Re: [Flightgear-devel] 7 easy steps to get fgcom running

2007-11-21 Thread Holger Wirtz
Csaba, thanks for heavy debugging! On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 04:50:57AM +0100, Csaba Halász wrote: > Requirements: alsa headers plus standard development tools (gcc, make, > etc) Nothing fancy :) > > 1.) fetch a known good revision of iaxclient: > svn co https://iaxclient.svn.sourceforge.net/svnr

Re: [Flightgear-devel] fgcom problems...

2007-11-21 Thread Holger Wirtz
Hi, On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 10:05:27PM +0100, AnMaster wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Where exactly do I find the things listed at > http://squonk.abacab.org/dokuwiki/fgcom#requirements ? Several of them (all > the > asterix ones, the gsm one and some more) do not

[Flightgear-devel] FlightGear prerelease

2007-11-21 Thread Durk Talsma
This is a quick note to everybody: I'm planning to build an "official" FlightGear pre-release tonight. I did a full dress rehearsal last sunday and that all seemed to work well, but I still needed Curt's okay for a few remaining issues. In the mean time, if there are any *urgent* patches remain

[Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer local echo patch

2007-11-21 Thread Durk Talsma
Gentlemen, Recently, Martin Spott sent me a patch for the multiplayer system, which apparently hasn't been applied yet: http://durktalsma.xs4all.nl/mp_bugfix.diff Originally there was a problem that when the multiplayer wasn't found, one would see a local echo of one's aircraft, with a few sec

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

2007-11-21 Thread Bohnert Paul
Hi All, For now please add the two items I asked for. I'll work on a new and improved stand alone carrier menu. It might take some time. I'm learning as I go. Best Regards, Paul B gerard robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On mer 21 novembre 2007, Mike Schuh wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Stuar

[Flightgear-devel] 7 easy steps to get fgcom running

2007-11-21 Thread Csaba Halász
Requirements: alsa headers plus standard development tools (gcc, make, etc) Nothing fancy :) 1.) fetch a known good revision of iaxclient: svn co https://iaxclient.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/iaxclient/branches/1.0 -r '{2007-07-21}' iaxclient 2.) fetch fgcom into the same directory svn checkout s

Re: [Flightgear-devel] English as a low common demoninator

2007-11-21 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Mike Schuh wrote: > On a more relevant point, I am willing to assist in writing documentation > or (more likely to actually happen) proof read what others have written. Help with documentation is very welcome. Martin Spott (who doesn't read the list) and myself are the active committers for

[Flightgear-devel] Brasilian Airports

2007-11-21 Thread Simulador
Hi, Does someone is working on Brasilian Airports? Regards, - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ _

[Flightgear-devel] fgcom problems...

2007-11-21 Thread AnMaster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Where exactly do I find the things listed at http://squonk.abacab.org/dokuwiki/fgcom#requirements ? Several of them (all the asterix ones, the gsm one and some more) do not exist as packages for my distro, some links to source of them would be very u

Re: [Flightgear-devel] former project policies

2007-11-21 Thread Maik Justus
Hi, Melchior FRANZ schrieb am 21.11.2007 13:33: > (Also, all aircraft should support > startup in air, and I must admit that this doesn't even work for > the bo105.) > This is my fault, not yours. It's on my open point list (since a long time :-( ) Maik --

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

2007-11-21 Thread gerard robin
On mer 21 novembre 2007, Mike Schuh wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > >1) I think splitting the dialog into two - one for AI/ATC and one for > >carrier settings would be a good idea. From the user's perspective, they > >are really two separate functions and there are now suffic

Re: [Flightgear-devel] English as a low common demoninator

2007-11-21 Thread Willie Fleming
On Wednesday 21 November 2007 18:45:12 David Megginson wrote: > The Economist once had an article suggesting (I'm not sure how > seriously) that languages like German or Japanese could be a > competitive advantage precisely because they're not widely spoken. In > an international business meeting,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] English as a low common demoninator

2007-11-21 Thread David Megginson
The Economist once had an article suggesting (I'm not sure how seriously) that languages like German or Japanese could be a competitive advantage precisely because they're not widely spoken. In an international business meeting, English speakers have no language to switch to for a private discussi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

2007-11-21 Thread Mike Schuh
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Stuart Buchanan wrote: >1) I think splitting the dialog into two - one for AI/ATC and one for >carrier settings would be a good idea. From the user's perspective, they >are really two separate functions and there are now sufficient carrier >functions to make this worthwhile.

[Flightgear-devel] English as a low common demoninator

2007-11-21 Thread Mike Schuh
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Jon Stockill wrote: >Melchior FRANZ wrote: > >> We all hate English, but it's the lowest common >> denominator. ;-) > >Oi! The's now't wrong wi english, even if nob'dy ahtside yorkshire can >talk reet. As the saying goes: If you can speak three languages, you are trilingual

Re: [Flightgear-devel] former project policies

2007-11-21 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Stewart Andreason wrote: > I am currently following the second option, as the rgb and ac files must > be in the same directory to work. If you don't need to change the .ac or the textures you only need to copy the XML file. You'll need to add some '../'s to the path and a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] former project policies

2007-11-21 Thread Stewart Andreason
I was interested in finding out if my model followed the rules, and came up with a question: If I want to use a generic instrument, but need to modify the xml file slightly, would it be best to place that new instrument.xml file under the generic directory, or copy the entire instrument package

Re: [Flightgear-devel] blender import/export scripts

2007-11-21 Thread Gijs de Rooy
Hi, The .ac format (and a few others) is automaticly installed in Blender as far as i no... If not you can download here: http://www.blender.org/download/python-scripts/import-export/ There is a list of scripts to download for blender. Succes! Gijs PS: This is my first post on the mailingl

[Flightgear-devel] blender import/export scripts

2007-11-21 Thread Curtis Olson
Hi, Where can I find blender import/export scripts for formats like .osg, .ac, and .flt? Thanks, Curt. -- Curtis Olson: http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ Unique text: 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d - This SF.net email is

[Flightgear-devel] controls.nas

2007-11-21 Thread Markus Zojer
Hello, I think this snippet of code fits in better in Nasal/controls.nas than my local .nas. It is analogous to the flaps (except the hard-coded part) control but controls the wingsweep. wingSweep = func { if(arg[0] == 0) { return; } if(props.globals.getNode("/sim/wing-sweep") != nil) {

Re: [Flightgear-devel] former project policies

2007-11-21 Thread Willie Fleming
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday 21 November 2007 13:11:36 Jon Stockill wrote: > Melchior FRANZ wrote: > > CVS isn't a dumping ground for secrets. Everything there should be > > open. And being open also means to be understandable by as big an > > audience as possible. I'm just not able to learn Greek

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

2007-11-21 Thread gerard robin
On mer 21 novembre 2007, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > > Hi All, > > I should have been clearer when I talked about adding buttons for the > catapult function. I am _not _ suggesting removing the catapult commands > from the keyboard, but adding the commands to the carrier dialog as well. > > I think t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

2007-11-21 Thread Stuart Buchanan
AnMaster wrote: > gerard robin wrote: > > On mer 21 novembre 2007, Vivian Meazza wrote: > >> Stuart > >> > > > >>> Hi Paul, > >>> > >>> Providing an easy way to make the Nimitz more MP-compatible > >>> is an excellent idea. However, I have two comments on the > >>> implementation: > >>> > >>> 1) I

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

2007-11-21 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Markus Zojer wrote: > Very nice! I am waiting for the mp-nimitz badly ;-) If you are open to experimental stuff you can already try out one approach for making a MP-Nimitz: http://www.gidenstam.org/FlightGear/misc/Carrier_over_MP/ It will not achieve perfect synchronization

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

2007-11-21 Thread AnMaster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 gerard robin wrote: > On mer 21 novembre 2007, Vivian Meazza wrote: >> Stuart >> > >>> Hi Paul, >>> >>> Providing an easy way to make the Nimitz more MP-compatible >>> is an excellent idea. However, I have two comments on the >>> implementation: >>>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

2007-11-21 Thread gerard robin
On mer 21 novembre 2007, Vivian Meazza wrote: > Stuart > > > Hi Paul, > > > > Providing an easy way to make the Nimitz more MP-compatible > > is an excellent idea. However, I have two comments on the > > implementation: > > > > 1) I think splitting the dialog into two - one for AI/ATC and > > one

Re: [Flightgear-devel] former project policies

2007-11-21 Thread Jon Stockill
Melchior FRANZ wrote: > CVS isn't a dumping ground for secrets. Everything there should be > open. And being open also means to be understandable by as big an > audience as possible. I'm just not able to learn Greek, Chinese, > Swahili, ... We all hate English, but it's the lowest common > denomin

Re: [Flightgear-devel] former project policies

2007-11-21 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* gerard robin -- Wednesday 21 November 2007: > AND, the recommendation to use "English" is less easy when we are > not "English speaking" , this will be an add on of work for the developer. I didn't say that filenames/comments/function-names shall be in perfect English, nor in English better th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] former project policies

2007-11-21 Thread AnMaster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 About global settings: this would affect the generic HUD too right? Quite a few aircrafts prevents you from turing on the generic HUD (I agree that it may not be realistic for the aircraft, but it is very useful when you try an aircraft for the first

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

2007-11-21 Thread Vivian Meazza
Stuart > Sent: 21 November 2007 10:11 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items > > > > Bohnert Paul wrote > >I propose adding two items to the ATC/AI Options menu. > > > > > >The first one will enable users to set the speed of carrie

Re: [Flightgear-devel] former project policies

2007-11-21 Thread gerard robin
On mer 21 novembre 2007, gerard robin wrote: > On mer 21 novembre 2007, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > > I've now written together some rules for aircraft developers that I > > used to consider official project policies. After recent difficulties > > to persuade developers to consider them, I will no long

Re: [Flightgear-devel] former project policies

2007-11-21 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* gerard robin -- Wednesday 21 November 2007: > I only wonder about => SGI textures (*.rgb) shall be "aggressively" > since i remember getting trouble with that format > Thought i have not tested it recently, [...] There was a problem with compressed splash textures, but that was a bug in fgf

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

2007-11-21 Thread Markus Zojer
Very nice! I am waiting for the mp-nimitz badly ;-) Just one idea: is it possible to add some knots of headwind to the scene while overwriting the current metar info, I think that would add some realism to the scene. fly on, markus Bohnert Paul wrote: > Hi all, > > I propose adding two items t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] former project policies

2007-11-21 Thread gerard robin
On mer 21 novembre 2007, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > I've now written together some rules for aircraft developers that I > used to consider official project policies. After recent difficulties > to persuade developers to consider them, I will no longer care about > them and will only fix buggy aircraft

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

2007-11-21 Thread Stuart Buchanan
> Bohnert Paul wrote >I propose adding two items to the ATC/AI Options menu. > >The first one will enable users to set the speed of carrier Nimitz. > >The second will set Nimitz speed to 0 and place it at the it's start up >location. This will allow MP players to >place Nimitz at the same loca

[Flightgear-devel] former project policies

2007-11-21 Thread Melchior FRANZ
I've now written together some rules for aircraft developers that I used to consider official project policies. After recent difficulties to persuade developers to consider them, I will no longer care about them and will only fix buggy aircraft in my local checkout. That's why I put this only on my