hi all, as noted earlier in another thread, i am working on a model-paging patch.
i need testers! if you want flightgear multiplayer to not pause when other pilots join, you are welcome to test my patch. some people are running flightgear with my patch alredy -- feedback is very positive so far. get the files at http://flight.bux.at XXXX-modelpaging-vX.X.X-beta-flightgear.patch XXXX-modelpaging-vX.X.X-beta-simgear.patch current version is 0.4.4, but i will re-release frequently. please don't forget to provide feedback after testing for a while. i started the project at the end of february with a simple idea: move all 3d-model loading to the DatabasePager-thread. my first attempts looked promising, though they were a little too optimistic (or naive?). the patch has evolved a lot since. currently it does the following things: 1. revive SGModelLib, move functions for xml-model-loading there 2. replace all calls to sgLoad3dModel with calls to either SGModelLib::loadModel() or SGModelLib::loadPagedModel() almost all models will be loaded by the DatabasePager. the few exceptions are: your own plane, shared models in scenery, random objects, AIBallistic models. 3. simplify mode-loading functions (avoid passing around fg_root) 4. avoid supurious MatrixTransform nodes in loaded models 5. fix some memory leaks NOTE: i'm still not pushing for integration in cvs. this patch is huge and it needs more testing. a little more clean-up is also needed. cheers, - till (buti on #flightgear) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. 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
