On Sunday 29 October 2006 17:50, Darko Tasovac wrote: > Hi all, > > What is the main goal of AI subsystem traffic pattern, do you plan the > traffic pattern to be the realistic one, or random airliner flights to > random destinaton? > > Google Earth and TaxiDraw connection is a jackpot :) > > Regards, > Darko T. >
Hi Darko, Well, I can only speak for myself, but I would say that my goal is to achieve "ever increasing realism through constant refinement". I'd like to have something that feels realistic, in the sense that the right amount of traffic, and with approximately the right liveries, is present at each airport. This could mean that we go through a phase where everything is driven by random traffic. but I'd like to keep the option open to have realistic schedules. I certainly don't have the entire flight schedule of each airline in memory, but there are a limited nr of flights for which I know the departure time (i.e. those, I've travelled with as a passenger in real-life). It's pretty cool to see those behave in FlightGear (or FS2004 for that matter) as they would in reality. FWIW, keeping traffic 100% realistic is most likely going to be a logistic nightmare, but if we can get something that approximates it then that would be great. Also note that the AI system shouldn't be limited to airline traffic, but should also include general aviation, and military traffic. I started with airline stuff, because that's the most visible type of traffic in my home area, and also the type of traffic I have a test database for. If you look at the ground network / schedule documentation, and the C++ source code, you might find hooks for other traffic types as well. I just haven't had the chance to work on that though... Cheers, Durk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
