Hi all, I dowloaded the newest version I could find (0.9.5a for Windows) and tried it on my Windows XP Pro SP1 machine. I noticed several things.
1. I can't hear the ATIS voice, even though the frequency is correct
(it is the one displayed when using the ATC/Frequencies menu).
Things are working correctly when using 0.9.4.
2. Looking at the charts for a nearby airport (LFMD - Cannes
Mandelieu) on [1], I noticed two problems in the navaids:
- a NDB is missing
- the localizer at LFMD is missings its DME
- some informations are duplicated (but this does not seem to be
a problem, actually)
You will find attached a patch that corrects those problems in
nav.dat.
3. I also tried to make sure that, as per the approach charts, the
LLZ has a heading of 349, instead of being exactly aligned on the
runway which is 354 in the sim. So I changed the corresponding
line in nav.dat to the following:
5 43.556389 006.949444 0 11035 349.000 CMD LFMD 35 LLZ
But this did not give the result I expect: the localizer is still
exactly aligned with the runway. On the other hand, if I use a very
different value for the heading of the localizer (say, 330), then I
can see the difference in the sim.
It seems as if the localizer's heading was 'rounded' to the one of
the runway when they are close to each other. Did I miss something?
4. Using --aircraft=c172p or --aircraft=c172r-3d-jsbsim, and adding
a 12 knots wind that comes from 110 degrees on the left of the
aircraft gives a strange result: the airplane lies on its tail,
instead of on the front wheel. Try:
fgfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] --aircraft=c172p --airport-id=KSRB
This does not happen at KSFO, and it seems that this is thanks to
the time needed to load the scenery. Maybe there is a problem at
the very start of the FDM... It does not happen with
--aircraft=c172r-3d-yasim.
5. Finally, how can I set from the command line the values controled
with the View -> View distance menu. I'd like to change them
'permanently', but could not find the properties that they're
tied to... This would allow me to use a very wide screen
(1800x768) with a field of view of 90 degrees while still being
able to read the panel...
I noticed that I could change the [x,y,z]-offset-m[0] values in
/sim/current-view to get what I want, but when I set them from the
command line, those values seem ignored and replaced by the default
values...
Thanks for your help.
[1]
<http://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/aip/enligne/METROPOLE/AIP/IAC/IAC%20AD%202.LFMD.pdf>
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