If I trash my preferences.xml file and go back to the default, I now
get a view cycle of:
cockpit view, helicopter view, chase view, tower view, tower view
look from, chase view wo yaw
'v' and 'V' both work fine with the Citation-II and the default
aircraft.
The only difference between the two preferences files is the
following diff:
diff preferences.xml preferences.xml.IMA
187a188,209
nameChase View Above/name
typelookat/type
config
from-model type=boolfalse/from-model
from-model-idx type=int0/from-model-idx
eye-lat-deg-path/position/latitude-deg/eye-lat-deg-path
eye-lon-deg-path/position/longitude-deg/eye-lon-deg-path
eye-alt-ft-path/position/altitude-ft/eye-alt-ft-path
eye-heading-deg-path/orientation/heading-deg/eye-heading-
deg-path
at-model type=booltrue/at-model
at-model-idx type=int0/at-model-idx
ground-level-nearplane-m type=double0.5f/ground-level-
nearplane-m
x-offset-m type=double4400/x-offset-m
y-offset-m type=double0/y-offset-m
z-offset-m type=double-1/z-offset-m
/config
/view
view
I don't know why it makes a difference, but it does. Darn, I really
liked that Chase View Above 8-(
Could anyone suggest a new Chase View Above that doesn't break the
view cycle via the keyboard?
I find it's good for orienting myself while flying...
Sorry for the false alarm.
If changing views via 'v' or 'V' stop working, please check your
views in data/preferences.xml!
Thanks again! Ima
[Flightgear-devel] Problems with 'V' (backwards view) on Mac os X
Lee Elliott leee at spatial.freeserve.co.uk
Wed Oct 19 22:00:29 CDT 2005
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On Thursday 20 Oct 2005 03:31, Ima Sudonim wrote:
On Thursday 20 Oct 2005 01:10, Ima Sudonim wrote:
Hi,
Someone else had mentioned something similar recently, but
I can't find the post in flightgear-devel.
I noticed that with latest CVS on mac os x, I can scroll
thru views (forward) with 'v' as many times as I like, but
that 'V' (reverse) only works 1-3 times until I reach the
view that has a name ending in 'w/o yaw'.
'V' will no longer work, until I move forward in the views
with 'v' at least once. Then the 'V' cycle works (or fails
to work) as mentioned above.
Thanks!
Ima
Have you found this with several different aircraft or have
you only tried a single type so far? If it only happens
with a specific aircraft, which one is it?
LeeE
I was using the default cessna (didn't give --aircraft=
option) (it's the chase view w/o yaw option, where the problem
occurs in all instances with reverse view).
DOES happen with default cessna, sopwithCamel, spitfireIIa,
747-100, ufo, Citation-II, A380, shuttle (gave a 'failed to
load aircraft from, falling back to glider.ac' message,
ornithopter (BTW, the ornithopter is already moving forward
when fg starts, unlike the other airplane models), bell206
DOESN'T happen with A-10cl (my personal favorite) 8-) or
A-10fl (there is no chase view w/o yaw option)
Hope this helps!
Thanks!
Ima
Heh ;) I don't mind top or bottom replies but sticking them in
the middle throws me a bit.
Anyway... I can't find any problems here - cvs a day or two old
- I tried just calling fgfs with no params, to get the C-172,
and could scroll backwards and forwards through the views ok.
Cycled forward to chase w/o yaw, cycled backwards from it - no
problems.
Then tried both the A-10s, because you mention that they had no
chase view w/o view and had no problems there either, including
the chase view w/o yaw.
Do you get a 'Drop View' with the A-10s? The Drop view should be
the 'last' view on the A-10s, before you end up back in the
Cockpit and should come after the chase view w/o yaw. Do you
get both the chase view w/o yaw and drop view on the A-10s?
LeeE
Lee, thank you for your interest and suggestions...
Sorry, I tend to put the answer right by the question, less chance of
forgetting to answer something... 8-(
There is NO chase view on my A10s -- cockpit view, helicopter view,
chase view above, chase view, tower view, tower view look from, drop
view and then back to cockpit view -- NO chase view w/o yaw. I am
using latest cvs.
Calling flightgear with no --aircraft param, I see the problem: the
views are --
cockpit view, helicopter view, chase view above, chase view, tower
view, tower view look from, chase view wo yaw, THEN helicopter view
(again, note NOT cockpit view), but if I reverse from the 2nd
helicopter view, I DO get cockpit view as I would have expected, then
backing up again, the screen is labled chase view wo yaw, but is
really just cockpit view. Except for the first time, there is NO
cockpit view moving forward with 'v',