[Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Jim Wilson -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 03:38: Melchior FRANZ wrote: Anyone preferring Helicopter View? Yes, me. While the Chase view is a nice demonstration of the viewer code, I think most people prefer the Helicopter view because it doesn't have the problem of the view

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Geoff Reidy
Melchior FRANZ wrote: * Jim Wilson -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 03:38: Melchior FRANZ wrote: Anyone preferring Helicopter View? Yes, me. While the Chase view is a nice demonstration of the viewer code, I think most people prefer the Helicopter view because it doesn't have the problem of the view

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Geoff Reidy wrote: Melchior FRANZ wrote: * Jim Wilson -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 03:38: Melchior FRANZ wrote: Anyone preferring Helicopter View? Yes, me. While the Chase view is a nice demonstration of the viewer code, I think most people prefer the Helicopter view because it doesn't have the

[Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Curtis L. Olson -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 18:34: I think this is a very minor issue Agreed. I wouldn't have asked if I had thought that this even is a controversial topic. I though it's clear which of both are preferred by the majority of *users*. Developers don't have that 'problem', anyway.

[Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Jim Wilson
From: Melchior FRANZ * Jim Wilson -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 03:38: Melchior FRANZ wrote: Anyone preferring Helicopter View? Yes, me. While the Chase view is a nice demonstration of the viewer code, I think most people prefer the Helicopter view because it doesn't have

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Andy Ross
Melchior FRANZ wrote: Curtis L. Olson wrote: I think this is a very minor issue Agreed. I wouldn't have asked if I had thought that this even is a controversial topic. I though it's clear which of both are preferred by the majority of *users*. Maybe an elegant solution would be to write an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Geoff Reidy
Curtis L. Olson wrote: Geoff Reidy wrote: Also I've got some pretty nice screen shots taken at 1400x1050 with anti-aliasing and with the 3d clouds that I could put on a web page if they could be useful. Send them over and if they meet some minimal level of aethetics I'll get them posted.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Ampere K. Hardraade
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[Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Andy Ross -- Wednesday 11 May 2005 19:19: * * Melchior FRANZ wrote: [stuff] Maybe an elegant solution would be As I said on the IRC channel (you know, the place where the real decisions are made :-), I don't think that this is something that people would use. Even less so if the results

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Geoff Reidy
Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: What kind of graphic cards do you have?! Ampere It's an Nvidia 6600gt, more specifically a Leadtek 6600gt tdh. Nice card and I think the 6600gts are the best bang-for-the-buck card at the moment on linux at least. Having said that the first card I got was defective

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-11 Thread Erik Hofman
Andy Ross wrote: Maybe an elegant solution would be to write an interface where the user could select which views appeared in the V/v cycle. Then the default list could include the more attractive chase view, while those interested could re-select helicopter view if they wanted it. The whole

[Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-10 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Erik Hofman -- Tuesday 10 May 2005 13:24: Melchior FRANZ wrote: Anyone preferring Helicopter View? Yes, me. While the Chase view is a nice demonstration of the viewer code, I think most people prefer the Helicopter view because it doesn't have the problem of the view going out of sync

[Flightgear-devel] Re: [RFC] swap chase views

2005-05-10 Thread Jim Wilson
From: Melchior FRANZ * Erik Hofman -- Tuesday 10 May 2005 13:24: Melchior FRANZ wrote: Anyone preferring Helicopter View? Yes, me. While the Chase view is a nice demonstration of the viewer code, I think most people prefer the Helicopter view because it doesn't have the