On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 18:05, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On 13 Nov 2002 15:22:15 -0800, 
> Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
> <1037229736.19944.727.camel@raptor>:
> 
> > On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 08:16, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > > 
> > > ..I like a birds view building block approach: JSBSim can be run as
> > > an external fdm to FG.  How about making this the standard approach?
> > >  
> > > Engine models imho should be called externally again, from the fdms.
> > > All of this is built on top of zlib, plib, SimGear etc.  Modules. 
> > > With clear interfaces.
> > 
> > I can see the appeal of multiple processes in some instances (such as 
> > the need to avoid mixing GPL and non-GPL code).  Otherwise, it's 
> > unnecessary complication, especially from a users point of view.
> 
> ..coming from penguin world with many nice utilities co-operating 
> to do the work, I beg to differ.  ;-) 

I live in that world too ... and I've seen the kind of confusion
multi-process programs cause.  For me, its enough to avoid creating
one without good reason.

  
> 
> > > 
> > > ..some of us like hot OpenGL graphics and neat sceneries to plan and
> > > tweak our next air show.  At other times, we analyse and tweak an
> > > airframe or an engine, and then we prefer to burn our cpu cycles in 
> > > the fdm and engine models and can live with slow vesa-type graphics.
> > 
> > You really don't need to be concerned about such a trade ... the fdms
> > simply do not consume alot of cpu cycles.
> 
> ..currently, no, agreed, in the future we may want to tinker with more
> complex fdms, flexing wings, iceing, damage models, 

None of which will consume a great deal more CPU cycles.

or hook up a plane,
> balloon, submarine or a wind tunnel to it

Real time CFD is a pipe dream.  Period.

>, then we have Atlas, Open
> Cockpit, networking, etc, etc, some day I will want to try fire more 
> sparkling pine wood in my zeppeliner's gasifier...  ;-)
> 
> -- 
> ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
> ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
>   Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
>   best case, worst case, and just in case.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Flightgear-devel mailing list
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
> 
-- 
Tony Peden
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
We all know Linux is great ... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds. 
-- attributed to Linus Torvalds


_______________________________________________
Flightgear-devel mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Reply via email to