[Flightgear-devel] Possible Scenery bug

2006-04-29 Thread George Patterson
I noticed as some other have also that flying from KSFO to KSFO via vor VTU results in a crash. After Pigeon looking at it it he noticed that setting --vor=VTU at the command line will result in the following error message ebing repeated serveral hundred times. This applies for KSFO, fgfs loads fi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Mirror for CD-image ?

2006-04-29 Thread Paul Surgeon
On Saturday 29 April 2006 22:20, Rob Oates wrote: > On 4/29/06, Robicd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd suggest you use a BitTorrent tracker too. You will only need to make > > a seeder host stay online for the time you like and download/upload > > bandwidth will be shared among clients. Big file

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Mirror for CD-image ?

2006-04-29 Thread Rob Oates
On 4/29/06, Robicd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd suggest you use a BitTorrent tracker too. You will only need to makea seeder host stay online for the time you like and download/upload bandwidth will be shared among clients. Big files like .iso images arewell distributed inside such p2p networks.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Mirror for CD-image ?

2006-04-29 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Martin Spott wrote: Hello, Pigeon is preparing to have a "LinuxTag edition" of his FGLive FlightGear live CD. As we don't have the monetary ressources to produce a noticeable amount of CD's to give away, we intend to place the ISO image on as many servers as possible and would like to put striki

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Mirror for CD-image ?

2006-04-29 Thread Robicd
I'd suggest you use a BitTorrent tracker too. You will only need to make a seeder host stay online for the time you like and download/upload bandwidth will be shared among clients. Big files like .iso images are well distributed inside such p2p networks. Roberto -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Ampere K. Hardraade
On Saturday 29 April 2006 10:09, flying.toaster wrote: > Just one question before I get started ... > > What is the "reasonnable" polygon count (in triangles or quads) that can > be accepted by most platforms without turning into a slideshow ? > > For strike fighters this is somewhere in the 10,0

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 747 autopilot xml

2006-04-29 Thread Lee Elliott
On Friday 28 April 2006 17:36, Justin Smithies wrote: > Hi all, >I'm trying to model a 777-200 and i've borrowed the > autopilot from the 747 model. > I've started making changes to the file so it reacts with the > 777-200 model e.g 2 engines not 4 etc. > One issue which i'm not sure ab

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Paul Surgeon
On Saturday 29 April 2006 16:09, flying.toaster wrote: > Just one question before I get started ... > > What is the "reasonnable" polygon count (in triangles or quads) that can > be accepted by most platforms without turning into a slideshow ? > > For strike fighters this is somewhere in the 10,0

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Mirror for CD-image ?

2006-04-29 Thread jj
I could post your iso file on my ftp site (ftp://kingmont.com). Flightgear is already "mirrored" there, and Curt has the ability to upload to that location. I'll create a "fglive" directory there. jj - Original Message - From: "Martin Spott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: list.flightg

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Martin Spott
"flying.toaster" wrote: > For strike fighters this is somewhere in the 10,000 range (with a > damage model). The F-14 has a rather complex geometry so I'd say you are supposed to exceed the usual average, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Christian Mayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 flying.toaster schrieb: > Just one question before I get started ... > > What is the "reasonnable" polygon count (in triangles or quads) that can be > accepted by most platforms without turning into a slideshow ? > > For strike fighters this is som

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread flying.toaster
Just one question before I get started ... What is the "reasonnable" polygon count (in triangles or quads) that can be accepted by most platforms without turning into a slideshow ? For strike fighters this is somewhere in the 10,000 range (with a damage model). I have come to realise that

[Flightgear-devel] Mirror for CD-image ?

2006-04-29 Thread Martin Spott
Hello, Pigeon is preparing to have a "LinuxTag edition" of his FGLive FlightGear live CD. As we don't have the monetary ressources to produce a noticeable amount of CD's to give away, we intend to place the ISO image on as many servers as possible and would like to put striking announcements on the

[Flightgear-devel] Re: New FG tracker features

2006-04-29 Thread Pigeon
> Though seriously, excellent work. I hope you are/will be caching the > generated images, rather than generating them every view. It's Google Map. Images are from google fetched on the fly from your browser, nothing much is generated or cached at the FG tracker server side. Pigeon. -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Douglass A-4

2006-04-29 Thread Dave Culp
On Saturday 29 April 2006 07:57 am, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > It seems that in the pitch channel for the A-4 the pilot commands normal > acceleration. The Az error is computed, and that is differenced with pitch > rate. That error drives the elevator. See the A-4 section here: Yes, I just now found t

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Douglass A-4

2006-04-29 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> Anyone here know if the A-4 had a pitch SAS? > > Dave Dave: It seems that in the pitch channel for the A-4 the pilot commands normal acceleration. The Az error is computed, and that is differenced with pitch rate. That error drives the elevator. See the A-4 section here: http://www.jsbsim.org/

RE: [Flightgear-devel] A4F - AAR Capability

2006-04-29 Thread Ron Jensen
On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 09:01 +0100, Vivian Meazza wrote: > Ron > > > > > I have > > > also taken the opportunity to adjust the panel to make it more nearly > > like > > > that of an A4F, rather than an A4C, although a couple of the instruments > > are > > > not correct, principally the ASI should

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Generic Protocol (generic.cxx etc) - Binary Mode

2006-04-29 Thread Erik Hofman
Hugo Vincent wrote: Thanks Erik, Here is the patch. Let me know what needs to be changed, fixed, or refactored before it can go into CVS. Note that at this point, the binary protocol is output only. I've made some small changes (mainly changing printf to SG_LOG, etc) and committed it to CVS.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Christian Mayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robicd schrieb: >> The usual way (the only one?) to create mirrors is to render the scenery >> (at least) twice. > > I wonder if it's easy to implement, I don't know how SimGear/Plib handle > that (if it's even possible). That should not be a real dro

[Flightgear-devel] Douglass A-4

2006-04-29 Thread Dave Culp
Anyone here know if the A-4 had a pitch SAS? Dave --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Ser

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Robicd
The usual way (the only one?) to create mirrors is to render the scenery (at least) twice. I wonder if it's easy to implement, I don't know how SimGear/Plib handle that (if it's even possible). That should not be a real drop down in performance since the mirror has a very small area to render.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Christian Mayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robicd schrieb: > There are mirrors inside, for the pilots (look at > http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-cp-canopy-01l.jpg); I wonder if > there's a way with FGFS to create those mirrors, some kind of > picture-in-picture technique :-) The usual way

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Martin Spott
Robicd wrote: > Are such mirrors used in Civil Aviation A/C too? The "Remorqueur", the Robin DR400/180R typically has a mirror that allows the pilot to look at the glider behind while towing. This is one flavour, althogh the mirrors I have seen on such an aircraft typically look a bit more 'elega

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Torsten Dreyer
> Are such mirrors used in Civil Aviation A/C too? Yep, those that are towing sailplanes sometimes have a mirror. That should be an interesting thing for multiplayer: one pilot flying the towing plane and one is in the sailplane. Torsten ---

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Robicd
There are mirrors inside, for the pilots (look at http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-cp-canopy-01l.jpg); I wonder if there's a way with FGFS to create those mirrors, some kind of picture-in-picture technique :-) Or should that be implemented in the code? Are such mirrors used in Civil Aviatio

RE: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-dimensions.htm > > in case you need some more info :-) Excellent source. Jon --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated techn

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Robicd
http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-dimensions.htm in case you need some more info :-) --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New FG tracker features

2006-04-29 Thread George Patterson
On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 10:15 -0400, Julien Pierru wrote: > Hey guys > > Some a you have already taken advantage of the tracker capability of > the online multiplay. Here is an example of what is coming: > http://fgfs.i-net.hu/modules/fgtracker/?FUNCT=FLIGHT&FLIGHTID=411 > > No i wasn't drunk when

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New FG tracker features

2006-04-29 Thread Pigeon
> To me this page is empty !? He must have been changing things. Try this: http://fgfs.i-net.hu/modules/fgtracker/?FUNCT=FLIGHT&FLIGHTID=418 Pigeon. --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New FG tracker features

2006-04-29 Thread Julien Pierru
interesting the link got corrupted, this should work: http://fgfs.i-net.hu/modules/fgtracker/?FUNCT=FLIGHT&FLIGHTID=411

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New FG tracker features

2006-04-29 Thread Martin Spott
"Julien Pierru" wrote: > Some a you have already taken advantage of the tracker capability of the > online multiplay. Here is an example of what is coming: > http://fgfs.i-net.hu/modules/fgtracker/?FUNCT=3DFLIGHT&FLIGHTID=3D411 To me this page is empty !? Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user frie

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Martin Spott
Detlef Faber wrote: > The hardest part will be the Flight Model, sweep wings, a pair of > retractable trim wings and a supersonic flight envelope. But it would be > a great addition to FG. ( I loved playing Microprose's F14 Fleet > Defender). The IRIX operating system contains a simple but terrib

Re: [Flightgear-devel] F-14 anyone?

2006-04-29 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Freitag, den 28.04.2006, 20:42 +0200 schrieb flying.toaster: > If a 3D exterior model is needed I will contribute (blender) > I have an Aerofax on the tomcat with lots of pictures. > I'm interested in the B (A+) make since the nozzles are the > smooth F110 ones and the avionics still are a lit

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: statistics: usage of texture memory (shocking!)

2006-04-29 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Selon Melchior FRANZ : > * Melchior FRANZ -- Saturday 29 April 2006 06:28: > > * Frederic Bouvier -- Saturday 29 April 2006 00:00: > > > Perhaps you already noticed, but I checked a change to model.cxx that > > > allow PLIB, with its own mecanism, to reuse textures from models to > models. > > > >

RE: [Flightgear-devel] A4F - AAR Capability

2006-04-29 Thread Vivian Meazza
Dave > > I committed a new facility for the A4F yesterday. It now has a > functioning > > AAR capability with YASim, like the one already available for JSBSim. > ... > > Great. I can't wait to try it out. BTW, now I can stop using the T-38 as > a > refueling demonstrator :) It's still a radar

RE: [Flightgear-devel] A4F - AAR Capability

2006-04-29 Thread Vivian Meazza
Ron > > I have > > also taken the opportunity to adjust the panel to make it more nearly > like > > that of an A4F, rather than an A4C, although a couple of the instruments > are > > not correct, principally the ASI should be replaced with a combined > ASI/Mach > > instrument. > > Take a look a