Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear prerelease

2007-12-04 Thread dave perry
\ data/Aircraft/bf109 \ data/Aircraft/bo105 \ data/Aircraft/c172 \ data/Aircraft/c172p \ IMHO we should not include the two c310 and replace them with 1. SenecaII (great twin with lots of documentation) 2. de Havilland Beaver - Floats (shows

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft ratings on the download page (was Re: Fair practice autorisations)

2012-02-17 Thread Stuart Buchanan
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Stuart Buchanan wrote: I'm currently writing a script to generate the aircraft download page that will include ratings, so users will be able to see the ratings of aircraft _before_ they download them. Hopefully I'll get it finished this evening in time

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Flightgear-commitlogs] FlightGear Base Package branch, master, updated. f81456998442b1f30d86c4925a7d000d46ea4f1f

2012-07-30 Thread Curtis Olson
and paint myself into a corner I can't get out of.) :-) I sense that there have been a substantial number of updates to individual aircraft that are only going into the master branch and aren't getting cherry picked into the 2.8.0 release branch. Perhaps this is intentional or I'm misunderstanding

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft ratings on the download page (was Re: Fair practice autorisations)

2012-02-20 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:49:34 +, Stuart wrote in message cap3ntytjoav9wecmued6fkfczjhrpfqsodmfim3ftmtthcm...@mail.gmail.com: On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Stuart Buchanan wrote: I'm currently writing a script to generate the aircraft download page that will include ratings, so users

[Flightgear-devel] Aircraft ratings on the download page (was Re: Fair practice autorisations)

2012-02-17 Thread Stuart Buchanan
-on to the base package. Or something like that. I'm currently writing a script to generate the aircraft download page that will include ratings, so users will be able to see the ratings of aircraft _before_ they download them. Hopefully I'll get it finished this evening in time for the weekend release

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 2.10.1

2013-03-15 Thread YOSHIMATSU Toshihide
/dhc2/white.png on lines 1303, 1740, 3615, 5310 and 7174, which will cause file accesses to drive D. I also checked other aircraft files from git repo, and found other three files include the path to D:/Git_New: Aircraft/Buccaneer/Models/buccaneer.ac Aircraft/Buccaneer/Models/flap.ac Aircraft

[Flightgear-devel] 787 disappeared from download page

2009-03-20 Thread YOSHIMATSU Toshihide
files need to be modified to fix this problem: - admin/make-aircraft-pkgs.pl - admin/make-aircraft-html.pl - data/Aircraft/787/787-set.xml But I don't know which file should be modified. I hope someone can correct this issue and comit to CVS. One more thing that I want to request is to include ATC

[Flightgear-devel] Aircraft ratings on the download page

2011-12-22 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Hi All, The rating system (http://wiki.flightgear.org/Formalizing_Aircraft_Status) has now been in place for some time, and a number of aircraft are rated. Additionally Fred B. has added rating information to FGRun, which is excellent. A question for Curt - would it be possible to include

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flightgear-devel Digest, Vol 61, Issue 12

2011-05-21 Thread Arnt Karlsen
) and IAR80 (53.8 meg) all have very big aircraft directories and are highly developed although I don't think that any of the authors consider them to be complete yet.Using --min- status=production should include the IAR80 in it's list but not the p51d- jsbsim (which has a status of early

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-07 Thread Gijs de Rooy
Hi all! Calling something a major release is not just a matter of what's possible, but also what's done. There's a lot possible with Rembrandt, but 99% of our aircraft don't use it. And lots of aircraft look ugly with Rembrandt (non-translucent windows and fake shadows mostly). I just

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flightgear-devel Digest, Vol 61, Issue 12

2011-05-21 Thread Hal V. Engel
version of FG? ;o) Everything is here so anyone can see _how_ the buggy ones fail, and try fix them. So if there is a release they will be add to the Download page, am I right? ..if somebody puts it there, yes. ;o) I expected a far smaller number of aircraft in developement

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flightgear-devel Digest, Vol 61, Issue 12

2011-05-21 Thread Hal V. Engel
, has this changed? I used fgfs --show-aircraft --min-status=production which did not work. So as a test I tried fgfs --min-status=production --show-aircraft and that worked and it produced a list of 15 production aircraft. This did not include the IAR80 perhaps because it sets

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Towards release 1.9.2

2009-10-12 Thread Stuart Buchanan
represent a compromise in quality or capabilities. This will be particular apparent when people do the inevitable comparison with MSFS and X-Plane, which include a wider selection of aircraft with the initial install. 3) New users often want to fly a military jet or commercial jet ASAP, despite

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Building FlightGear under Vista

2010-09-05 Thread Jon S. Berndt
When I built OSG (from the latest SVN ) using Cmake I did not include tiff libraries. The net result was a similar error message to yours when I tried to use a tiff texture file. Also all my panels were white. I replaced the tiff file with a png equivalent (as used by many FG aircraft

[Flightgear-devel] Weekly CVS Changelog Summary: FlightGear data

2007-09-02 Thread Curtis L. Olson
/jeep/jeep-yasim.xml /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/data/Aircraft/jeep/jeep.jpg initial release =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2007-08-28_10:31:56 (dfaber) /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/data/Aircraft/jeep/Models/Jeep.xml /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/data/Aircraft/jeep/Models

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-07 Thread Stuart Buchanan
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Gijs de Rooy wrote: Hi all! Calling something a major release is not just a matter of what's possible, but also what's done. There's a lot possible with Rembrandt, but 99% of our aircraft don't use it. And lots of aircraft look ugly with Rembrandt (non

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [patch] 787-set.xml

2010-02-05 Thread YOSHIMATSU Toshihide
(JST) Hi all, As you may know, 787 aircraft has been disappeared from official aircraft download page. cf. http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg21552.html To include the 787 on download page at the next release timing, I'll send a simple patch for 787

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-07 Thread Alexis Bory
Rembrandt in the release, but not mentioning it (explicitly) in the changelog/press-release; and thus versioning it 2.8.0. Anders presented that as an easter egg. Xiii likes easter eggs :-) That'll keep the expectations low, and allow aircraft developers to spend some months (till the next release

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-07 Thread syd adams
it. There's still plenty of time before the release... I didn't think it harsh myself , but from my point of view , I'd rather not waste time on something I can't see or use... I get about 5 fps and a brilliant green terrain , with a duplicate black aircraft , not shadow , right beside the main aircraft. I

[Flightgear-devel] Aircraft selection summary

2007-12-06 Thread Durk Talsma
              - A6M2 (Zero) Suggested by Melchior, for ease of operations use. I think this is a good point. The release will be the first FlightGear hands-on experience for many people and we want to make sure that that first experience is as positive as possible by providing aircraft that have reasonably easy

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-07 Thread Stuart Buchanan
a major new feature, and is appropriate to bump the major version number up for. it also allows us to side-step the issue of the a future 2.10.0 release. :) Also, release numbers are cheap, and X-Plane, MSFS are already on version 10, so we've got some space to catch up :) 2) Which aircraft do we

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [patch] 787-set.xml

2010-02-05 Thread YOSHIMATSU Toshihide
, 06 Jan 2010 00:18:03 +0900 (JST) Hi all, As you may know, 787 aircraft has been disappeared from official aircraft download page. cf. http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg21552.html To include the 787 on download page at the next release timing

[Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-02 Thread Torsten Dreyer
repository - now is the time! Two questions have to be discussed and answered until the release branches get created on July, 17th: 1) What's the version number of the new release? a) 2.8.0 b) 3.0.0 2) Which aircraft do we ship in the base package? a) just the c172 b) same as before c

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-08 Thread Alexis Bory
is the time! Two questions have to be discussed and answered until the release branches get created on July, 17th: 1) What's the version number of the new release? a) 2.8.0 b) 3.0.0 2) Which aircraft do we ship in the base package? a) just the c172 b) same as before c

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Default Aircraft Candidates

2011-02-22 Thread Heiko Schulz
to help see  what the majority really wants, as with some of the replies in this  thread I cannot tell what some people believe should be done about  these aircraft. First this is not what the majority of USERS wants- that's what the majority of DEVELOPER's and release managers wants

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-08 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Thanks for all the replies, summing all up, I end up with the following: The summer release will become v2.8.0. Rembrandt is included but disabled by default and announced as an experimental but cool new feature. We keep the current selection of base package aircraft for 2.8.0. We keep last

[Flightgear-devel] Call for aircraft nominations

2008-10-05 Thread Durk Talsma
While I'm at it. :-) With each release we include a selection of representative aircraft that highlight FlightGear's capabilities. Inclusion criteria include: Completeness, variability across categories, realism, suitability for demo flights (think of aerotowing, AI/Multiplayer refueling

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft selection for 2.4.0

2011-07-03 Thread Vivian Meazza
It's as good a selection as any and I would go with this, but ISTR a decision in the context of the last, abortive, release to include only the default aircraft. If this is the case, I would be more than happy to go back to the principle of a small selection that shows off FG's capabilities

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Release 2.8.0: feature freeze starts now

2012-06-17 Thread James Turner
/now/ (actually, already merged locally, just testing before I push) since getting the API into this release is useful, and the changes are strictly opt-in - no chance of breakage for aircraft that don't use the canvas. James

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [patch] 787-set.xml

2010-02-05 Thread Curtis Olson
all, As you may know, 787 aircraft has been disappeared from official aircraft download page. cf. http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg21552.html To include the 787 on download page at the next release timing, I'll send a simple patch for 787

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Towards release 1.9.2

2009-10-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
including a single aircraft implies that the simulator is only really designed for that aircraft, and any other aircraft may represent a compromise in quality or capabilities. This will be particular apparent when people do the inevitable comparison with MSFS and X-Plane, which include a wider

[Flightgear-devel] Release 2.8.0: feature freeze starts now

2012-06-17 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Hi everybody, today is June, 17th and this marks our feature freeze for the sources of SimGear, FlightGear and FGDATA. Within FGDATA, only aircraft not being part of the base package are not part of the feature freeze. Maintainers for those aircraft are kindly requested to carefully check

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft model/cockpit rating

2010-12-03 Thread Stuart Buchanan
based on who bothered to self-rate, not based on what is good I think if we intended to include these ratings on the download page, developers would be very keen on rating their aircraft. After all, we create them to share with the community, and this will help encourage people to try different

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call for aircraft nominations

2008-11-28 Thread Durk Talsma
On Sunday 05 October 2008 10:13:54 Durk Talsma wrote: While I'm at it. :-) With each release we include a selection of representative aircraft that highlight FlightGear's capabilities. Inclusion criteria include: Completeness, variability across categories, realism, suitability for demo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Flightgear-commitlogs] FlightGear Base Package branch, master, updated. f81456998442b1f30d86c4925a7d000d46ea4f1f

2012-07-30 Thread Emilian Huminiuc
, but well you know how I always say one sentence too many and paint myself into a corner I can't get out of.) :-) I sense that there have been a substantial number of updates to individual aircraft that are only going into the master branch and aren't getting cherry picked into the 2.8.0 release

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call for aircraft nominations

2008-10-05 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Heiko Schulz wrote: Martin wrote: Durk Talsma wrote: So, with these criteria in mind, what would be your current top 10 of aircraft? I'd be very happy to see Heiko's overhauled C172 model included in the release. The outer hull is waaay better than the old one, yet

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New release

2010-12-11 Thread Dave L
Seconly, do we want to maintain our current aircraft selection, or do we want to include a (partially) updated selection from our git repository, or -alternatively- do we want to strip the entire selection down to just single aircraft, and make the others downloadable from our main website

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New release

2010-12-11 Thread Peter Brown
Seconly, do we want to maintain our current aircraft selection, or do we want to include a (partially) updated selection from our git repository, or -alternatively- do we want to strip the entire selection down to just single aircraft, and make the others downloadable from our main

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-07 Thread Michael
the release plan in the wiki, then Yes.  I think it strikes the right balance to allow aircraft developers some time to work with the stable binaries. -Stuart -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event

[Flightgear-devel] [patch] 787-set.xml

2010-01-05 Thread YOSHIMATSU Toshihide
Hi all, As you may know, 787 aircraft has been disappeared from official aircraft download page. cf. http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg21552.html To include the 787 on download page at the next release timing, I'll send a simple patch for 787-set.xml

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Building FlightGear under Vista

2010-09-05 Thread Frederic Bouvier
it, but it seemed to have no effect. Jon C:\cygwin\home\jon\flightgearFlightGear\projects\VC90\Win32\Release\fgfs --fg-root=c:\cygwin\home\jon\flightgear\fgdata Processing command line arguments using aircraft-dir for:c:/cygwin/home/jon/flightgear/fgdata/Aircraft/c172p/splash.png Warning: Could

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Rating System Redux (was Re: Flightgear-devel Digest, Vol 61, Issue 12)

2011-05-26 Thread Vivian Meazza
. We can but try. Certainly this seems to have a bit more momentum behind it than previous attempts, based on the feedback here and on IRC. If enough people rate their aircraft and we can use it to provide a better download page for the upcoming release, it will succeed. Let's hope - some

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-09 Thread syd adams
Sounds good , I hope someday to be able to see the results . My list of aircraft is: dhc2 dhc6 777 , though there are a number of other commiters now , but dont think this will affect anything a6m2 dc6-b Sikorsky-76C R22 b1900d Citation-Bravo Citation-II Citation-X Aerostar-700 P47 I should

Re: [Flightgear-devel] fgdata Commitc8a69dffd49a298e01c0e0e1320f4a1d49a0bca4

2012-12-22 Thread Alan Teeder
suggestion. Firstly populate fgdata with a bare minimum of aircraft . A starting point is those packed in the regular release. Secondly include within flightgear/fgdata a database of other aircraft. This database should be searchable by keyword(s). Fgrun and similar programs will also need

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call for aircraft nominations

2008-10-05 Thread Michael Smith
Durk Talsma wrote: While I'm at it. :-) With each release we include a selection of representative aircraft that highlight FlightGear's capabilities. Inclusion criteria include: Completeness, variability across categories, realism, suitability for demo flights (think of aerotowing, AI

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call for aircraft nominations

2008-11-16 Thread gerard robin
On dimanche 05 octobre 2008, Durk Talsma wrote: While I'm at it. :-) With each release we include a selection of representative aircraft that highlight FlightGear's capabilities. Inclusion criteria include: Completeness, variability across categories, realism, suitability for demo flights

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear development entered state

2011-06-20 Thread Martin Spott
contributors who are committing major aircraft changes _after_ the freeze do expect the respective aircraft not to apply for getting included in the release package. Given that they should be self contained and shouldn't affect any other part of the sim, [...] Quite often aircraft changes _do_

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-07 Thread Heiko Schulz
Hello, Two questions have to be discussed and answered until the release branches get created on July, 17th: 1) What's the version number of the new release? a) 2.8.0 b) 3.0.0 Keep it consistent: 2.8.0 My reasons: -Rembrandt is still experimental and Fred's To-Do-list is still big. I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft selection summary

2007-12-06 Thread gerard robin
package, and a carrier ready aircraft (these are two very prominent new AI features in this release that we want to showcase). So, how about replacing the f16 with the Ligntning (for AAR scenarios)? j3cub A few people have a suggested dropping the cub, but given its various qualities, I'd like

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-10 Thread James A. Treacy
version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Major improvements from v2.4.0 include reduced AI aircraft load times, easier graphics tuning, more sophisticated AI aircraft and improved usability. Founded in 1997, FlightGear is developed by a worldwide group of volunteers

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-15 Thread Torsten Dreyer
The FlightGear development team is happy to announce the v2.6.0 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Major improvements from v2.4.0 include reduced AI aircraft load times, easier

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
proper lights are more involved. If I was being harsh I'd suggest that the aircraft maintainers should man up and do it. There's still plenty of time before the release... I didn't think it harsh myself , but from my point of view , I'd rather not waste time on something I can't see

Re: [Flightgear-devel] upcoming release suggestion

2012-07-01 Thread Scott
On Sun, 2012-07-01 at 14:20 +0200, ThorstenB wrote: Am 01.07.2012 14:04, schrieb Gijs de Rooy: Before the next release , maybe it would be a good idea to disable those 'panel' outlines , which show up when you press 'C' to view hotspots. IIRC the bug is not in the displaying

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-08 Thread Renk Thorsten
. Anyway, I think it's a great plane, both in terms of the FDM and the visuals. Otherwise I'd like to see either the IAR-80 or the P-51D. There was also some work on the DHC6 - that's also a really popular plane - we might include that. 3) Should we keep last year's commit policy for aircraft

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft selection summary

2007-12-06 Thread AnMaster
suggested replacing this aircraft. So I guess we keep it. Yes, it is very detailed and nice aircraft IMO. bf109 - A6M2 (Zero) Suggested by Melchior, for ease of operations use. I think this is a good point. The release will be the first FlightGear hands-on experience for many

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-08 Thread Curtis Olson
) What's the version number of the new release? a) 2.8.0 b) 3.0.0 2) Which aircraft do we ship in the base package? a) just the c172 b) same as before c) [name your preferred aircraft] 3) Should we keep last year's commit policy for aircraft during the feature

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-08 Thread Stuart Buchanan
to use Flightgear and their favourite planes nevertheless. Converting aircraft to Rembrandt will still mean that they work perfectly well with non-Rembrandt. Making an aircraft Rembrandt-compatible just involves marking transparent surfaces as such, and has no effect on the non-Rembrandt systems

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Flightgear-commitlogs] FlightGear Base Package branch, master, updated. f81456998442b1f30d86c4925a7d000d46ea4f1f

2012-07-30 Thread Gijs de Rooy
Curt (love you too), in compliance with our release plan, only bug fixes can be cherry picked into the release branch, now that we've past July 17. This is to make sure that we don't end up having countless of non-functioning/buggy aircraft on the download page. New features and completely

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft selection summary

2007-12-06 Thread Vivian Meazza
complete jetliner. I like to follow that suggestion. A-10 As far as I can see, nobody suggested replacing this aircraft. So I guess we keep it. bf109               - A6M2 (Zero) Suggested by Melchior, for ease of operations use. I think this is a good point. The release

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft selection summary

2007-12-06 Thread Fabian Grodek
like to follow that suggestion. A-10 As far as I can see, nobody suggested replacing this aircraft. So I guess we keep it. bf109 - A6M2 (Zero) Suggested by Melchior, for ease of operations use. I think this is a good point. The release will be the first FlightGear hands-on experience

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft selection summary

2007-12-06 Thread Hans Fugal
see, nobody suggested replacing this aircraft. So I guess we keep it. bf109 - A6M2 (Zero) Suggested by Melchior, for ease of operations use. I think this is a good point. The release will be the first FlightGear hands-on experience for many people and we want to make sure

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call for aircraft nominations

2008-10-05 Thread Rob Shearman, Jr.
@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2008 4:13:54 AM Subject: [Flightgear-devel] Call for aircraft nominations While I'm at it. :-) With each release we include a selection of representative aircraft that highlight FlightGear's capabilities. Inclusion criteria include: Completeness, variability

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New release

2010-12-11 Thread Gijs de Rooy
; there are probably people with much better ideas/knowledge on this list :) Seconly, do we want to maintain our current aircraft selection, or do we want to include a (partially) updated selection from our git repository What exactly is the current aircraft selection? We did welcome some extremely nice

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Release update

2007-12-12 Thread Anders Gidenstam
more logical to me, but none of my aircraft include proper nav lights yet so I don't know much about these.. :) /Anders -- --- Anders Gidenstam mail: anders(at)gidenstam.org WWW: http://www.gidenstam.org/FlightGear/JSBSim-LTA

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-10 Thread flightgear
The FlightGear development team is happy to announce the v2.6.0 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Major improvements from v2.4.0 include reduced AI aircraft load times, easier

Re: [Flightgear-devel] upcoming release suggestion

2012-07-01 Thread ThorstenB
Am 01.07.2012 05:52, schrieb syd adams: Before the next release , maybe it would be a good idea to disable those 'panel' outlines , which show up when you press 'C' to view hotspots. I don't think this was intentional. The outlines aren't even properly aligned on any aircraft I checked - so

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Flightgear-commitlogs] FlightGear Base Package branch, master, updated. f81456998442b1f30d86c4925a7d000d46ea4f1f

2012-07-30 Thread Curtis Olson
-functioning/buggy aircraft on the download page. New features and completely new aircraft should not end up in the release branch. See: http://wiki.flightgear.org/Release_plan Understood, but it seems (and I could be mistaken) like a lot of small bug fixes and rembrandt compatibility updates

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Rating System Redux (was Re: Flightgear-devel Digest, Vol 61, Issue 12)

2011-05-26 Thread Hal V. Engel
model - there are no points awarded for the accuracy or the fidelity of the 3d model. E.G there is at least one model with afterburners modelled where none existed. I've updated the external model to include the world Accurate for ratings 3-5. Of course, we're trusting that aircraft

[Flightgear-devel] Rating System Redux (was Re: Flightgear-devel Digest, Vol 61, Issue 12)

2011-05-26 Thread Stuart Buchanan
aircraft. And finally - the points system could award a high status to a poor model - there are no points awarded for the accuracy or the fidelity of the 3d model. E.G there is at least one model with afterburners modelled where none existed. I've updated the external model to include the world

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-02 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:36:17 +0200, Torsten wrote in message 4fca6b31.3090...@t3r.de: Hi, in just a bit more than two weeks from now we reach June, 17th, marking the first milestone for the release of next FlightGear version: the feature freeze period. If you have some great

Re: [Flightgear-devel] fgdata trouble

2012-09-23 Thread Alan Teeder
to divide aircraft into categories. The obvious ones include military, light aircraft, civil transport, helicopters, spaceships, comic-book etc. This should be quite flexible. The ability to add categories should be available. Some aircraft will belong in more than one category, so a cross

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Towards release 1.9.2

2009-10-11 Thread Martin Spott
Hi Durk, Durk Talsma wrote: FWIW, I would like to build a minimum base package this time, which only consists of one aircraft, no AI, and a minimal set of shared models. AI and other aircraft can be released as a separate ADDON packages, or via CVS. Likewise, shared models are now

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New release

2010-12-11 Thread ThorstenB
. But bugfixes should only affect the third version number then, i.e. a bugfix for the 2.0 stable should be 2.0.1. It sill makes sense to move to 2.2.0 now - stable release versions should be even. Seconly, do we want to maintain our current aircraft selection, or do we want to include a (partially) updated

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call for aircraft nominations

2008-10-05 Thread Gijs de Rooy
I'm at it. :-) With each release we include a selection of representative aircraft that highlight FlightGear's capabilities. Inclusion criteria include: Completeness, variability across categories, realism, suitability for demo flights (think of aerotowing, AI/Multiplayer refueling

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-10 Thread Stuart Buchanan
. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Major improvements from v2.4.0 include reduced AI aircraft load times, easier graphics tuning, more sophisticated AI aircraft and improved usability. Founded in 1997, FlightGear is developed by a worldwide group of volunteers

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call for aircraft nominations

2008-10-05 Thread Christian Schmitt
Durk Talsma wrote: While I'm at it. :-) With each release we include a selection of representative aircraft that highlight FlightGear's capabilities. Inclusion criteria include: Completeness, variability across categories, realism, suitability for demo flights (think of aerotowing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call for aircraft nominations

2008-10-06 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Sonntag, den 05.10.2008, 10:13 +0200 schrieb Durk Talsma: While I'm at it. :-) With each release we include a selection of representative aircraft that highlight FlightGear's capabilities. Inclusion criteria include: Completeness, variability across categories, realism, suitability

[Flightgear-devel] FlightGear 2.2.0 changelog (Concept)

2011-01-04 Thread Durk Talsma
available shader technology, FlightGear’s graphical quality has been substantially improved, compared to the previous release. Assorted highlights of this version include: new shader based water textures, capturing the sun’s reflection, three dimensional city block textures, more realistic

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Final 2.6.0 Release Preparations

2012-02-12 Thread Stuart Buchanan
to contribute. Full text below. -Stuart The FlightGear development team is happy to announce the v2.6.0 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Major improvements from v2.4.0 include reduced AI aircraft

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Release 2.8.0 - closing release/2.8.0 branch

2012-08-16 Thread Curtis Olson
a preliminary v2.8 aircarft download page created ( http://www.flightgear.org/download/aircraft-v2-8/) but Gijs is working on an improved aircraft download page that should be ready in time for the release. Curt. -- Curtis Olson: http://www.atiak.com - http://aem.umn.edu/~uav/ http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Call for aircraft nominations

2008-10-05 Thread gerard robin
definition , i asked some weeks ago, why the group name is not taken within OSG I never got any answer :( So the best would be, to avoid to include it in the AI _demo of that next stable release, it can remain as a Geometry model. -- Gérard http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/ J'ai

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear 2.0.0 release process: Update

2010-02-02 Thread Francesco Angelo Brisa
it througt csv). 2) which aircraft to include ? [...] Cheers Francesco -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear 2.0.0 release process: Update

2010-02-02 Thread francesco
it througt csv). 2) which aircraft to include ? [...] Cheers Francesco -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network

[Flightgear-devel] New release

2010-12-11 Thread Durk Talsma
system like that (i.e. the next series could be 2.2.0 for stable, and 2.3.0. for development). Seconly, do we want to maintain our current aircraft selection, or do we want to include a (partially) updated selection from our git repository, or -alternatively- do we want to strip the entire

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Release 2.8.0: feature freeze starts now

2012-07-09 Thread ThorstenB
Am 17.06.2012 21:14, schrieb Torsten Dreyer: today is June, 17th and this marks our feature freeze for the sources of SimGear, FlightGear and FGDATA. Within FGDATA, only aircraft not being part of the base package are not part of the feature freeze. Maintainers for those aircraft are kindly

[Flightgear-devel] FG 2.10 Change Log and Release Announcement

2013-02-13 Thread Stuart Buchanan
for the release announcement. i.e.: The FlightGear development team is happy to announce the v2.10 release of FlightGear, the free, open-source flight simulator. This new version contains many exciting new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Highlights in this release include improved usability, better

[Flightgear-devel] FlightGear 2.0.0 Announcement text + Summary of ChangeLog

2010-02-08 Thread Durk Talsma
== ANNOUNCEMENT + SUMMARY === FlightGear 2.0.0. reflects the maturation of the OpenSceneGraph port that started with the previous 1.9.0 release. In addition to many internal code improvements, FlightGear 2.0.0. marks the introduction of many new exciting improvements in the graphics and sound

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear 2.0.0 Announcement text + Summary of ChangeLog

2010-02-08 Thread Heiko Schulz
.: == ANNOUNCEMENT + SUMMARY === FlightGear 2.0.0. reflects the maturation of the OpenSceneGraph port that started with the previous 1.9.0 release. In addition to many internal code improvements, FlightGear 2.0.0. marks the introduction of many new exciting improvements in the graphics

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear 2.0.0 Announcement text + Summary ofChangeLog

2010-02-08 Thread Vivian Meazza
, Durk == ANNOUNCEMENT + SUMMARY === FlightGear 2.0.0. reflects the maturation of the OpenSceneGraph port that started with the previous 1.9.0 release. In addition to many internal code improvements, FlightGear 2.0.0. marks the introduction of many new exciting improvements

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear 2.0.0 Announcement text + Summary of ChangeLog

2010-02-08 Thread Scott Hamilton
behavior of existing features. Highlights of this new version include: Sound * Complete Overhaul of the Sound Code * doppler effects * distance attenuation * 3D positional sound sources * assignment of sound sources to external objects (i.e. AI controlled aircraft) * User

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Release update

2007-12-12 Thread Vivian Meazza
for the property to be sent over MP. If most aircraft use bool for nav lights it is probably a good idea to change the type in multiplaymgr.cxx. (Bool does sound more logical to me, but none of my aircraft include proper nav lights yet so I don't know much about these.. :) Yes, I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Release 2.8.0: feature freeze starts now

2012-06-26 Thread ThorstenB
Am 17.06.2012 21:14, schrieb Torsten Dreyer: today is June, 17th and this marks our feature freeze for the sources of SimGear, FlightGear and FGDATA. Within FGDATA, only aircraft not being part of the base package are not part of the feature freeze. Maintainers for those aircraft are kindly

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear 2.0.0 Announcement text + Summary of ChangeLog

2010-02-09 Thread Durk Talsma
as improved usability of key features, and improved behavior of exsisting features. Highlights of this new version include: Dramatic new 3D clouds, dramatic lighting conditions, improved support for custom scenery, and many many new and detailed aircraft models. Sound * Complete overhaul

[Flightgear-devel] Changelog for Release 2.8.0

2012-08-13 Thread Torsten Dreyer
there. These are not only core features but also new/updated aircraft, scenery improvements, usability changes - whatever made FlightGear better since the last release. The changelog is often copied by online media and might help to attract new user, so please help creating a persuasive advertising

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear prerelease

2007-12-04 Thread Stuart Buchanan
--- Durk Talsma wrote: To follow up on this: It seems like the initial testing round went pretty well, with mostly minor problems being reported, and many of them being fixed already. I'm hoping to roll up the tar files for the release itself this weekend. Is this just the final tarballs

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear 2.0.0 release process: Update

2010-02-02 Thread Frederic Bouvier
- John Denker a écrit : 2) which aircraft to include ? That's a different question. I can't help with that. in data : cvs up -Pd -r V2_0_0B in source : make data-tar Or wait the release: official data and source tarballs will be released. -Fred -- Frédéric Bouvier http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSim bug fix that should be backported to FG 2.8.0

2012-07-21 Thread ThorstenB
Am 20.07.2012 11:10, schrieb Anders Gidenstam: Given that there is some risk that the behaviour of carefully tuned flight models change I'd suggest we only update 2.9.0 and do not update 2.8.0 as it is late in its release cycle. Valid point. Can someone with more insight into the patch (Jon

Re: [Flightgear-devel] The next FlightGear release (summer 2012)

2012-06-03 Thread ys
to have a own flightgear data distribution, missing huge updates from the last couple of years probably. On the other hand some terrasynced scenery data will be out of data sync probably for some months with the change, but I guess this is the part which can be updated out of core release cycles

Re: [Flightgear-devel] mp and animations

2006-07-03 Thread Mathias Fröhlich
, with doors missing, rotor blades all in one spot etc. It would be nice to have some property to key on and just present a low-LOD version of a plane when it is being viewed as a remote mp aircraft. I hoped that the bo105 will look correct with the current release? The network packets include

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Could not open file: Segmentation fault;

2009-01-20 Thread Jon S. Berndt
airplane config, the best we can do is exit gracefully. -- Csaba/Jester The C310 is one of the aircraft that - in the JSBSim cvs repository - is used for extensive testing of JSBSim operation. There is a need for an autopilot for the aircraft to be able to fly out the tests. The autopilot file

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