Alpha version 0.15.170

⚠️ Linux users: Ensure that all required dependencies listed here are installed.

⚠️ macOS users: On some hardware constellations, audio input/output might not work as expected. If you experience any issues, we suggest to use the latest beta version.

What's changed

In addition to internal refactoring and simplification, this release includes the following features and fixes:

Features

• Added the ability to tune standby frequencies directly from the ATC list
• Restored vPilot flight plan import support
• Added Apple Silicon support for xswiftbus
• Switched xswiftbus packaging from 7-Zip to ZIP
• Added custom X-Plane datarefs for connection state and callsign
• Removed simulator time synchronization (now natively supported by most simulators)
• Removed aircraft model preview (undocumented and only functional in some Microsoft flight simulators)

Fixes

• Fixed microphone input issues on macOS
• Prevented overwriting non-VATSIM user login data when starting swiftgui
• Corrected flight plan voice type when importing vPilot plans from Little Navmap
• Added additional logging to diagnose macOS microphone permission issues
• Enabled native Qt 6 high-DPI scaling
• Fixed incorrect xswiftbus version reporting in the X-Plane log

Full Changelog: v0.15.46...v0.15.170

Contributors

• @ltoenning
• @tzobler
• @oktal3700

Alpha version 0.15.46

What's Changed

• Native MSFS2024 support
• Fix an issue with the model validation for MSFS 2020.
• Fix login page credential transfer between different servers
• Update of PTT sound

Full Changelog: v0.15.35...v0.15.46

Contributors

• @tzobler
• @ltoenning
• @FlyingFoxVATSIM

Alpha version v0.15.35

Breaking changes ⚠️

• This version of swift only supports 64-bit Windows. It cannot be used with FS9, FSX and P3D <= v3 anymore. The old versions continue to work. If the time permits, the support for these simulators might be re-added later again.
• The minimum macOS version was increased to Catalina (10.15)
• swift is now built using Ubuntu 22.04. Distributions with older glibc versions do not work anymore.

What's Changed

• Nativ MSFS 2020 support
• New notification sounds
• Removal of vPilot flight plan import
• Avoid initializing the controller info with VATSIM data on non-VATSIM servers
• Migration to JSON VATSIM status file
• Crash dump upload is now disabled by default
• Removal of the weather plugins
• Overhaul of the login page
• Removal of the advanced login dialog
• Major internal cleanup
• Upgrade from Qt 5.15 to Qt 6.8

Contributors

• @tzobler made their first contribution in #279
• @ltoenning
• @emiro85 with work on MSFS support

Full Changelog: v0.14.142...v0.15.43

Version v0.15.34

⚠️ Installation is broken. Use 0.15.35 instead.

Breaking changes ⚠️

• This version of swift only supports 64-bit Windows. It cannot be used with FS9, FSX and P3D <= v3 anymore. The old versions continue to work. If the time permits, the support for these simulators might be re-added later again.
• The minimum macOS version was increased to Catalina (10.15)
• swift is now built using Ubuntu 22.04. Distributions with older glibc versions do not work anymore.

What's Changed

• Nativ MSFS 2020 support
• New notification sounds
• Removal of vPilot flight plan import
• Avoid initializing the controller info with VATSIM data on non-VATSIM servers
• Migration to JSON VATSIM status file
• Crash dump upload is now disabled by default
• Removal of the weather plugins
• Overhaul of the login page
• Removal of the advanced login dialog
• Major internal cleanup
• Upgrade from Qt 5.15 to Qt 6.8

Contributors

• @tzobler made their first contribution in #279
• @ltoenning
• @emiro85 with work on MSFS support

Full Changelog: v0.14.142...v0.15.1

Beta version 0.14.142

What's Changed

• Interpolator fix to avoid "zooming" aircraft
• Replace FAA equipment codes with ICAO equipment codes in the flightplan dialog. On non-VATSIM servers, swift will convert them into FAA codes to communicate with the FSD server under the hood.
• Set the voice capability in the flightplan remarks when importing a flightplan via SimBrief
• Removal of the "Prefill" and "Validate" feature from the flightplan page. The flightplan is still validated when sending it to the network.
• Removal of the ATC booking overview
• Fix an issue where the expected ATC logoff time was not correctly displayed in the UI
• Removal of the aircraft highlighting functionality
• Update of the AFV endpoint URL
• Fix an issue with a dark menu background when using dark mode
• Improved error handling for missing entries in the bootstrap.json
• Show warning on macOS if input monitoring rights are not granted
• Fix an issue with libsodium on Linux
• Updated links to the new documentation
• Internal cleanup

Full Changelog: v0.14.36...v0.14.142

Deprecated features (may be removed with the next release)

• Loading vPilot flightplans (*.vfp)

Beta version 0.14.36

Beta version 0.14.36

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Alpha version 0.12.103

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