[Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
Hi all, I have found a bug in the parsing of the --config command line parameter. Starting Flightgear, I noticed that the menu bar is using the default(blue) menu bar rather than the alternative black one. Which indicated that my preferences.xml isn't being loaded, rendering options was reset to

[Flightgear-devel] C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Buchanan, Stuart
Hi All, I've been working on an update for the civilian Cessna 310R, and my patches are now available for review/check-in. The update consists of - new generic 3D instrumesnts for a throttle quadrant and rudder pedals - 3D cockpit for the civilian C310 (screenshot -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread Frederic Bouvier
George Patterson wrote : Hi all, I have found a bug in the parsing of the --config command line parameter. Starting Flightgear, I noticed that the menu bar is using the default(blue) menu bar rather than the alternative black one. Which indicated that my preferences.xml isn't being loaded,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 14:51 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: George Patterson wrote : Hi all, I have found a bug in the parsing of the --config command line parameter. Starting Flightgear, I noticed that the menu bar is using the default(blue) menu bar rather than the alternative black one.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread Frederic Bouvier
George Patterson wrote : On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 14:51 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: George Patterson wrote : Hi all, I have found a bug in the parsing of the --config command line parameter. Starting Flightgear, I noticed that the menu bar is using the default(blue) menu bar rather

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 15:26 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: George Patterson wrote : On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 14:51 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: George Patterson wrote : Does this patch improve things ? http://frbouvi.free.fr/flightsim/sg_path.patch -Fred Fred, I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 15:26 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: George Patterson wrote : On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 14:51 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: George Patterson wrote : Hi all, I have found a bug in the parsing of the --config command line parameter. Starting Flightgear, I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Hi Stuart, I can see the nice screenshot but cannot download the files, anything seems to be broken with the link. Would you please check it? Thank you Georg EDDW Buchanan, Stuart schrieb: Patch files are available from http://www.nanjika.co.uk/flightgear/c310/ .. Feedback is greatly

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Buchanan, Stuart
--- Georg Vollnhals wrote: Hi Stuart, I can see the nice screenshot but cannot download the files, anything seems to be broken with the link. Would you please check it? Hi Georg, Directory listings were switched off, though I think the files were accessible directly. I've enabled

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Torsten Dreyer
There are a number of minor issues remaining: - For some reason I have minor alpha problems with the panel where the outside world can be seen through the bottom edge of some instruments. I haven't been able to get to the bottom of this. I'm not sure whether this is an issue with my graphics

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Buchanan, Stuart schrieb: Hi Georg, Directory listings were switched off, though I think the files were accessible directly. I've enabled directory listings - should work OK now. -Stuart Thank you, Stuart! Downloaded the files and will give feedback as soon as I tested it (in some

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Torsten Dreyer
One more... The mixture levers are crossed: the left mixture controls the right engine and vice versa ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Buchanan, Stuart
--- Torsten Dreyer wrote: And there is a hole on the upper side of each wing where the upper surface connects to the wingtip. It looks like you optimized one vertex to much. Oh and one more funny view is when you look from the outside at the plane's roof, you can see thru the windows

[Flightgear-devel] Re: C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Buchanan, Stuart -- Sunday 18 December 2005 21:50: In particular a number of the surfaces are one-sided which causes problems when combined with transparent surfaces like the windows. No. That's normally caused by wrong object order in the *.ac file. You can either re-order the objects there,

[Flightgear-devel] Even more Scenery Objects

2005-12-18 Thread Martin Spott
Hello, I'm glad I can tell you about recent additions to our FlightGear Scenery Objects database. The Berlin Tempelhof airport building is not only the most famous airport building I am aware of, but the model by Jens Toerring is also probably the most sophisticated Scenery Object we currently

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Buchanan, Stuart
--- Melchior FRANZ wrote: * Buchanan, Stuart -- Sunday 18 December 2005 21:50: In particular a number of the surfaces are one-sided which causes problems when combined with transparent surfaces like the windows. No. That's normally caused by wrong object order in the *.ac file. You can

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Even more Scenery Objects

2005-12-18 Thread Christian Mayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Spott schrieb: http://document.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/bitmap/FGFS/EDDI_01.jpg It's not that easy to create a screnshot of this large building without losing major detail Watch it at night ! Yes, the version on

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Even more Scenery Objects

2005-12-18 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Martin, thank you for the hint, it is a phantastic work! I post it into the German FlightGear forum. Regards Georg Martin Spott schrieb: http://document.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/bitmap/FGFS/EDDI_01.jpg ... Everything on: http://fgfsdb.stockill.org/models.php Cheers, Martin.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Buchanan, Stuart schrieb: Hi Torsten, Hi Stuart, as Torsten reported more than I could find out when flying the plane, I just have to say that due to your work this nice plane now got back into my hangar. Thank you for your work! Georg EDDW

[Flightgear-devel] FlightGear vs. Reality

2005-12-18 Thread Curtis L. Olson
I've posted a few little blurbs about the UAV project I'm involved in, so here's another one. First a word of explanation. We have an R/C plane with a camera looking 45 degrees down. The airplane also has an expensive sensor that spits out location (lon, lat, elevation) and attitude (pitch,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear vs. Reality

2005-12-18 Thread Buchanan, Stuart
--- Curtis L. Olson wrote: I've posted a few little blurbs about the UAV project I'm involved in, so here's another one. First a word of explanation. We have an R/C plane with a camera looking 45 degrees down. The airplane also has an expensive sensor that spits out location (lon,

RE: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear vs. Reality

2005-12-18 Thread Jim Alberico
From Curt: Subject: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear vs. Reality I've posted a few little blurbs about the UAV project I'm involved in, so here's another one. First a word of explanation. We have an R/C plane with a camera looking 45 degrees down. The airplane also has an expensive sensor

[Flightgear-devel] Slashdot: Seasons Givings

2005-12-18 Thread Curtis L. Olson
There is an article on slashdot this evening called Season's Givings. http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/05/12/18/1453256.shtml?tid=105tid=95tid=4 I feel I must respond because I know that many (if not all?) of you read slashdot, and in this season of new hope and giving you might see this

[Flightgear-devel] Wing motion

2005-12-18 Thread Jon S. Berndt
Here's one I'm throwing out simply for discussion, and because it's occurred to me several times in the past: Would it be possible to change the visual appearance of wing flex during flight? I thought it might be interesting to give the wing an amount of flex dependent on load factor and wing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Joacim Persson
Nothing to do with Stuart's work on the c310, but a tip on the fdm (jsbsim version): Move the CG forward a bit, at least a 10--15. (the correct CG location should be taken from the type certificate, which I haven't been able to find on a quick google) The plane flies a lot better then. (better

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wing motion

2005-12-18 Thread Joacim Persson
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Jon S. Berndt wrote: Would it be possible to change the visual appearance of wing flex during flight? Look at the rotor animations for the bo105. (when rotor is slowing down/speeding up) ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wing motion

2005-12-18 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Jon S. Berndt wrote: Here's one I'm throwing out simply for discussion, and because it's occurred to me several times in the past: Would it be possible to change the visual appearance of wing flex during flight? I thought it might be interesting to give the wing an amount of flex dependent on

RE: [Flightgear-devel] C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Jon S. Berndt
Move the CG forward a bit, at least a 10--15. (the correct CG location should be taken from the type certificate, which I haven't been able to find on a quick google) The plane flies a lot better then. (better stability and cruise alpha, when it's not flying on the stabiliser) This also puts

RE: [Flightgear-devel] C310 Update

2005-12-18 Thread Joacim Persson
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Jon S. Berndt wrote: The TCDS suggests the CG should be in the range, 37-42 inches (assuming our datum is the same). I think the datum is the same. (p33 in the type cert.): Datum Forward face of fuselage bulkhead forward of rudder pedals. And from 310.xml: The

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Wing motion

2005-12-18 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Jon S. Berndt -- Monday 19 December 2005 05:04: Would it be possible to change the visual appearance of wing flex during flight? As Curt and Joacim have mentioned already, there are ways to do it: (A) ornithopter method: several instances of the wing. This has the disadvantage that you'd