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      Redbird Navigator Changelog

      Bug fixes, updates, and enhancements to Redbird Navigator

      Latest stable release: Navigator Core v3.6.12 -2023-06-26

       

      Navigator Core: 3.6.12 - 2023-06-22

      Added

      • Trace will not generate an incomplete score if a user crashes or manually ends the simulation.
      • Score screen indicates when a mission is incomplete.
      • Plugins can register to receive navigator hook messages

      Changed

      • Include node v12.22.12 runtime for Navigator Map Server rather than require system node

      Fixed

      • Trace will stop playing sound when a user crashes or manually ends the simulation.
      • Sometimes changes to weather made by Trace would not take affect.

      Navigator Core: 3.6.11 - 2023-03-20

      Fixed

      • Fixed timeout error when deleting a scenario bundle
      • Prevent multiple scenario cache invalidations during scenario bundle download/install
      • Invalid plugin manifest files would keep Navigator web app from loading
      • Improved support for empty peripheral names
      • Support Prepar3d v5 hobbs gauge reading
      • Uploading flight packets
      • Navigator would remain in the "busy" state if Prepar3d crashed during a flight launch

      Navigator Core: 3.6.10 - 2022-12-21

      Fixed

      • Correctly unstage mission specific simobjects
      • Only update kingair.ini when model changes
      • Peripheral modal displays a device's name if it has one, otherwise it shows the device's type

      Navigator Core: 3.6.9 - 2022-06-09

      Added

      • Add service enumeration query handler to dns-sd responder

      Fixed

      • Correctly handle json parser errors in instructor station service
      • Exclude motion platform ip address from dns-sd responses
      • Gracefully handle unexpected file extensions when unpacking a scenario bundle

      Updated

      • Change scenario store url to https://rbfapi.com/nss

      Navigator Core: 3.6.8 - 2022-03-30

      Added

      • Functions to support reconnecting Redbird Pro clients
        • get_score/1 to trace service
        • flight_id/0 to navigator service

      Navigator Core: 3.6.7 - 2022-03-09

      Added

      • Add T1 to the sim type list on the registration page
      • Add v5 to the list of available Prepar3D versions on the registration page
      • Backend support for adding, listing, and clearing runway incursions and converging traffic.
      • Show a downloading progress card in the Dispatch app while downloading/unpacking the scenario bundle prior to launch.

      Fixed

      • Correct misspelling in Dispatch screen's IFR Disclaimer

      Navigator Core: 3.6.6 - 2021-11-05

      Added

      • Add /.well-known/navigator endpoint to help with autodiscovery.

      Fixed

      • Remove the check for expired pilot keys.

      Navigator Core: 3.6.5 - 2021-09-21

      Added

      • Update the King Air configuration based on the attached acrylic

      Navigator Core: 3.6.4 - 2021-09-01

      Fixed

      • Failure to load an OTP-based service plugin could leave other service plugins unstarted.
      • Support plugin messages larger than 1 KB in length
      • (regression) Some scores would not upload in version 3.6.3
      • (regression) Display RealNav Cycle on Sim Management Overview

      Navigator Core: 3.6.3 - 2021-07-15

      Fixed

      • Delete missions launched from URL when the simulation ends
      • Add flight end timestamp to scores.json files prior to upload
      • Add default units to scored variables when they are not specified in the mission

      Navigator Core: 3.6.2 - 2021-07-09

      Fixed

      • Correctly identify system's primary display
      • Prepar3D v1 loads default mission when launching staged .fxml file

      Navigator Core: 3.6.1 - 2021-07-07

      Fixed

      • Trace scoring for the instant grade of a path or point value was incorrect.

      Added

      • Reposition support to trace missions
      • Update Prepar3D.cfg Location and LocationFullScreen display to system primary display on startup

      Navigator Core: 3.6.0 - 2021-06-30

      Fixed

      • Correct various I18N errors in UI
      • Add updated Corvus, Connect and manual icons
      • Support GIFT scores for remaining fuel quantity
      • Smoother weather transitions in trace missions
      • Free flight turns on panel lights in dawn, dusk or night time (various aircraft)
      • Free flight correctly supports surface wind gusts < 10 knots
      • Support aircraft names containing apostrophes/single quotes
      • Correctly identify expired pilot keys

      Added

      • Download a scenario from a remote server and launch
      • Request remote session from Sim Management > Support page
      • Include wind velocity and direction to Sidekick flight data feed

      Navigator Core: 3.5.7 - 2021-07-02

      Fixed

      • Trace scoring for the instant grade of a path or point value was incorrect. 

      Navigator Core: 3.5.6 - 2021-03-25

      Fixed

      • Trace scoring for GIFT-IR CDI, GSI, and GPS Drives Nav variables.

      Navigator Core: 3.5.5 - 2020-11-03

      Fixed

      • Some failure events would be sent with the wrong notification priority.

      Navigator Core: 3.5.4 - 2020-08-26

      Fixed

      • Invisible window would cover the Desktop after some flights.

      Navigator Core: 3.5.3 - 2020-08-04

      Fixed

      • Navigator wasn't loading on some units when not connected to the internet.
      • Correct GPS related value lookups in TraceService
      • Remove dangling '}' in navbar title when viewing changelogs

      Added

      • Fuel management for all fuel tanks defined by the current aircraft configuration
      • Payload station management for all stations defined by the current aircraft configuration

      Navigator Core: 3.5.2 - 2020-07-14

      Fixed

      • `Distance` field on Dispatch Free Flight page was reloading with incorrect units after a flight ended
      • Links on Dispatch In-flight page would open in a new browser tab/window
      • Simulation would launch with the wrong aircraft model after swapping an acrylic panel
      • Clean up Dispatch Confirm page for various screen sizes
      • Give pilot key input field focus when login modal opens
      • Sim Management Overview list of installed software w/ changelogs was breaking on malformed changelog filenames
      • Score screen was not auto-loading when scores were generated
      • Restyle the score screen to look more like Navigator 3.4.x versions
      • Fix Dispatch Free Flight Position picker card responsive sizing
        Clean up inconsistent home screen app icon sizing on different screen sizes

      Added

      • Include a shutdown sequence in the Dispatch In-flight page
      • New icons for Dispatch, Scenario Store and Sim Management

      Navigator Core: 3.5.1 - 2020-05-22

      Fixed

      • Free flight would fail to launch if a waypoint was selected as the start point
      • Include RealNav cycle on SimManagement Overview page
      • Compress UI assets

      Added

      • PFD Service

      Navigator Core: 3.5.0 - 2020-02-10

      Fixed

      • Sort Jay aircraft list alphabetically (ignoring case)
      • Scenario store - don't force user to update a scenario bundle before allowing them to remove it
      • Scenario store - show an indicator when a scenario bundle is being removed
      • Sorting order of apps on Springboard
      • Bug that could cause Free Flight page to crash
      • Prevent pilot key login requests after successful login
      • Gracefully handle duplicate event subscription requests
      • Sidekick incorrectly reports g-force values

      Changed

      • Improved text readability
      • Iconography
      • Allow login from any page
      • Improved Preflight UI
      • More status information displayed on In Flight page
      • Improved flight launch error messages
      • Include IP address in peripherals list
      • Add yoke, rudder and brake positions to sidekick data report
      • Include 'Program Files' Directory in P3D executable search

      Added

      • Support X-Plane
      • Ability to Login via Redbird Accounts (if internet), no USB key required
      • Additional flight info inside Score packets
      • Advanced filtering capability on Dispatch scenarios list
      • Changed icon for All tab in Dispatch from a folder to a list
      • Added new Folders tab in Dispatch that allows user to view their scenarios grouped by product and custom tags
      • Trace support for rate of turn scoring
      • Include Trace version in scores.json
      • Ability to launch missions from a pilot key
      • Clean up any unstaged missions during navigator start

      Navigator Core: 3.4.8 - 2020-06-24

      Fixed

      • Update map server
      • Proxy map through port 80
      • Compress UI assets

      Added

      • Primary Flight Display service to Instructor Station

       

      Navigator Core: 3.4.3 - 2019-09-03

      Fixed

      • GIFT missions would not generate a score when evaluating "distance from a point" segments
      • Display the correct value of the "Using Non-Redbird Rudder Pedals" setting in Sim Management/Settings
      • Include GIFT IR Flight Option in fight metadata
      • Improve mission sorting in Dispatch app
      • Free Flight winds setting now extends to 30K feet
      • Show green GIFT FLIGHT label on GIFT missions downloaded from the Scenario Store
      • Add titlebar to the Dispatch loading and in-flight screens
      • Instructor station crashes with some calls to "get time"
      • Aircraft crashes when unpausing the simulation after certain ground-to-ground repositions
      • Unstaging a mission would delete the mission flight file under certain conditions

      Navigator Core: 3.4.2 - 2019-08-09

      Added

      • Dispatch supports mission-specific in flight content

      Fixed

      • Set correct surface visibility altitude when launching free flight in air / on ground from a runway
      • Read and update tail numbers on new Redbird aircraft configurations
      • Include RealNav cycle in support request emails generated from Sim Management application
      • Resolve "timeout" errors related to long Prepar3D boot times
      • Improve support for launching missions with Prepar3D versions > v1
      • Include navigation/title bar on Dispatch "in flight" screens
      • Repositioning from ground to air no longer leaves airplane pinned to ground
      • Improve GIFT scoring of CDI/GSI

      Navigator Core: 3.4.1 - 2019-07-18

      Added

      • Redbird Orbit

      Fixed

      • Could not reposition when on ground
      • Open changelogs in new window when viewing via Navigator Desktop

      Navigator Core: 3.4.0 - 2019-06-24

      Added

      • Support for links in scenario preflight content
      • New scoring and audio functionality to Trace to support upcoming products
      • Support for increasing/decreasing sim rate
      • Support "nearest" navdata lookups

      Fixed

      • Reposition no longer triggers scenery reload

      Navigator Core: 3.3.8 - 2019-03-12

      Fixed

      • Corrupt missions would prevent missions from showing up on dispatch screen

      Navigator Core: 3.3.7 - 2019-02-28

      Changed

      • Remove default info log and move error log to redbird logging directory

      Navigator Core: 3.3.6 - 2019-02-21

      Fixed

      • Weather files not saving with mission

      Navigator Core: 3.3.5 - 2019-02-08

      Fixed

      • Navigator will freeze when started on a computer without an enabled network interface

      Navigator Core: 3.3.4 - 2018-11-30

      Changed

      • Improve navdata lookup performance

      Fixed

      • Sometimes trace missions take a very long time to launch
      • Sometimes Sidekick and Simulation services would not terminate properly

      Navigator Core: 3.3.3 - 2018-10-23

      Added

      • Support overriding default paused status on scenario startup for certain missions

      Navigator Core: 3.3.2 - 2018-10-23

      Added

      • Power button in the titlebar for Jays and TDs for restarting/shutting down the sim
      • Alert to titlebar for number of scenario store updates available
      • Put reason for a scenario being locked on the card, since hovering over the lock won't work on tablets

      Fixed

      • Sometimes Settings page would not populate all the fields
      • Inability to get pilot name after Navigator restart

      Changed

      • Clear Navigator Desktop cache on Navigator updates

      Navigator Core: 3.3.1 - 2018-10-08

      Fixed

      • User would be prompted to login even though they already were
      • Simulation state incorrect if Prepar3D is manually terminated
      • Handle multiple scoring events
      • Handle UI on score screen for TD's running Navigator Desktop

      Navigator Core: 3.3.0 - 2018-10-03

      Added

      • Ability to change the tail number for the current attached aircraft acrylic
      • Setting in Sim Management Settings page to enable/disable the mDNS Service that allows Tracon to find sims on the network
      • API endpoint to return Navigator version
      • Latest Trace mission support

      Fixed

      • Navigator.Scenario would need to be rebooted when Prepar3D crashed

      Changed

      • Made the ? help icons on the Sim Management settings page more obvious

      Navigator Core: 3.2.3 - 2018-08-23

      Added

      • Ability to set a custom name for the sim in the Sim Management Settings page
      • Support for choosing between Glass/Steam C172 on Jay/Jay Velocity sims for GIFT missions

      Fixed

      • Corrected label on Free Flight for Cloud Base altitude from AGL to MSL

      Navigator Core: 3.2.2 - 2018-08-07

      Added

      • Allow setting of order of apps in Springboard

      Changed

      • In Navigator Desktop, go to Scores screen on end of a trace flight
      • Added titlebar to Scores page, so, if scores don't load, the user can go back to the home screen

      Fixed

      • Set software release channel to 'stable' if it's not already set
      • Navaid search in Dispatch Free Flight - backspacing part of input after selecting a start position, and then typing in a new one was giving back no results
      • Navaid search - escape apostrophes in airport names (such as Martha's Vineyard (KMVY))

      Navigator Core: 3.2.1 - 2018-07-16

      Changed

      • Send dns-sd 'Goodbye' message on termination
      • Support web requests to sim's IPv6 address Include simvars in scenario json
      • Include sim status and known identities on channel join
      • Support UI Plugin hrefs

      Navigator Core: 3.2.0 - 2018-06-29

      Changed

      • Updated pilot key authentication to support guest keys
      • Add navigator version to sidekick metadata

      Added

      • dns-sd responder
      • Report additional fields via Sidekick
      • more engine vars engine 2 vars gear state (is retractable, pct extended) ground speed, heading and track
      • Display Hobbs time if available
      • Return sim's serial, hobbs and navigator version when connecting to app channel

      Navigator Core: 3.1.5 - 2018-05-30

      Added

      • Display Hobbs time if available

      Fixed

      • Peripherals were not loading properly on some systems

      Navigator Core: 3.1.4 - 2018-05-02

      Fixed

      • Support sim specific RB Core versions in Sim Management app
      • Support scenario specific sim mappings
      • Trace: SetWX regression bug

      Added

      • Trace: Add `AccelerationBodyX` to score-able variables
      • Sim Management: Display HOBBS time if available (Jays/TD/TD2)

      Navigator Core: 3.1.3 - 2018-04-26

      Fixed

      • Improve peripheral support
      • Support setting weather via Trace mission commands

      Navigator Core: 3.1.2 - 2018-04-11

      Fixed

      • Some peripheral software was not starting for certain configurations
      • Aircraft type was not loading for certain configurations

      Navigator Core: 3.1.1 - 2018-04-03

      Fixed

      • Re-added ability to toggle between Metric and Imperial unit systems via the Sim Management Settings page
      • Label/input sizing for small screens on Dispatch Free Flight page

      Navigator Core: 3.1.0 - 2018-03-21

      Added

      • Ability to remove scenarios downloaded from the Scenario Store app
      • New Settings tab in the Sim Management app
      • New Sim Management settings to enable/disable Sidekick Uploads, Anonymous Pilot Mode, Auto Applying Critical Updates, Free Flight, and Scenario Store, on the Settings tab of Sim Management
      • New settings to require a password to restart/shutdown the sim
      • Ability to choose Motion from Free Flight if it is installed

      Changed

      • Moved "Desired Software Stability" dropdown and Change Password functionality from the Overview tab to the new Settings tab

      Fixed

      • Could not launch a flight with the motion system enabled
      • Error with device monitor service that would cause the application to stop responding
      • Only show link to Instructor Station from Dispatch if Instructor Station is installed

      Navigator Core: 3.0.2 - 2018-03-08

      Fixed

      • Could not launch certain flight that had user tags Remove "Paint" variants from aircraft list on Jay UI
      • Handle large Trace score payloads

      Navigator Core: 3.0.1 - 2018-03-02

      Fixed

      • Bug when Support Contact was not yet set
      • Bug launching free flight on some systems

      Navigator Core: 3.0.0 - 2018-02-14

      Added

      • Support for Windows 10 Support for Prepar3D 3.x
      • Support for Jay/TD/TD2 Scenario Store application
      • Ability to edit, delete, and favorite scenarios within Dispatch
      • Notifications in Titlebar for new updates available

      Changed

      • Simplified Free Flight page
      • Improved Free Flight launch sequence
      • Improved peripheral monitoring
      • Separated Instructor Station into a stand alone product

      Navigator Core: 2.1.5 - 2017-12-24

      Added

      • Waypoints to navaid database Waypoints to map (Instructor Station only)

      Fixed

      • Weather lapse rate
      • Bug that prevented printing the map when vertical track pane was open (Instructor Station)

      Navigator Core: 2.1.4 - 2017-10-24

      • Special build for Migration

      Navigator Core: 2.1.3 - 2017-09-07

      Added

      • Changelog
      • City, State, or City, Country, or Region, Lat, and Lon to Navaids and Waypoints for Freeflight and Reposition Search

      Fixed

      • Clicking the X button on Location search box to clear the input
      • Hide the Motion Platform from the devices list when it is set to Disabled/Not Installed
      • Issue on iPads on the Confirm Flight modal where the contents were blank until you changed the screen orientation

      Navigator Core: 2.1.2 - 2017-08-10

      Fixed

      • Pause before generating a Trace score Issue that caused flight packet uploads to failures
      • Fixed unit label on Advanced Weather -> Cloud Layers

      Navigator Core: 2.1.1 - 2017-07-18

      Added

      • Preflight content support
      • Redbird Updater Pilot Key support GIFT support
      • Flight and score sync to Redbird Landing app

      Fixed

      • Issue with updating weather

      Navigator Core: 2.0.1 - 2017-06-01

      Added

      • Dispatch library sorting

      Navigator Core: 2.0.0 - 2017-04-04

      Added

      • GeoJSON basemap

      Fixed

      • Architecture updates
      • Various bug fixes