overhaul of the 3D model, including:
  • Thicker wings with a more rounded leading edge
  • Improved taxi and landing lights, VHF antennas and recessed fuel caps
  • Model ribs to show through broken wing
  • Improvements to tail and rudder, including animated rudder cables
  • Cowling now protrudes around the nose
  • Front windshield redesign to allow for proper vent fittings
  • Tie-down connections on the wing look a little more realistic
  • Added a vent line pipe to the left wing
  • New landing gear strut steps and improved strut to fuselage connection
  • Improved textures of air intake, cockpit bars, trim wheel, propeller, glare shield, tires
  • Add two sided prop blur to livery system
  • Moved panel upwards
  • Improved flap model and animation
  • New exterior door handles and relocated bottom door hinges
  • Added GPS device with a new texture and added mount
  • Added rudder pedal push rod model, sump port models, animated cabin air vent, engine compartment vent, wing vent holes, elevator trim tab
  • New disc brakes, cowling handhold, animated oil door and cap, animated fuel caps
• Improved ground equipment
• The f key can be used to toggle the flash light
• Changes to the FDM:
  • Allow aerodynamic interaction between the aircraft and AI traffic models
  • Make the pitch axis less sensitive to control. Increase the adverse yaw, also results in a better slip-skid-ball behaviour
• Added a new HD livery: N73429
• Improved sounds:
  • Better engine sound based on a real recording
  • New idle engine sound which is cross-faded with the regular engine sound so that it is only perceived at low RPMs. It has that characteristic "rumbling" of low RPM
  • New crank and engine start sounds, much improved from the default ones. In particular, the engine now starts with a large "thump" just like a real engine does
  • New sound for when the engine is cut, also based on a real 172 recording
  • New sounds for the primer lever, a low volume squeak sound based on reference videos of startup procedures
• Added registrations to the bottom wing of all liveries
• Implemented engine damage when flying at a RPM higher than the red mark
• More advanced oil management and consumption calculation
• Improved hydrodynamic modeling
• Support mooring (including rope and buoy animation) and spawning at a seaport

Fixes:

• Animation of primer and carburettor heat levers so that they don't just flip between their binary positions
• Autopilot buttons are now animated
• Applied shadow effect to more objects in the cabin
• Fixed a bug with the control lock being added to a hidden yoke
• Fix some switches in the KMA 20 instrument changing the dials in the two radio's below it
• Improved DME clickspots
• Nose wheel is no longer buried in the ground
• Fix collision of beacon lights with beacon lamp model

Major thanks to @wlbragg and @gilbertohasnofb for improving the 3D model, textures and sounds so much!

People who have contributed to the 2018.2 release:

• @wlbragg (3D model) and @gilbertohasnofb (textures and sounds)
• @dany93 (FDM, HDM)
• @andgi (HDM, mooring code)
• @mathieugouin (radio stack)
• @legoboyvdlp (engine damage)
• @ltoenning @edward-p @Zaretto @it0uchpods @gftg85 @bcoconni (miscellaneous fixes)
• @tonghuix @okroth (opening issues and advice)

See release/2018.2 for any additional fixes added to this release.

Note: this aircraft is the default aircraft in FlightGear. Manually downloading it is not necessary.