Gene Buckle > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Martin Spott wrote: > > > Jon Stockill wrote: > > > >> AFAIK we're currently limited to 1 camera, which would mean you'd need > 2 > >> instances of FlightGear in order to get the 2 different views. > > > > The file FlightGear/docs-mini/README.multiscreen explains how to add > > additional cameras, > > > Martin, I don't think that can be used for the kind of "camera" I'm > thinking of. The easiest way to visualize the idea I have is to think > about the view you'd see in one of the rear-view mirrors that most > fighters have along the canopy bow (and the Spitfire has mounted on top of > the canopy bow, outside the cockpit). You'd see your full screen view as > usual, but you'd also have these "mirrors" showing the view behind you at > the same time. >
I had a look at the this idea a while back - the problem I came across was that the camera would show the view to the rear NOT the mirror image. I couldn't see a way around that without a great deal of processing. At hat point I gave up. Vivian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
