On 07/11/2007 07:26 AM, gh.robin wrote: > Could it be possible , to limit the MP animation only to <property> surface > position <property/>, the model creators will take care of i. > When making the animations, he could decide if one specification is valuable > for the pilot only or valuable for both the pilot and the MP visual observer.
The sentiment of the question makes sense, but the details do not. The job that needs doing doesn't depend on MP versus pilot. It depends on point-of-view (PoV) and field-of-view (FoV). -- In some high-wing aircraft, the gear can be seen from the cockpit, even in non-MP simulations. -- Cockpit view is only one of several viewing modes. The outside of the aircraft is visible from many of the modes, even in non-MP simulations. >From such considerations it is easy to conclude that *) The job is to render whatever is within the field of view, to an appropriate degree of resolution (based on the zoom factor), and not waste time on whatever is not within the field of view. *) Yes, the job needs to be done. *) The job needs to be done by the graphics subsystem, not by the author of the model. There are an infinitude of different points of view, and it is not possible to account for them in the model file. The model file should specify the 3D positional relationships of the parts, and the graphics system needs to figure out which parts need to be rendered and which don't. In an M-player simulation, there will be M different views of the same situation, but that doesn't change the nature of the job. It just means there are M copies of the same basic job. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
