Re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D model origin proposal

2002-12-16 Thread David Megginson
matter much, as long as the FDM gives us the offset vector from the CG to *some* known, fixed point on the aircraft (which the 3D model uses as its origin). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] perl scripting

2002-12-19 Thread David Megginson
pack perldoc -f unpack Perl has excellent support for this kind of thing, once you get your head around it. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] more GPL'd models

2002-12-19 Thread David Megginson
SSG initialization first. I wrote a utility like this a while back, and found that most of the load/save support in plib is very incomplete. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] more GPL'd models

2002-12-19 Thread David Megginson
panels are here: http://www.fs2000.org/dome/index.htm We could make use of the instrument textures for certain. We're tending to move away from 2D panels in FlightGear and towards 3D panels in the aircraft itself, but there's still room for both. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Texture border (ATI performance issue)

2002-12-19 Thread David Megginson
posting. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] [OT] Time Inc. vs. General Aviation

2002-12-19 Thread David Megginson
than to the lower 48. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] perl scripting

2002-12-19 Thread David Megginson
this knowledge from your header files but then so does 'C' so this is not revolutionary Swig is designed to solve the binary API problem, not the binary data format problem. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] more GPL'd models

2002-12-19 Thread David Megginson
He means texture animations (moving the UV coordinates around). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

re: [Flightgear-devel] procmail trivia (OT)

2002-12-19 Thread David Megginson
Andy Ross writes: David gets the cookie. Dark chocolate with white chocolate chunks, please, or perhaps a nice lemon poppyseed. Thanks, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

[Flightgear-devel] IFR Illusions

2002-12-19 Thread David Megginson
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] perl scripting

2002-12-19 Thread David Megginson
the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] more GPL'd models

2002-12-20 Thread David Megginson
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] more GPL'd models

2002-12-20 Thread David Megginson
add 25%. If you went from 40 fps to 50 fps, the instruments would still be updating at only 25 fps. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] more GPL'd models

2002-12-20 Thread David Megginson
textures we're using -- that's why people with low texture memory on the GPUs are seeing FlightGear crawl with a panel visible. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Render-to-texture for the panel

2002-12-20 Thread David Megginson
have to kill the optimization at low framerates -- i.e. count by time as well as by frame. That eliminates any benefit for the people who most need it, though. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Render-to-texture for the panel

2002-12-20 Thread David Megginson
the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] more GPL'd models

2002-12-20 Thread David Megginson
with the engine off) where the main six and the mag compass won't need updating every frame. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-devel] more GPL'd models

2002-12-20 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: That won't affect oil pressure temp gas gauges ect :-) If I ever find a plane without a wobbly gas gauge, I'll let you know. The point is well taken, though. The question is whether there's enough potential saving left to bother. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] more GPL'd models

2002-12-20 Thread David Megginson
much better than Elite or FLY. You can spot a trend with a needle much faster than you can read an absolute value, and to fly steady, you really have to work hard to damp out the movement. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

[Flightgear-devel] ATC Sound

2002-12-21 Thread David Megginson
. Is this a local problem on my system? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Segfault fixed

2002-12-21 Thread David Megginson
Dave Perry writes: PS The dc3 is still broken. When I try to start the 2nd engine, the mag switch moves, but nothing else happens. You need to advance the magneto as well, probably. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Segfault fixed

2002-12-21 Thread David Megginson
the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DC-3 crash fixed

2002-12-21 Thread David Megginson
, and people will assume that the same will work with YASim. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear

re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread David Megginson
interested in AI and terrain rendering, but I am open to working on anything. You can also take a look at Dave Luff's ATC code in src/ATC/ -- he might have some TODO jobs. Thanks, and all the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

[Flightgear-devel] AT6 Cockpit Photos

2002-12-22 Thread David Megginson
Someone on the Piper mailing list had a chance to crawl into a couple of AT6's visiting his home field and snap some pics. Here they are, for anyone interested in the modelling: http://xcski.com/gallery/album02 All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread David Megginson
a worthy project. There are snippits here and there (including under docs-mini in the source dir), but no big master document. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread David Megginson
if applicable 4) which 'C' files used it We'd have to find a way to automate that, or it would go out of date too fast to be useful, at least until the code base is a lot more stable. In fact, there are now many properties that no C++ file uses at all. All the best, David -- David Megginson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-22 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: Computer programs are a mix of algorithm and data and just because you take the data out of the 'C' code and stash it externally does nothing to alleviate the need to document it !! Agreed -- I'm simply pointing out the challenges. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: Question: Is there any reason that ALL of the joysticks from the config files are represented in the 'resident' property tree ?? It's on my TODO list, but it someone else wants to take that over I'll be very happy. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL

RE: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
of the code modules I've written have JavaDoc-like comments attached in the *.hxx files -- those might be helpful. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
tree; some subsystems also use XML files for initial configuration information. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

re: [Flightgear-devel] copying properties

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
copyProperties (const SGPropertyNode *in, SGPropertyNode *out); All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

re: [Flightgear-devel] properties documentation

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
, English-only solution; the more elegant solution is to document in external files, but then we get maintenance issues again. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] copying properties

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
the nodes No, that's wrong -- all of the nodes are created on demand except for the root node. This will work just fine: SGPropertyNode * saved_props = new SGPropertyNode(); copyProperties(props, saved_props); All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Sound

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: This might be a driver issue (either kernel or plib). It sounds like your volume scales linear instead of logarithmic ... That's a reasonable guess. What would the next step be? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Sound

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: What kernel driver do you use: OSS or ALSA? OSS (kernel 2.4.20). And which hardware? Maestro3. Thanks, and all the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
are usually deleted as soon as the subsystem is set up (i.e. they exist for perhaps 0.1 sec). We could just as easily use another format for internal initialization, but since the XML support is already available, it was the easiest route. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL

RE: [Flightgear-devel] properties documentation

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
. Absolutely right; we just need a recommended way to document that. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Sound

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
with the relative volumes of other sounds, only the ATIS. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Sound

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Sound

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: You are not making it easy for me ... To be honnest, I can't think of an explaination anymore. OK, as long as no one else is reporting the same problem, we can leave it for now. Thanks, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Sound

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
in the mixer panel. Nope. Thanks, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Sound

2002-12-23 Thread David Megginson
. Now, I'm using a fairly recent CVS plib -- could this be simply a plib versioning problem? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] PA28-161 Piper Cherokee Warrior II

2002-12-27 Thread David Megginson
to help hold the stabilator in different positions. It's standard on all Piper Cherokees and Cherokee derivatives (Warrior, Archer, Arrow, etc.) as far as I know. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

[Flightgear-devel] History of CYOW

2002-12-27 Thread David Megginson
on the North Field. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ADF change?

2002-12-28 Thread David Megginson
separate branches for KR-87, etc., when it really should have only adf[0], adf[1], etc. -- otherwise, we have to know exactly what radio type to bind for. Let's try to keep the bindings generic. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] properties documentation

2002-12-28 Thread David Megginson
, and if someone is willing to take reponsibility for generating and maintaining these, I will be very grateful. Thanks, and all the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] PA28-161 Piper Cherokee Warrior II

2002-12-28 Thread David Megginson
(just by different amounts). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] What's in the job jar?

2002-12-28 Thread David Megginson
, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] properties documentation

2002-12-29 Thread David Megginson
. DOxymacs is just an Emacs mode to help writing formatted comments, isn't it? It shouldn't really be necessary -- they're not hard to write by hand. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] STL changes

2002-12-29 Thread David Megginson
Thanks to both Norm and Bernie -- I'll get those patches in ASAP. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ADF change?

2002-12-29 Thread David Megginson
different radios ignore the ones they don't understand. You can swap the KR-87 with other models as desired, both for development and release. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] switches

2002-12-30 Thread David Megginson
position in a 2D panel instrument into the correct combination of these three properties, and later, if we model a different kind of transponder (say, one with a separate on/off switch), the properties will still look the same to the rest of FlightGear. All the best, David -- David Megginson

re: [Flightgear-devel] Radio frequency range: min/max/wrap

2002-12-30 Thread David Megginson
also be simpler and more predictable. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] switches

2002-12-30 Thread David Megginson
on/off switch). Using booleans makes your code much more generally useful. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: [Flightgear-devel] switches

2002-12-30 Thread David Megginson
for entering them. It really isn't hard to set the right states in the configuration file for a specific 2D instrument. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ADF change?

2002-12-30 Thread David Megginson
John Check writes: I'm not sure I follow you. The KR-87 properties are coming from the c++ end, not the XML. They still should be generalized /radios/adf/ properties as far as possible. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] panel.cxx

2002-12-30 Thread David Megginson
got through the queue, and fixed it during then. Let me know if you still see a problem. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] J3 Cub won't converge

2002-12-30 Thread David Megginson
, -0.000, -0.114 YASim SOLUTION FAILURE: Insufficient elevator to trim for approach I guess that the J3 Cub really does need the monster elevator. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear

re: [Flightgear-devel] property-api.html

2002-12-30 Thread David Megginson
the old contents were discarded with the 0.7 tree. Fortunately, the full document appears in the message you're referring to. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Sound

2002-12-30 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: You could try this patch and play with the numbers a bit. This piece of text might explain why I don't see the problem: +audio_mixer-setBass(50); +audio_mixer-setTreble(50); + No noticeable difference. All the best, David -- David Megginson

re: [Flightgear-devel] c172p-3d - checked against a Cessna 172E

2002-12-31 Thread David Megginson
covers up most of the effects. Thank you very much for doing the test and posting the results. I did tone down the behaviour; after looking at your test, perhaps I toned it down too far. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] c172p-3d - checked against a Cessna 172E

2002-12-31 Thread David Megginson
Luke Scharf writes: I'll take any excuse to flying on a nice VFR day! :-) I'd like one of those here. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

re: [Flightgear-devel] Simgear cvs hung up

2002-12-31 Thread David Megginson
anyone else read the directory until Curt gets back online and fixes things up -- I don't have shell access to the CVS machine. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

re: [Flightgear-devel] Simgear cvs hung up

2002-12-31 Thread David Megginson
to be safe. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problem: unrealistic YASim stalls

2003-01-01 Thread David Megginson
. How is the model in question balanced? We have it loaded and balanced in or near utility, I think. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problem: unrealistic YASim stalls

2003-01-01 Thread David Megginson
in the simulated aircraft. Yes, it is possible, but it's complicated and a big FDM-specific right now. I agree that it would be a good learning experience to let people try flying with, say, the CG way too far aft. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] PA28-161 Piper Cherokee Warrior II

2003-01-01 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: Returning from out of town, I am no longer able to build the cvs version of FlightGear (gcc-2.95.something). Here is the error I'm seeing: OK, it looks like an STC issue. I can code around it. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] PA28-161 Piper Cherokee Warrior II

2003-01-01 Thread David Megginson
David Megginson writes: OK, it looks like an STC issue. I can code around it. That should be STL. You can see where my head is these days (an STC is a supplementary type certificate that allows modifications to a plane). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] Base CVSupdate:'FlightGear/FlightGear/Aircraft/Instruments'

2003-01-02 Thread David Megginson
what's causing that? I took a quick look but couldn't figure it out. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problem: unrealistic YASim stalls

2003-01-02 Thread David Megginson
that account for the roll stability in a stall, even with the sharp pitching down? All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Radio frequency range: min/max/wrap

2003-01-03 Thread David Megginson
know what you come up with. Thanks, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG on Cygwin

2003-01-03 Thread David Megginson
++ 3.2 so that I wouldn't keep getting bug reports from people running more conformant compilers. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Question on YASim ....

2003-01-03 Thread David Megginson
. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Radio frequency range: min/max/wrap

2003-01-04 Thread David Megginson
, not intrinsic methods. While property nodes are C++ objects, within FlightGear bindings they're pure data more similar a C struct. Once we have scripting working within FlightGear, people will no doubt define many more operations that can be performed on properties. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Radio frequency range: min/max/wrap

2003-01-04 Thread David Megginson
skipping values. Committed -- thanks. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Radio frequency range: min/max/wrap

2003-01-04 Thread David Megginson
and refine later) the more quickly you arrive at a correct and finished product. That's true -- the code should be clean, easy to read, well-structured, and at least minimally commented. Clarity is more important than optimization most of the time. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Radio frequency range: min/max/wrap

2003-01-04 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: I know nothing of Java and less about Gnome, but in Windows land *most* programs that manipulate the registry at times other then program installation are called 'viruses' In this case, the application is the Windows operating system. All the best, David -- David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Radio frequency range: min/max/wrap

2003-01-04 Thread David Megginson
of the GoF book. There's not a precise pattern in there corresponding to the property tree, but it does share some characteristics with the Mediator pattern (page 273). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Radio frequency range: min/max/wrap

2003-01-05 Thread David Megginson
be happy. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Radio frequency range: min/max/wrap

2003-01-05 Thread David Megginson
; FGDouble* _suction; }; Sure -- that sounds relatively harmless, and adds the advantage of a bit of extra compile-time type checking. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Radio frequency range: min/max/wrap

2003-01-05 Thread David Megginson
the time. For C++ programmers, the GoF book is as familiar as KR book is/was for C programmers -- I wouldn't expect anyone to be dazzled by the abbreviation. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Modification Project

2003-01-06 Thread David Megginson
is still hard for end-users, though it's worth noting that installing a new aircraft is no harder than it was in FS98 (I haven't tried the newer versions), so we're not *that* far behind. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problem: unrealistic YASim stalls

2003-01-06 Thread David Megginson
and washout interact, but perhaps that's more obvious to others. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problem: unrealistic YASim stalls

2003-01-06 Thread David Megginson
runtime property changes (i.e. new altitude or location) All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problem: unrealistic YASim stalls

2003-01-06 Thread David Megginson
the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Trip Report: Roads and Rivers

2003-01-07 Thread David Megginson
or atlas), and fly around following roads, rivers, coastlines, and so on. Try following a small river all the way from one end to the other, and see if you can identify all of the towns and cities you fly over. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problem: unrealistic YASim stalls

2003-01-07 Thread David Megginson
a saved flight or start a premade scenario, we'll get bumps (etc.) from the trimming routine, when the saved state was already (presumably) steady. I think we're pretty close -- you want to force a reset, and I want to be able to request a retrim. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Trip Report: Roads and Rivers

2003-01-07 Thread David Megginson
and on the highways. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] CVS Server

2003-01-07 Thread David Megginson
The FlightGear CVS server is freezing on update when I try to use it (no error message). Is anyone else seeing this problem? I'm seeing it without any -z argument. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] Moving [was: Trip Report: Roads and Rivers]

2003-01-07 Thread David Megginson
ticked off before then. :) That sounds great. I find the YASim code very easy to read and understand, expect when my near-total ignorance of elementary physics gets in the way. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problem: unrealistic YASim stalls

2003-01-08 Thread David Megginson
-- if FlightGear explicitly requests trimming, then we can be consistent across FDMs and make the code more obvious. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problem: unrealistic YASim stalls

2003-01-08 Thread David Megginson
it already. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft updates in CVS

2003-01-09 Thread David Megginson
is the basic mesh stuff and the UV editor. Meshes are your friend. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft updates in CVS

2003-01-09 Thread David Megginson
yet anyway. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Script for DAFIFT to .apt

2003-01-10 Thread David Megginson
it'd be handy to have a look at it so I can use it as a basis for importing DAFIFT info too. After that, the next step will be to (re)consider what fields should appear in the database for each airport. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com

re: [Flightgear-devel] CVS Server

2003-01-07 Thread David Megginson
David Megginson writes: The FlightGear CVS server is freezing on update when I try to use it (no error message). Is anyone else seeing this problem? I'm seeing it without any -z argument. OK, it's back again. I notice that the mail server stopped as well. All the best, David

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autopilot selecting and disabling

2003-01-13 Thread David Megginson
is in order and this presents us with a good time to do it Agreed. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Roadmap/brain dump

2003-01-14 Thread David Megginson
? No. Some of the 2D instruments, like basic gauges, are OK projected onto a 3D surface, but levers and knobs just look silly. The background texture won't be used in 3D either, and I'll bet that Martin ends up putting a lot of his effort into that. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Roadmap/brain dump

2003-01-14 Thread David Megginson
on in those cockpits. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

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