Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mentioned in The Register - MSFS

2009-02-03 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:50:31 +0100, R. wrote in message <498875d7.3000...@stoneynet.nl>: > With the cancellation of the Flight Simulator franchise, however, > developers may actually switch over to FlightGear for developing > payware aircraft. This is where MSFS got big, the default stuff in > M

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Update to data/Aircraft/Instruments-3d/kx165

2009-02-03 Thread Stuart Buchanan
I wrote: > Melchior FRANZ wrote: > > * Stuart Buchanan -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > > > I was looking at the tag for the property-adjust, which I > > > noticed wasn't previously used in the kx165. However, when I tried > > > it I found two problems. [...] > > > > > 1) The decimal affected high-

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mentioned in The Register - MSFS

2009-02-03 Thread Stuart Buchanan
R. van Steenbergen wrote: > I can say for one thing: The cockpits are pretty much a no-go. Most > aircraft in FS9/FSX have gauges which consist of (platform and > API-specific) code which make up the gauge graphics. Converting XML > gauges from the Microsoft format may be entirely possible, but

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Update to data/Aircraft/Instruments-3d/kx165

2009-02-03 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Melchior FRANZ wrote: > * Stuart Buchanan -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > > I was looking at the tag for the property-adjust, which I > > noticed wasn't previously used in the kx165. However, when I tried > > it I found two problems. [...] > > > 1) The decimal affected high-order integer values as

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug

2009-02-03 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> Well, just very few years ago 'we' (TM) had a patch in our budget that > would have allowed JSBSim to do excellent simulation of a tire's > contact area. Some of us have seen with their own eyes that the guy > (the submitter of the respective patch) obviously knows about how to > properly deal wi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> some time ago I dug into this problem and tried to fix it. My idea was, > to check, if the movement is smaller than a very small number > "epsilon", > and if yes, set the movement to zero. The movement need to be measured > against the ground, which could be the carrier. This should fix the > sli

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread Maik Justus
Hi, Melchior FRANZ schrieb am 02.02.2009 18:43: > Ever since helicopter support was added to the YASim FDM > there's an annoying bug: even when parked, with rotor off > and braked, helicopters slide happily around on the ground. > > some time ago I dug into this problem and tried to fix it. My i

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear interview posted

2009-02-03 Thread Torsten Dreyer
> I did an interview for a blogger named Diego Rodríguez last summer and it > has just been posted. I may have been the only person to read it so far, > but if anyone is interested, here it is: > > http://aerialphenomena.blogspot.com/2009/02/inside-flightgear.html > > Regards, > > Curt. I just dou

Re: [Flightgear-devel] little problem on compiling fgrun under lin ux

2009-02-03 Thread francesco
Frederic Bouvier ha scritto: > Hi Francesco, > > strcasecmp doesn't exist under Windows but I think there is a #define in > fgrun because the problem already happened. I was just not enough careful > this time. > > yes, there is a define for windows compilation for it in the same file. > re t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] little problem on compiling fgrun under lin ux

2009-02-03 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Hi Francesco, strcasecmp doesn't exist under Windows but I think there is a #define in fgrun because the problem already happened. I was just not enough careful this time. re the command line options, they are only used by the installer to setup the initial configuration. Look in main.cxx. Ther

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Spott
"Jon S. Berndt" wrote: >> * Jon S. Berndt -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: >> > It's a tough problem, [...[ >> >> Maybe we should hire a rocket scientist? :-] > With our *huge* budget? :-) I may also remind of this related posting, written late in November 2007: Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] s

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mentioned in The Register - MSFS

2009-02-03 Thread Curtis Olson
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:50 AM, R. van Steenbergen wrote: > I can say for one thing: The cockpits are pretty much a no-go. Most > aircraft in FS9/FSX have gauges which consist of (platform and > API-specific) code which make up the gauge graphics. Converting XML > gauges from the Microsoft format

[Flightgear-devel] little problem on compiling fgrun under linux

2009-02-03 Thread Brisa Francesco
Hi I am trying to compile fgrun from svn under linux but it breaks with this error: wizard_funcs.cxx:2315: error: ‘stricmp’ was not declared in this scope inspecting at that file I think that at row 2315 the row: if ( apt && stricmp( apt->id_.c_str(), prefetch_apt->value() ) == 0 ) shou

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread Curtis Olson
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > > * Jon S. Berndt -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > > > It's a tough problem, [...[ > > > > Maybe we should hire a rocket scientist? :-] > > > > m. > > > With our *huge* budget? :-) I have noticed a measurable uptick in FlightGear interest si

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mentioned in The Register - MSFS

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Spott
Curtis Olson wrote: > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Martin Spott wrote: >> Let me have a little informal poll in this context: Do we still depend >> on a text-only file format for 3D models ? > > > FlightGear supports any 3d model format that OSG has a loader/plugin for. I know - been there

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mentioned in The Register - MSFS

2009-02-03 Thread R. van Steenbergen
Curtis Olson schreef: > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Martin Spott wrote: > > Curtis Olson wrote: > > > This might be a perfect time for someone to start assembling and > developing > > a set of tools and instructions for migrating MSFS aircraft over to > > FlightGear. > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mentioned in The Register - MSFS

2009-02-03 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Curt wrote: >FlightGear supports any 3d model format that OSG has a loader/plugin for. >There must be some sort of model >conversion path from MSFS given the right set of tools. One thing that would >be really cool is if someone could >figure out the MSFS model animation scheme and write some

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread Jon S. Berndt
> * Jon S. Berndt -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > > It's a tough problem, [...[ > > Maybe we should hire a rocket scientist? :-] > > m. With our *huge* budget? :-) JB -- Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mentioned in The Register - MSFS

2009-02-03 Thread Curtis Olson
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Martin Spott wrote: > Curtis Olson wrote: > > > This might be a perfect time for someone to start assembling and > developing > > a set of tools and instructions for migrating MSFS aircraft over to > > FlightGear. > > Let me have a little informal poll in this cont

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mentioned in The Register - MSFS

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Spott
Curtis Olson wrote: > This might be a perfect time for someone to start assembling and developing > a set of tools and instructions for migrating MSFS aircraft over to > FlightGear. Let me have a little informal poll in this context: Do we still depend on a text-only file format for 3D models ?

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread LeeE
On Tuesday 03 February 2009, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > * LeeE -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > > Do you still get problems if you set the windspeed to zero? > > Yes. With pretty much the same sliding speed. > > m. That's interesting, and a bit at odds with what I've experienced. LeeE ---

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* LeeE -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > I just had a look at the latest version of the bo105 that I have > here and the is set to 0.5 and the to 0.4, which > are both lower than default values of 0.8 & 0.7. I know. But I also tried 1.0 for both (the maximum), and it had no effect. Other changes

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Jon S. Berndt -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > It's a tough problem, [...[ Maybe we should hire a rocket scientist? :-] m. -- Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* LeeE -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > Do you still get problems if you set the windspeed to zero? Yes. With pretty much the same sliding speed. m. -- Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread LeeE
On Tuesday 03 February 2009, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > * LeeE -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > > Have the people having bad problems with this tried increasing > > the values for the & gear sub-elements? > > Yes, of course. I really, really hope that I haven't forgotton > about other, similarly obvio

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mentioned in The Register - MSFS Add-on makers looking elsewhere

2009-02-03 Thread Curtis Olson
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:10 AM, LeeE wrote: > Most of the tools required are already built in to FG; it just lacks > a suitable model animation development UI. FG obviously can load > an animate the models, once in an acceptable format, so it's more a > case of either adding an FG mode and a UI

[Flightgear-devel] FlightGear interview posted

2009-02-03 Thread Curtis Olson
I did an interview for a blogger named Diego Rodríguez last summer and it has just been posted. I may have been the only person to read it so far, but if anyone is interested, here it is: http://aerialphenomena.blogspot.com/2009/02/inside-flightgear.html Regards, Curt. -- Curtis Olson: http://

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread LeeE
On Tuesday 03 February 2009, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > * LeeE -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > > Have the people having bad problems with this tried increasing > > the values for the & gear sub-elements? > > Yes, of course. I really, really hope that I haven't forgotton > about other, similarly obvio

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters bug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* LeeE -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > Have the people having bad problems with this tried increasing > the values for the & gear sub-elements? Yes, of course. I really, really hope that I haven't forgotton about other, similarly obvious things in the many hours that I tried to fix the problem, o

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mentioned in The Register - MSFS Add-on makers looking elsewhere

2009-02-03 Thread LeeE
On Tuesday 03 February 2009, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > Hi All, > > The Register is a popular UK-based IT news website, with a > generally sceptical (and very British) viewpoint. They have a > mention of FG (along with a nice screenshot) in one of their > articles this morning discussing what will ha

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim & sliding helicopters b ug (+ ugly "fix")

2009-02-03 Thread LeeE
On Monday 02 February 2009, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > > Hi Melchior... and Andy > > > > I don't know about helos, but preventing an aicraft to slip on > > the carrier > > is *a real PITA*. The way to fix this leads to unrealistic > > smooth gear struts, > > not to talk about the time consumed. > > Wel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Update to data/Aircraft/Instruments-3d/kx165

2009-02-03 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Stuart Buchanan -- Tuesday 03 February 2009: > I was looking at the tag for the property-adjust, which I > noticed wasn't previously used in the kx165. However, when I tried > it I found two problems. [...] > 1) The decimal affected high-order integer values as well That should be fixable.

[Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mentioned in The Register - MSFS Add-on makers looking elsewhere

2009-02-03 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Hi All, The Register is a popular UK-based IT news website, with a generally sceptical (and very British) viewpoint. They have a mention of FG (along with a nice screenshot) in one of their articles this morning discussing what will happen to the large number of commercial add-on makers for MSF

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Update to data/Aircraft/Instruments-3d/kx165

2009-02-03 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Melchior FRANZ > * Torsten Dreyer -- Monday 02 February 2009: > > I have been working with this patch for a while now and I think it is an > > improvement and should be applied. > > Sounds good, but hold on: Stuart told me on IRC that he works on > something better, and that the Nasal code migh