Plugin Version history

• Simbrief integration to pull in FMS files and OFP
• Added flight planning files for sync of FMS files and PDFs (OFP, checklists, flows, briefing files)
• Added in-sim viewer window for the synced PDFs
• Fix for onboard crew and passenger list display
• Other UI cleanup
• Networking improvements

• Solves issue where anytime someone (even a passenger) joined the flight it created a new state that the pilot flying would revert back to when they transferred controls. (This was a dreadful reversion of behavior from earlier in the beta!)
• Should remove any warnings in XP12 about use of deprecated datarefs, forces weather sync off when run in XP12 and reminds users to use real weather in 12
• Makes crew button is bigger on Active Flight page so easier to click
• Promoting someone in the Onboard Page directly from passenger to crew doesn't cause displaced crew member to fall off the plane. (Although visual glitches I believe do remain on the Onboard Page)
• Adds support for arm64 "Apple Silicon" macs
• UI option in Preferences to set a custom UDP client port to enable port forwarding on local routers when this proves necessary for specific users

• Added X-Plane 12 support [WIP, obviously, requires everyone to be running real weather, as XP12 lacks weather sync presently]
• Fixed spurious disconnect suspect messages
• Fixed to distinguish between loss of pilot flying connection and loss of connection to flight server
• Added sync paused reminder in red when your sync transmit is paused
• Feature to allow X-Plane stock ground ops, ie. pushback, only from pilot flying (controlling aircraft position)
• Improved thrust reverser operation syncing [Needs testing]
• Added some direct logging to online logtail server for debug
• Merged under the hood changes to support tiered role user accounts [Nothing user testable yet]

• Restored Click dataref syncing functionality (ex. FF767)
• Fixed flight log was not closing and reopening for new flights
• Fix to add read before write check of datarefs
• Fixed wind sync at high altitude airports
• Fixed cloud sync
• Added preference item to hide blowing snow effect
• Added preference item to limit min cloud redraw interval to 2 min
• Fixed memory leaks in central server requests
• Fixed memory leaks in flight client requests
• Fixed memory leaks in plugin UI elements
• Fixed memory leaks in image cache class
• Improved flight join messages
• Improved seat change messages
• Replaced dew point with visibility reported on weather sync
• Fixed Knowtams items scrollview clipping at bottom
• Fixed cases of aircraft crashes (into ground) during control transfer on ground

• Fix for CommandPair items (ex. switch guards in the Zibo/LevelUp) broken in last release

• Added a log thats per flight located in /Output/Shared Flight Logs
• Weather changes are written less often and read before write to verify changing write is needed
• Added wind update interval slider (on Preferences page) for performance debug
• Refactor how holds are transmitted and ended, to prevent stuck switches (ex. engine starter switches)
• Fixed initial position sync leaving you stuck in mid air or flying backwards
• Fixed improper application of SYNC_AXIS_ user sync modifier letting multiple people move axis
• Display knowtams at flight start
• Fixed knowtam layout for proper spacing
• Added check for .acf.original file and use that if present for fingerprinting
• Added manual aircraft identification support for frequent variant changes or custom acfs for object mods
• Added PAX_ALLOWED sync modifier to allow passengers to move some manipulators
• Added WRITELATE and WRITEBOTH sync modifiers for datarefs, to optionally write changes after aircraft plugin code
• Fixed array dataref initial sync to now work correctly
• Throttle rate at which we send unreliable datarefs based on how many we have sent
• Reduced less spamming of congestion and packet loss logs
• Added git actions build process including notarization for MacOS build

• Added additional functionality to LUA aircraft coding support
• Added USE REAL WEATHER button on weather page when user is injecting manual X-Plane weather
• Added notification that replay is inhibited when user tries to engage replay on the ground
• Replay inhibited during active shared flights
• Fixed soft disconnect due to flooding array dataref changes that were not cleared when not transmitting (ex. under logical conditions)
• Fixed date format preference not saving correctly, and other user preferences not auto saving upon change
• Fixed axis labeling bug
• Fixed crashes due to expired JWT tokens due to newly offline flight
• Fixed guaranteeing order of flight user promotions and demotions (should ensure proper sync of crew positions)
• Improved ground position syncing on sloped ramps

• Fix soft disconnects due to flooding data during network connection
• Added additional network traffic logging to X-Plane Log.txt and flight ID based logs on flight server
• Refactored PF's aircraft position info to use less bandwidth and be quiescent when on the ground and not moving
• Fix login by applicant triggering crash [Issue #49]
• Increased axial error tolerance in cruise
• Fix mouse handling of popped-out main window when resized to odd aspect ratios

• Weather syncing info page added
• Ability to switch who injects weather
• Knowtams advisory page added (for aircraft specific issues/tips)
• Reworked networking priority levels and bandwidth
• Added networking statistics monitoring and logging
• Fixed ground syncing and initial position sync
• Handle tabletop style airports better
• Hide controls transfer in external view

• Fix ground normal vector transmission edge cases
• Fix bug with key responder causing crash on Create Flight page
• Work on checklist and flow system [Not yet enabled]
• Moved auto login data out of plugin folder and into Output/Preferences folder

• Added preliminary support for dual input in Toliss A319 and A321

• Fix errant styling of notification window button
• Fix make crew button on passenger join notification so that it works
• Position update changes
• Implementing an initial position sync mode
• Fix onboard member view row height
• Added NON_PILOT_FLYING axis override to syntax parser to match backend syntax formatter
• Fix for doEveryFrame LUA function initialization for configs containing LUA
• Added TriggerLUA dataref config line type
• Added display of connection statistics
• Fix for passenger positioning problem due to warping sim time

• FIX for onboard count relayout crash
• FIX for weather sync
• Warn with an alert if old version of better pushback is installed
• Do not spam log if wrong version of better pushback is installed
• Edit profile button brings up profile page in browser
• Fixed button layout for friend request on notifications page
• Ensure seat change buttons hide for passengers (since not functional for them)

• Added Shared Flight protocol versioning check so that plugin only talks to flight servers on same Shared Flight protocol version
• Changed display of software version, changelog and update available
• Added changelog menu item
• Changed to wider window UI
• Changed UI style and widgets
• Fixed inability to clear X-plane popups when controls transfer window present
• Added light and dark theme styles
• Added persistent local user preferences file saved in Output folder
• Made date format a user preference
• Added user preference to display alerts only on notifications page, not as sim overlay
• New approach to ground elevation handling based on nearest runway threshold reference spot
• Added starting location to create flight and flight preview pages
• Create flight page populates current airport and gate from scenery
• Added ability to invite friends to your current flight
• Added concept of crew seats
• Added nonce check to ensure don't update same reliable dataref multiple times per flight loop cycle
• Changed to only use most recent remote pilot info if receive multiple remote pilot info per flight loop
• Fixed infinite jump velocities ... this is not Star Wars
• Removed lots of unhelpful debug log messages
• Added override of default view based on crew seats
• Added ability to set custom default view for current crew seat, per aircraft, saved in aircraft folder
• Added menu item and custom command (recommend mapping Ctrl-Shift-9) to set custom seat default view
• Added preference option to disable crew seat based default view
• Added preference option that crew seat always face forward (example even if a FE)
• Check for version.txt and include in hash and notes for acft (Zibo, etc use this)

• Fixed crash on error detection in config files with invalid array indexing

• Fixed crash on touchdown when not in a shared flight
• Fixed mixture control transfer button not appearing
• Fixed typo in landing event data
• Changed central server endpoint to sharedflight.com
• Added LUA engine to enable embedding LUA code in config files

• Fixed bug with reference datarefs of array data types
• Added LANDING_DATA event to record landing data for flight
• Sanity checks to prevent double registering of commands in configs

• Reworked command handler
• Better handle command edge cases when pilots disconnect or become passengers
• Avoid command jamming (ex. trim runaway)
• Improved posting of messages to central server if server is unresponsive

• Fix flickering clouds (by not writing to cloud_type[ ] unless value changes)
• Pause/resume transmit of synced items menu item added (to ease resync in flight)
• Preliminary support for Flight Factor A350
• Added notification of disconnect (WIP)

• Flight servers were accidentally limited to only 4 (seriously!) connections
• Fix for not handling failed create and join flight cases
• Removed lots of debug log lines
• Fix for longjump causing uninitialized stack frame on flight server

• Fix for heading offset on the ground
• Fix for unstable velocity excursions in the air
• Fix for joining flight on the ground from different elevation
• Fix (hopefully) for crash when central server not reached during sim pause

• Fixed interaction with Better Pushback (requires download link to unlreased win.xpl for Better Pushback)
• Changes to try and improve positioning relative to terrain
• Fix for heading normalization error (was trigger an assert/CTD in Hotstart TBM-900)

• Velocity transmitted in earth centered inertial frame
• Local velocity and position error snap-rotated during open-gl coordinate frame rotation
• Distance above ground filtered and measured differently
• Better Pushback slave dataref changes (Better Pushback still not working correctly though again)

• Added identification of best flight server based on ping time
• Added flight server in Frankfurt, Germany

• Weather syncing defaults to checked in Create Flight
• Weather syncing mode determined by system reference and used to better sync weather
• ASXP to non-active sky user wind syncing should work now
• Disabled synced items display because of threading issue
• Added command toggle behavior backed by dataref error checking for uses in places such as ZIbo MCP buttons

• Fundamental bug fix for notification text missing characters
• Errors in create flight form will no longer cause next attempt to also fail
• Fixed crashes based on user reported stack traces
• Landing rate notification added, and shared with flight crew and passengers
• Landing rate based on pilot flying's locally observed landing rate
• Aircraft developers can now detect if local user is passenger
• Renaming "System Master" to "System Reference" in honor of BLM movement
• After disconnect alert will show and reconnect attempts will be made

• Experiment with sending weather files for weather sync (WIP)
• Aircraft .acf with missing ICAO code should be able to be fingerprinted

• Everyone should see nose wheel lift during (Better) pushback now
• Introduced support for logical expressions to selectively sync datarefs that would otherwise conflict if always synced
• Enabled improvements to Toliss FCU and FF A320 FCU using logical expressions for preselect modes
• Fixed issue that was causing poor pushback in Toliss A320
• Fixes for issue of FF A320 string value syncing being glitchy
• Fixed CTD from errant plugin path string join free

• Fixed "lurching" (especially on the ground) due to inept implementation of position update clamping at lower speeds
• Incorporated weather syncing datarefs in defaultsync.txt provided by "TailWest"
• Fix for command sync format errors causing other commands not to sync
• Created dataref sync scheme for stateful datarefs that are changed by button click of another dataref (WIP)

• Fixed CTD when failing to retrieve active flights due to expired JWT
• Fixed a CTD when disconnecting flight from some planes
• Renewal of JWT is based on expiration date within token
• Improved network efficiency for large array datarefs
• Notifications can be marked as read
• Unread count of notifications is now accurate

• Solved "running over chocks effect"
• Slow changing datarefs should be actually slow
• Foreign keyboard entry of '@' fixed
• Added facility for dynamic image fetch and cache
• New visual grid-style display of friends (WIP)
• Improving utility of alerts (WIP)
• Added flight events detection system (WIP)
• Cleanup of extraneous logging

• Fixed typo causing accidentally acrobatic rotations
• Fixed logic error for FF A320 syncing of items
• Fixed crash upon creating flight in new plane after having created flight in FF A320

• Reworked position syncing to be a lot better near the ground
• Smoothed position matching during PF control transfer
• Better Pushback fully supported only pilot flying can plan push, anyone can initiate, yoke transfer button disabled during active push
• AIRAC mismatch error UI implemented
• Aircraft variant mismatch UI implemented
• Growl notification banner messages reworked (WIP)
• Dataref type detection bugs fixed
• Long dropdowns now scroll in the UI
• First sync bugs fixed

• Improved PM/Pass aircraft positioning [NEEDS TESTING]
• Fixed issues with FF A320 Shared Value syncing implementation

Improvements/Bug Fixes:

• Fix for datarefs that are both int array and float arrays

• Improved axis transfer and display

• Fix required password reset upon new registration (Doh!)
• Fix auto-login credentials not being saved for some users
• Improved mouse wheel scroll
• Disabled replay entry (for now?) while in a shared flight
• UI wording changes
• Searching is case-insensitive and checks more fields
• Display PF/PM/Pass time in hours correctly

• Commands should obey flight sync preferences [NEEDS TEST]
• Slow 5sec interval used for some data, including date/time
• Improved flight creation call from flight server to central server
• Improved syncing window display