On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:27 -0500, John Denker wrote: > From > http://wiki.flightgear.org/flightgear_wiki/index.php?title=Bugs > > > 1 Known Bugs > 1.30 Broken startup banner. > Broken startup banner. > On startup, the simulator prints Author: Unknown and prints a bogus > Date, even when an author and a date have been specified in the > *-set.xml file. Apparently the code is having trouble reading elements > from the file. This has been observed on a wide variety of aircraft.
This banner information is not from the -set.xml file. It is from the Flight Dynamics Model (FDM) config file. > 2 Missing Features and Traps for the Unwary > Incompatible Scenery. > Using e.g. google, it is easy to find out-of-date scenery files -- > along with out-of-date instructions. If you install such scenery, you > will get messages such as the following: > > Failed to open file .../data/Models/fgfsdb/localizer.xml > Failed to open file .../data/Models/fgfsdb/WaterWorks30m.xml > Failed to open file .../data/Models/fgfsdb/GenericStorageTank5m.xml > Failed to open file .../data/Models/fgfsdb/GenericStorageTank10m.xml > Failed to open file .../data/Models/fgfsdb/GenericStorageTank20m.xml > Failed to open file .../data/Models/fgfsdb/GenericStorageTank30m.xml > > You might get only a few such messages, or you might get screenful > after screenful. > > So, beware, make sure you download scenery files that are compatible > with the version of fgfs you are using. > > This obviously counts as a trap for the unwary. It could also be > considered a missing feature, in the sense that it would be nice to > put version markers in the files, and have the software detect bad > versions and print some sort of user-friendly message (rather than > screenfuls of unfriendly verbiage). Have you installed the Stockill database models? http://fgfsdb.stockill.org It looks like you pulled his global objects file http://flightgear.stockill.org.uk/download/GlobalObjects.tgz without pulling the shared model file http://flightgear.stockill.org.uk/download/SharedModels.tgz there is nothing out-of-date, these files exist and work, they only need to be installed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
