On Friday, 9 January 2004 16:41, Innis Cunningham wrote: > Exactly. > At the risk of putting my foot squarely in my mouth the FDM does not > care what the model looks like or where it is.The reference point for the > model is usually put somewhere close to the centre of the model so the > model will appear to fly correctly when viewed from a chase position.
But the FDM should care about where the model is! Otherwise collision detection will be up the pole, parking a plane at a gate will not be accurate and getting the 3D model to rotate on the main landing gear will not be possible. Paul _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
