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Version history for RealFlight G2

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RealFlight G2

Version History

2.00.723 -

• ADDED: additional volume slider & on/off checkbox to Music/Sound dialog (read the pop-up tooltips for more info)
• FIXED: which volume sliders control which sounds (again, read pop-up tooltips on that dialog for info)
• FIXED: made "Look at Ground" setting persistent
• FIXED: changing views, camera positions, etc. will only turn off "Look at Ground" in specific cases
• FIXED: Control Panel removes Add-Ons 5 serial number on Uninstall, displays AO5 serial number in Technical Support dialog

2.00.717 -

• ADDED: Add-Ons 5 support
• ADDED: Lithium Polymer cell type
• FIXED: Shadow bug in recordings
• FIXED: Another general shadow bug
• FIXED: Recording bug resulting from playing a recording associated with a missing song file
• FIXED: Crash in modeless dialogs
• FIXED: Electric engine bug which caused cell recharge while idling
• FIXED: Collision bug where certain aircraft could occasionally pass through objects
• FIXED: Minor cosmetic fixes in dialogs

2.00.637 -

• ADDED: "Use alternate fog" option to solve lingering fog issues (white screen or no fog at all)
• FIXED: Fog bug with NVidia 44.03 drivers
• FIXED: "Lock to monitor refresh rate" option now retains its setting
• FIXED: Fog on/off setting for all individual airports now retained (must revert broken airports before this will take effect)
• FIXED: Twinstar airplane is now easier to land
• FIXED: Missing F4 preview pic on .594 discs
• FIXED: Add-Ons 1 & 2 CD verification problem on .594 discs

2.00.592 -

• Fixed NVidia driver conflict problem some users experienced

2.00.570 -

• FIXED: Control Panel crash on some computers
• FIXED: Some Multiplayer Hosting fixes
• FIXED: Three position switch for Interlink is now accessible
• Added Tail Rotor Reverse button to Heli Software radio page
• ADDED: RealFlight now compresses user's color schemes into DDS compressed textures

2.00.533 -

• FIXED: Transmitter interface wizard problem
• FIXED: Transmitter interface wizard problem
• FIXED: Initial aircraft position on some airports was bad.
• FEATURE: New Controller Calibration routines (For Transmitter Interface)
• FIXED: Multiplayer Host Server, fixed mutliple bugs
• FIXED: KE 8342 Error that occured on some computers
• FIXED: Startup is more reliable on some systems
• FEATURE: Original Disk not required every time program is run when the user has registered. May ask for it occasionally.
• FIXED: Position error fixed with PhotoField Graphics
• FIXED: Crash on startup for some people
• FIXED: Other small bugs fixed

2.00.386 -

• IMPROVED: RealFlight now starts faster
• ADDED: Instructions for manual install of the TX interface under Windows XP
• FIXED: Some Control Panel Bugs
• FIXED: Fog problem with some older cards
• FIXED: Drop Shadow for cursors is temporarily turned off while RealFlight executes to speed performance. This a Windows XP problem only.
• FIXED: Errors that occured on some systems when switching from full screen to windowed mode.
• ADDED: RealFlight prompts for update check every 30 days
• FIXED: Control Panel out of memory on some peoples computers
• FIXED: XP Reboot with TX Interface driver.
• FIXED: Control Panel and RealFlight crashes on some computers

2.00.327 -

• FIXED: Previews for F-15, Giles,and Extra now show up (Add-On 3 only)
• FIXED: Photofield version of Illinois Farmland now works correctly (Add-On 3 only)

2.00.321 -

• FIXED: RealFlight not starting on some systems
• ADDED: Spanish and Portuguese translations
• ADDED: G2 is now compatible with Add-Ons 3 (Sold Seperately)

2.00.301 -

• FIXED: More fixes to the disk swapping problem
• FIXED: Crash sounds for remote players if you have the 'Play Crash Sounds' option turned on from the 'Options' menu item.
• FIXED: The most recently used IP list in the Join dialog will now hold 10 addresses.
• FEATURE: Added Freestyle event
• FEATURE: Added Auto-Rotation event
• FIXED: The Watt-Not faulting in Mplayer.
• FIXED: Minor fixes in Events
• FIXED: Crash sounds for remote players if you have the 'Play Crash Sounds' option turned on from the 'Options' menu item.
• FIXED: Saving of airports now correctly flags objects as being on the correct Add-On's
• FIXED: Crash when loading older airports
• Added German Translations
• FIXED: Some airports load faster when trees are turned off
• FIXED: RF can now start without a joystick port
• FEATURE: Control panel now displays Release Notes after a download.
• FIXED: Renaming Heli Files now keeps the .heli extension
• FIXED: Under Windows 2000, sometimes ECP Printer Ports were not recgonized
• FIXED: Provided a way to manually install the transmitter interface. See the ManualTX2000.doc in the RealFlight Control Panel Documents List.
• FEATURE: Added Auto-Zoom that makes aircraft larger. See View Menu/Viewport Options/View Tab
• FIXED: Plane no longer disappears behind clouds
• TWEAKED: Autorotations are better and FF is better. To improve accuracy even more, turn up Physics percentage in Misc/Options Dialog. 131% percent gives you about the highest bang for the buck.
• TWEAKED: Heli Forward Flight tweaks
• ADDED: 2 Types of Dolphin Helicopters, a normal one and a 3D one
• TWEAKED: Ground Effect for Helis
• FIXED: Transitional lift is better for helis
• TWEAKED: Heli Auto Rotations are not as "generous" as before
• TWEAKED: Climbout power from helis was reduced
• TWEAKED: Autos with helis are less forgiving at lower head speeds
• TWEAKED: Added more ground friction to helis
• TWEAKED: Stock helis had slight parameter changes such as collective to make it more representative of real world helis.
• Note on Heli Fixes: They were tested with the stock helis which were accurately measured from real helis, if you fly some of your old models that were "tweaked" to overcome some deficiencies in RealFlight, they may not fly as well with this version. So you may have to put back in the "real" parameters for your heli to get it to fly well again.

2.00.256 -

• FEATURE: Added Tree Collision
• FIXED: The landing gear for the mustang as well as the other planes now records. There was also a problem with some of the more sophisticated flap systems.
• FIXED: Problems with sound profiles found in an add-on, and not available to other players
• FIXED: Problem in helicopter editor; electric motor selection now includes user-edited motors (affects heli only).
• FIXED: Changed the interface so that from the Main Window - Multiplayer - New Viewport For All Players will create a new viewport for each remote player.
• FIXED: When a chat message comes in or is to be sent, and all of gadgets have been hidden (H Key), the gadgets are revealed automatically.
• FIXED: DCK files that were getting set to 0 length on some peoples computers
• FIXED: Removed the need for Alternate Fog
• FIXED: The wind goes across the network when the host changes the wind parameters.
• FIXED: The landing gear and flaps will now position correctly with Multiplayer for Mustang, Corsair, AT-6, etc. and other 'specially configured' aircraft.
• FIXED: Got G2 working well with latest Radeon Drivers (Although a bug in the drivers requires you to make sure you are not using HIGHEST texture quality in RealFlight). These drivers can be found at www.ati.com
• FIXED: Fixed Fog with Radeon Cards
• FIXED: Helicopter blades/Airplane props now cause instant crashes when they hit a solid object
• FIXED: Problem with tree/aircraft collisions; aircraft was crashing upon reset, or resetting to odd positions.
• FIXED: Fixed the search button size for small fonts in the Join dialog.
• FIXED: Spelled the word finish correctly.
• FIXED: Problems caused by recorded aircraft materializing inside solid objects.
• FIXED: Rotor sounds coming from over from multiplayer sound better now.
• FIXED: Trying to join a full session will result in a message describing the session is full.
• FIXED: Problems in collision detection that arose when some multiplayer partners had collisions disabled and some had collisions enabled.
• FIXED: Crash when using digital flat panel displays that only support high resolutions
• FIXED: RealFlight V1 Torque Rolling Cap, Cap 232, and Helicopters based the Sun Dog now load into G2
• IMPROVED: Collision detection improved for fences on hilly terrain.
• IMPROVED: Reduced occurrence of annoying crash sound
• FIXED: Unnecessary disk swapping

2.00.230 -

• FIXED: Default Texture Quality for non Compressed textured cards
• FIXED: The score display, event crash when player changes occur
• FIXED: Some crashes in events fixed
  
  

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