[Flightgear-devel] Documentation Changes for the FlightGear installation and Getting Started guide

2005-09-19 Thread George Patterson
on the maintenance of this document. I will need to learn latex first though. George Patterson Getting Started Guide Chapter 2 should probably be move to the appendix as it is not absolutely required. Binary downloads are an easier way to the computer novice to get started. They can always compile

Re: [Flightgear-devel] type conversion problem for amd64

2005-09-23 Thread George Patterson
On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 10:16 +0200, Erik Hofman wrote: George Patterson wrote: Hi All, Tonight I cvs checkout the simgear sources tonight from cvs to recompile FlightGear. I was getting the following error. (Also got the same error in swap_test.* but worked around that problem

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: type conversion problem for amd64

2005-09-24 Thread George Patterson
On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 21:27 -0700, Alex Perry wrote: From: Erik Hofman George Patterson wrote: Tonight I cvs checkout the simgear sources tonight from cvs to recompile FlightGear. I was getting the following error. (Also got the same error in swap_test.* but worked around that problem

[Flightgear-devel] Flightgear Documentation update: prefligh.tex

2005-09-24 Thread George Patterson
MADE - Changed download link for Mac OS X binaries - Amended Debian install instructions to be applicable for Ubuntu via apt-get install. - Formatting errors which lacheck reported. Thanks George Patterson --- prefligh.tex2005-09-24 19:41:10.82636 +0930 +++ prefligh.gp.tex 2005-09

[Flightgear-devel] irc.flightgear.org down: alternative server

2005-09-28 Thread George Patterson
Hi all, irc.flightgear.org is currently down (the machine is there but the irc service isn't) so I have set up a channel #flightgear on freenode.net to use untill the offical server comes back up. George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

[Flightgear-devel] Adding Reverse thrust to the b1900d

2005-10-02 Thread George Patterson
is that run from within Flightgear. George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Does FlightGear model eclipse?

2005-10-02 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 19:49 -0400, Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: There will be an eclipse tomorrow, and I was just wonder whether FlightGear has this modelled. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4299074.stm Ampere It should do as FlightGear models the path of both the sun and the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: RFC: FlightGear 0.9.9

2005-10-04 Thread George Patterson
to the -devel list for the last release. George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: RFC: FlightGear 0.9.9

2005-10-04 Thread George Patterson
On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 19:57 +0200, Melchior FRANZ wrote: * Melchior FRANZ -- Monday 03 October 2005 19:47: * Durk Talsma -- Monday 03 October 2005 18:08: (B) which bugs need to be fixed (and by whom :-)? - Setting a wrong path for --fg-scenery results in an abort I'll look into

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: RFC: FlightGear 0.9.9

2005-10-04 Thread George Patterson
On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 11:11 +0200, Oliver Schroeder wrote: Am Tuesday 04 October 2005 09:26 schrieb George Patterson: The cockpit view of other planes need to be fixed. For those that aren't aware of it. If you view another players/pilot's plane, you only see the cockpit panels

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] README.multiplayer update

2005-10-13 Thread George Patterson
' position is already in the logic of the FG server. This was fixed in 0.0.6 of FG server. Apart from that the rest looks good. George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] README.multiplayer update

2005-10-13 Thread George Patterson
, with ports and all.) Better would be server on 5000, with the telnet admin port on 5001. I'm not sure of the benefit of each client having it's own port. (Perhaps i have misread something) George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instant replay broken?

2005-10-16 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 17:11 +0100, David Luff wrote: Is it just me, or is it completely impossible to escape from instant replay once engaged in the current CVS? Cheers - Dave Yes, It's just you :-P You can stop the replay by select the View menu, select instant replay. On the Instant

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: A question regarding accurate taxiways

2005-10-17 Thread George Patterson
if we synchronise data for beacons and other single point objects. However, the effort required for implmenting this may not be worth it. I notice some of airports in the FlightGear scenery over Scotland has lighting beacons in the middle of the runway. George Patterson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] fgfs on AMD64 status? Mobo suggestions/warnings?

2005-10-19 Thread George Patterson
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 01:04 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've been out of the fgfs development loop for an annoyingly long time. At first, I had to adjust to a big drop in free time after (thankfully) finally getting employed. Then I had a video card failure that forced me back to

[Flightgear-devel] Bug in ATC code.

2005-10-20 Thread George Patterson
), the state for the ATC is not reset back to the Contact tower ... dialog. Instead it will continue when you partially finished from before.. Contact tower- Report Downwind - Runway vacated. George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bug in ATC code.

2005-10-20 Thread George Patterson
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 13:49 +0100, David Luff wrote: On 20/10/2005 at 21:40 George Patterson wrote: Hi All, I have noticed two annoying bugs in the ATC dialog boxes. When you press ' for the first ATC dialog labelled ATC menu is [Snipped] Thanks George. I'll attend to those

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Santa's r[ae]i?ndeer

2005-10-27 Thread George Patterson
reindeers' antlers? V. Correct me if I am wrong but isn't there supposed to be eight reindeers? What became of the other four? George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument Making

2005-11-03 Thread George Patterson
On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 14:19 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI Anyone know who looks after this site: http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/flight_gear/volunteer_opportunities.cfm?wpid=213106 It says if anyone can help out - does anyone know if this is still required? Regards, Shelton.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Buildings ?????

2005-11-04 Thread George Patterson
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 05:02 +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:03:10 -0800, Andy wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mike Kopack wrote: It's not so much an issue of San Fran being BAD, it's just that KSFO is pretty far from downtown. We're talking about small

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Compiling Flight Gear

2005-11-04 Thread George Patterson
On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 23:19 -0500, Steve Knoblock wrote: I am trying to compile FG for the first time on Suse Linux 10.0 following the instructions at http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/InstallGuide/getstartch2.html I downloaded and unpacked SimGear 0.3.8 plib-1.8.4 I ran the install for the

[Flightgear-devel] B1900d: Fuel consumption when engine has stopped.

2005-11-05 Thread George Patterson
. The C172 doesn't behave properly. (It does not consume fuel unless the engine is running) George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] B1900d: Fuel consumption when engine has stopped.

2005-11-05 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 14:37 +0800, Innis Cunningham wrote: Hi George George Patterson writes The C172 doesn't behave properly. (It does not consume fuel unless the engine is running) Hmm that would seem normal to me maybe I missed some thing. Oops, that was a typo. I meant

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Cockpit Models

2005-11-05 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 17:46 +1000, Shelton D'Cruz wrote: Hi Where can I find the actual cockpit models? I looked under FlightGear/data/Aircraft/XXX/Models but can only find the external plane model not the internal cockpit. Regards Shelton. Shelton, I believe that you are

RE: [Flightgear-devel] B1900d: Fuel consumption when engine hasstopped.

2005-11-06 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 20:00 +0800, Innis Cunningham wrote: George Patterson writes Oops, that was a typo. I meant the engines continues to consume fuel even with engines stopped. Thats ok I thought it might be something simple but it did add a bit of humor to my day. Sorry about

Re: [Flightgear-devel] CVS make error (Cygwin)

2005-11-07 Thread George Patterson
by `tiny_xdr.o'. Stop. Can anyone help? Kevin. Kevin, You need to do a make clean and re-./configure before building... The file tiny_xdr.cpp has been renamed tiny_xdr.cxx. George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] B1900d: Fuel consumption when engine has stopped.

2005-11-08 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 09:12 -0800, Andy Ross wrote: George Patterson wrote: /engines/engine/fuel-flow-gph[0] is shown as -0.232562 (fluctuates rapidly) /engines/engine/running[0] is shown as false. Good catch. The really primitive stop support in the turbine engine model didn't set

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Scenery DB (Was: San Jose)

2005-11-08 Thread George Patterson
but the rotating light (white-green) shines through the wall of the building. This collision of objects is located within the perimeter of KSFO. Obviously the building doesn't belong there. And No, it is not a airport building :-) George Patterson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Please upgrade to version: 0.9.8

2005-11-08 Thread George Patterson
to be the newest one due to the date of 2006 :-) Ahhh! The perils of time travel. :-) You could also have touch-ed the files in question so that they are dated with something closer to today's date. Though this could have taken longer than rm -rf src and cvs update. George Patterson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Please upgrade to version: 0.9.8

2005-11-08 Thread George Patterson
! Regards Georg Georg, Even the parents should have the occasional Christmas present :-) George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Please upgrade to version: 0.9.8

2005-11-08 Thread George Patterson
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 13:43 +0100, Georg Vollnhals wrote: Georg, Even the parents should have the occasional Christmas present :-) George Patterson Thanx, just put your mail into my wife's mail account ;-) Georg I must have missed something?? George patterson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: B1900D fuel/engines

2005-11-09 Thread George Patterson
' and /consumables/fuel/total-fuel-gals|lbs|norm[0]='0.00' But the both engines are still running. I hope this is clearer.. George Patterson Hi George . I am maintaining the b1900d , and yes I mentioned the same problem a while back, I run out of fuel and continue

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: uneven brakes mystery

2005-11-09 Thread George Patterson
On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 21:54 +0100, Joacim Persson wrote: On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Melchior FRANZ wrote: Is this the development version (cvs/head)? Yes, but it has been the same for shipped versions too. How can I tell which version of fgfs I'm running? fgfs --version didn't work on the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Which aircraft to include in v0.9.9?

2005-11-10 Thread George Patterson
be dropped as it's not really flyable (IMO). George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

[Flightgear-devel] Possible bug in yasim (not sure though?)

2005-11-11 Thread George Patterson
as I have ran out of debugging ideas? System: AMD64 3200+ 1 GB Memory GeForce 6600GT w/ 128MB George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Review (was: Which aircraft to include in v0.9.9?)

2005-11-11 Thread George Patterson
of Ubuntu packets exist for the current release 0.9.8 of FlightGear. The packets may be found here [2]. Last sentence of this paragraph should be The packages may be found here [2]. -- George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 0.9.9 repost

2005-11-11 Thread George Patterson
exist? And the callsign thing, is this a multiplayer or ATC message? It's a Multiplayer message -- George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Possible bug in yasim (not sure though?)

2005-11-11 Thread George Patterson
On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 10:04 -0800, Andy Ross wrote: George Patterson wrote: I have compiled and installed pre3 and noticed that I was not able to load the b1900d Yeah, that was me. The patch yesterday for turn off the engines when out of fuel broke the solver for turbine aircraft. Fixed

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Possible bug in yasim (not sure though?)

2005-11-12 Thread George Patterson
On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 22:43 -0500, Josh Babcock wrote: Curtis L. Olson wrote: George Patterson wrote: Thanks Andy. I just completed a nice flight from KSFO to KLAX with 3D clouds turned on. Mistakenly misread 25L as being 24L. George Ooops, stop by the FAA office, do

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: A380 arrived in EDHI (Hamburg-Finkenwerder)

2005-11-12 Thread George Patterson
On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 19:31 +, Jon Stockill wrote: Curtis L. Olson wrote: How about a spyware popup ... Oh I see you just typed the word Paris, here are some great hotel + airfare combinations you might be interested in, and would you like me to search ebay for berets? No, not

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: OT: FYI, mac os x developers,

2005-11-12 Thread George Patterson
to the way the website is now managed. This is the first time that someone gave me some insight about how to fg.org web page is managed, not that I asked explicitly on this list. Thanks Vassilii :-) George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: terrain texture question

2005-11-17 Thread George Patterson
. Sleet maybe :-) George Patterson Adelaide, Australia ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Tower Simulator

2005-11-18 Thread George Patterson
, Martin. Hmmm.. The time could be right to restart the OpenATC project. :-) George -- George Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] website problem

2005-11-19 Thread George Patterson
Curt, the link is on the front page... I just checked and go the same 404 error. Broken link is http://flightgear.org/Gallery/ on http://flightgear.org/ I'm sure it is something simple. George Patterson On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 05:59 -0600, Curtis L. Olson wrote: Hi Ioan, Try reloading

[Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
Hi all, I have found a bug in the parsing of the --config command line parameter. Starting Flightgear, I noticed that the menu bar is using the default(blue) menu bar rather than the alternative black one. Which indicated that my preferences.xml isn't being loaded, rendering options was reset to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 14:51 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: George Patterson wrote : Hi all, I have found a bug in the parsing of the --config command line parameter. Starting Flightgear, I noticed that the menu bar is using the default(blue) menu bar rather than the alternative black one

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 15:26 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: George Patterson wrote : On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 14:51 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: George Patterson wrote : Does this patch improve things ? http://frbouvi.free.fr/flightsim/sg_path.patch -Fred Fred, I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 15:26 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: George Patterson wrote : On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 14:51 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: George Patterson wrote : Hi all, I have found a bug in the parsing of the --config command line parameter. Starting Flightgear, I