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...
Frank Kane
Frank Kane is the founder and CEO of Sundog Software, LLC, and previously worked at IMDb, Amazon, Sierra Online, Looking Glass Studios, and SDS Int'l.
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...
Updates to SilverLining and Triton have been a bit infrequent lately, but that doesn’t mean we’re just resting on our laurels here at Sundog Software. We’re hard at work pushing both products forward, and making sure you get the most...
Microsoft just released the latest version of the Visual Studio IDE: Visual Studio 2017. We’ve installed the community edition here and run some basic tests on SilverLining and Triton. The good news is that it appears Visual Studio 2017 is...
We’re preparing to bump the Triton Ocean SDK up to version 4.0, and rolling out some of the larger changes incrementally ahead of time. We just released Triton 3.78, and it includes a few changes worth noting: New support for...