I wrote > > Thorsten wrote: > > > > > Meanwhile - at the cheap end of the market, Emilian and I have cleaned > > up > > > most of the textures, made some of the AC3D models single-sided, > > > reordered > > > the objects, provided unique names, and converted everything to .dds. > > > > > > This has much improved loading/unloading, and given a much better > > > appearance > > > when panning the view. Flicking on/off of clouds has pretty much been > > > eliminated. There is still a bit of a problem reloading in fly-by > view, > > > but > > > it is much improved. Some weirdness near the zenith has also been > fixed. > > > > > > Available here: > > > > > > https://gitorious.org/weather_textures/weather_textures > > > > > > I have managed to break non-detailed clouds along the way, but hey - > you > > > can't have everything. > > > > Thanks to both of you for the work! I had some trouble getting it > > yesterday (lousy internet connection...) - I'm getting the package as I > > write this mail and will have a look soon. > > > > Maybe I can also figure out the problem with the simple Cu clouds - I'm > > not attached to them as such, but they are handy for the edges of Sc > > layers... so I don't really want to lose them. > > > > That bug has been fixed - I finally found the one remaining "rect" that > was > causing the problems. > > This work is not the answer to the maiden's prayer - the gains are > marginal > - but worth having. Here, Local Weather is usable providing none of the > more > fancy features are enabled, and I ignore the Fly-By view. I'm very taken > with the layered clouds. Some Cu: > > http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/837/fgfsscreen001.jpg/ >
Unless there are any objections, I intend to push Emilian's and my work to Git later today. I appreciate that it will likely be overtaken by events, and hopefully will be only be a short term fix. Vivian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
