(I'm not sure that's a feature or a problem!) But it means we have pretty detailed coverage of the entire world. * Directional airport lighting that smoothly changes intensity as your relative view direction changes. * Sloping runways (runways change elevation like they usually do in real life.) * Taxiways available for many larger airports (even including the green center line lights when appropriate.) * Correct runway markings and placement, correct runway and approach lighting.
* Over 20,000 real world airports included in the full scenery set. and then uses these coefficients to calculate the sum of the forces and moments acting on the aircraft. UIUC (like JSBSim) uses lookup tables to retrieve the component aerodynamic force and moment coefficients for an aircraft.
UIUC extends the code by allowing aircraft configuration files instead and by adding code for simulation of aircraft under icing conditions. UIUC: This FDM is based on LaRCsim originally written by the NASA. This allows for quickly constructing a plausibly behaving aircraft that matches published performance numbers without requiring all the traditional aerodynamic test data.ģ. The advantage of this approach is that it is possible to perform the simulation based on geometry and mass information combined with more commonly available performance numbers for an aircraft. YASim: This FDM is an integrated part of FlightGear and uses a different approach than JSBSim by simulating the effect of the airflow on the different parts of an aircraft.
JSBSim can be run in a standalone mode for batch runs, or it can be the driver for a larger simulation program that includes a visuals subsystem (such as FlightGear.) In both cases, aircraft are modeled in an XML configuration file, where the mass properties, aerodynamic and flight control properties are all defined.Ģ. JSBSim: JSBSim is a generic, 6DoF flight dynamics model for simulating the motion of flight vehicles. It is possible to add new dynamics models or even interface to external 'proprietary' flight dynamics models:ġ. With FlightGear it is possible to choose between three primary Flight Dynamics Models. This makes FlightGear an attractive option for use in private, commercial, research, or hobby projects.įlightGear is known to run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS-X, FreeBSD, Solaris, and IRIX platforms allowing the user run on their platform of preference. Writing 3rd party extensions for FlightGear (or even directly modifying the FlightGear source code) is straightforward and doesn't require a large amount of reverse engineering. We support standard 3d model formats and much of the simulator configuration is controlled through xml based ascii files. Being an open-source project, we have made our file formats open and easily accessible. Anyway can have easy and open access to the latest development source code.
This means as long as you abide by the terms of the GPL license you may freely download and copy FlightGear. Además los jugadores pueden construir su propio nivel de destreza y tomar desafÃos aún mas exigentes.įlightGear is an open-source project.
€œFlight Simulator X†introduce nuevas misiones a los jugadores para afrontar individualmente o con amigos, ofreciendo una nueva experiencia. Tener la posibilidad de volar varios aviones que nunca antes habÃan siquiera visto. “Flight Simulator X†permitirá a los jugadores viajar a lo largo del globo terráqueo, visitar lugares increÃbles, visualizar a su alrededor un mundo dinámico y real.
Otorgando un esfumado más realista del terreno frente a fenómenos climáticos y su desaparición en el horizonte.ĭiseñado para jugadores de todas las edades, tipos y niveles de habilidad. Mayor calidad en el manejo de los vértices de las estructuras, en el acabado de las texturas de edificios y de la geografÃa circundante.
Una notable mejorÃa en el tratamiento de las sombras y la reflexión del entorno. Nuevos efectos lumÃnicos generados por el sol al interactuar con los objetos de tierra y las aeronaves. Sin duda el simulador por excelencia, que ha acentuado sus mejoras en el nivel de detalle de los escenarios (imágenes de satélite y más de 24.000 aeropuertos de todo el mundo).
“Flight Simulator X†permite a los jugadores tener la ventaja del poder de sus PC con Windows como nunca antes, y Windows Vista facilita y agiliza la entrada en el juego mientras se eligen nuevos niveles de detalles con sensacionales gráficos.Ĭuenta con gráficos 3D, “Flight Simulator X†involucrará al jugador en un mundo real y dinámico y una gran selección de aviones – desde el Havilland Beaver y Grumman Goose al Boeing 737-800 y Cessna 172. Se trata de uno de los juegos estrella de Microsoft.Įl juego ha sido optimizado para jugar sobre la próxima versión de Windows (Windows Vista) pero será compatible con Windows XP.