[Flightgear-devel] material animation (and the bo105 as an example)

2005-03-22 Thread Melchior FRANZ
This is now in cvs. A material animation can manipulate all material properties of a an ssgSimpleState. These are: diffuse-{red,green,blue,factor,offset}\ ambient-{red,green,blue,factor,offset}| see man glMaterial specular-{red,green,blue,factor,offset} |

[Flightgear-devel] Re: material animation (and the bo105 as an example)

2005-03-22 Thread Melchior FRANZ
Some more comments and [RFC]: * Melchior FRANZ -- Tuesday 22 March 2005 16:36: transparency = 1.0 - alpha threshold = alpha-clamp (see man glAlphaFunc; func is always GL_GREATER) shininess I called the property

[Flightgear-devel] Wanted: FAQ maintainer

2005-03-22 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Our current FAQ maintainer is not able to continue providing his services. Is there anyone out there that is willing to take over this job? Thanks, Curt. -- Curtis Olsonhttp://www.flightgear.org/~curt HumanFIRST Program http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/ FlightGear Project

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Help with B-29

2005-03-22 Thread Andy Ross
I wrote: Jim Wilson wrote: 4) Fixed rpm/power numbers under the prop tags. They need to be scaled back according to the gear ratio. Someone with a better understanding of mech engineering might be able to explain why the BHP on the prop shaft is reduced by a factor of 0.35 when

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Help with B-29

2005-03-22 Thread Lee Elliott
On Saturday 19 March 2005 23:55, Josh Babcock wrote: [snip...] Is the sweep supposed to be the LE or the .25% chord? Josh The sweep in YASim is measured at the chord mid-point. At least that's what I've been using:) It corresponds with the wing location definition and I vaguely remember

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Help with B-29

2005-03-22 Thread Josh Babcock
Lee Elliott wrote: On Saturday 19 March 2005 23:55, Josh Babcock wrote: [snip...] Is the sweep supposed to be the LE or the .25% chord? Josh The sweep in YASim is measured at the chord mid-point. At least that's what I've been using:) It corresponds with the wing location definition and I vaguely

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Help with B-29

2005-03-22 Thread Jim Wilson
From: Andy Ross snip FWIW, I also took the opportunity to re-visit the P-51D configuration that I promised (long ago) to hack at. Attached is a version that snip Also, there is a syntax fix: the piston-engine tag should be a subtag of the propeller tag. Putting it immediately after the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Help with B-29

2005-03-22 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Jim Wilson wrote: From: Andy Ross snip FWIW, I also took the opportunity to re-visit the P-51D configuration that I promised (long ago) to hack at. Attached is a version that snip Also, there is a syntax fix: the piston-engine tag should be a subtag of the propeller tag. Putting

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Help with B-29

2005-03-22 Thread Jim Wilson
From: Curtis L. Olson Note that the speed you give to YAsim is true speed, not indicated airspeed. This can make a big difference up at altitude. Also, you have to pay close attention to the weight YAsim solves at versus the weight you test fly at. Hi Curt, Yes, I know. The test