Hi,
> Hello everyone , > I 've been pondering an idea of adding > updraft/downdrafts to the > environment, probably as a part of turbulence , so it can > be > enabled/disabled... > My idea is to calculate wind-speed-from -down , by checking > wind speed , > direction , and the normal of the > scenery triangle directly beneath the aircraft , sampling > every second > or so.Also with a scenery material and time of day check > for updrafts > over flat country . > Ive tried to find a starting point in the code , but get > more > discouraged as I get lost in it. > Any suggestions on the best starting place in the code for > something > like this , or is this something that > is even worth adding ? Any suggestions would be > helpful.Thanks > You mean that thing also known as "thermals" ? Would be great we had these- just some weeks ago I had a sightseeing flight in a helicopter- and the thing I noticed on this flight were the strong up/ downdrafts and their missing in FlightGear. I miss thhis very much in FlightGear, more in small aircrafts than the bigger one. It is indeed a very important part yet missing! We already have up/ downwinds with AI scenery- maybe this could be a starting point for you. And I can remember that Detlef Faber wanted to start on something like that, but he wanted to use Nasal scripting. Regards HHS __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
