Future IF (revisited)

[olddave]

Hi Steve
I am ready to go over to P3D. I noticed your comments on your work to get it compatable. Can you be a little more specific on timing, 2 weeks, 2 months or your best guess?
I know I am pushing but the timing will affect my timing on the change over.
apreciate your comments as always.
David

[Steve Waite]

Yes I quite understand David.

P3D and some other upgrades are being treated as "urgent".

I've done a lot of work already for P3D and various other upgrades. Once the CD version code goes off on Monday it's full steam ahead. I'm not going on holiday or anything so I should have something to try in a month or so. I'll post here as soon as I can say anything. Maybe in a week or so I will have a better feel for the timescales going forward.

Thanks for your support
Steve

[olddave]

Steve
Once again thanks for the prompt reply. It really helps me get my timetable set up.
It really is a "pain" to go from FSX to P3D as I have some things like the registry path to change over. On the other hand IF 10 has become a part of my flying, my "virtual airline" if you like.
Thanks again
David

[Steve Waite]

...please check the report page for the work in progress:
http://www.codelegend.com/idealflight/report.htm


Sorry no P3D yet. Version [se], the post PC CDROM version had to be prepared first, but things have been moving on now the PC CDROM version is out.

Steve

[Steve Waite]

I'm not giving too much away just yet about the upgrades being worked on but here I've made a minor little improvement to the airport sections of the briefing. The subsections; comms, lighting, approaches, and Ai traffic, can be supressed, and the amount of Ai traffic info lines can be limited.

http://www.codelegend.com/graphics/AirportSubsections.jpg

The P3D version is well underway, but other parts of the program have required some work first. I'll be back with more when I can...

[Steve Waite]

Excluding new features, here's a list of fixes and improvements up to now. Still not ready with a preview build. Back as soon as...

[se]-[sf]

<improved>
Hold Shift or Ctrl during flight builds to ensure ASAP time.
Maps best fit the route to the available map area rather than include alternate airport symbols.
User Aircraft html reports improved with multiple locations sections.
Flight files are now copied to docs\fsx as the flight is built.
Better organised C&D page.
Improved vertical positioning with all texts, controls, and checkboxes.
Airports lists load after indexing, no need to exit IF.
Aircraft changes are detected and indexed from the Start Page after registration.
Help appears from message dialog F1 Key.
Ai Aircraft timing improved.
Flight Generator page shows flight plan title.
Splash and Intro screens monitor sensing improved.
Route table features approach waypoints, switchable in mission other actions.
Weather updates improved and add-in weather station location positioning improved.
Improved weather turbulent effects and windshear.
Visibility calculations improved with respect to rain and snow.
Thermals too scattered, improved thermal hotspots.
BAR modulation improved.

<fixes>
Alternate airport list count fixed and range set according to planned route distance.
Radio frequencies might have been displayed as ".03" instead of ".02".
ATC Name and Flight Number set to correct legths of 9 and 5 characters respectively.
Large Ai airrcraft could go to inappropriate small airports.
Records List html pages not showing in FireFox.
Addon scenery airports with water runways fixed.
Ai assigned to water runways fixed.
Saved games restore with continuous ATC fixed.
Airport runways sketch back on browse airports.
Waypoints show in route map with vessel searches and plan edits.
Browse airports page starts drawn correctly.
Loaded plan flights can now be rebuilt with parking and time changes and plan intact.
Missing base visibility layer fixed.
Lost mouse click; unable to click icons or buttons until another page is selected with the menu.
Cloud type missing.

[Steve Waite]

List of new features included with all versions of IF. Extra features available in a future upgrade, more on that as soon as...

<new>
Choose Control Tower SimObjects .
Payload on board switches in C&D.
Flight Time = System Time checkbox in Flight Gen.
Takeoff message includes bounces if any.
New weather settings 'Use Add-In WS' and 'Use Cirrus Clouds'.
Set low altitude and high altitude Maximum Visibility Limits.

Some recent shots at FSN:
http://flightsimulatornetwork.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=08t4kb86z7knn

[Steve Waite]

just posted more updates in another thread:
http://www.codelegend.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=292&start=20

[rsvette12]

Way to go mate looking forward all of your hard work

[Steve Waite]

A lot of work has gone into [sf] updates and upgrade pack coming soon:

Fuel


Approaches


FMC Routes

(Upgrade Pack)