Hi James, On 24 Apr 2012, at 11:13, James Turner wrote:
> Well, the main thing needed is to break apart the 'finishInit' into more > steps, to avoid the remaining pause. I think that can be done by traversing > the scheduled aircraft list in batches. > Just as a quick heads up; I didn't have a chance to test yet, due to the startup crash discussed elsewhere. I'll try again later. On a different note: Just a few random thoughts. 1). On my machine I'm actually experiencing an extremely startup during the "reading airport/nav data" stage (~up to minute or so). This usually only happens when I try to load flightgear for the first time. Once these files are buffered everything is okay. Can this be due to an I/O configuration issue on my machine or is this something general? Anyway, I'm just bringing this up because this -to me- is a bigger bottleneck than the AI xml file parsing stage. 2). I'm a little surprised that the xml file parsing is taking rather long. Already a few years ago, I've been testing stuff using a private traffic file derived from project AI (for MSFS 2004), and back than, the loading didn't take too long. In the mean time, we've added a few bells and whistles though, so that might have contributed to the delay. And I guess that my tolerance in this particular area has grown a bit larger than everybody elses. :-) 3). I'm currently in a self imposed break from development. One of the reasons is that I'm currently exploring a few other interests / hobbies. (If you happen to be a facebook or flickr friend/contact you probably know what I'm referring to), but partially also due to a few work related things that are currently more important to me than FlightGear. I'm currently aiming to get back to doing some development after I return from my summer vacation (sometime around early August). In the mean time, I'm thinking about wether I want to continue with the current system, or move towards a more modular (multiplayer / network / HLA) based approach. 4). I will monitor development, handle the occasional bugfix, git commit, and monitor general progress. I just thought that this might be a good opportunity to let ya all know I'm still here, but just a little quiet. Cheers, Durk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
