I wrote: > Sent: 08 November 2007 08:16 > To: 'FlightGear developers discussions' > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] view handling news > > > Melchior wrote > > > > Sent: 07 November 2007 23:14 > > To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [Flightgear-devel] view handling news > > > > > > Since David complained about the damping mechanism in > > viewer.cxx, I wanted to check whether the same feature could > > also be done in Nasal. (Damping is at the moment only used in > > the "Chase View". It's just lowpass filters on the > > heading/pitch/roll angles, which make the viewer follow the > > aircraft with a slight delay.) > > > > I had to fix a jitter problem in the main loop, and there's > one more > > to fix for replay (already done on my HD), but most of the work is > > done. There's now a manager in $FG_ROOT/Nasal/view.nas > where one can > > register Nasal view handlers. This is by default only done for the > > Fly-By-View. > > > > Here are two more examples. Each of them is an XML file with > > some settings and embedded Nasal code, and implements a new > > "view". You can try them out at once: > > > > $ fgfs --aircraft=j3cub ~/chase-view-II.xml ~/model-view.xml > > > > Use full paths for the files. (~ expands to a full path :-) > > > > chase-view-II.xml is a proof of concept. It's a slightly > > extended chase view, where also latitude/longitude/altitude > > are lowpass filtered. This is nice to see how far an aircraft > > drops in a barrel roll. Might also be nice for movies. > > > > model-view.xml allows to cycle through all carriers, tankers, > > aircraft, multiplayer (untested) with the q/Q keys. > > > > The jitter in plib has pretty well been fixed here by these > modifications. There remains some low frequency and > relatively long pauses around KSFO and other texture/model > rich environments. The sound bug has been fixed. > > The model-view with multiplayer has been tested here and > works very well. This facility is a very nice add-on to FG. > Pity it wasn't available for the FSWeekend event in Lelystad, > because it is particularly applicable to this kind of event. >
P.S. We get views like this: ftp://abbeytheatre2.org.uk/fgfs/Screen-shots/Model-viewer.jpg V. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
