I'll take a look at those links, thanks. My impression is that a good percentage of users are not to the point of using metar, and apparently may use unlimited all the time. I don't know if there is any data to support that, but I've not seen a low frame rate outside of ksfo. Of the other hand its a way to "weed out" the gamer... Just thoughts I'm sure were considered before.
Peter Brown ------Original Message------ From: Melchior FRANZ To: [email protected] ReplyTo: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] --metar and --enable-real-weather-fetch Sent: Dec 20, 2009 4:38 PM * Peter Brown -- Sunday 20 December 2009: > IMHO there is no choice other than the bold solution- anything reported as > 10SM = unlimited, and 9.99 and less is actual. And so guaranteeing the lowest possible frame rate? Sounds like a truly bad idea. The whole thing has been discussed before. (Threads "Flying over an island" and "Estimating visibility"). Thomas FOERSTER announced that he'd use some Bayesian analysis to get a formula from various available parameters, such as temperatures, air pressure etc. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg15710.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg15843.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg15851.html In any case, if someone writes a heuristic, then this does *not* belong into SGMetar but FGMetar. Unless the weather subsystem is the next which is going to be ruined ... m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel Sent from Smooth Water Sports, your Malibu Boat Dealer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
