John Wojnaroski > Behalf Of > Sent: 01 September 2007 21:47 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Particle Systems > > > I've yet to see a system that IMHO tops what Mark Harris did > a few years > ago part of his doctoral thesis. > > See http://www.lfstech.com/img/sfo_clouds.jpg. > > Someone made a decision a few years ago to replace rather > than improve. > Think we all lost a very promising > implementation, but there might be an opportunity to recover > what was lost. > > Stay tuned... > > John > > >Detlef Faber wrote: > > > > > >>Hello everybody, > >> > >>I've been playing around with OSGs Particle Systems and found this > >>might be suitable to create some 3d clouds. But see yourself: > >> > >>http://www.sol2500.net/flightgear/ksfo-under-clouds.jpg > >>http://www.sol2500.net/flightgear/cloudfront.jpg > >>http://www.sol2500.net/flightgear/clouds-over-ksfo.jpg > >>http://www.sol2500.net/flightgear/bushfire.jpg > >> > >>Here is a zip containing the files. > >>http://www.sol2500.net/flightgear/ParticleSys.tar.gz > >> > >>Put it in /Models/ and use the ufo to place them. > >>clouds.xml creates a 20x20 km big cloud field. > >> > >>Sometimes particle systems do not work at once. They cannot > (yet) be > >>placed as static objects in the scenery. Finally they get > clipped by > >>the Cloud Layer, so be sure to switch off any clouds. > >> > >>Perhaps someone with knowlage of the weather system has an > idea how to > >>use these. > >> > >>Greetings > >> > >>Detlef > >> > >>
I'm with you on this one John, except I can't see how to integrate that solution, or the particle solution with the weather radar. But perhaps some real expert can ... Vivian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
