Hi John, John Denker wrote: >> I ran into the same problem with using generic instruments when >> developing the bluebird over 2 years ago. Some instruments rely on >> properties that are only updated by the FDM, and the ufo doesn't. >> > > That's valuable information. Can you be more specific? > > Can you be more specific? What nasal are we talking about? > Which instruments? > > Sorry, I was attempting to provide hints, rather than the answer to everything.
Looking at Aircraft/bluebird/Instruments-3d/alt-2/alt2-3d-b.xml and Aircraft/Instruments-3d/alt-2/alt2-3d.xml Comparing the two reveals a dependance on /systems/electrical/outputs/instrument-lights in the generic version, which I thought wasn't powered without the engine running. Maybe this has changed a little in 2 years. Maybe it is running on battery, I see a small drain... 2nd. diff Aircraft/bluebird/Instruments-3d/ai/ai-ufo.xml Aircraft/Instruments-3d/ai/ai.xml includes a reference to /instrumentation/attitude-indicator/indicated-pitch-deg which is not updated by ufo FDM. 3rd: Aircraft/bluebird/Nasal/bluebird.nas line# 2361 says position/altitude-agl needs updating, which upon a second look, appears to no longer be true, as of FG 1.0 it does update. Looking at your screenshot, I see the instruments that would be frozen or Off with --fdm=ufo are actually showing good information, so that must be from a replay? It doesn't look as bad as I expected. > That's an interesting hypothesis. However, I see nothing in > vor.xml to support this hypothesis. > I was not looking at vor. > There are lots of aircraft with no electrical bus. I would > consider it a bug in the instrument for it to demand an > electrical bus and not implement a reasonable default. This > should be easy to fix. Which instruments are you referring > to? > Just the one I mentioned. I thought it would be an indicator that other systems may depend on the same or similar workings to function. Since it appears the ufo now has a battery, but no way to recharge, it is not the real problem you are looking for. Stewart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
