Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-22 Thread Alex Buzin
Erik Hofman wrote: It's way more extreme than that, the dewpoint once in a while seems to reset to -2.8308 from it's current value causing the humidity to jump way beyond 100% (I've seen 1200%). I could limit the humidity to 100% but that only hides the problem. I did not find why the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-22 Thread Alex Buzin
Here it is!! At procedure void FGEnvironment::set_elevation_ft (double e) change : _recalc_alt_dewpoint(); _recalc_alt_pt(); to : _recalc_alt_pt(); _recalc_alt_dewpoint(); It corrects all. With respect, Alex

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-22 Thread Torsten Dreyer
So problem is in the value of temperature_degc. It seems to be a couple of errors connected with environment. 1) File: fg_commands.cxx, routine: static bool do_set_dewpoint_sea_level_degc (const SGPropertyNode * arg) variable dewpoint_sea_level_degc is defined as double

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-22 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Here it is!! At procedure void FGEnvironment::set_elevation_ft (double e) change : _recalc_alt_dewpoint(); _recalc_alt_pt(); to : _recalc_alt_pt(); _recalc_alt_dewpoint(); It corrects all. With respect, Alex Right, Congrats! Commited right away ;-) With more respect,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-22 Thread Ron Jensen
I still see a problem with altimeters and pressures. Sitting at KHIF (4789 ft) with a metar that reads: KHIF 230355Z 09006KT 10SM CLR 14/04 A3032 RMK AO2A DZE0300 SLP227 P T01380036 $ I set my altimeter to 30.32. The altimeter reads 4666 ft, or about 120 feet too low.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-19 Thread Erik Hofman
willie wrote: Im also seeing a ~4degC random fluctuation in the dew-point. CVS from 1600GMT today. Fly from KDEN you will get snow almost immediately. So its not very high altitude. It's way more extreme than that, the dewpoint once in a while seems to reset to -2.8308 from it's current

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-19 Thread Ron Jensen
On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 23:24 +0100, willie wrote: syd adams wrote: I'm suspecting environment.cxx , since the airspeed indicator uses environment/density-slugft3 , possibly causing the rapid oscillation . I also see two // FIXME: this will work only for low elevations, in the dewpoint

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-18 Thread willie
Victhor Foster wrote: I don't remember when this started, I think it was a week or so. Well, the Sun bug is simple: switching time to Dawn/Dusk will cause the sun colors to start flashing between the correct colors and morning/noon/ afternoon colors. The weather bug is: after about 1

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-18 Thread Alex Buzin
Victhor Foster wrote: I don't remember when this started, I think it was a week or so. Well, the Sun bug is simple: switching time to Dawn/Dusk will cause the sun colors to start flashing between the correct colors and morning/noon/ afternoon colors. The weather bug is: after about 1

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-18 Thread syd adams
I have no idea what the problem might be , but while the flickering happens , the /rendering/scene/ambient and specular colors jump by about a factor of 0.2. -- Come build with us! The BlackBerryreg; Developer Conference

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-18 Thread Erik Hofman
syd adams wrote: I have no idea what the problem might be , but while the flickering happens , the /rendering/scene/ambient and specular colors jump by about a factor of 0.2. I'll try to take a look at it this weekend. Erik

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-18 Thread syd adams
Just more observations ... /environment/dewpoint-degc flickers by about 4.0 degrees , as if Im going through layers as i climb , and airspeed needle starts oscillating rapidly above a certain altitude , but haven't pinned down the altitude when the changes start* *

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-18 Thread Erik Hofman
syd adams wrote: Just more observations ... /environment/dewpoint-degc flickers by about 4.0 degrees , as if Im going through layers as i climb , and airspeed needle starts oscillating rapidly above a certain altitude , but haven't pinned down the altitude when the changes start* * That

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-18 Thread syd adams
I'm suspecting environment.cxx , since the airspeed indicator uses environment/density-slugft3 , possibly causing the rapid oscillation . I also see two // FIXME: this will work only for low elevations, in the dewpoint calculations. Maybe that's causing the very high altitude percipitation. But

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-18 Thread willie
syd adams wrote: I'm suspecting environment.cxx , since the airspeed indicator uses environment/density-slugft3 , possibly causing the rapid oscillation . I also see two // FIXME: this will work only for low elevations, in the dewpoint calculations. Maybe that's causing the very high altitude

[Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-17 Thread Victhor Foster
I don't remember when this started, I think it was a week or so. Well, the Sun bug is simple: switching time to Dawn/Dusk will cause the sun colors to start flashing between the correct colors and morning/noon/ afternoon colors. The weather bug is: after about 1 ft MSL (I think) it

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-17 Thread Scott Hamilton
On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 21:57 -0300, Victhor Foster wrote: I don't remember when this started, I think it was a week or so. Well, the Sun bug is simple: switching time to Dawn/Dusk will cause the sun colors to start flashing between the correct colors and morning/noon/ afternoon colors.