0.1.11711·03·2026
Delta update. New glider size: the Wills Wing U2 145 joins the U2 160, four sail patterns each (8 presets). King Post is now the base for add-on gliders: install the UP Comet 165 add-on alongside it. Each preset carries its own cockpit and pilot cameras, and the vario follows any control bar. Flight fixes: the instrument toggle, launch and drop-in detection, slew notes, ground poses after a launch, and a dive recovery that no longer over-corrects. The glider folds and unfolds itself at setup and landing areas with the assembler walking it through. HUD 2026.0.0.274, VARIO 2024.0.0.63, EFB 0.2.56. Requires THGF Helpers 0.29.5, THGF Helpers - Controls 0.2.3 and the CGS Hawk II tow plane 2.1.36.
0.1.11410·21·2026
Beta Hero update. New pilots: Joe and Jane, posed for every phase (prone, upright, flare, setdown, pickup, launch ready, launching), with arms on the control bar, walking and running legs, a harness that follows each pose and opens its doors, and helmets chosen per glider and coloured by livery. Stickers stay on top of the sail when it flexes. Launching: a steadier launch ready stance, the take-off run on the forward stick, and a punch speed rule matched to the wind; landings, setdown and pickup fixed after a respawn or teleport. Views: free look on the right stick, X switches between the pilot view and the outside view, and the right stick click steps through the outside views. Every control is listed at thehangglidingfiles.com/controls.html. HUD 2026.0.0.254, VARIO 2024.0.0.55, EFB 0.2.38. Requires THGF Helpers 0.22.6, THGF Helpers - Controls 0.2.3 and the CGS Hawk II tow plane 2.1.36.
0.1.11310·04·2026
Hero Alpha update. New: the pilot, harness and helmet are on the glider in external views (the pilot swings with the hang strap pendulum; never shown in VR); the hang strap is 8 in longer; the tow line attaches at a new glider tow point. EFB 0.2.37: community opt-in and paid-Patreon gating of the site-editing actions. HUD 2026.0.0.214, VARIO 2024.0.0.54 (paused / slewed time is kept out of the flight duration, no IGC fixes while paused), EFB 0.2.37. Requires THGF Helpers 0.22.5 or newer, THGF Helpers - Controls, and the CGS Hawk II tow plane.
0.1.11210·01·2026
Hero Alpha update. Performance: the HUD and vario do far less work each frame (fewer sim reads and writes, nothing drawn while the HUD is hidden) -- smoother, especially in VR, where the HUD no longer changes the camera at all. New: task turnpoint markers for the active vario task (start / turn point / finish, cylinder or line; hidden once achieved; control-bar button 8 toggles them); the tow cart now shows at an airport spawn on tow; community opt-in matches your website callsign to either the hangar Tail Number or the hangar Call Sign. Fixes: releasing slew in flight no longer registers a crash (and no longer ends the IGC flight); the instrument toggle switches back out in normal camera mode; brakes, spoilers and VG writes now reach the sim correctly. HUD 2026.0.0.212, VARIO 2024.0.0.52, EFB 0.2.35. Requires THGF Helpers 0.22.1 (new) and the THGF Hawk tow plane.
