[Flightgear-users] Re: 9.10-pre2

[RMcN]

From: Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re: 9.10-pre2   2006-03-27 06:31 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Monday 27 March 2006 15:55: >> I just installed the 0.9.10-pre2 release on a WINXP laptop. >> >> Is it supposed to include the UFO functions for installing objects in the >> scenery that have been added to CVS? > > Yes, except that this doesn't *install* anything. It only allows to place > and adjust models in the scenery. This is not permanent, but you can export > or dump that information to the terminal and then manually add the respective > lines in the appropriate *.stg files. Short HOWTO: > >- start fgfs with ufo (maybe adding --prop:source=Models,Scenery/Objects > to the command line) >- read ?-key information >- open m-key dialog, select model All I get with the ? key is JOYSTICK FIRE BUTTON ... FLY BACKWARDS   The M key does nothing along with the mouse left-click.   I deleted the UFO folder in aircraft and the fgfs.exe in BIN/WIN32 and reran the installation   fgsetup-0.9.10-pre2.exe   Same results?    >> What is the proper method for changing the Beacon location at an  airport?  >  >This can't be done with the UFO scenery editor. Existing scenery models are  >managed by the tile-manager, while UFO-placed objects are managed by the  >model-manager. The UFO can only add/adjust/remove objects of the latter type.  >After adding the lines to the *.stg file they belong to the former group.  >    >To edit the beacon location, you fly the UFO right to the beacon, put an  >arbitrary model there, then put a beacon to the correct place and dump  >the information for both to the terminal. Then you open the respective  >*.stg file(s) and repace the old beacon line with the new one. I don't think the beacon in the stg file.  I can only find the definition in apt.dat and runways.dat once those files are unzipped.   Thanks   Ray Mc