On 4/15/04 at 8:47 AM Ernesto Hernandez-Novich wrote:
>I think I wasn't clear in my explanation. > >If I startup with --airport-id=SVMI --runway=9, it works fine, with the >same behaviour if I change preferences.xml. This airport has to runways, >9 and 8, defined in that order in the database. > >My comment is regarding the automatic initial runway selection when >FlightGear starts on any given airport, that is, if I start with >--airport-id=SVMI it starts on RWY26 which is not the "default" runway >for that airfield. Why does it do that? Because it has a choice of >runways and has picked the _reverse_ (is that appropiate?) of the _last_ >one defined in the datbase. > >Another example is starting in SVFM; you'll be set on RWY29 by default, >the "wrong" RWY for that airfield. The database has, of course, only >one runway (11). > >I think the airport database should have some way to define the _default_ >runway for an airfield when the user _doesn't_ select one explicitly. >I'm suggesting the simple rule of picking the first runway. In this way, >those who know a particular airfield can set up the appropiate "default" >runway so that any user wanting to "try out" that airfield is >automatically set-up on the "usually normal" runway. The initial position code used to position one on the runway closest to facing into the wind. This seems to have got removed or broken at some point - is this intended? Also the [EMAIL PROTECTED] option seems to have been removed from the help (verbose). I agree that there should be a way to set the default calm-wind runway. However, the solution you suggest isn't really practical - the runways database is automatically generated from an externally maintained database shared with X-Plane, and making the order of runways significant probably isn't likely to be accepted. However, it is something (default calm runway) that could be put into an xml file for each airport (along with circuit directions and all other 'bits and pieces') and then read-in if available. You can specify a runway on the command line to override the program choice. Cheers - Dave _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users
