FlightGear Reaches v2.0 85
distantbody writes "The flight sim project FlightGear has reached version 2.0. From the website: 'Highlights of this new version include: Dramatic new 3D clouds, dramatic lighting conditions, improved support for custom scenery, and many many new and detailed aircraft models.' Full list of improvements here. And of course the screenshots. The release coincides with the release of SimGear v2, the 'set of open-source libraries designed to be used as building blocks for quickly assembling 3d simulations, games, and visualization applications' on which FlightGear is based."
Already 503'd (Score:1, Informative)
Wow. First-ish post and I am already seeing 503 errors from the "Recent Announcement" links. /.?
Maybe they crashed their own servers prior to this getting submitted in anticipation of
slashdotted? (Score:4, Informative)
Because the main site seems to be struggling, here's the wikipedia page [wikipedia.org].
Re:Their web server? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Their web server? (Score:5, Informative)
According to the Wikipedia article, starting fires when planes crash is a new feature of 2.0.0
Re:Great work, FlightGear team! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:not great (Score:2, Informative)