On mer 21 novembre 2007, Mike Schuh wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > >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. > > I agree. > > >It might also be worth including buttons for engaging the launchbar, and > >even firing the catapult. > > I think it would be valuable to add a configurable time delay to the firing > of the catapult. This would allow the user to click "fire", close/dismiss > the dialog window/box, and prepare to fly the plane. The default could be, > say, 5 seconds, and there could be a separate dialog window/box that shows > the time remaining before the catapult is fired (this separate dialog would > automagically disappear when done). I suppose there should be an option to > not show this countdown timer (or rather, showing it requires checking a > box in the carrier dialog).
Yes, you are right, for instance, I did include some delay (with a nasal script) , mainly to get a nice animation within my Air Navy Aircrafts, unfortunately up today it is only a private use ( you cannot get profit of it since these models can fly only with a specific carrier patched JSBsim FDM, ...... old sad history ). However, the keys are necessary, to activate these features > > >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... > > I agree. > 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
