Maik, These are not "dogfight-only" problems. These are multiplayer problems which currently are not addressed well in the current multiplayer implementation. On the public servers with high latency, multiplayer flight can be choppy as a plane in your view "magically" disappears from your right view and reappears in your left view. Also, syncing positions across the entire network allows proper collision detection. I know it is fun to fly the Rascal or some small plane inside another player's Boeing 737, but it is not realistic which seems to be the focus of zeal in this project.
Having proper collision detection would allow realistic damage and system failures. In the example above, if the Rascal were to fly into an aileron on the left wing it is likely that the Rascal would be destroyed, but the 737 would only lose operation of the left aileron. The 737 would not be in a desirable situation, but with sufficient piloting skills would be able to land safely anyway. Just some thoughts, Jonathan Wagner Maik Justus wrote: > Hi Ampere, > > yes, > > but solving this dogfight-only problem by bringing in a general problem > for every flightgear user is much worse. > > Maik > > > Ampere K. Hardraade schrieb am 13.05.2007 21:25: > >> On Sunday 13 May 2007 15:05, Maik Justus wrote: >> >> >>> Maybe it is easier, that the clients run their own fdm and the >>> combat-server makes a test of the actual performance of the client >>> against stored values, which could be generated by a script (maximum >>> acceleration, turn rate, speed for several sets of orientation/speed). >>> >>> Maik >>> >>> >> That wouldn't solve the problem of syncing clients' positions across the >> entire network. >> >> >> >> Ampere >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
