On ven 7 décembre 2007, AJ MacLeod wrote: > On Friday 07 December 2007 14:40:34 gerard robin wrote: > > Making the 3D model "shape" is the easiest (5% of the work, more or less > > 24 hours of work, but very complicated shape) > > There is a lot of stuff to do: > > =>the cockpit must completed (versus the A10, Alexy has spent so many > > time to do it) > > =>the 3D model is missing a lot of details (maybe the user did notice it, > > but the author knows it) > > =>An improvement of the texture, and probably some variants > > =>the FDM which not right, close to the real one, must be done fully > > All very true - and this doesn't even really mention all the various > systems that might be involved - electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, radars, > weapons etc.
That is right, we could add the autopilot, i only wanted to define the minimum acceptable, we could find a lot of others features which are specific to the model. > > I agree that we need a better indication of "state of completion" for the > models on the downloads page, but as far as I can see it will have to be a > very basic overview. I'm not a fan of simplistic "star" ratings, but if > the stars are for degree of completion and every star has a well-defined > meaning, the idea might well have some merit (merely as a rough indication > of what to expect). > > Stars for artistic competence and brilliance of execution should be > avoided, Yes we must not talk about artistic competences (here the "msfs" models are better :( ), only to answer the question: does the model simulate the real one ? which degree of simulation ? > I think. We have some stunning models and I personally make a > point of mentioning my appreciation to the authors of such, but making any > kind of comments on models which might be discouraging to modellers who are > still developing their skills would be counter-productive I think. > > Cheers, > > AJ > Cheers -- Gérard http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/ << Less i work, better i go >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
