Re: [Flightgear-devel] Current Weather System...

2011-07-19 Thread thorsten . i . renk
@ Vivian: 1. No one EVER reads the manual. Not for nothing is our manual called 'The FlightGear Manual' - so we can justifiably say RTFM. Now that I have read your manual, I would say most of it would go right past the average user, who wants to simulate flying, look out of the window and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Current Weather System...

2011-07-19 Thread Csaba Halász
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:36 PM, James Turner zakal...@mac.com wrote: On 14 Jul 2011, at 12:46, thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi wrote: Nasal has a garbage collection problem. One solution to it is - we avoid Nasal code wherever possible and try to hard-code everything. But Nasal crops up on a lot of

[Flightgear-devel] Current Weather System...

2011-07-14 Thread thorsten . i . renk
If I may be permitted some personal comments about things which bug me? I've been thinking quite a bit (possibly more than it's good for me) triggered by responses on the list during the last days, and I would perhaps take the time to clarify my position on a few things. I get the impression

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Current Weather System...

2011-07-14 Thread Vivian Meazza
-Original Message- From: thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi [mailto:thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi] Sent: 14 July 2011 12:46 To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: [Flightgear-devel] Current Weather System... If I may be permitted some personal comments about things which bug me? I've

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Current Weather System...

2011-07-14 Thread James Turner
On 14 Jul 2011, at 12:46, thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi wrote: Nasal has a garbage collection problem. One solution to it is - we avoid Nasal code wherever possible and try to hard-code everything. But Nasal crops up on a lot of places - complex aircraft such as the Concorde come to my mind,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Current Weather System...

2011-07-14 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Hi Thorsten, Thanks for writing. I've got a couple of comments. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Thorsten Renk wrote: I get the impression that some people believe that Local Weather is a temporary, experimental thing. That's actually not my position. I assigned a version number larger

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Current Weather System...

2011-07-14 Thread Victhor
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Current Weather System...

2011-07-14 Thread Torsten Dreyer
I think the one reason for this view is the level of integration with the FG core, where you've had to work hard to override the global weather system through no fault of your own. I think with better integration, the local weather package will feel much more part of the whole. I moved many