Aircraft Designer 2000 ver2.5
Combat Flight Simulator 2
AD2000 v2.5 is compatible with the CFS2 armament system. Combined with a DP file,
the model can now drop bombs and fire rockets.
Rotating wheels
A new WHEEL instruction is added to simulate the rotation of the wheels on the ground.
Textures
AD2000 v2.5 supports the night textures.
Moving parts
AD2000 v2.5 allows for independant control of up to four propellers.
Aircraft Designer 2000 ver2.1
Flight control surface range
AD2000 v2.1 allows you to set the rotation range of the flight control surfaces:
- from +/- 2.86 deg up to +/- 45 deg for the aileron, the elevator and the rudder,
- from 2.86 deg up to 45 deg for the flaps,
- from 2.86 deg up to 90 deg for the spoilers.
This option is activated through the Settings menu option of the Model Editor
and is only available from the master project.
Aircraft Designer 2000 ver2.0
Windows2000 compatibility
AD2000 v2.0 is compatible with Windows2000. Applies to any version of FS
supported by AD2000.
Texture
64x64, 256x256 and 512x512 256-color bitmap files are now directly supported by AD2000
v2.0 (FS2000 and CFS2 only).
Module call range
The module call range was limited to 32767 bytes in AD2000 v1.x. To design
large models, it was necessary to design small modules and to insert
intermediate module calls. The new BGL standard (implemented in FS2000 and
CFS2) allows for 32 bits addressing. AD2000 v2.0 takes advantage of this new
feature to cancel the 32767 bytes range limitation, making simpler the model
design (FS2000 and CFS2 only).
Alpha Blending
An ALPHA instruction is added in order to support alpha blending (FS2000 and
CFS2 only).
Light spots and light cones
The rendering of light spots and light cones is much more realistic with
FS2000 and CFS2 than with the previous versions of FS. AD2000 v2.0 is
supporting this new feature (FS2000 and CFS2 only).
MDL file size
The maximum MDL file size is now 500k (FS2000 and CFS2 only).
New templates
The half-section maximum number of sides is extended. A new wing profile is available.
Mirror a sub-assy
You can now mirror a sub-assy in a new sub-assy. This option also copy and
modify accordingly the associated code page. Applies to any version of FS
supported by AD2000.
Polygon type change
It is now possible to change the polygon type of a whole selection. It is now possible
to conceal a polygon in a sub-assy. Applies to any
version of FS supported by AD2000.
Chain export
Exporting chains is simpler with the new menu options (export a sub-assy,
export the multiple selection, reset the export chain list). Applies to any
version of FS supported by AD2000.
Delete a vector
Deleting a vector was not allowed. The program author just forgot to
implement that option ! TRhat's fixed now. Applies to any version of FS
supported by AD2000.
Shortcuts
New shortcuts are added. Applies to any version of FS supported by AD2000.