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weblink}}| programming language = C++}}YSFlight is a free, open-source multi-platform flight simulator, developed and published by Soji Yamakawa since 1999.YSFlight System Requirements Since its initial release, it has received annual updates, with the most recent stable version released in 2018.{{Contradictory inline|date=February 2024}}

History

Development of YSFlight began in 1998 as a solo project by Soji Yamakawa. He first started working on the simulator as a school project; afterwards, it was further developed into a flight aid for others who need assistance in understanding aircraft flight instrumentation and flight physics. Initially designed to be run by lower-end computers, the flight simulator began to implement more updated graphical features with its 2015 release. On August 19, 2022, Yamakawa published YSFlight's source code and assets to GitHub under the BSD-3-Clause license, while stating that he intends to continue the simulator's development.WEB, YSFHQ, YSFlight Source Code Released!,weblink YSFlight Headquarters, 26 August 2022,weblink 26 August 2022, 20 August 2022, live,

Features

YSFlight differs from other simulators, such as the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, in its intentionally low-detail graphical design.WEB,weblink About YSFlight - YSFlight Headquarters, 1 August 2014, This allows the simulator to be run by lower-end computers, with system requirements being much less than most other flight simulators.WEB,weblink System Requirements - YSFlight.com, 14 November 2014, It allows for to YSFlight clients to join a multiplayer server.WEB,weblink YSFlight Review - Flightsim.com, 1 August 2014, The simulator comes with a selection of 73 aircraft models and 16 maps, which range from real life locations (including the default map, a depiction of Japan's Aomori Prefecture) to fictitious maps.

See also

• FlightGear
• Microsoft Flight Simulator
• X-Plane (simulator)
• GEFS-Online

References

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External links

• {{GitHub|captainys/YSFLIGHT|YSFlight}}