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FlightGear: open-source flight simulator released in version 2024.1.7

The free open-source flight simulator FlightGear has been updated to version 2024.1.7, a release focused on bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Multiplayer Positions - Fixed an out-of-bounds issue in the decoding of multiplayer positions.
  • Aircraft Carriers - Resolved a problem preventing carriers from appearing after enabling scenarios.
  • Property Channels - Fixed a crash when closing many property channels.
  • Radio Frequencies - Corrected a crash occurring when adjusting radio frequencies during FGCom use.
  • Voice Manager - Fixed a crash in the voice manager on shutdown.
  • Canvas Images - Eliminated excessive logging caused by image mipmapping that degraded simulator performance.
  • TerraSync - Resolved a race condition issue.
  • Weather Options - Fixed a failure to properly reset advanced weather settings when opening or closing the weather dialog.

Miscellaneous

  • Updated the Cessna 172P aircraft with various improvements, including temperature-dependent battery capacity modeling.
  • Updated the Expat library from version 2.4.4 to 2.8.2.

Boeing 707 cockpit in FlightGear

Source: FlightGear Blog

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