Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flight Sim Development
I've taken the time and summed it up for all those, who don't want to read through all of it. Basically the comments for improvement focus on three areas: 1. Usability - controls said to be confusing ( if your used to msfs/x-plane? ) - new users are clueless how to use FG / features - fgrun is not shipped with FG in most Linux distributions (new users prefer a graphical frontend even on Linux) - tutorials and user education are missed - creating new aircraft is seen as tedious - customizing things by editing files is perceived as too geeky (users would like a GUI for everything...) 2. Performance - framerate is lower than in other flightsims 3. Eyecandy - airplane textures could be of higher resolution - graphics / shading could be improved - scenery is said to be lacking details (objects) - unfinished planes I also noticed many of the features that users say they would like already exist but users simply don't know of them or don't know how to use them (e.g. multiplayer functionality). Since some of this has been already documented, I conclude they have problems in finding the information they need. Overall the comments are mostly positive and especially the Linux-community has been very happy about the progress made in recent versions. Actually many of the complaints made in older posts have been remedied. Also the realism and accuracy is often pointed out as positive. Windows users and MSFS/X-Plane users are a bit more negative in their comments. It also appears many simply don't understand the way open source projects evolve. Hope this puts it in a nutshell, Mark Jon S. Berndt wrote: Today, I was wondering what's someone else's take on FlightGear is, so I did some googling and came across this thread: http://forums.x-plane.org/lofiversion/index.php?t16495.html Happy reading, Ampere This is actually useful feedback, I believe. Some of it is on target and valid. Jon - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flight Sim Development
On Friday 29 September 2006 03:21, Vivian Meazza wrote: Hi, You might find this an amusing take on someone else's Flight Sim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcW3hbnR2EI Made me laugh anyway, Vivian Today, I was wondering what's someone else's take on FlightGear is, so I did some googling and came across this thread: http://forums.x-plane.org/lofiversion/index.php?t16495.html Happy reading, Ampere - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flight Sim Development
On Saturday 07 October 2006 20:58, Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: On Friday 29 September 2006 03:21, Vivian Meazza wrote: Hi, You might find this an amusing take on someone else's Flight Sim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcW3hbnR2EI Made me laugh anyway, Vivian Today, I was wondering what's someone else's take on FlightGear is, so I did some googling and came across this thread: http://forums.x-plane.org/lofiversion/index.php?t16495.html Happy reading, Ampere Whoops, I forgot these two forums that I came across: http://www.happypenguin.org/show?Flight%20Gear%20Flight%20Simstart=10 http://digg.com/software/Awesome_Free_Flight_Sim Ampere - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flight Sim Development
Hi, Jon S. Berndt wrote: I'm surprised that a group of people went to this much trouble to produce a commercial to say something about that other flight sim. Was this made using scenes from an actual film and overdubbed audio/subtitles? I got a laugh out of it, too. It's from the German film Der Untergang (The Downfall) describing the last 12 days in Hitler's Führerbunker before the end of WWII. Cheers, Ralf Actually, from that short clip, it seems that the acting is very good. I've got Downfall in my queue to rent. jb - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flight Sim Development
Jon S. Berndt wrote: Actually, from that short clip, it seems that the acting is very good. I've got Downfall in my queue to rent. Opinions differ heavily on this movie. Some people consider this as a really impressive movie because it doesn't hide the (true) peculiarities of the characters that are shown - some people heavily dislike the movie because of the same reasons :-) Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -- - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flight Sim Development
Jon S. Berndt wrote: Actually, from that short clip, it seems that the acting is very good. I've got Downfall in my queue to rent. Opinions differ heavily on this movie. Some people consider this as a really impressive movie because it doesn't hide the (true) peculiarities of the characters that are shown - some people heavily dislike the movie because of the same reasons :-) Martin. It's certainly a movie that could stir controversy, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/ Seems to be rated well. If it is a sincere attempt to portray events honestly, that's good. - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flight Sim Development
Jon S. Berndt wrote: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/ Seems to be rated well. If it is a sincere attempt to portray events honestly, that's good. The movie makes is really difficult to misunderstand how strange most of these people were and how much they got out of touch to real life ... Although I already knew about what happened at this time simply by learning about our history, I still was much impressed by the movie ! Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -- - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flight Sim Development
Hi, You might find this an amusing take on someone else's Flight Sim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcW3hbnR2EI Made me laugh anyway, Vivian I'm surprised that a group of people went to this much trouble to produce a commercial to say something about that other flight sim. Was this made using scenes from an actual film and overdubbed audio/subtitles? I got a laugh out of it, too. Jon - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flight Sim Development
Hi, Jon S. Berndt wrote: I'm surprised that a group of people went to this much trouble to produce a commercial to say something about that other flight sim. Was this made using scenes from an actual film and overdubbed audio/subtitles? I got a laugh out of it, too. It's from the German film Der Untergang (The Downfall) describing the last 12 days in Hitler's Führerbunker before the end of WWII. Cheers, Ralf - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flight Sim Development
On Friday 29 September 2006 06:28, Ralf Gerlich wrote: Hi, Jon S. Berndt wrote: I'm surprised that a group of people went to this much trouble to produce a commercial to say something about that other flight sim. Was this made using scenes from an actual film and overdubbed audio/subtitles? I got a laugh out of it, too. It's from the German film Der Untergang (The Downfall) describing the last 12 days in Hitler's Führerbunker before the end of WWII. Cheers, Ralf lol I was in pretty crappy mood this week. This video makes me feel a whole lot better. Thanks. Ampere - 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.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
