On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 23:30 +0000, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > Csaba wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > > > > > > The patch below backs out that change. Unfortunately this means the change > > > to the cloud coverage due to changing METAR will not be reflected in the > > > 3D > > clouds > > > (2D clouds are unaffected). Unfortunately I don't think it will be > > > possible to > > fix > > > this before the release. > > > > I personally consider that a show-stopper (unless we disable 3d clouds > > in the release). > > Just to be clear: > > a) The patch I provided fixes METAR interpolation. > > b) However, it means that 3D clouds are not completely interpolated. A change > in > cloudbase will be interpolated (quite nicely). However, a change in cloud > coverage > (including the removing or adding of layers) will _not_ have any effect. > > I agree that its bad. Unfortunately I don't have time to fix it this weekend > before the > release. > > If someone else wants to look, the place to start is the fgclouds.cxx code, > in particular > update_metar_properties() and update_env_config(). There is currently a split > between > fgclouds and the environment manager setting up these properties. > > -Stuart
I agree with Jester, I'd rather have fully functional 3D clouds in the release and fix the METAR Interpolation later. Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
