On Wednesday 01 November 2006 20:28, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > [traffic manager] > > * Durk Talsma -- Wednesday 01 November 2006 20:18: > > On Wednesday 01 November 2006 19:06, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > > > as long as the aircraft are hovering 30 m in the air > > > > Not sure whether you're referring to the fact that the aircraft seem to > > be picking-up the additional elevation from the terminal-buildings in > > their proximity. > > Yes, that one. And whey they taxi away, they suddenly jump down > to just a few meters above ground (but still too high, I think).
Hmm, seems like the ground offset parameter of the default 737 isn't quite right then. I'm not really using the default anymore, so I never caught that one. I've put it on my todo list. > Also the missing wheels are a bit weird. Oh, and shadows would > be nice ... (I had them added for a short time in my copy, but > removed them again.) Okay, same thing, I guess. The dedicated AI version does have wheels (but those are always extended, which is also not quite realistic. I haven't really looked into the animation details yet. That's one area that needs improving. > > > The good news is that Mathias Frolich suggested a solution for the > > problem, which seems to be working fairly well. ;-) See some of the > > screenshots of EHAM, which I posted earlier this week. > > Ahh. Sounds great! > > Mind you: if it would really annoy me, then I would just turn > the traffic manager off. But it's not that bad. It's fun when > you turn around a taxiway corner and almost bump into a 737 > that stares at you. And when I come from KHAF with the f4u then > I need some easy targets, too ... :-) Hmm, reminds me of the "air crash investigation" series on NGC. :-) Cheers, Durk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
