First post to this list... been playing with fg for a few weeks now and I have to say I'm very impressed. It runs super on my 2ghz AMD linux box with Geforce 4 gfx and the Nvidia drivers.
Ok, questions... First of all, are there any plans to implement shadows? A shadow of the aircraft over the ground would obviously make judging the height visually much easier, and add to the realism. Of course, the ultimate is to make it so mountains and the scenery itself can cast shadows, even into the cockpit of the 'plane! But a good start would be aircraft shadows. I haven't a clue how feasable this is, and the question has probably been asked many times before, but here's me asking anyway. The second question is to ask if anyone can recommend a good joystick for flightgear use? The only thing it will be used for is fg. Not after anything too flashy; just needs the additional rudder and throttle controls. A friend recommened one of the Microsoft sticks, so I'm inclined to go for that (say all you like about MS, but they make good hardware! I love my MS optical mouse). I haven't bought a joystick since they used 9 pin D-type connectors and did 4 digital directions and a firebutton, so any guidance anyone can give would be great. Anyway, thanks for the superb software. :) I look forward to future versions and helping in any way I can. Lawrence _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
