A quick question for any of you. Can Flight Gear be used as a database for ground elevation? Could I query it with earth coordinates and ask it to return the local elevation of the ground with respect to sea level? Would this be difficult to implement?
Thanks, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 11/13/08 4:18 PM, "Michael Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Curtis Olson wrote: >> How much memory do you have? Is it possible to add some memory to get >> yourself up to maybe at least 512Mb total? If you are running this >> under linux, there are easy ways to look at your total system memory, >> how much memory is out in swap, how much memory the FlightGear >> application is taking, etc. Probably similar tools under windows, but >> I'm less familiar with system level debugging there. >> >> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Michael Smith wrote: >> >> Michael Smith wrote: >>> Curtis Olson wrote: >>> >>>> In the pre-osg version, I believe the cache size was scaled >> relative >>>> to the visibility (i.e. for some particular visibilty, a certain >>>> number of tiles need to be loaded in order to cover all the visible >>>> earth, and then the cache was set to some number higher than >> that so >>>> that we wouldn't get thrashing.) I don't recall the exact >> formula ... >>>> maybe something like 2*n + 1 (where n is the number of visible >>>> tiles.) I don't know if this concept was carried forward to >> the OSG >>>> version ,but you might try limiting visibility and that should >> reduce >>>> the number of tiles being loaded. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Curt. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Michael Smith >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> Michael Smith wrote: >>>>> I have tried plenty of things to get fg to run on this >> old piece of >>>>> junk but I am getting tired only being able to fly water >> routes >>>> (i.e. >>>>> island to island). If I try to fly over land, it gets >> slower and >>>>> slower over time, so I want to know how to lower how much >>>> scenery gets >>>>> cached (not affraid to edit code here). >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Anybody? I really want to know this. >>>> >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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=/ >> <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> >>>> <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Flightgear-devel mailing list >>>> Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> >>>> <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>> >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Curtis Olson: http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ >> <http://baron.flightgear.org/%7Ecurt/> >>>> <http://baron.flightgear.org/%7Ecurt/> >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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=/ >> <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Flightgear-devel mailing list >>>> Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel >>>> >>>> >>> Hmm, Ok, I will try this, but if there is another way (I >> wouldn't want >>> IFR flight on a shiney bright day at TNCM :), I would like to know. >>> Thanks Curt. >>> >>> >>> Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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=/ >> <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flightgear-devel mailing list >>> Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel >>> >>> >> Ok, I tried a short route in my 777 (KSFO - KATL) and had 10 fps >> leaving >> KSFO ( that is shocking btw, I only ever get 1 there) and through the >> flight at FL350 i get between 7 and 15 FPS, but once I came down where >> the ground could be seen, the fps went and stayed at 1 - 2 fps and >> I had >> to kill because I can't land that. Any other suggestions on how I >> could >> do this or any other way (I have disabled everything in Rendering >> Options besides Display FPS and Show Chat Messages and have had >> model-hz >> set to 90) I could make fg stop munching my ram to pieces? >> >> -- >> Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> (mdsmith2) >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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=/ >> <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flightgear-devel mailing list >> Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Curtis Olson: http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ >> <http://baron.flightgear.org/%7Ecurt/> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > I have 376 MB of physical ram and 2 gigs of swap (I know, its a little > bit) and plan to get a gig of DDR ram eventually but will take too long > and I would like something to keep me flying until I can get it. 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