King Post changelog.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hero Alpha update. Ground handling fix: in PICKUP and SETDOWN the right trigger now yaws right (it had started the launch run); the run starts only from FLIGHT READY (left stick press). HUD 2026.0.0.135, VARIO 2024.0.0.31, EFB 0.2.19. Requires THGF Helpers and the THGF Hawk tow plane.

Hero Alpha. HUD 2026.0.0.118, VARIO 2024.0.0.31, EFB 0.2.19; 4 sail-pattern presets (SIMPLE, 3PANEL, WINDOW, SWOOSH), 12 liveries, new thumbnails; gather 27dab98a. Requires THGF Helpers and the THGF Hawk tow plane.

Initial testing of hero alpha king post package test