I wrote:
> Sent: 30 October 2010 09:58
> To: 'FlightGear developers discussions'
> Subject: [Norton AntiSpam]Re: [Flightgear-devel] [BUG] Nearly all
> aircrafts suddenly brokenwith latest GIT by nasal error
>
> James wrote
>
> > Sent: 29 October 2010 23:32
> > To: FlightGear developers discussions
> > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] [BUG] Nearly all aircrafts suddenly
> broken
> > with latest GIT by nasal error
> >
> >
> > On 29 Oct 2010, at 20:49, Frederic Bouvier wrote:
> >
> > > James played with the cockpit view recently :
> > >
> >
> http://gitorious.org/fg/flightgear/commit/0320010d955019c6746d7a04ab63daab
> > 9a1c0690
> > >
> > > I tried to revert that commit but now I have a segfault, so it is not
> > that easy.
> >
> > That only relates to the HUD's 'runway' instrument, it doesn't affect
> the
> > views proper - it's trying to 'undo' the transform of the current view
> to
> > draw the runway outline on the HUD. The code is full of FIXMEs, but it
> > wouldn't cause the symptoms Vivian has been describing.
> >
>
> AFAIKS the problem is that when the joystick is connected the property
> sim/current-view/goal-pitch-offset-deg is always set/reset to 90 and
> sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg is set/reset to 140/145 (I think
> -
> it is overwriting too fast to read). So far, I have been unable to locate
> where this is happening, but I think the recent HUD changes are a likely
> candidate.
>
> When the mouse input is selected goal-pitch/heading-offset-deg are not
> used.
>
>
> This explains completely what it is that Fred and I are seeing, but not
> the
> cause.
>
The bug seems to lie in the joystick config: if I comment out the whole of
the coolie hat axis, the bug is fixed.
Since this seems to be a windows bug, it seems likely that this tag is not
working:
<number>
<unix>4</unix>
<windows>6</windows>
</number>
Vivian
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