On Monday 04 March 2002 12:06 pm, you wrote: > Alex Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > As far as I'm concerned, the outside view is purely for entertainment > > since there is nothing realistic about hanging a couple dozen feet behind > > the aircraft in the open air, operating the controls remotely. > > Hmmm "purely" is one of those tricky words. There's nothing realistic > about sitting at a pc flying a plane either. And besides, lots pilots out > there take lessons and fly real planes for entertainment :-) > > Also, I think the external view provides a good substitute for the > realworld vision and feel that are critical to the last few seconds of > flight. It compensates for something else that can't easily be modeled on > the typical dekstop. I tend to like it for the takeoffs as well. There > are lots of things found in flight sim programs or "games" (like my mini > panel) that cover for some shortfall in what can be rendered 3D on a single > screen pc. > > That said, I'm not sure that animating models serves a purpose like > that...but like you said it could be useful in certain applications. For > me, learning about 3D modeling is enormously entertaining and interesting. > And besides it'll probably attract some new interest in the project. > > > In addition to prop pitch: When we put a 3D human inside the cockpit, > > please have the head articulate to match the view direction. > > Also, plan ahead to connect the navigation, landing, taxi, anticollision, > > strobe, cockpit, panel, nightglow (I've probably missed some) light > > switches on the cockpit panel to associated features in the model. > > > > Finally, is now a good time to mention the operating system specific > > pilot 3D model, with the passenger seats (to the extent available) > > filled with the 3D models of our other supported operating systems ? > > All it needs is for the model to have hooks indicating seat positions, > > and a model directory in the base with one model per operating system. > > Err umm...Huh? > > Best, >
That was a logo idea. Have a plane with various OS mascots as passengers. That's where the Albatross with Tux at the helm came from. Ibeleive there was a reason for picking the albatross beyond it not coming with wafers. > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > 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
