Hi All, Thanks to the combination of vacation and a record amount of rainfall in the last four days, I've been able to rework a major section of the AI traffic code. One of the weakest aspects of the AI traffic system was that aircraft never performed a reasonable approach, but basically just plummeted out of the skies, only to pretend making a reasonable landing (and usually ending up several miles short of the runway).
The new code generates a more realistic approach path, and ensures that arrivals will start almost instantly after program start. The approach paths are set up in such a way that aircraft will be lined up with 90 seconds of flight time (or more) between them. This is done by using small changes in length of the final approach path, combined with an approach controller / pilot that commands small changes in descent speed, to ensure that each aircraft will arrive at the final approach fix at the slotted time. Note that there are still a few issues remaining, but I'm planning to fix those later (most notably, there's still a rather sharp drop onto the runway at the end of the landing phase, but I'll work on that later. I'm planning to push this onto gitorious towards late afternoon / early evening today. I'd like to let it run for a few more hours, and still need to remove a couple of dozens of debug messages, but other than that, I think that the code is ready for more general testing. Please let me know if you find any issues (once committed). I'm currently having vacation, so I should be able to address any issues withing reasonable time. Cheers, Durk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
