YS REALISM project developer's release notes galen@flightismhq.org jabber: galen@jabber.org Contents: History Reference notes ==== Release History ============================================== --- Realism 24 testing 2013- feb march ysflight version 201207 joystick assign files: grip, wingman 3D *.asn added newer oranleed Me262 shapes, untested linux sound loss seems to be cured via ys's pulseaudio library added Owl's flight pack 2013 (commercial airliners) added to /aircraft/testing added Boeing 247D to 1935.lst coarse object= user/hangar/100coarse.dnm needs an instrument panel stallwarning is now a tone rumble Release 24 March 17th "wikipedia says 1997 – Pilot Linda Finch departs on her journey to complete Amelia Earhart’s 1937 flight around the world in a restored Lockheed Electra 10E. She goes on to complete the flight in 73 days. On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1937, Earhart and her crew flew the first leg from Oakland, California to Honolulu " note: wildcat entered service this year updated I-16s to r24 specs (mostly), very responsive, very fast rate of fire (jamming can not be modelled) I-16 Type 5 1935 I-16 Type 24 1939? F6F5 Hellcat minor updates, touch more stability, reduce gear drag bug --- Realism 23 testing phase feb 2012 "Red Tails" due Feb 14 Me262A-1 instrument panel massive firepower 30mm deadly stalls, keep fast roll rate est 85o/sec (hard to get good data ex: 65-120) medium armour 16mm dive speed limited P-40 F G N M very good dive speed very good roll rate at 300kt 95o/sec can vertical stall loop w dangerous stall 6 x 12.5mm guns 1200 rnds instrument panel (temporary) -N slightly faster and move manueverable good armour, tough -M gets new shape from Major Pack2 He162_A2 upgraded 1945 2x20mm very good roll rate light touch elevator, don't stall no spoiler good rudder not tough avoid high speed dives DC-3 added from 2ch pack 2006 [inactive] D.520 updated for Italy use low firepower (can't add 20mm, only 7.5mm) low armour low power Ta152-H1 updated & moved to 1945 great climb & ceiling boost low sink rate great slow speed 2x20mm cannon [can't add 30mm nose] Re.2005_Sagittario very capable and expensive not that tough 3x20mm cannons can be attacker can better Me109 and Spit V P-39 series updated (not happy with them) all modelled only with 37mm cannon 30rnds -D 1941 -M 1944 better roll ... -N 1944 little faster w less firepower ammo centerline bomb/fuel capable quick edits to spits 2b has lower roll rate poor neg G performance, stalls hit bubbles Ju-88A-1_KG51* Ju-88A-4_North_Africa* Ju-88A-4_Eastern_Front* Ju-88G-6* hit bubbles rough strength, sink rate, roll rate imported from tf58 B-24H_CNAF* hit bubble strength rough edits to flight envelope ww2bomber Bf109 hit bubbles roll rates, ammo stallable bf110 hit bubbles ammo P47 -D -N imported from Tank pack hit bubbles roll rate high strength, very tough WW2ATTACKER Bf109E imported from EOF pack rough edits hit bubble sink rate roll rate B-17F imported from EOF pack rough edits low sink rate roll rate est drag rate, flaps est WW2BOMBER 1943 B-24H added CNAF version 250lb bombs B29 imported from EOF pack rough edits sink rate roll rate est hardpoints P51B imported from EOF pack rough edits sink rate roll rate est lower than -D 4 x 12.7mm guns 800 rnds 1942 Allison engine smoke position P41D AIR hit bubble ammo count and power fastest roll 6x12.7mm 1880 rnds slightly reduced gun rate for dogfights rockets removed so you dont get 38 rockets no bombs smoke position P41D GND CATEGORY WW2ATTACKER hit bubble performance limits ammo count and power fast gun rate rockets removed so you dont get 38 rockets smoke position Ju87G-2 imported from TMP pack much tougher armour rough edits sink rate 37mm CANNON 6RPG cannon position WW2ATTACKER not BIVEBOMBER FW190A8 engine smoke hit bubble roll rate real had 20mm & 13mm, but simulating w 6x13mm loads of ammo not tough agile, stall danger FW190A WHITE becomes -D engine smoke hit bubble roll rate ammo 20mm cannon only 2 nose, 2 wing not tough agile, stall danger YSMajor Pack2 2011 added [inactive] http://ysmajor.weebly.com/download.html scenery [inactive] ground [inactive] re categorize planes as WW2BOMBER, WW2ATTACKER, WW2FIGHTER --- realism release 22 testing phase 2011-March YS flight version 2011-02-06 renamed aircraft lists to aircraft_1955.lst etc f9f turned into attacker moved tmp to user folder fixed sound file compatibility (loud constant noise when sample rate changes) converted files to 8bit mono 8k rate added new/converted sounds from ys pack stallhorn, gearhorn need to fix: flap sound still bad. filename is not flap, flaps, extendflaps, extendflap, disabled many bad maps re color default maps ocean again found scenery edit bug - dont edit with gedit! unknown new variable DEFAREA WATER pseudo-Libya rebel limited planes to aircraft_libya.lst (deactivated others except aerobatics) USN, Libya, Egypt 747 updated 767 updated c130 from tf48 c17 from tf48 ea6b hit bubble, old shape fa18e updated fa18f updated global hawk kc10 updated j21 Libya has 34? [using F9f Panther to simulate] mf1 updated mf1e updated mi24p updated mig21f updated: bubble, gun power 30mm! mig23 updated p3 updated s3 updated su22 updated : bubble, gun power 30mm! su24 bubble, gun power 30mm! map bugs: does not show map only ground color, errors with gedit Unrecognized line ID 0 j22b attacker added from "eee_ys", fixed gun rate/power, [added to aircraft-new, inactive folder] --- realism release 21: Jan 27 2010 started placing each plane into its proper year ex: aircraft-1943.lst that way you can be really picky on what aircraft year[s] you want disabled TF48 aircraft. They are all there just inactive. disabled post 1953 aircraft ! They are all there but just inactive. windows program version 2009-06 RADAR is now OFF ! gun sight radar still working. Use your eyes, wingman views, side views, and F3 if you must. Ground radar is still perfect radar. AAA[default]: fixed overkill, reduced range to 3000m, slew rates, aim rates Zeros: cockpit fixes, added instrument panel, gunpower for GND attack, B-29. fixed gunner, reduced range and slew. moved to 1943 I-5 GunRate (600rpm) F-100D's gunpower (40) rate F-102 from oranleed was added to 1956-1965, realism mods Yak-2, 2-2, 4 updated placed in 1940 F9F-2 Panther updated, realism spec 21, moved 1950 F2H-2 Banshee added 1948, realism spec 21 Spit Mk 9 moved to 1943 I-16 moved to 1935 F-84G added 1951, ATTACKER, Korean ready Meteor T7 added to 1948, model by LordFlash (not realism spec yet) F7F-3 Tigercat moved to 1944: mods: strength, gunpower F4U-5 Corsair moved to 1946 (less strength than AU1), air & ground versions, realism updates X-1 moved to 1947, now uses lordflash shape, realism updates Mystere moved 1956-65 (1956) MiG15bis moved to 1950 MiG17 moved to 1952 J-29F moved to 1953: realism updates F-86A moved to 1949: realism updates 12.5mm F-86E moved to 1952: realism updates 12.5mm F-86F added to 1953: realism updates 20mm MiG15bis, NK moved to 1950: realism updates 37mm cannon!! F8F-2 Bearcat moved to 1946: realism updates, stores, ammo F9F-6 Cougar added to 1953, Black is ATTACKER, White is CAP. realism updates A1H (AD6) added to 1946: realism mods for Korea use. Model Oranleed Ouhka renamed Ohka added to 1944. ONE hit gun 900!. Kamakaze! MiG15bis, NK moved to 1950: realism updates 37mm cannon!! Yak-2, 2-2, -4 realism updates. ready for Korea Il-2 added to 1941; realism updates Il-2M, -2M3(37mm) added to 1943; realism updates C-47A added to 1942, shape by TF58, coverted from AC47 less gun. realism mods M*A*S*H* chopper added: uses YS Major's shape R22. gun removed Re.2005_Sagittario* moved to 1942 realism updates F6F5-Hellcat* moved to 1944, realism mods 250lb bomb shape from Taskforce58 new missions: Korea, defend with MiG15 against 6 B-29 bombers! [21-MiG15vsB29-realism.yfs] TESTING MAPS / OBJECTS : see realism-maps.txt 2ch ww2 1945 scenery, objects added for testing [buggy] many filecase errors, reference errors 2ch maps, objects still contains errors, reference errors tested Skipper's massive pack (models not installed), repaired .lst file added ESAP pack, fixed (disabled, inactive) added LordFlash mega packs, fixed (disabled, inactive) object list neocon added, so those missions should work (active) OHP 2006 scenery and objects added. BIG! They contained many filecase errors and still contain hidden errors. So beware. OHP maps are available but they may crash under linux. --- realism release 20: nov 27 2009 interm release default screen resolution 1024x768 added tf58 oct 2009 shapes, data ysflight linux now working again bug fix glider silverwind, still buggy updated tf58 shapes data fixed extendldg sound bug --- realism release 19: oct 2008 f4f wildcat added 1941 vulcan added, agile but tricky around mach 1, don't over 3G linux version may segfault with nvidia driver 173.14, ok with nvidia driver 96.43 mission added: 1941 protect fleet fly dauntless or wildcat ---- fixed in realism 18 edwards winter - pink snow bug [ done 240 250 255 ] housekeeping --- fixed in realism 17 bugs in: xp56 bombslot tu95 bombslot re2005 bombslot ... --- fixed in 16 ww2fighter type added appropriate fighters g500 changes to Gulfstream IV HondaJet updated http://world.honda.com/AircraftEngines/hondajet/ U125 updated, and U125A HAWKER800XP http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/u-125.htm T-400 BEECH http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=326 Soji's Piper Archer added Eclipse added I-5 Polikarpov 1930 added with instrument pane; Fokker DR1 added (stick and rudder it), and instrument panel, 500 rnds per gun P-39N upgraded to hangars CCCP shape WrightFlyer gets real and a fancy instrument panel ;-> FW190 gets instrument panel Default aerobatic planes must be active or else sim may crash. These planes have perfect (unrealistic) flight models. I have more realistic models with * suffix. -- ADDED to 15 1955: f9f panther xf5u flying pankake xp56 tu95m TMP ground objects 45 , hitpoints not upgraded new ground object data integrated [damage points] sams have short range self defense guns aaa has short range sam [shoulder AAM] ==================== References ------ movement convert radians to degrees r*57.4=deg approx G vs AOA. x5.6 [7.33 = 41] for jets only ---- color colours RAF jag blue grey ghost? 135 153 163 167 190 204 R +15=G +27=B gold = approx 220 160 90 ------ canopy checklist for canopy opening CTLATVGW TRUE #CONTROL AUTO VARIABLE GEOMETRY WING VGWSPED1 3kt VGWSPED2 0kt --- flight envelope errors Cd const negative Cl slope PAIN IN ASS + REFTHRLD makes 2nd value up ======= END