> I would say that tracking the state in the plane record is a must. There's > really no other place where this belongs. Using just one list is an option. > We don't have *that* many aircraft around. The highest number that I ever > saw were ~75 aircraft, but most of the time it's around 30. Going through > one list with 70 items and checking one state variable is hardly a performance > factor.
I recall Durk Talsma was once telling about an in-house (closed source) fgfs-based system with a huge number of AI planes, in the tens of thousands IIRC. Probably not all talking to the same tower though? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
