On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 12:38 +0000, Martin Spott wrote: > I'm feeling slightly uneasy with the current state because people don't > get any jetways at all if they disable the flag in order to preserve > performance. Personally I'd prefer a solution which keeps static > jetways and just disables the animation if people feel like the need > to.
That sounds like a good idea. But it _might_ still cause FPS impacts. Will have to run some tests later. On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 12:38 +0000, Martin Spott wrote: > While I'm at it, I'd like to point to another, presumably more severe > issue: The elevation of every of the animated jetways is hardcoded into > the respective 'ICAO.jetway.xml' files. Now take into account that > ground elevation is subject to change with almost _every_ rebuild of > the corresponding region and airfield surface .... > >From my perspective this calls for a more considerate solution. The only solution I can think of is to remove the elevation setting and use Nasal to calculate the elevation for each jetway's longitude/latitude. The only problem with that is that the calculations would take into account the terminal buildings, which would cause jetways appearing on top of the terminal roofs. ...however, I just had another idea. Making the elevations _relative_ to the terrain instead of absolute. That means the current definition files will have to be changed, but I can automate that with a script easily enough. That also means I have to update my FG 2.0.0 version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
