Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-26 Thread Harald JOHNSEN
Vivian Meazza wrote: Harald JOHNSEN wrote: I have another probleme with wincvs. In the list of files in the explorer nearly all files have an 'unknown' state. So i don't have the diff choice when I right click on them. I've tried an update with the command line but that does not chance

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-25 Thread Vivian Meazza
Drew wrote I'm trying this now with wincvs. I click Admin-Command Line, and then enter the following string: cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9 login CVS passwd: guest When I hit 'ok', it comes back with Unable to initialize the CVS process. The system cannot

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-25 Thread Drew
Thanks for the reply. To login use Admin Login then ... at the bottom right of the login screen to access the editing facility. Select: Protocol - pserver Repository Path - cvs.flightgear.org:/var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9 Keywords - Username - use 'Edit' to enter cvsguest - Password -

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-25 Thread Vivian Meazza
Drew wrote To login use Admin Login then ... at the bottom right of the login screen to access the editing facility. Select: Protocol - pserver Repository Path - cvs.flightgear.org:/var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9 Keywords - Username - use 'Edit' to enter cvsguest - Password -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-25 Thread Drew
It prompted me to install python when I first ran it, so I did install python. Not Pearl, though. Yes, I have version 2.0.0.2 build 2. On 4/25/05, Vivian Meazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Drew wrote To login use Admin Login then ... at the bottom right of the login screen to access

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-25 Thread Vivian Meazza
Drew wrote -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flightgear-devel- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sent: 25 April 2005 09:20 To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation It prompted me to install python when I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-25 Thread Drew
Have you set the home directory in Admin preferences? I hadn't, but I just did...I assume this is the directory in which the source trees get saved? It says to read the documentation, but I can't find the documentation. Anyway, adding a home directory didn't change anything. I still get the

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-25 Thread Vivian Meazza
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flightgear-devel- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew Sent: 25 April 2005 16:57 To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation Have you set the home directory in Admin

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-25 Thread Drew
Ah...that's alright, I'll just stick with what I have. I was told it was a few mouse clicks, and it's already taken more of my time that it's worth. All I'm really trying to do is draw a black rectangle. Thanks for your help. Drew ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-25 Thread Harald JOHNSEN
Vivian Meazza wrote: Drew wrote Ah...that's alright, I'll just stick with what I have. I was told it was a few mouse clicks, and it's already taken more of my time that it's worth. All I'm really trying to do is draw a black rectangle. Thanks for your help. No problem, pity you can't

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-25 Thread Vivian Meazza
Harald JOHNSEN wrote: I have another probleme with wincvs. In the list of files in the explorer nearly all files have an 'unknown' state. So i don't have the diff choice when I right click on them. I've tried an update with the command line but that does not chance anything. Its a fresh

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-24 Thread Drew
I'm trying this now with wincvs. I click Admin-Command Line, and then enter the following string: cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9 login CVS passwd: guest When I hit 'ok', it comes back with Unable to initialize the CVS process. The system cannot find the file

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-21 Thread Vivian Meazza
Drew wrote And a red one for -ve G. With a bit of texture. I never liked the 'red-out' in simulators...do pilot's really see red? I thought it was just called red-out because of excess blood to the brain. In any case, I thought of the same thing, myself (using this for GLOC).

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-21 Thread Drew
I don't buy that argument. It's easier to grow with fgfs in small steps than to adapt everything after major releases. Following the cvslogs mailing list is usually enough, and there isn't such a fast progress anyway. Ok, I'm trying to take your advice, and get a later version of the source.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-21 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Drew a écrit : I don't buy that argument. It's easier to grow with fgfs in small steps than to adapt everything after major releases. Following the cvslogs mailing list is usually enough, and there isn't such a fast progress anyway. Ok, I'm trying to take your advice, and get a later version

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-21 Thread Andy Ross
Drew wrote: I tried downloading the tar archive of the latest CVS flightear, but it doesn't compile with the latest release of SimGear. Is there an archive somewhere of a development SimGear version, or will I have to install a CVS client to get this code? I'm using Windows, and have never

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-21 Thread Drew
This isn't wasted time. Learning to use CVS to synch to open source projects will be a skill you use for the rest of your life (or at least until everyone moves onto subversion or darcs or arch or whatever). Like it or not, limiting yourself to released versions of software kinda makes you

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-21 Thread Drew
It is very easy with this tool : http://www.wincvs.org/download.html When using CVS, you have to keep SimGear, FlightGear and the data in sync, but it is just a few click with Wincvs. -Fred Thanks for the help. I think I'll put this on hold right now, and try it during the weekend when I

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-21 Thread Vivian Meazza
Frederic Bouvier wrote Drew a écrit : I don't buy that argument. It's easier to grow with fgfs in small steps than to adapt everything after major releases. Following the cvslogs mailing list is usually enough, and there isn't such a fast progress anyway. Ok, I'm trying to take

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Drew -- Wednesday 20 April 2005 21:56: I'm trying to find an easy way to make the screen go black in the FlightGear window...sort of like a camera failure for a UAV. You can show a black and opaque dialog. Save the attached file to $FG_ROOT/Nasal/ and call it from any Nasal context, for

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Drew -- Wednesday 20 April 2005 22:32: I'm not very familiar with this code, though, so I don't know what a Nazel context is, yet. You can add this to the black.nas file, after which you can switch the blackout state via property /sim/rendering/blackout. No need to dive into Nasal then.

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Melchior FRANZ
Improved dialog nasal file attached. Just drop it into $FG_ROOT/Nasal/ again. It does monitor the property /sim/rendering/blackout and turns the screen black accordingly. And it offers three commands for Nasal context: black.open(); black.close(); black.toggle(); m. dialog = nil; state =

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Drew
Thank you very much for your help...I'll try it out and let you know how it goes. Drew On 4/20/05, Melchior FRANZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Improved dialog nasal file attached. Just drop it into $FG_ROOT/Nasal/ again. It does monitor the property /sim/rendering/blackout and turns the screen

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Andy Ross
Melchior FRANZ wrote: Improved dialog nasal file attached. Just drop it into $FG_ROOT/Nasal/ again. It does monitor the property /sim/rendering/blackout and turns the screen black accordingly. And it offers three commands for Nasal context: Cool, now animate the alpha value and tie it to the

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Vivian Meazza
Andy Ross wrote Melchior FRANZ wrote: Improved dialog nasal file attached. Just drop it into $FG_ROOT/Nasal/ again. It does monitor the property /sim/rendering/blackout and turns the screen black accordingly. And it offers three commands for Nasal context: Cool, now animate the

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Drew -- Wednesday 20 April 2005 23:26: Thank you very much for your help...I'll try it out and let you know how it goes. Whoops. There was an embarrassing bug in it. Better take this here: http://members.aon.at/mfranz/black.nas m. ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Drew
And a red one for -ve G. With a bit of texture. I never liked the 'red-out' in simulators...do pilot's really see red? I thought it was just called red-out because of excess blood to the brain. In any case, I thought of the same thing, myself (using this for GLOC). Drew

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Drew
Whoops. There was an embarrassing bug in it. Better take this here: I still get that same error on this line: switch = props.globals.getNode(/sim/rendering/blackout, 1); Does this property need to be declared somewhere? ___ Flightgear-devel mailing

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Drew -- Wednesday 20 April 2005 23:42: Nasal runtime error: no such member at ./data/Nasal/black.nas, line 4 In which version? The last one, for which I sent the URL? http://members.aon.at/mfranz/black.nas m. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Drew
Both. That line is identical in both versions, so I wouldn't expect any differences. BTW, I know I don't have the latest and greatest Nasal, as Andy's been discussing. For instance, it didn't recognize the if ? then : else syntax, but I knew how to fix that. Drew On 4/20/05, Melchior FRANZ

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Drew -- Thursday 21 April 2005 00:12: I still get that same error on this line: switch = props.globals.getNode(/sim/rendering/blackout, 1); Does this property need to be declared somewhere? No. The line is OK. But maybe your version of fgfs isn't? The Nasal code is for fgfs CVS/HEAD. It

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Drew
(Not that it had to. But it was fun. :-) Not so fun for me, though. I suppose I need to get the new Nasal code, now, or is there a way to do this with the old version? I'm running the 0.9.8 release. I'm making too many custom mods to be chasing a moving target. Drew

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Drew -- Thursday 21 April 2005 00:24: BTW, I know I don't have the latest and greatest Nasal, as Andy's been discussing. For instance, it didn't recognize the if ? then : else syntax, but I knew how to fix that. The possibility to set the dialog color is also very new, only a few days old.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Andy Ross
Melchior FRANZ wrote: Drew wrote: switch = props.globals.getNode(/sim/rendering/blackout, 1); Does this property need to be declared somewhere? No. The line is OK. But maybe your version of fgfs isn't? The Nasal code is for fgfs CVS/HEAD. It uses Nasal syntax that was added to CVS

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Blank screen implementation

2005-04-20 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Drew -- Thursday 21 April 2005 00:29: Not so fun for me, though. I suppose I need to get the new Nasal code, now, No. The ternary operation was the only thing that I was using and that was added after 0.9.8. I've removed it now. Same URL. I'm running the 0.9.8 release. That won't work