The BLOG has moved to https://blog.swift-project.net/
At this new site we can tightly integrate BLOG entries with other swift topics such as bug tracking etc.
The BLOG has moved to https://blog.swift-project.net/
At this new site we can tightly integrate BLOG entries with other swift topics such as bug tracking etc.
Some updates after the Connexion London 2017 convention
London 2017 slides
Further testing and road to public beta:
swift and P3Dv4
alpha tests
Still we are looking for someone who will manage and coordinate the model mapping. This does not require any programming, but organizational / management skills. We would like to focus on the programming, less on the content side.
Thanks for the feedback guys. Some clarifications and adjustments:
Thanks for your understanding.
We have reached our swift version 0.8 milestone. This means that all major components of the swift application ecosystem now basically resemble what we think will be needed for the first release version. But we still have a lot of testing ahead before that can happen. We still can not predict when that first release will be.
The pilot client is not quite ready for public use. But what we would like to do now is invite some people to start trying out our model mapping tool, which was discussed in a previous blog post. This will enable us to learn what we have done well and what we have done poorly, and go about improving some of those poorer aspects and fixing the bugs that people discover. And by providing real data, the testers won’t just be testing, but also improving the model matching of the release version.
We call this phase of testing our “alpha program”. We will be reaching out to potential testers in the next few days and weeks. Please don’t take this post as an invitation to put yourself forward to be a tester. We will have enough names drawn from local regional groups, as too many would overload us. Remember that you won’t be able to fly online with the alpha version. A public beta will come later, when the most egregious bugs have been dealt with.
We have set up our new developer portal where our development will be conducted from now on. This is where our testers will be reporting bugs and missing features. It is also the current home of our user documentation.
We know you have been desperate for news, so here are some of the other things that have been keeping us quiet since our last update:
In order to overhaul the icons and graphics set for the swift applications, we are looking for an Icon Set Designer to join our team.
Your job will be to design and create a set of icons to be used for the various applications that comprise swift. The current icons we are using are just placeholders until the final set is ready. A placeholder is not meant to be forever, so it is your chance to contribute to swift.
Your skills:
What we would expect:
What you can expect:
Please email roland[at]swift-project.org
if you are interested.
As always, we still welcome offers of any other kinds of logistical or technical assistance that fit our needs.
Model matching is a key feature for swift. It is required because every pilot can have different aircraft models installed, and the naming of aircraft models is not standardized among the different simulators (FSX, XPlane, …). So when pilot Bob flies a FSX B737/DLH we need to find the most suitable aircraft model (representing Bob’s plane) in Alice’s XPlane simulator (this finding process is called “model matching”). Continue reading sneak preview mapping editor
There were several questions and comments about the previous post in several forums and I would like to answer some of them here. Continue reading Dev History Animation Details
It is sometimes hard for developers to demonstrate the progress they are making. With most of the code being under the hood and the end user never being aware that they do exist, how can constant improvement be shown to the community? Continue reading The art of programming
Still alive…?
You might ask your self ‘Is this project still alive…? Have the developers stopped working on it or lost motivation?’ The answers are Yes, No and No. Even though it was a bit quiet about the project in the last couple of month. But the reason was not a stalled development. Not at all! I’m happy to say that the team of 3 people is still constantly working since the beginning. We got even a new highly motivated Linux developer Michał, who made already some important contributions. Continue reading swift is progressing
Dear FlightSim Community,
its been a long time since the first and only blog post so far. This was not because we stopped working. Not at all. We are working with the same motivation and speed as we used to over the last 2 years. Continue reading Merry Christmas and a happy new year!