⭐v1.8.40

September 14, 2022

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