Re: [Flightgear-devel] Tower Simulator

2006-10-25 Thread Holger Wirtz
Hi, On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 06:16:19PM +0200, R. van Steenbergen wrote: > I think it's pretty possible. You're gonna need extra software for the > radar screens, but I think you can already connect FlightGear to a > multiplayer session as an observer. Position yourself on the place where > your

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Tower Simulator

2006-10-24 Thread Erik Hofman
Peter Gervais wrote: > The issues as i see it is being able to simulate not one but many > aircraft as seen from the tower. Tower sims also support various ground > based vehicle such as fueling trucks , service vehicles etc ... Our multiplayer code was developed just for this purpose at first.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Tower Simulator

2006-10-24 Thread R. van Steenbergen
The FlightGear session responsible for doing tower will do nothing more than display aircraft in the multiplayer session, flown by other players. FlightGear currently has no code for AI traffic like in FS2004, and most of the fanatic simmers do their flying online, with real people manning towe

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Tower Simulator

2006-10-24 Thread Peter Gervais
The issues as i see it is being able to simulate not one but many aircraft as seen from the tower.  Tower sims also support various ground based vehicle such as fueling trucks , service vehicles etc ... At 12:16 PM 10/24/2006, you wrote: I think it's pretty possible. You're gonna need extra sof

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Tower Simulator

2006-10-24 Thread R. van Steenbergen
I think it's pretty possible. You're gonna need extra software for the radar screens, but I think you can already connect FlightGear to a multiplayer session as an observer. Position yourself on the place where your tower is, and the outside view is pretty much what you need. For the radar scre

[Flightgear-devel] Tower Simulator

2006-10-24 Thread Peter Gervais
I'm new to this list and to Flight Gear. Does anyone know if FlightGear has been modified to be used in a Air Traffic Control Tower Simulator? - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get