Re: [Flightgear-devel] Having an issue with my mags

2011-08-11 Thread Gary Neely
>     I have two questions for you. First one is what is the differance > between the Yasim engine and what you have here? Like I said, only been > diving into this a week and am still figuring things out, so a simple > answer would be best. ;) Hi Rob, As Syd said, a YASim aircraft doesn't use t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG Serial; Was: Release 2.4.0: on short final

2011-08-11 Thread ThorstenB
On 11.08.2011 05:14, Derrick Washington wrote: > Hi Thorsten >Thanks for the help, sorry for the delayed reply been really busy > with this hardware. I'd love to give it a shot, can you point me in the > right direction as far as what to download, how to set things up, > compile etc? I'm look

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Having an issue with my mags

2011-08-11 Thread syd adams
>     I have two questions for you. First one is what is the differance > between the Yasim engine and what you have here? Like I said, only been > diving into this a week and am still figuring things out, so a simple > answer would be best. ;) I'll have to look through the code again , but the he

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Martin is responding slowly ....

2011-08-11 Thread Martin Spott
Gijs de Rooy wrote: > "Fresh" from a 3:40 + 7:28 hour flight from Costa Rica (via Atlanta, GA) I > found this happy > message in my (exploded) mailbox! Congrats Martin! And I wish your daughter > all the best > in sharing your love with a Cessna ;) I guess in a couple of years the entire crow

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Martin is responding slowly ....

2011-08-11 Thread Gijs de Rooy
> Martin wrote:> > Hi, if anyone is wondering why I'm responding even slower as > usual, > this might be caused by the simple fact that I'm being distracted by > our daughter who was given birth last night. "Fresh" from a 3:40 + 7:28 hour flight from Costa Rica (via Atlanta, GA) I found this hap

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Having an issue with my mags

2011-08-11 Thread Rob
Gary, Thanks for the insight. I'll look into using the fuel as a cut out for it. ROb > > Howdy Rob, > > A YASim FDM helicopter doesn't usually define an engine in the > conventional sense. In addition to what you've already done, you might > have to terminate the fuel flow to kill the engi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Having an issue with my mags

2011-08-11 Thread Rob
Syd, Thanks for the heads up. I'll just work with the electric/key functions for now until I get to know the programming language and syntax better. I only found the FlightGear software a week ago. I have two questions for you. First one is what is the differance between the Yasim eng

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Default 3d clouds in Local Weather

2011-08-11 Thread Stuart Buchanan
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Thorsten Renk wrote: > > Some progress and minor issues: > > I am in the process of redoing textures and cloud definitions for Cu > layers (the toughest nut), about halfway through converting all available > cloud types. > > I have implemented tested tile managemen

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Default 3d clouds in Local Weather

2011-08-11 Thread thorsten . i . renk
Some progress and minor issues: I am in the process of redoing textures and cloud definitions for Cu layers (the toughest nut), about halfway through converting all available cloud types. I have implemented tested tile management functionality (automatic building and removing clouds) and it seem

[Flightgear-devel] Some background info: 3d cloud layer design issues

2011-08-11 Thread thorsten . i . renk
This is basically an answer to Vivian who asked me why my Cumulus layers look like stacks of cardboard rather than smooth volumetric objects like Stuart's 3d clouds - I thought that maybe some others are also interested in some background info, and maybe someone even has a new idea. Basically, 3d