Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-16 Thread Stuart Buchanan
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:34:33 +0200, Torsten wrote in message > <4e214d19.20...@t3r.de>: > >> > ..how about historical weather from e.g. air crash reports? >> > >> fgfs --metar="add any metar you want here" > > ..replacing METAR IDs with a data

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-16 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Am 16.07.2011 17:37, schrieb Arnt Karlsen: > On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:34:33 +0200, Torsten wrote in message > <4e214d19.20...@t3r.de>: > >>> ..how about historical weather from e.g. air crash reports? >>> >> fgfs --metar="add any metar you want here" > > ..replacing METAR IDs with a data file that FG

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-16 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:34:33 +0200, Torsten wrote in message <4e214d19.20...@t3r.de>: > > ..how about historical weather from e.g. air crash reports? > > > fgfs --metar="add any metar you want here" ..replacing METAR IDs with a data file that FG reads to emulate the historical weather??? Would

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-16 Thread Torsten Dreyer
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Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-15 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:38:21 +0100, Stuart wrote in message : > On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 7:33 AM, wrote: > >> Sounds logical to me ...the double weather systems are a bit of > >> nuisance , would be nicer, in my opinion , if they could be > >> combined in a single dialog but not sure if tha

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-12 Thread thorsten . i . renk
> I also wonder if the terms "global" and "local" are really applicable. > Would > "static weather modeling" and "dynamic weather modeling be better terms, > or how about simple/complex? I guess the key differences in philosophy are: * terrain interaction: clouds in Local Weather 'know' terrain

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-11 Thread Gijs de Rooy
> Stuart wrote: > > 1) Currently there is a wireframe option on the Rendering menu. While > it's of moderate interest to developers, I don't think it's really of > any interest to the average user. I'd like to move this option to the > Debug menu. The reason I added it is that we got quite some

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-11 Thread Hal V. Engel
On Monday, July 11, 2011 05:37:06 AM Stuart Buchanan wrote: > Hi Thorsten, > > I think we've gone beyond what can be done for the upcoming > release, but comments below. > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 7:30 AM,thorsten.i.renk wrote: > >> 2) As it stands, it's very difficult for a new user to understa

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-11 Thread Stuart Buchanan
On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 7:33 AM, wrote: >> Sounds logical to me ...the double weather systems are a bit of >> nuisance , would be nicer, in my opinion , if they could be combined >> in a single dialog but not sure if that's possible.I use real >> world weather anyway , so i never use those s

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-11 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Hi Thorsten, I think we've gone beyond what can be done for the upcoming release, but comments below. On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 7:30 AM,thorsten.i.renk wrote: >> 2) As it stands, it's very difficult for a new user to understand the >> difference between Local Weather and Global Weather. let alone h

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-09 Thread thorsten . i . renk
> Sounds logical to me ...the double weather systems are a bit of > nuisance , would be nicer, in my opinion , if they could be combined > in a single dialog but not sure if that's possible.I use real > world weather anyway , so i never use those settings. That misses the point - you can use

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-09 Thread thorsten . i . renk
> 2) As it stands, it's very difficult for a new user to understand the > difference between Local Weather and Global Weather. let alone how > they inter-relate. Enabling the Local Weather package requires > setting "Enabled local weather module" from the Local Weather Settings > menu, yet the res

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Minor GUI layout improvements

2011-07-09 Thread syd adams
Sounds logical to me ...the double weather systems are a bit of nuisance , would be nicer, in my opinion , if they could be combined in a single dialog but not sure if that's possible.I use real world weather anyway , so i never use those settings. Cheers On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Stua