On mer 21 novembre 2007, Vivian Meazza wrote: > Stuart > > > Hi Paul, > > > > Providing an easy way to make the Nimitz more MP-compatible > > is an excellent idea. However, I have two comments on the > > implementation: > > > > 1) I think splitting the dialog into two - one for AI/ATC and > > one for carrier settings would be a good idea. From the > > user's perspective, they are really two separate functions > > and there are now sufficient carrier functions to make this > > worthwhile. It might also be worth including buttons for > > engaging the launchbar, and even firing the catapult. This > > will also allow us to hide the carrier menu if the carriers > > are not enabled. > > > > 2) The dialog currently is very specific to the Nimitz and > > its current location. I think it would be a good idea to > > instead provide controls for any number of carriers, or at > > least controls that will reset _all_ carriers to their > > default position. This may require a bit of re-jigging of the > > carrier scenarios so that their initial positions etc are > > accessible, but will give a lot more flexibility as the > > number of carriers increase. > > > > I realize that this has just trebled the workload for your > > enhancement, but I think that both these things will make it > > much more useful. > > > > Best regards, > > > > -Stuart > > As an ergonomic issue here - I would prefer not to try to juggle with mouse > and joystick to either engage the launchbar or fire the catapult - the > keyboard is a better option. I know there are some who can manage that, but > I'm not one of them. > > Otherwise, this is all good stuff, and as the co-author of the original > carrier stuff would be very willing to add the final version to cvs. > > Only temporarily, mind. We have been talking about doing the carrier (and > other ai objects) over mp for years now. Perhaps some time soon ... > > > Vivian > > Hello Stuart,
I fully agree with Vivian , about the launchbar and catapult, would you accept to UP or DOWN the landing gear with the menu ? , to me it is the same ergonomic requirement. Which explain my previous reaction regarding the keyboard modification test (thanks to David Megginson, who came back to the previous old keyboard configuration) Regards -- Gérard http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
