D Luff writes:
> The output from SG_INFO to the console (Event states, mouse in
> view/pointer mode, lighting updates and tile updates) can cause
> nasty pauses on Windows 98 even with the console window
> minimised, far worse than on NT on the same hardware. May I
> suggest that we turn off all the console output during flight by
> default and let users turn it on if they wish.
If you configure --without-logging, then all this SG_LOG() output will
be disabled.
> I get flashing polygons in the sky when on or near the ground.
> Pushing the near clip plane out a touch fixes this. In main.cxx at
> line 679 changing:
>
> if ( agl > 10.0 ) {
> ssgSetNearFar( 10.0f, 120000.0f );
> } else {
> ssgSetNearFar( 0.5f, 120000.0f );
> }
>
> to
>
> if ( agl > 10.0 ) {
> ssgSetNearFar( 10.0f, 120000.0f );
> } else {
> ssgSetNearFar( 1.3f, 120000.0f );
> }
>
> seems to do the trick, and viewing straight down still doesn't clip
> the runway. Any objections to putting this in?
It might be a problem for view points/aircraft that sit lower to the
ground. What kind of video card are you running? This means that if
your view point is closer than 1.3 meters to the ground, you will see
strange near clipping artifacts.
> The aileron starts up at full left deflection on all flight models.
> Whilst this might be how real ones are left, and whilst we all ought
> to preflight, a lot of people are going to wonder why the plane
> suddenly goes all over the place on the runway.
I'm not seeing this at all on my end. The controls all start out
centered for me. Are you running with keyboard input, or joystick for
the yoke?
> YASim initialised at about 40 knots charging down the runway,
> with the engines running and the magnetos off. Due to the
> aformentioned full left aileron I didn't get very far.
Yes, YASim engine start procedures need to be on the todo list
somewhere.
> The JSBSim engine starts before the cranking sound starts playing.
This is another thing that needs to be addressed. If you blip the
starter for even the shortest amount of time, the engine automatically
is fully running.
You need to crank longer than 'n' seconds before the engine catches
and runs.
Along with that, Erik sent me some nice engine cranking and engine
coughing to life samples. It would be nice to use these, but we'd
need some additional support in the sound effects code which I don't
have time to do before 0.7.9.
Regards,
Curt.
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