Hi all, Last month we had some upgrades in our area.. the result of which is that I now have something which resembles broadband! - Yea.. it's very cool!
Anyway one of the first things I did (have been doing) is to try out FlightGear online.. I must say it's really neat, seeing other planes not flying boring "pre-programmed" routes.. and some pretty good (well virtual at least) pilots.. - like the guy I saw parking the Bo105 helicopter on top of the KSFO control tower.. ;-) I did notice some things though.. maybe some of them can easily be fixed.. or not? It seems that the multiplayer system only shares info about the physical position of the planes and not much else.. I notice for example that other players aircraft tend to either have their landing gear permanently up or down whether on the runway or in the air.. of course I've seen that AI aircraft don't tend to have control over this either so maybe it's more a handicap with the AI system than the multiplayer protocol? It's not very noticeable all the time though.. only really with things like the helicopter which flies whilst its blades are standing still. I did notice though that if I'm flying the same aircraft as another online pilot,then their aircraft's landing gear, flaps or whatever else mimics mine.. i.e., although another craft is flying independently to mine, if I drop my gear, it's gear drops in synchronization to mine.. The other thing I notice is that the regular AI aircraft continue as normal.. I know the AI subsystem needs to remain activated for multiplayer to work, but is it possible to disable all non human aircraft? It also seems that the AI system gets "reset" continuously ... I notice that every time another person logs onto the server, the "KSFO 737" reappears (or a new one appears) and runs it's route.. Other than that the system is great.. the only thing I think it really needs is some kind of in game chat-box to talk to other players.. would be great if one could try doing some formation flying or something. :-) Well.. I was more wanting to share my positive experiences on the multiplayer mode than any negative ones.. :-) Cheers, Daniel Pekelharing ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
