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Zephyr Simulator v1.8.40

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This update ships with two new scenarios: a shipping Warehouse and an Island with ships in the harbor. We’re big fans of this ship!

New Features ✨

  • New Flyable Scenarios
    • Warehouse Scenario
      • This fully realized warehouse environment is perfect for honing interior and exterior flight skills in a dense, industrial environment
      • List of Modules
        • Free Flight - Explore the interior and exterior of the warehouse at your own pace
        • Free Flight Empty - Explore the interior and exterior of the warehouse at your own pace without any pesky obstacles
        • Barrier Slalom - Slalom around the interior of the warehouse through a course
        • Barrel Slalom - Slalom through an interior course comprised of barrel gates
        • Rafter Slalom: - Navigate a slalom course that will take you through the warehouse rafters
        • Racing Circuit 1-3 - Three increasingly difficult racing circuits of will take you around, over, and through the warehouse
        • Shelf Maze 1&2 - Find your way through two shelf mazes sure to test your precise movement with the drone
    • Island Scenario
      • A massive island with a quaint village, towering lighthouse, small harbor, and more points of interest to discover and explore
      • List of Modules
        • Free Flight - Explore the island at your own pace
      • Early Bird Special
        • We are releasing the Island scenario as a preview with an Early Bird Special discount. The Island scenario will be fully fleshed out in a future update with additional modules, and the price will be updated accordingly. Don’t miss your chance to get in on the ground floor of this module before it takes off!
  • New Flyable Drones
    • Autel EVO II
      • The Autel EVO II is the second generation in Autel's EVO series. A quadcopter, the EVO II features omnidirectional obstacle avoidance coverage, up to 8k video, and GPS. Released in 2020, the Skydio 2 features a top speed of 20 m/s and a flight time of around 40 minutes.
    • Skydio 2
      • The Skydio 2 is a more consumer-friendly follow up to the Skydio R1. Feature rich, the Skydio 2 includes an NVIDIA on-board computer, omnidirectional obstacle avoidance coverage, and GPS. Released in 2019, the Skydio 2 features a top speed of 36 mph and a flight time of around 23 minutes.

Bug Fixes 🪲

  • NIST Test Scenario
    • Fixed an issue where the “Thirty Foot Traversal” module’s name was displaying as “Twenty Foot Traversal”
  • Kids With Drones Scenario
    • Fixed an issue where objective boxes were not displaying in some modules
    • Fixed an issue where the drone would freeze and prevent the player from completing the module
    • Updated text to correctly refer to the objective boxes as blue
  • Camera improvements
    • Fixed an issue where rotating the camera fully down on Mavic would case rotational issues when flying
    • General fixes on the entire camera system

Improvements 🙌

  • Lighting in Obstacle Course rebaked
  • Accuracy and tracking of Timed Objectives in reports
  • Visibility and shape of box objectives
  • On drone crash, drone now starts at the spawn point in the “off” position
  • HD Racer flight physics overhaul
  • Bridge model mesh and colliders updated so pilots can fly through scaffolding now
  • Bridge improved wind value performance
  • Added more wind socks to Bridge
  • Improved general performance
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