IvAe 0.8.0 Public Beta released

[EHM-0001 Gergely]

Hi all,

At the IFC Conference in Blackpool the IVAO Software Development Team released the beta of the ,,Eye of IVAO“, nicknamed IvAe. This software should be a real alternative to ,,ServInfo“ or ,,WhazzUp“. The software is an innovation and includes for example these features:

-Smooth OpenGL map with lots of options and settings like textured/wireframed map in 2D or 3D
-Map with color coding, like colors based on user ranks, online time etc.
-60% less data from server than ServInfo/Whazzup to reduce download times
-Large database and advanced client identification
-ICAO flightplans
-Detailed pilot and controller information
-Search and filter clients and databases
-Displaying upcoming IVAO events and scheduling
-Various statistics based on downloaded data
-Route planning
-Advanced options like correcting user names or memorize members seen
-Display vehicles separately (Follow Me cars, Runway Inspection...)

The software includes many old and new features and it's a great alternative to older software like ,,ServInfo” and ,,WhazzUp”. For more details visit the IVAO Software Department at www.ivao.org/softdev

Gergely

[EHM-1358 Tim]

Ahh, very nice!

But what is the follow me vehicles about? Could I be the fire service for example?

[EHM-1617 Iain]

Amazing software great work!

1 point: I would find it more natural if the scroll whell controlls were reversed.

Also how do I highlight/spotlight my friends - i put them in friends and press F2 but nothing happens?

[EHM-1343 Jonathan]

This rocks, pure awsome, incredible, a few of the words to describe it;D

Great work guys!

[EHM-0001 Gergely]

Hi

follow me service is available with the next release of IvAp. It is... well, follow-me service.

F2 works only in wireframe mode (no textures!)

Gergely

[EHM-1365 Benjamin]

Fantastic work Gergely! Always scares me when it says 'The Eye is watching you' :s

[EHM-1343 Jonathan]

Bit like big brother really

[EHM-1442 Luis]

This software is in the truth, a work of art.

I only have a problem, but i'm still RTFM phase.

After the installation the software didn't save my preferences.

But few days after using it, when the software was downloading data, i went to settings, and quickly I marked what I wanted and exit.
And surprise......the software saved my preferences.
I know that this will be fixed in the next edition.

Congratulations Gergely.

See you

[EHM-1199 Philip]

WOW

[EHM-0744 Alex]

Great work Gergely, I love the new program, the graphics and information are amazing, however it has a problem, on Servinfo it shows you the download bar, and it may go slow but it never just stops. On IVAE it just says, "Data could not be downloaded" most of the time for me, I do not know whats the problem.

[EHM-1077 Emanuele]

Lovely work Gergely, very neat and complete.

Three notes:
- Zoom in/out is too quick: any way to slow it down?
- Zoom-out down and zoom-in up is a bit counterintuitive.
  In fact left=out and right=in could work better and the
  user has more screen space to play with
- A drag-a-rectangle based quick zoom would pretty useful!

I also suppose you aren't gonna make it VATSIM-compatible,
are you?  

Ciao ciao!

Manu

[EHM-0005 Maarten]

Hey Manu!

When are you going to ask me to make changes to Microsoft's code of Flight Simulator? ;-)

Gergely announced the software, he didn't say he develops it

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Maarten, 'cepting Gergely's name is all over it when you start IvAe

Manu, speak for yourself with the zoom being too quick; both zoom and scroll are dead slow on my old PII laptop (I agree with your comment of using left/right rather than up/down though)

Gergely, I'll need to RTFM no doubt, but can IvAe do SI-style "All EHM callsigns are my friends"?

[EHM-0005 Maarten]

Ah, I see it now!

With the political correct first post of Gergely I didn't expect that he was involved in the project too. That guy never takes the credit for his hard work! ;-)

Sorry Manu, that was my mistake ;-)

[EHM-1281 Cyriel]

Murray add ehm* to the friends list and it will work fine. The friend list can be found in the menu somewhere