Gary Neely wrote: > I'd like to second Gijs' concerns here. I build my models in sub-units > partly to facilitate ease of maintenance and development, and partly > for easy LoD range logic. My model units tend to be: airframe, > external details (antennae, etc), external lighting rig, cockpit, > instruments, cabin, propellers. IIf I understand the proposal right, I > would be concerned about losing the propellers in an automatic AI > implementation. > > I wonder if the proposed implementation might benefit from a new > optional element within <models> that allows the developer to specify > that the AI scheme must load the sub-model. For example: > > ... > <model> > <name>Cockpit</name> > <path>Aircraft/Goose/Models/Goose_Cockpit.xml</path> > </model> > <model> > <name>External Lights</name> > <path>Aircraft/Goose/Models/Goose_Lights.xml</path> > </model> > <model> > <name>Propellers</name> > <path>Aircraft/Goose/Models/Goose_Props.xml</path> > <force-ai-import>true</force-ai-import> > </model> > ... > > This might solve Gijs' problem as well. > > Just a thought.
Good thought :) My proposal above was something like this: .... <force-ai-import>true</force-ai-import> <model> <name>Cockpit</name> <path>Aircraft/Goose/Models/Goose_Cockpit.xml</path> </model> <model> <name>External Lights</name> <path>Aircraft/Goose/Models/Goose_Lights.xml</path> </model> <model> <name>Propellers</name> <path>Aircraft/Goose/Models/Goose_Props.xml</path> </model> .... but that would load all the sub-models, while your suggestion would limit it to just the submodel selected. -Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
