re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread David Megginson
Wendell Turner writes: I use fgfs to practice instrument approaches, starting with the aircraft positioned just outside the IAF. However, in 0.9.2, the --offset-distance doesn't seem to work. Curt has offset-distance set up right now to work only when you're lined up on an airport runway.

re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread Curtis L. Olson
David Megginson writes: Wendell Turner writes: I use fgfs to practice instrument approaches, starting with the aircraft positioned just outside the IAF. However, in 0.9.2, the --offset-distance doesn't seem to work. Curt has offset-distance set up right now to work only when you're

Re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread Curtis L. Olson
I just checked a patch into cvs. Feel free to give it a try and see if it works any better ... Note that there is a default airport (KSFO) and default runway (28L) in the preferences file. So if you specify a different airport that happens to have a 28L, that will probably take precidence over

re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: Hmmm, that particular few lines of code doesn't look like my coding style, and logically, it doesn't make much sense (to me, no offense to the author.) :-) Could be me, then . I'll take a look and see if I can clean that up a bit. Thanks. All the best, David

re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread Tony Peden
--- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wendell Turner writes: I use fgfs to practice instrument approaches, starting with the aircraft positioned just outside the IAF. However, in 0.9.2, the --offset-distance doesn't seem to work. Curt has offset-distance set up right now to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread Tony Peden
On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 12:28, Matt Fienberg wrote: Would there be a way to specify inbound 8 miles northwest of [ICAO] much like the way winds are specified? Much like [EMAIL PROTECTED] for northwest winds at 8 knots, how about [EMAIL PROTECTED] along with maybe --inbound-target=KSJC or the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread Wendell Turner
Tony Penden writes: On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 10:28, Tony Peden wrote: --- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wendell Turner writes: I use fgfs to practice instrument approaches, starting with the aircraft positioned just outside the IAF. However, in 0.9.2, the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] offset-distance broken?

2003-07-02 Thread Tony Peden
On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 18:37, Wendell Turner wrote: Tony Penden writes: On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 10:28, Tony Peden wrote: --- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wendell Turner writes: I use fgfs to practice instrument approaches, starting with the aircraft positioned