There seems to be a vestigial reference to TOWER_VIEW in 0.7.9, but as Michael says, the code section that was in 0.7.8 is no longer there. This would be a useful feature for simulating r/c flight.
Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Selig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 12:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Tower view > > > At 2/23/02, you wrote: > >* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Boslough, Mark B) [2002.02.22 18:40]: > > > Is there no longer a tower view option? 0.7.8 could toggle from > > > pilot to chase to tower view, I believe. 0.7.9 does not seem to > > > have this feature. > > > >I think you're mistaken. FlightGear has never had a tower view. > > In my 0.7.8 main.cxx I have this snippet of code: > > // Tower View > FGViewerLookAt *tower_view = > (FGViewerLookAt *)globals->get_viewmgr()->get_view( 2 ); > > tower_view->set_view_forward( pilot_view->get_view_pos() ); > > if (!tower_view_initialized) { > tower_view->set_geod_view_pos( > cur_fdm_state->get_Longitude(), > > cur_fdm_state->get_Lat_geocentric(), > > (cur_fdm_state->get_Altitude()+200)* > SG_FEET_TO_METER ); > tower_view->set_sea_level_radius( cur_fdm_state-> > get_Sea_level_radius()* > SG_FEET_TO_METER ); > tower_view->set_pilot_offset( npo[0], npo[1], npo[2] ); > tower_view->set_view_up( wup ); > tower_view_initialized = true; > } > > ... and I can toggle the 'v' key to go from cockpit, to > external rear view, > to a tower view (when flying at the default airport) --- > works great. Is > this not part of the standard fgfs? I mentioned to Mark that > we have this > working in our fgfs 0.7.8. I don't see this same piece of > code in 0.7.9, > however. > > > > > >-- > >Cameron Moore > >[ Why is a boxing ring square? ] > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Flightgear-devel mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > > > ************************************************** > Prof. Michael S. Selig > Dept. of Aero/Astro Engineering > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > 306 Talbot Laboratory > 104 South Wright Street > Urbana, IL 61801-2935 > (217) 244-5757 (o), (509) 691-1373 (fax) > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/m-selig > http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/m-selig/faq.html (FAQ) > ************************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
