Glider Sim News

-Fix VR not working in SteamVR OpenXR runtime.

-New Featured Location Added: Laveno-Mombello, Italy is now available as a featured map in Earth Online.
-New Challenge Released: The Hang Gliding Championships – Training Day (2024-06-02) challenge has been added to the Laveno-Mombello map.
-Based on Real Events: This challenge replicates the real-world coordinates and route of the “Training Day Task” from the FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Sport Championship held on June 2, 2024.
-Your Feedback Matters: This is an experimental feature to gauge community interest in flying real-world tasks and race routes. Please report any bugs, issues, or suggestions!

-Update Ultralight Trike flight physics (improve handling and increase stall speed).
-Fix issue where joystick controls would interfere with gamepad / mouse UI navigation.
-Slight changes to Hang Glider flight physics.

-Improved Ultralight Trike steering for tighter, more responsive turns with reduced slippage.
-Refined grip control mode for the Ultralight Trike: decreased dead zone and reduced hand movement distance for quicker input response.

-Reduced sink rate for better glide performance with engine off
-Improved flight physics for smoother turning control
-Adjusted engine power to prevent overly steep climbs
-Fixed distant shadow rendering issues
-Mapped "Throttle Lock" to left joystick click, "Recenter Cam" to right joystick click (VR)
-Update to multiplayer 3.6.
-Be sure to test on Steam and provide feedback, Quest update will come in a couple days.