[Flightgear-devel] io configs

2011-02-06 Thread Harry Campigli
All. With out modifying the code, is there a way do define IO commands in the preference.xml file rather than the command line? I suspect not but hopefully I am wrong. To explain, in a set up where multiple machines with differing io configs , pick up their startup command line and preference fil

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear at LinuxTag and FSWeekend need your

2011-02-06 Thread Martin Spott
Torsten Dreyer wrote: > All donations will be used for the sole purpose of adding to or maintaining > the equipment used at the shows. BTW, you can be sure we'll stick to this rule for at least three reasons: 1.) We announced it this way !! 2.) We'll try hard to make sure the way we spend the d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incorrect conversion used for lbs to gallon of fuel

2011-02-06 Thread Hal V. Engel
On Sunday, February 06, 2011 01:13:28 PM Torsten Dreyer wrote: > > I have checked your code and it breaks the previous behaviour for > > JSBSim. Your code is overwriting JSBSim values during initialization, > > I would rather do it the other way around and make JSBSim overwrite > > FlightGear defau

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear at LinuxTag and FSWeekend need your help

2011-02-06 Thread Alexander Barrett
I'm sure we'll end up with plenty of spares! I always have a habit of over-ordering - thats why I'll never afford that Bentley I dream of On 6 Feb 2011, at 20:17, Gene Buckle wrote: > On Sun, 6 Feb 2011, Alexander Barrett wrote: > >> Guys, >> >> As some of you know I run an importing and sourc

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incorrect conversion used for lbs to gallon of fuel

2011-02-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
> I have checked your code and it breaks the previous behaviour for > JSBSim. Your code is overwriting JSBSim values during initialization, > I would rather do it the other way around and make JSBSim overwrite > FlightGear default values. Especially because the capacity of all the > tanks is now se

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incorrect conversion used for lbs to gallon of fuel

2011-02-06 Thread Csaba Halász
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Csaba Halász wrote: > > But the Concorde still doesn't fly, it now runs out of fuel after a > few seconds. Still investigating that issue. And that is because of the hardcoded default of 8 fuel tanks. Attached patch makes sure at least the existing tanks are covere

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incorrect conversion used for lbs to gallon of fuel

2011-02-06 Thread Csaba Halász
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Bertrand Coconnier wrote: > 2011/2/6 Torsten Dreyer : >> >> I tried the few JSBSim and YASim aircraft that I'm able to handle, please >> report if I broke anything. >> > > Have you read my previous e-mail ? I attached a patch because JSBSim > fuel calcs are broken (

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incorrect conversion used for lbs to gallon of fuel

2011-02-06 Thread Bertrand Coconnier
2011/2/6 Torsten Dreyer : > > I tried the few JSBSim and YASim aircraft that I'm able to handle, please > report if I broke anything. > Have you read my previous e-mail ? I attached a patch because JSBSim fuel calcs are broken (tested aircraft is p51d). All P51d tank capacities, levels and fuel de

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear at LinuxTag and FSWeekend need your help

2011-02-06 Thread Gene Buckle
On Sun, 6 Feb 2011, Alexander Barrett wrote: > Guys, > > As some of you know I run an importing and sourcing company specialising > in merchandising. > > I'd like to help the cause by donating a few boxes of 3D glasses, I can > get them branded with the FlightGear logo and URL etc. > While the g

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incorrect conversion used for lbs to gallon of fuel

2011-02-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
> Need to update the MSVC90 project file? Yep - that's done. All builds should be "green" again. This patch provides consistent tank properties for /consumables/fuel/tank[0..7]. The handled properties under each branch are * level-kg (fuel level in kilogramm) * density-kgpm3 (fuel density in kg

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incorrect conversion used for lbs to gallon of fuel

2011-02-06 Thread Bertrand Coconnier
2011/2/6 Torsten Dreyer : > I'm curently testing various aircraft on Windows and Linux and I hope to get > this commited later today. > Torsten, I have checked your code and it breaks the previous behaviour for JSBSim. Your code is overwriting JSBSim values during initialization, I would rather d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incorrect conversion used for lbs to gallon of fuel

2011-02-06 Thread James Turner
On 6 Feb 2011, at 14:34, Torsten Dreyer wrote: > I'm curently testing various aircraft on Windows and Linux and I hope to get > this commited later today. Need to update the MSVC90 project file? http://flightgear.simpits.org:8080/job/FlightGear-next-Win/395/ James

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear at LinuxTag and FSWeekend need your help

2011-02-06 Thread Alexander Barrett
Guys, As some of you know I run an importing and sourcing company specialising in merchandising. I'd like to help the cause by donating a few boxes of 3D glasses, I can get them branded with the FlightGear logo and URL etc. Happy to help with any other merchandise also if there are any ideas.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] git clone -l question and observations

2011-02-06 Thread Curtis Olson
Ok, I think I figured this out. The clue was in the error message I posted. I had the branch in question checked out in my main repository clone, so the system couldn't push changes from my --local clone of the branch back into that branch in the primary clone. I guess that makes some sort of se

Re: [Flightgear-devel] git clone -l question and observations

2011-02-06 Thread Curtis Olson
No one has answered yet which makes me guess (a) I didn't ask very well or (b) no one knows the answer, so let me try again here. I created a local clone of my fgdata repository using the --local option which builds hard links to the master original repository and saves lots of space. The clone r

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incorrect conversion used for lbs to gallon of fuel

2011-02-06 Thread Bertrand Coconnier
2011/2/6 Torsten Dreyer : > > I am currently working on a more generic solution to the issue based on your > patch. Currently we have at least three different places within FlightGear > calculating tank contents and converting them between different units. > The idea is to have a TankProperties cla

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> PS: I've made several reset tests, all look good now. Also, no > side-effects with the previous patches were reported, so I'm also > pushing the patches to FG/2.2 now (trying to remember the entire patch > sequence... :) ). > > cheers, > Thorsten We'll definitely want to be sure that we don't

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incorrect conversion used for lbs to gallon of fuel

2011-02-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
> Hi FG developers, > > Since no further comments have been made, is there any chance to see > this patch committed in Flight Gear ? > > In case you would have additional comments or questions before > committing, I am of course open to answer them > > Cheers, > > Bertrand. Hi Bertrand, I am c

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread ThorstenB
On 06.02.2011 15:07, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > That works. Sort of. But it's trying to patch JSBSim.cxx which we no longer > have in JSBSim standalone. Patch looks good and is pushed to FlightGear/next now (so "our" JSBSim.cxx is also updated now). Thanks Betrand! PS: I've made several reset tests,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear at LinuxTag and FSWeekend need your help

2011-02-06 Thread Torsten Dreyer
It's never to late and after the show is just before the next show. We will keep this running for a while. If you go to http://www.paypal.com/ you find some kind of "transfer money" link somewhere on that site. Just follow the instructions, it's easy. But please - don't stress your budget. After

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> Go to JSBSim/src and add '-p 4' to the patch command line. > (this skips 4 levels of directory entries) > > Erik That works. Sort of. But it's trying to patch JSBSim.cxx which we no longer have in JSBSim standalone. Jon ---

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Erik Hofman
On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 15:03 +0100, Bertrand Coconnier wrote: > It is not sufficient because Thorsten's patch needs to be applied first. > > I am building a complete patch against JSBSim and will post in JSBSim > mailing list. Oh sorry I missed that. Erik --

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Bertrand Coconnier
2011/2/6 Erik Hofman : > On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 07:56 -0600, Jon S. Berndt wrote: >> > 2011/2/6 Jon S. Berndt : >> > > Bertrand, >> > > >> > > Is this patch supposed to be applied to JSBSim as it currently exists >> > in >> > > JSBSim CVS, or applied against the patch that Thorsten mentions? >> > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 13:18 +0100, Bertrand Coconnier wrote: > > Hi Jon, > > > > You may already know that but the current behaviour of Flight Gear > > reset process is coded at a higher level than JSBSim glue code > > (JSBSim.cxx). The reset process is to unbind - delete - create a new > > insta

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Erik Hofman
On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 07:56 -0600, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > > 2011/2/6 Jon S. Berndt : > > > Bertrand, > > > > > > Is this patch supposed to be applied to JSBSim as it currently exists > > in > > > JSBSim CVS, or applied against the patch that Thorsten mentions? > > > > > > BTW, this patch won't ap

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> 2011/2/6 Jon S. Berndt : > > Bertrand, > > > > Is this patch supposed to be applied to JSBSim as it currently exists > in > > JSBSim CVS, or applied against the patch that Thorsten mentions? > > BTW, this patch won't apply automatically due to path issues. I am required to enter specific path n

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Bertrand Coconnier
2011/2/6 Jon S. Berndt : > Bertrand, > > Is this patch supposed to be applied to JSBSim as it currently exists in > JSBSim CVS, or applied against the patch that Thorsten mentions? > It is supposed to be a Flight Gear patch and be applied against last revision of git 'next' branch. Cheers, Bertr

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Erik Hofman
On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 13:18 +0100, Bertrand Coconnier wrote: > Hi Jon, > > You may already know that but the current behaviour of Flight Gear > reset process is coded at a higher level than JSBSim glue code > (JSBSim.cxx). The reset process is to unbind - delete - create a new > instance of the FD

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Jon S. Berndt
Bertrand, Is this patch supposed to be applied to JSBSim as it currently exists in JSBSim CVS, or applied against the patch that Thorsten mentions? Jon > -Original Message- > From: Bertrand Coconnier [mailto:bcoco...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 6:09 AM > To: FlightGear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Bertrand Coconnier
2011/2/6 ThorstenB : > Hi Betrand, > > thanks for your patch. Only one comment on your patch though... > > On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Bertrand Coconnier wrote: >> * I would rather make tied_properties a list of SGPropertyNode* rather >> than a list of strings (same as above : internal JSBSim

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear at LinuxTag and FSWeekend need your help

2011-02-06 Thread syd adams
I'd love to help , but things are tight right at the moment how much time do we have before the event ? I should be able to pitch in a little in a month or so if that's not too late. I'm also not sure how to go about this with the posted mail address. Cheers On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 1:57 PM, T

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread ThorstenB
Hi Betrand, thanks for your patch. Only one comment on your patch though... On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Bertrand Coconnier wrote: > * I would rather make tied_properties a list of SGPropertyNode* rather > than a list of strings (same as above : internal JSBSim stuff) I don't really like the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Sun, 6 Feb 2011, Bertrand Coconnier wrote: > Hi Jon, > > You may already know that but the current behaviour of Flight Gear > reset process is coded at a higher level than JSBSim glue code > (JSBSim.cxx). The reset process is to unbind - delete - create a new > instance of the FDM no matter whi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Incorrect conversion used for lbs to gallon of fuel

2011-02-06 Thread Bertrand Coconnier
2011/1/30 Bertrand Coconnier : > 2011/1/29 Ron Jensen : >> >> +      double fuelDensity = Propulsion->GetTank(i)->GetDensity(); >> >> ( ... ) >> >> + Propulsion->GetTank(i)->GetContents() / fuelDensity); >> >> >> Should we guard against GetDensity() returning 0? > > Correct. > > Please find an upda

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Bertrand Coconnier
2011/2/5 Jon S. Berndt : > > I'll have to go back and look at the [JSBSim] code again. I'd like to figure > out how to make resetting work better from the API - more "naturally" and > without having to reload the aircraft model. This would be useful for both > the JSBSim standalone executable and f

Re: [Flightgear-devel] JSBSIM Aircraft Crash at Reset

2011-02-06 Thread Bertrand Coconnier
2011/2/5 ThorstenB : > On 05.02.2011 16:21, ThorstenB wrote: >> >> I'm currently testing a different patch for the same issue: instead of >> untieing all properties below the /fdm/jsbsim (only), I added a list >> to JSBSim's FGPropertyManagager, so it keeps track of all the >> properties it has act

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D audio and single channel wav files (Was: SBSim: Crash at reset)

2011-02-06 Thread Alexander Barrett
Sorry guys, I originally did all these sounds as single channel but then re-mastered some of them and must have forgotten use my FG friendly Export script. I'll have all these fixed by tomorrow. Alex On 5 Feb 2011, at 11:21, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:12:33 +0100, Erik wrot