YSFlight
{{Short description|Open-source flight simulator}}
{{notability|Products|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox software
| name = YSFlight
| logo = Ysflight logo.png
| screenshot = YSFlight T-4 Flyby.jpg
| caption = A Kawasaki T-4 flies at low level in YSFlight
| developer = Soji Yamakawa
| released = {{Start date|1999|04|15}}
| latest release version = 20181124
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2018|11|24}}
| operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS
| size = 20 MB
| language = English, Japanese
| genre = Flight simulator
| license = BSD-3-Clause
| website = {{URL|ysflight.org}}
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/captainys/YSFLIGHT}}
| programming language = C++
}}
YSFlight is a free, open-source multi-platform flight simulator, developed and published by Soji Yamakawa since 1999.[http://ysflight.in.coocan.jp/ysflight/ysflight/e.html#SYSTEMREQUIREMENTS 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.{{cite web |author1=YSFHQ |title=YSFlight Source Code Released! |url=https://forum.ysfhq.com/viewtopic.php?t=10850 |website=YSFlight Headquarters |access-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826203912/https://forum.ysfhq.com/viewtopic.php?t=10850 |archive-date=26 August 2022 |date=20 August 2022 |url-status=live}}
Features
YSFlight differs from other simulators, such as the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, in its intentionally low-detail graphical design.{{cite web|url=http://ysfhq.com/ysflight/about-ysflight/|title=About YSFlight - YSFlight Headquarters|access-date=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.{{cite web|url=http://ysflight.in.coocan.jp/ysflight/ysflight/e.html#SYSTEMREQUIREMENTS|title=System Requirements - YSFlight.com|access-date=14 November 2014}}
It allows for to YSFlight clients to join a multiplayer server.{{cite web|url=http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?1662-YS-Flight|title=YSFlight Review - Flightsim.com|access-date=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
{{Portal|Free and open-source software|Video games|Aviation}}
References
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