On Sat, 27 May 2006 13:00:22 +0100 AJ MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 27 May 2006 10:16, Geoff wrote: > > I wrote a post ages ago begging for one. > Glad you're getting some fun out of it - I must admit I > don't recall seeing your request. Feel free to comment > on things that are wrong with it too... the version in > CVS has some improvements over the one on the download > page. You can downlod the whole Lightning directory from > the cvs viewer on the flightgear webpage. As a matter of interest I dug out my "begging" post. December 2002 .. time flies. I have always run everything from CVS. I used to update every couple of weeks, but life got in the way recently. > Actually I did the Lightning as a an intended practice > run before starting work on a Bucc (my main interest). > Three things happened - I got interested in Lightnings > and discovered exactly how much work was involved in > modelling; also I realised my skills are very patchy to > be charitable and the great curves of a Bucc would be > likely beyond me. If any modeller ever feels like putting up a page showing how you created a model, I would be really interested to see. I have no artistic skills at all, but a year or two ago I was sufficiently interested to get the AC3D demo and Blender plus some simple tutorials. All I initially wanted to do was model the Jodrell Bank telescope (hopeless), but I also got some plans for a Meteor and tried my hand (as you would expect, if J Bank was a mess the Meteor was worse). The whole exercise left me with enormous respect for those of you who can do it. > > Somewhere I have a > > photo of my brother in cockpit at an RAF Finningley > > Open Day in the early 1960s - for some reason I did not > > get a go and I have envied him ever since. > > If you're ever in the Highlands you can sit in the > cockpit of the first F.1A built and play with things to > your heart's content... sadly it's only a nose section > now but still an great experience. You wouldn't believe > how "cosy" it is, even without flying gear on. As I recall, my brother was in one of those nose-section only jobs. I wonder if it was the same one. > The Highland Aviation Museum is right next to Inverness > Airport and has Lightning, Bucc S.2, Vampire, JP, HP > Herald(IIRC) and Valiant nose sections as well as a > complete Bucc S.1 and a Tornado(!). Very "hands on" > place, and has a nice indoors display too. We do come up on holiday sometimes, - I will bear that in mind. For my part, at least I can use binoculars to gaze down on the Vulcan at Woodford when I am walking the hills of the White Peak. <snip> > As Vivian said, several planes in FG have this option but > unfortunately the Lightning is not one of them. The > Lightning panels were "flood" lit by two main lamps > rather than instruments being backlit individually. I > did play with the technique used to quite good effect on > the Seahawk, Spit etc but I wasn't able to get a result I > was entirely happy with. I therefore left it for the > time being - waiting for the famous developer called > "someone" to implement "proper" OpenGL lights for landing > lights, cockpit lights etc. Thanks. At least I can stop looking for the command / switch. Geoff Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
