Re: [Flightgear-devel] flightgear and hardware: mailinglist created
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:56:08 -0700 (PDT) Gene Buckle wrote: And then... simpits is not fgfs specific. Most discussions tend to be fighter pit based and mostly on MSFS or Falcon. There's not a whole lot of FGFS discussion because it's not a drop and go solution like MSFS or Falcon (and soon to be Lock On: Modern Air Combat) is. If it was easier for non-programmer types to interface to, I'm sure more people would use it. Having a FlightGear cockpit evangelist wouldn't hurt either. :) Two aspects to the problem: 1) Not a good interface for hardware, and not much of a demand to design one (kind of the chicken and egg argument) 2) and trying to design one can be a little exasperating. The code keeps changing and things get broken. (e.g, I was working on a 747 braking system and now I see in release 0.9.4 the control interface has reverted to a single left brake and right brake -- go figure). I've got an interface card that runs with a linux driver, but it's not a direct connect to FG. Seems FG needs something akin to the EPIC cards and a defined, stable, and backward compatible interface definition. Besides we're running out of keystrokes ;-) Kind of doubt if FG and cockpit builders will ever reach critical mass Regards John W. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] flightgear and hardware: mailinglist created
You could've saved yourself the effort and joined the simpits-tech mailing list at http://www.simpits.org. There's over 300 people on the list. g. On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Manuel Bessler wrote: Hi all, I've created a mailinglist for those of us who build hardware, homecockpits and such. Although it is primarily targetted at those people who use flightgear, discussing how to hook up your hardware to other sims is also ok. (There are already tons of forums and mailinglists for the M$FS hardware builder crowds out there already, so this list will probably be pretty much fgfs centric) We have talked about this in the past on flightgear-devel, but hardware related threads pop up only very occasionally, so I thought this new list might be a more 'on topic' for us who just want to share their latest success stories, DIY yokes, homecockpit pics and so on. Of course, you don't have to be building anything to join. I hope that this list will be a good place to share the newest advances in home cockpit building :-) The temporary address of the list is http://m18s17.vlinux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sim-hardware you can also subscribe by sending a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have fun, Manuel ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] flightgear and hardware: mailinglist created
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:56:08 -0700 (PDT) Gene Buckle wrote: You could've saved yourself the effort and joined the simpits-tech mailing list at http://www.simpits.org. There's over 300 people on the list. I AM on that list :) I've even posted a few times. Since I now have my own server with full access, I thought I might as well set up mailman, might come in handy someday :) And then... simpits is not fgfs specific. Most discussions tend to be fighter pit based and mostly on MSFS or Falcon. Manuel ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] flightgear and hardware: mailinglist created
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:56:08 -0700 (PDT) Gene Buckle wrote: You could've saved yourself the effort and joined the simpits-tech mailing list at http://www.simpits.org. There's over 300 people on the list. I AM on that list :) I've even posted a few times. Since I now have my own server with full access, I thought I might as well set up mailman, might come in handy someday :) Hehehe. And then... simpits is not fgfs specific. Most discussions tend to be fighter pit based and mostly on MSFS or Falcon. There's not a whole lot of FGFS discussion because it's not a drop and go solution like MSFS or Falcon (and soon to be Lock On: Modern Air Combat) is. If it was easier for non-programmer types to interface to, I'm sure more people would use it. Having a FlightGear cockpit evangelist wouldn't hurt either. :) g. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] flightgear and hardware: mailinglist created
On Friday 30 April 2004 18:45, Gene Buckle wrote: Gene Buckle wrote: You could've saved yourself the effort and joined the simpits-tech mailing list at http://www.simpits.org. There's over 300 people on the list. I AM on that list :) I've even posted a few times. AOLMe too/AOL And then... simpits is not fgfs specific. Most discussions tend to be fighter pit based and mostly on MSFS or Falcon. There's not a whole lot of FGFS discussion because it's not a drop and go solution like MSFS or Falcon (and soon to be Lock On: Modern Air Combat) is. If it was easier for non-programmer types to interface to, I'm sure more people would use it. Having a FlightGear cockpit evangelist wouldn't hurt either. :) The thing is though us FGFS guys would want to talk about things that programmer types like to talk about and I think it would potentially bore or confuse the current SimPits list group. IMHO one great thing about the net is the choice (either that you have, or your influence on others ;-)). So I think the more the better. Cheers, Al ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] flightgear and hardware: mailinglist created
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 19:03:53 +0100 Al West wrote: There's not a whole lot of FGFS discussion because it's not a drop and go solution like MSFS or Falcon (and soon to be Lock On: Modern Air Combat) is. If it was easier for non-programmer types to interface to, I'm sure more people would use it. Having a FlightGear cockpit evangelist wouldn't hurt either. :) The thing is though us FGFS guys would want to talk about things that programmer types like to talk about and I think it would potentially bore or confuse the current SimPits list group. IMHO one great thing Totally agree. The level on some other forums I also frequent is often not very high. There are a lot of non-tech people trying to build their own cockpit. For them it ususally starts out as a huge learning experience, esp. in the electronics field. about the net is the choice (either that you have, or your influence on others ;-)). So I think the more the better. Manuel ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
