Quoting "Morgan B. Smith" : > At 11:03 AM 6/19/2006, you wrote: > >On 6/19/06, Morgan B. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >Nope definitely not pressing t or shift-t and the stars are not > > > >rotating in the sky. The sky just suddenly turns dark when I play > > > >my program. I try to change time or day when the program is running > > > >and am able to get dusk. All the other options don't seem to > > > >work. So I am not even able to change to light. If it was > > > >accelerated time I would think it would turn light again by the end > > > >of my program judging by how fast it turns dark, in about a > > > >second. Right? I am not so sure but. Any other ideas about what > > > >this could be? Thanks ~Morgan > > > >are you sure your video drivers are up to snuff ? > > > >i've seen in the past, not with FlightGear particularly, that wonky > >video drivers can exhibit a behavior with some 3D applications, that > >cause the 3D rendered scene to look like it is "nighttime" all the > >time. > > > >i'm not sure what is going on exactly in the 3D engine that causes > >this anamoly, but i've seen it on more than one occassion as a release > >note or technical support bulletin for other software. > > > >a smart 3D developer might better know why this might happen. > > > >it has something to do with getting a 3D card to do some type of > >"operation" or transform, and it doesn't, or the card lies about being > >able to do it when asked, or something ... > > > >sorry ... very vague. > > > >check those video drivers ... that's my message ! > > > >Tony > > > Well it does seem to be that it could be the video drivers since it > runs fine when I actually use the joystick and fly the airplane. It > is when I feed in a simulation through data from AeroSim. I have > also tried on different computers. Any other ideas?
did you try --bpp=24 or --bpp=32 option ? [ this is a canned message now ;-) ] -Fred -- Frédéric Bouvier http://frfoto.free.fr Photo gallery - album photo http://www.fotolia.fr/p/2278 Other photo gallery http://fgsd.sourceforge.net/ FlightGear Scenery Designer _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
