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Changelog 2024.1.2

Deprecation Notice

  • LaRCSim and UIUC FDMs will be removed in the next major release of FlightGear.
  • For now, a deprecation warning has been added to notify users and give developers ample notice (#3055, @kchodl). Aircraft developers are encouraged to migrate to JSBSim.

Features

  • Updates to the default aircraft, the C172P, including a fix for stuck tutorials
  • Automatic scenery downloads (known under the hood as TerraSync) are now enabled by default (#30, @the_fl3dd0x)
    • This is a major improvement for user experience and eliminates one of the most common painpoints with scenery, where users would find themselves being infamously “TerraSunk”
  • Updated JSBSim to v1.1.14 (#3003, @bcoconni)
    • This provides a number of bug fixes, and some new features
    • Aircraft developers should read the changelog for JSBSim
  • Allow users to select a download directory upon first launch (!161, @zakalawe)
  • Added support for incremental updates, significantly reducing the duration of fetching and installing future updates.
  • Added FFmpeg on Windows to enable exporting video recordings (!2, !53, @Gijsrooy)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed multiple shader bugs that were causing graphical artifacts and vegetation to not be visible (#36, #37, #39, #3080, @icecode)
  • Fixed a bug where messages from ATC were appearing on the splash screen before the user had fully spawned in (#3068, @midnight-ploughboy)
  • Fixed a bug in the launcher where dropdown boxes on the Flight Planner page were empty (#3093, @zakalawe)
  • Fixed a memory bug in YASim that resulted in a crash under certain conditions (#54, @frougon)
  • Fixed missing maps in the FG1000 (!68, @stuart131, @Avionyx)
    • The FG1000 used STAMEN maps which are no longer free, this resulted in no maps and therefore a black background on the FG1000
    • The FG1000 now uses OpenStreetMap tiles, and maps are back!
  • Fixed regional textures for random buildings (!101, @fdalvi)
  • Fixed minimum dewpoint calculation in JSBSim (!158, @Gijsrooy)
  • Fixed SID/STAR selection and modification in the route manager (!131, !186, @zakalawe)
  • Fixed crash with random vegetation on macOS (!155, @zakalawe)

Misc.

  • The broken STAMEN map layer has been removed from the Canvas Map, it now requires a subscription and is no longer freely available to use (!68, @stuart131)
  • Fixed a broken link to the new FlightGear website in the launcher (!86, @Gijsrooy)
  • Radios can now only transmit when they are operable (!60, @MariuszXC)
    • The /controls/radios/comm-ptt property can now only be activated if the radios /operable property is true
  • Fixed QML warnings about using deprecated syntax with Connections (#2965, @zakalawe)
  • Improved Polish translations (!67, !128, @PlayeRom)
  • Updated the FlightGear app icon on macOS to match Apple design guidelines (!59, @IskenderWang)
  • Added a configuration file for the Honeycomb Charlie Rudder Pedal (!78, @henning.stahlke)
  • Removed broken and obsolete items from the Windows start menu (!29, !37, @Gijsrooy)
  • Updated SQLite to v3.49.1 (!102, @ranguli)
  • Switched from UDNS to C-Ares
  • Updated Curl to v8.15.0 on Windows (!5, @Gijsrooy)