[Flightgear-devel] Configurable mouse ready to go

2002-03-27 Thread David Megginson
and right - up/down movement with no buttons pressed tilts view up and down - left click centres view forward - right click switches to pointer mode All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

re: [Flightgear-devel] Panel locking to z-offset

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
Jim Wilson writes: It looks like somehow the panel is locking the the offset adjustments. So that if you move into the back seat the panel comes with you. Right -- Andy is not yet using the x/y/z view offsets for the panel transform. Andy? All the best, David -- David Megginson

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re : Publicity

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
Danie Heath writes: I've got a friend who publishes an aviation magazine, and I was wondering what you outlook is on publicity ? Will it be alright for me to organize an article for you guys ? As far as I'm concerned, go for it. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] MSVC6 Build Progress

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSim Inlining

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
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RE: [Flightgear-devel] Configurable mouse ready to go

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
it wrap around to the right, but it freezes at the other three edges. I've guessed that the first one reflects what you wanted, and changed the others accordingly. Thanks, and all the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear

re: [Flightgear-devel] [BUG] default.fix.gz

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
as well, to make sure that they end up in his database (you'll be doing the XPlane users a favour as well). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

re: [Flightgear-devel] Near and Far

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
suspect that they will be both model- and view-specific, so preferences.xml might not be the best home for them. Getting their values from properties is a good way to speed up experimentation. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Panel locking to z-offset

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
panel was my very first OpenGL project, written as a learning exercise, and I do not deny that it is sloppy and poorly-integrated in its current state. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

[Flightgear-devel] HELP: CH Pro Pedals + Linux 2.4.17

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
working already. Thanks, and all the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Panel locking to z-offset

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
a bit of an undertaking. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Configurable mouse ready to go

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] MSVC6 Build Progress

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
have seen this behavior before). I also brought in the newest input.cxx and I can now run FlightGear again. Does it still work if the enum is protected? I'd like to keep things as well encapsulated as possible. Thanks, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] HELP: CH Pro Pedals + Linux 2.4.17

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
:40 vojtech Exp $ so it mustn't have changed in recent kernels. Thanks, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Panel locking to z-offset

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
. on the floor by the firewall for small Cessnas). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Configurable mouse ready to go

2002-03-28 Thread David Megginson
%, if you were concerned. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] PLIB kludge for smoothing AC3D models

2002-03-29 Thread David Megginson
]-normal ) 0.001 ) sgSetVec3 ( vlist[i]-normal, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f ) ; All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Throttle movement squared

2002-03-30 Thread David Megginson
else, then there's something wrong. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Panel locking to z-offset

2002-04-01 Thread David Megginson
from the FGModel class. I think what Andy's suggesting is that the panel be part of the model's scene graph. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

[Flightgear-devel] C172 3D Model

2002-04-01 Thread David Megginson
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[Flightgear-devel] US/CA differences

2002-04-02 Thread David Megginson
Here's an interesting document on differences between flying in the US and Canada, written from a Canadian perspective: http://www.ofc.ca/files/cdn_us.pdf All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C172 3D Model

2002-04-02 Thread David Megginson
survives import, though. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Error running flightgear

2002-04-02 Thread David Megginson
min freq = min endl; // cout max freq = max endl; return true; } All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

[Flightgear-devel] YASIM/Viewer mismatch

2002-04-03 Thread David Megginson
, but there should be no direct dependency between the view offsets and the FDM -- YASIM simply reports the geodetic position (lon/lat/alt) and orientation (roll/pitch/heading) for the model itself, and the viewer positions the model appropriately. Any ideas? All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASIM/Viewer mismatch

2002-04-03 Thread David Megginson
idea to do things that way -- we should stick with normal aircraft axes for consistency with the rest of FlightGear, at least at the property level (a GUI can present things differently, of course). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASIM/Viewer mismatch

2002-04-03 Thread David Megginson
but has done other 3d programming or modeling. The FDM and other stuff I'd leave alone, but the panel, model, and viewer that end users are most likely to mess around with, I'd make consistent. Fair enough, but it would drive the aero people crazy. All the best, David -- David

re: [Flightgear-devel] View hat on FlighSimYoke USB

2002-04-03 Thread David Megginson
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re: [Flightgear-devel] Hallo and questions

2002-04-03 Thread David Megginson
the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASIM/Viewer mismatch

2002-04-03 Thread David Megginson
it will be accurate information for the *pilot* eyepoint, if nothing else. At least it would be close. I'm sure that the eyepoints are different for a 5'2 pilot and a 6'4 pilot, and we also want to be able to model leaning forward, etc. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASIM/Viewer mismatch

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASIM/Viewer mismatch

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
Andy Ross writes: I'll chop the cockpit stuff out of YASim as soon as someone tells me it's OK. It's fine with me. Curt? All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View hat on FlighSimYoke USB

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
in consumer sims better, and doesn't limit you to a fixed set of 8 (or even 4, if you have an old hat switch) views. Fair enough. I use the mouse for that, but the whole point of configurable input devices is to choose what works for you. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASIM/Viewer mismatch

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
to control the view orientation using the mouse, keyboard, joystick hat, etc. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] View hat on FlighSimYoke USB

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
. Is this possible? I'll guessing that you're using Linux 2.4. There is a bug in some 2.4 kernel versions where joydev.c misassigns the hat axes. It seems OK now in 2.4.17. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Hallo and questions

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: How do I have to imagine this property tree, I mean how is it realized in memory (C++) Yes, what you see is what you get. He could think of it as a virtual filesystem containing the internal state of the sim. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL

re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D Cockpit

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
Marcio Shimoda writes: How do I see the 3D cockpit? fgfs --aircraft=c172-3d All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear

re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: FlightGear/src/Main fg_init.cxx,1.161,1.162 main.cxx,1.270,1.271 options.cxx,1.158,1.159

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
enabled by default? I haven't seen yet where that's happening (I configured with debug messages and still am not seeing any). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Moving carrier, and Repositioning questions

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
. Probably not this week, though. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Moving carrier, and Repositioning questions

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
). I'll give up and revert if it gets too hard. Jim: does this conflict with anything you're doing? All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Moving carrier, and Repositioning questions

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
? All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Moving carrier, and Repositioning questions

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
to check in, and it would be nice to purge it. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] New class FG3DModel

2002-04-04 Thread David Megginson
(it's very simple -- just update the position and orientation and attach the SSG node to a scene graph or ssgRoot somewhere). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Moving carrier, and Repositioning questions

2002-04-05 Thread David Megginson
be an advantage -- it can cache the conversion and redo it only when one of the parameters has changed. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Moving carrier, and Repositioning questions

2002-04-05 Thread David Megginson
in header files like current_panel), then we can swap different versions of FGGlobals in and out. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] View hat on FlighSimYoke USB

2002-04-05 Thread David Megginson
Alexander Kappes writes: I should mention that the problems occur under Linux 2.4.? (? 10) and that the hat switch works ok under Windows though I don't know the mapping there as it is hidden. So I think that the explanation from David Megginson (bug in the kernel joystick code) sounds

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Moving carrier, and Repositioning questions

2002-04-05 Thread David Megginson
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RE: [Flightgear-devel] Moving carrier, and Repositioning questions

2002-04-05 Thread David Megginson
is misleading here :-) Actually, it's my Latin training causing trouble here. FGPOV would be OK if we were dealing only with cameras, but it doesn't make sense for placing models. How about FGPlacement? All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Moving carrier, and Repositioning questions

2002-04-05 Thread David Megginson
Jim Wilson writes: Or maybe FGLocalCoordor just FGCoord? I'd be worried about confusion with sgCoord. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

re: [Flightgear-devel] FrameRate !!

2002-04-06 Thread David Megginson
rule out FDM problems by testing with several FDMs, including the magic carpet. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Moving carrier, and Repositioning questions

2002-04-06 Thread David Megginson
with Andy's YASim code. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] My First Flight

2002-04-06 Thread David Megginson
a 55% chance I won't continue flying but I might change my mind over the next few weeks. Ground school starts in late April, so I have some time to decide. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Flight

2002-04-06 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: In fact, I have decided to get my pilots license whenever possible, despite the first experience in the simulator. I was surprised by how inexpensive an intro flight is (much less than a modest dinner out). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flightgear-devel] Tower View

2002-04-06 Thread David Megginson
for the initial airport. You'll probably want to use the 'x' key to zoom in a bit, since the tower can be pretty far away at a large airport. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Flightgear-devel] FrameRate !!

2002-04-06 Thread David Megginson
-caching code before, and didn't add a new hashtable yet. I'll try to do that early next week. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

RE: [Flightgear-devel] FrameRate !!

2002-04-06 Thread David Megginson
so much -- almost no other part of FlightGear should care about it. Jim's already started uncoupling things, and we can look to see if it's used in a loop somewhere (where it could be assigned to a variable just once). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Tower View

2002-04-06 Thread David Megginson
, but partly, I need to use LOD to remove detail (like the aircraft interior) at a certain distance. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

RE: [Flightgear-devel] FrameRate !!

2002-04-06 Thread David Megginson
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] FrameRate !!

2002-04-07 Thread David Megginson
that (it won't work at all with tied properties, of course). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

RE: [Flightgear-devel] FrameRate !!

2002-04-07 Thread David Megginson
Jim Wilson writes: Haven't had a chance to look through the changes, but umm...I'm seeing a 25% decrease in framerate after this mornings patches. Sorry. (Voodoo3/P3-750mhz/100mhz MB/384mb Ram) Ouch! Have you upgraded SimGear as well? All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D Cockpit

2002-04-08 Thread David Megginson
to a general configuration file. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] YASim piston engine

2002-04-08 Thread David Megginson
, and between idle RPM/power and static RPM/power to find the effect of the throttle. The engine model would work much more realistically with only a little more work. Comments? All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

re: [Flightgear-devel] RE: My First Flight

2002-04-08 Thread David Megginson
in FGFS? Yes, we started on it a few months ago in JSBSim -- a windmilling prop does increase drag -- but it's not really correct yet. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problem: JSBSim left roll and yaw

2002-04-08 Thread David Megginson
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re: [Flightgear-devel] fuel measure

2002-04-08 Thread David Megginson
, which should also work. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Panel configuration question

2002-04-08 Thread David Megginson
condition is already an implicit 'and' group. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] size of symbol

2002-04-08 Thread David Megginson
Alex Perry writes: Do we care about this error ? /usr/bin/ld: Warning: size of symbol `current_model' changed from 4 to 8 in ../../src/Model/libModel.a(acmodel.o) Yes, I'm getting this as well and I don't understand it. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim piston engine

2002-04-08 Thread David Megginson
this is going to be a common type of problem with them. I'm not sure that's right. By the time the plane is moving fast enough to take off, the propeller should be at full RPM. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim piston engine

2002-04-08 Thread David Megginson
Alex Perry writes: Nope; you can fairly easily get the RPM over 2700 in a fast cruise descent, but there is no way you'll manage over 2500 at Vy, never mind Vx. We're modelling a C172R, which maxes out at 2400RPM. Would the same apply there? All the best, David -- David Megginson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim piston engine

2002-04-08 Thread David Megginson
, but does manage to hit 2400 RPM at Vx. You can push it over in a steep dive (as you mention). You mentioned that a 2700 RPM engine doesn't max out at Vx; I'm wondering if things are different for the 160HP 2400 RPM C172R that we're modelling. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D Cockpit

2002-04-09 Thread David Megginson
. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft modelling questions

2002-04-09 Thread David Megginson
models that were created by third-parties for MSFS. The idea of Open Source is that it can be used anywhere, modified, and even sold for large amounts of money, as long as it stays free-as-in-speech. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flightgear-devel] Aircraft Checklists

2002-04-09 Thread David Megginson
Here's an excellent source for unofficial aircraft checklists: http://www.dauntless-soft.com/PRODUCTS/Freebies/HandlingNotes/ All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

RE: [Flightgear-devel] FrameRate !!

2002-04-09 Thread David Megginson
with the Linux drivers, but I have not tested them hard. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] stall horn?

2002-04-10 Thread David Megginson
Curtis L. Olson writes: Did we lose the stall horn somewhere along the way? It seems to be missing from the default C172. As long as we're bitching, I've noticed the slight nosewheel-bouncing (during the takeoff run) are producing loud squeals again. All the best, David -- David

re: [Flightgear-devel] Cockpit transparent to RWY lights

2002-04-10 Thread David Megginson
until you are very close. We can try to fiddle, but in the end, we may have to accept some z-buffer silliness. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-devel] stall horn?

2002-04-10 Thread David Megginson
gently, so it might not be right to expect a screaming dive -- I haven't tried stalls yet on the real thing. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: [Flightgear-devel] stall horn?

2002-04-10 Thread David Megginson
started to drop. In the second case, you've run out of elevator control; the airflow is at least partly separated, and you're not producing enough lift to hold the airplae up (hence the rapid rate of descent). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flightgear-devel] /controls/parking-brake

2002-04-11 Thread David Megginson
tried to add this to LaRCsim/UIUC yet. Perhaps someone who knows that code better could take a shot. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

[Flightgear-devel] YASim C172 idle

2002-04-11 Thread David Megginson
The YASim C172 idle is better -- it's down to 1000 RPM -- but it's still about 200-300 RPM too high based on what I saw yesterday (this is at an airfield under 400ft ASL). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear

[Flightgear-devel] New mouse code

2002-04-11 Thread David Megginson
for now). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] /controls/parking-brake

2002-04-11 Thread David Megginson
Frederic Bouvier writes: MSVC has no 'fmax' function. 'max' is ok (a macro !). Hmm -- max won't work under GCC because it's an inlined function. I guess I'll have to write out the comparison. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flightgear-devel] Ambient lighting

2002-04-11 Thread David Megginson
a problem like this? Thanks, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Ambient lighting

2002-04-11 Thread David Megginson
David Megginson writes: All ambient lighting has suddenly vanished from my FlightGear, even with my previously-built binary. I still see the 2D panel and the runway lights, but nothing else, no matter what the time of day. Other 3D programs like Blender and TuxRacer are still working

Re: [Flightgear-devel] UIUC planes below runway (current CVS)

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
point as origin, but bias towards the one the manufacturer uses if published (for example, the C172 FAA TCDS gives the reference point right near the firewall). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list

Re: [Flightgear-devel] UIUC planes below runway (current CVS)

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
confirm that you don' have any local code mods that are causing the problem? As I mentioned, everything looks fine to me with yesterday's CVS code. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Translate linear model of Pioneer UAV to JSBSim?

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
doesn't actually know anything about CLadot (we could have called it CLfoobar if we had wanted), but the effect is the same -- both examples contain exactly the same aerodynamic information. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flightgear-devel] ANN: new support for 3D models

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
-related 3D models. So far, it contains only hangar.ac, but I'll add a windsock and other stuff soon. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: new support for 3D models

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
-wide scenery. Are these going all going into the same scene graph? Yes. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

re: [Flightgear-devel] Flap positions?

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
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RE: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: new support for 3D models

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
itself) that it was just a temporary solution. We'd also need to avoid letting any user-supplied models cancel ours out; we could either put the user's models in a separate subtree or start the built-in ones at a high index (like 9). All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: new support for 3D models

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
defines a model[0] (the default index in both cases), ours will disappear. If we put the KSFO terminal building at model[1], the user can still override it on purpose, but is less likely to do so accidentally. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flightgear-devel] ANN: animated windsock

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
FlightGear is running to get the placement exactly right. Once you're happy with it, copy down the values, then quit and delete the /tmp hierarchy, then put in the static values (as in my earlier example). It's much faster than an edit-run-edit-run cycle. Enjoy, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] General issues

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
is supposed to fix that, but I haven't had a chance to test it yet. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: animated windsock

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Translate linear model of Pioneer UAV to JSBSim?

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
it to allow n-dimensional tables. It might be necessary to try to uncouple some of the data for now, though. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

RE: [Flightgear-devel] UIUC planes below runway (current CVS)

2002-04-12 Thread David Megginson
package, I see a C172 model above the runway (the wheels haven't sunken) but vibrating violently. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman

RE: [Flightgear-devel] General issues

2002-04-13 Thread David Megginson
' take to arrive at this conclusion wink That may be more efficient, but it's not absolutely necessary to solve the z-buffer problem -- we just have to ensure that in external view everything has the same clip planes. I'm about to update the CVS to do so. Allt he best, David -- David

re: [Flightgear-devel] Models from a distance, getting it right

2002-04-13 Thread David Megginson
with the last one, so you couldn't see the rest of the plane through the spinning propeller. I'll be uploading a fix in a minute or two. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

RE: [Flightgear-devel] General issues

2002-04-13 Thread David Megginson
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[Flightgear-devel] ANN: range (LOD) animation

2002-04-13 Thread David Megginson
that the aircraft model has the same clip plane as the scenery in external view. It works on my computer, at least -- the plane can taxi in front of or behind objects and you see the right thing from the tower. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED

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