On jeudi 19 mars 2009, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > * gerard robin -- Thursday 19 March 2009: > > Then, do you mean that the old "Radar Fashion" will be removed, > > what a pity. > > I haven't planned that (yet). But in the long run it should get > removed. This was an early mechanism to get the brand-new AI > models on the screen (for the T38?), and that was OK back then, > and a nice new feature. But it's simple and unrealistic and just > doesn't fit in our framework. A radar needs to be a regular > instrument -- and the wxradar is just that. Or it should be some > customized Nasal logic like in the f-14b. New AI objects like > the tanker shouldn't have to generate absurd values to emulate > that obsolete radar. That would only prolong its lifetime. That's > inhuman. :-) > > But you can easily generate shift-x/shift-y etc. for the radar > you are actually using. Your aircraft knows which radar that is. > The tanker doesn't know that. It's like demanding that the tanker > decides whether your gear is extended or retracted. It just doesn't > know. > > > It is very useful. We could want to keep it . > > Did you have a look at the wxradar? You can check out the ufo. > Press Shift-p to enable the radar screen and Ctrl-c to see the > click-sensitive areas. Unfortunately, there are no button labels. > Clicking on the two range numbers increases/decreases the range. > You don't need any Nasal for that radar type, and you can select > radar shadows, symbols, and (once re-implemented) cloud shadows. > > m.
I can only answer that i never had any problem with the actual AI/MP radar, it is very flexible , since the main required values x-shift, y-shift, in addition to the other useful aircraft data ( range-nm, altitude, heading ) are there. These data remain realistic. Any functions can be customized by the model maker according to specific requirements. Yes i tried to use the Vivian's wxradar , as far i remember it was implemented in the Blackbird. Anyhow, that is not a productive conversation with you, since i have "de facto" stopped to produce, and to update, any model within CVS. Cheers -- Gérard http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/ J'ai décidé d'être heureux parce que c'est bon pour la santé. Voltaire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
