Michael Basler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > John, > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:flightgear-devel-admin@;flightgear.org]On Behalf Of John Check > > > The current gzipped cvs snapshot tarball is less than 40mb. > > How does this compare with other sims -demo- downloads? > > >From my (a user's) point of view 40 MB is not large today. People have to > and most people will understand that a full-featured Flight Simulator does > not fit onto a 1.44" FD. As John says, compare it to the X plane demo, which > a lot of people actually do download. Personally, I'd prefer not adding even > more hassle to the installation by having the newcomer decide which modules > to install. > > Of course we might revise this point of view later anytime. And, no, I > neither have a cable modem nor SDL (but ISDN).
Agreed. I kind of like the current structure, and we don't have enough finished models to start worrying about classifications...yet. Of course it is always good to look toward the future. Obviously, as David pointed out we can only reasonably include so many models in the base package. Right now we've got a lot of great starts for 3D Models, and now excellent support in the program for instrumenting and animating them. My focus (especially since I don't have the time to dive into programming now) is on fixing up 3D models. Making them better looking and more complete. We really need more people modeling, which is where this thread started isn't it? :-) > I'd vote for adding a source/add-on package, though. This could include all > the stuff a normal user does not need (including the manual source stuff). Disagree. Best, Jim _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
