Martin, > > I'd love to see a solution, either way. I use MSFS and X-Plane on > > VATSIM on a regular basis and both are driving me mad. I suggest that > > any external approach (via X-Plane or a "black box") is independent of > > FG licensing issues and there should be no problem with you > > implementing and distributing it. It won't be part of FG's CVS, but > > who cares. > > I do ;-) > To my understanding at least the X-Plane approach limits its use to > those platforms that are supported by X-Plane. I still see the wide > portability of FlighGear as one of its strengths and I'm not convinced > that limiting the use of the MultiPlayer 'feature' to just a few > platforms is good for advertizing ....
That's true, but it's still by far the quickest and easiest way of using VATSIM with FG. Remember, the "proxy" plugin would not be affiliated to FG in any way, all it does is slave X-Plane's FDM to data received over a standard (telnet?) connection, whether that comes from FG or not is another matter. Making available such a proxy would make life much easier to some people without compromising the portability of FG. > BTW, I simply don't want to have to buy a commercial X-Plane license > just in order to participate in FlightGear MultiPlayer 'events'. As I wrote in the original email, you don't need to. The only two things missing in the (free) demo compared to what you get on DVD is the scenery (which you don't need anyway) and joystick input after the first 6 minutes have expired (which you don't need either). So the free demo will do, and the SDK is free too, unlike FSUIPC etc. Andras ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
