--- On Wed, 9/4/08, Melchior FRANZ wrote:
> * Stuart Buchanan -- Wednesday 09 April 2008:
> > --- On Wed, 9/4/08, Melchior FRANZ wrote:
> > > So, please let's discuss that first, before
> anyone
> > > dumps more of that stuff into $FG_ROOT/AI/!
> >
> > Hence my original post - discussion is good.
>
> Yes, discussion is good. But the original post was already
> a bit
> past the point where an RFC would have been in order. You
> had
> already started with copying textures and asked others to
> do the
> same. Time to take a break.
Mea culpa. I screwed up and should have posted before committing. My apologies
to all. This idea was a lot more contentious than I expected at the time...
> > In that context, another 50 - 100MB of data in the
> base package seems reasonable.
>
> Sound like a rather low estimation to me. Especially
> considering
> that helijah adds 5 aircraft every week. :-)
Well, I'm not sure I can keep up with that rate ;)
> > How about the following
> >
> > - Maximum size 250KB.
> > - All textures converted to PNG and scaled to 1/4 size
> in both dimensions.
> >
> > Does that seem reasonable?
>
> Maybe. I'd like others to comment on that. I never
> claimed that it's
> on me to decide. But I'd like to have such things
> discussed beforeI don't think that's likely in the near term. Also
> they are done. You probably know that committing a file
> means that
> it will be in CVS *forever*, even if you "cvs rm"
> it right after that.
No I didn't know that, but thinking about it for 5 minutes should have made me
realize that it was probably the case.
> Whatever we come up with,I don't think that's likely in the near term. Also
> it would be nice if the LOD
> handling could
> always load the full aircraft version if you are very
> close. Seeing
> a blurry box parked next to you isn't pretty either.
I guess that's a possibility, but I'd prefer not to have a huge new model load
just as I start flying formation with another aircraft... ;)
-Stuart
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