On 04/05/2005 at 23:40 Melchior FRANZ wrote:
* James Turner -- Wednesday 04 May 2005 23:14: >> Minor partial objection - the Mac startup is dog slow (like 90 >> seconds to get to a usable plane in the C172 and SFO), and I think at >> least part of the problem is the 'init while idle' scheme> - FG wastes >> too much time doing rendering type things > Ditto Cygwin for long startup times. I've taken a look in the past, and loading the airport and nav data consumes the vast bulk of the time. This happens before any rendering (and before the splash-screen appears, which I assume Melchior's patch fixes). Melchior FRANZ wrote: > >I thought about a progress bar, or better: an info line that says: >"initializing navigation data", "initializing airport data", etc. >That entertains people a lot and makes the startup time appear shorter. > Excellent idea! Cheers - Dave This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
