On 12/10/2007, AnMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I prefer starting with engine off (and not at threshold) so why not add > support for starting > somewhere else than end of runway? Starting at the gate for example (makes > sense for 787 but not for > the warrior) or in a hangar (if such exist at that airport).
You probably wouldn't want to start in a hangar unless you wanted to animate a little pilot with a sore back pulling the plane out onto the apron -- it's extremely rare to start the prop when the plane is indoors. In front of a hangar might make sense, but with the nose angled away so that the prop blast doesn't blow back into the hangar. Seriously, I think we should make it easy to start the way you want, but there's a lot of work involved. The original aircraft config system was designed to make it easy for users to override default settings at runtime, but I notice now that lots of people use Nasal scripts (etc.) to forcibly override default properties, so you're pretty-much stuck with whatever the designer decided until we have time to clean up all the config files. All the best, David ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
