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We just released Triton 3.81, and it contains “experimental” support for the features we plan to release officially in Triton 4.0. If you want to live on the edge – download it and give the following things a try: OpenGL...
It’s about time to upgrade SilverLining to a new major version – 5.0. Since the release of SilverLining 4, we’ve added lots of new features such as new stratocumulus clouds, DirectX 11.1 support, and countless little performance improvements. The feature...
Sundog Education, a division of Sundog Software, launched its latest online course, “Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack – In Depth and Hands On!” Elasticsearch is a very hot technology right now, and you can share this link to enroll for...
Branislav Milic is working on producing a film created within the X-Plane simulator called “Between the Clouds.” Using our SkyMaxx Pro add-on for X-Plane, which uses our SilverLining SDK under the hood, he’s created some amazing scenes that border on...
The word of the day on Dictionary.com is Sundog! A Sundog is in fact: 1. a bright circular spot on a solar halo; parhelion. Above is a great image of one (credit: iStock.com / karinegenest)! This is in fact the...
Our latest update to our add-on for the X-Plane flight simulator, SkyMaxx Pro 4.5, is now available! This is a free update for existing SkyMaxx Pro 4 customers. This new release contains a lot of graphical polish, performance tweaks, and...
I’m excited to announce a new brand under Sundog Software LLC: Sundog Education. This new venture’s mission is to make highly valuable skills in data mining, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and big data accessible to anyone in the world. Already,...
The ITEC conference is Europe’s leading military training and simulation conference, and it’s happening right now in Rotterdam! While I couldn’t make it there myself, one of our longtime customers, SEA, is showcasing SilverLining’s skies and Triton’s ocean in their...
Today we’re releasing version 3.80 of the Triton Ocean SDK, and version 4.080 of the SilverLining Sky, 3D Cloud, and Weather SDK. Here’s an overview of what’s new: In Triton, we’ve rolled out an improved prop wash effect in our...
Our SkyMaxx Pro add-on for the X-Plane flight simulator is gearing up for a big update; version 4.5 is in round 2 of beta testing as I type. What’s new? Procedural sky box (based on the Hosek model) to accurately...