[Flightgear-devel] We could need a cvs directory for the world scenery files

2004-01-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, Yesterday we discussed on the flightgear irc channel about the need of a cvs directory for the world scenery. A cvs directory for this would help adding new 3d buildings (*.ac files etc.) to the world scenery. At the moment we can do this only for the area around San Fransisco via the

[Flightgear-devel] Testing help wanted (please!)

2004-01-20 Thread David Luff
Hi all, I'd be very grateful if one or two of you could download and test my latest ATC/AI patches before I commit them, since I'm not entirely convinced I've got all the possible crashes out of them yet. The patches are at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~eazdluf/ATCPatches040119.tar.gz Do a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Testing help wanted (please!)

2004-01-20 Thread Erik Hofman
David Luff wrote: Hi all, I'd be very grateful if one or two of you could download and test my latest ATC/AI patches before I commit them, since I'm not entirely convinced I've got all the possible crashes out of them yet. As regards the crashes, at one point I was getting an inexpicible crash

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Fwd: Linux User Developer Expo 2004]

2004-01-20 Thread Curtis L. Olson
David Culp wrote: On Wednesday 14 January 2004 08:29 am, Curtis L. Olson wrote: FlightGear has been offered free .org booth space and a possible speaker slot at the Linux User Developer Expo 2004. This is Oct 20-21 at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in London, UK. You don't necessarily need to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Proposed change to Terrain Following control

2004-01-20 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Lee Elliott wrote: Hello All, I'd like to propose a change to the way that the Terrain Following (TF) agl value is set and controlled. Currently, when TF mode is selected, the current a/c agl value is used but I'd like to change this so that this value is set, and can be changed via the

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Testing help wanted (please!)

2004-01-20 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* David Luff -- Tuesday 20 January 2004 19:54: As regards the crashes, at one point I was getting an inexpicible crash right at startup, which gdb indicated was from sgLoad3dModel called from AIMgr::init. I can't understand why it would crash there, and it only happened on Linux, and from one

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Proposed change to Terrain Following control

2004-01-20 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:09:02 -0600 Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW (and hopefully this doesn't mean major breakage) I've been considering some changes to the autopilot infrastructure to make it more flexible. For instance, we (or at least I) could really use a mode to hold speed

Re: [Flightgear-devel] We could need a cvs directory for the world scenery files

2004-01-20 Thread Jon Stockill
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If bandwith costs is a problem, we could create separate cvs directorys for every scenery package like e000n00, e000n10, wXXXnXX etc. to save bandwith costs. This way volunteers could easily work on their favourite area and add improvements

[Flightgear-devel] Changing a model format

2004-01-20 Thread Tim Jelliffe
Hi guys, I have a general question regarding the creation of a model. I have been working on creating a model of a Learjet 55, using CATIA V5. This is mainly becauseI used this during my degree and am basically familiar with it. I am also determined to have a model which is as close to the

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Changing a model format

2004-01-20 Thread Norman Vine
Tim Jelliffe writes: I have a general question regarding the creation of a model. http://members.optusnet.com.au/~tjelliffe/Learjet55.jpg Nice :-) The file size is around 2 Mb, and the frame rate drops from ~20 to ~2 fps. I have also tried using the demo version of AC3D, and saving

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Changing a model format

2004-01-20 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Tim Jelliffe wrote: Hi guys, I have a general question regarding the creation of a model. I have been working on creating a model of a Learjet 55, using CATIA V5. This is mainly because I used this during my degree and am basically familiar with it. I am also determined to have a model which

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Changing a model format

2004-01-20 Thread Lee Elliott
On Tuesday 20 January 2004 23:15, Tim Jelliffe wrote: Hi guys, I have a general question regarding the creation of a model. I have been working on creating a model of a Learjet 55, using CATIA V5. This is mainly because I used this during my degree and am basically familiar with it. I am

[Flightgear-devel] changing model format

2004-01-20 Thread Tim Jelliffe
Norman, You can download a time limited version of Rational Reducerhttp://www.sim.no/ I had a look at this. However the demo version doesnt let you save anything! Anything similiar for linux that anyone knows of? Thanks Tim ___ Flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] changing model format

2004-01-20 Thread Norman Vine
Tim Jelliffe writes: You can download a time limited version of Rational Reducer http://www.sim.no/ I had a look at this. However the demo version doesnt let you save anything! Anything similiar for linux that anyone knows of? Should find something here