Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear v2.4 is Released!
Congratulations to everyone for the hard work - in front of and behind the scenes. Let me take the opportunity to say that I really liked the way the release process worked: * everything was announced well in advance so that everyone had (make that 'could have...') opportunity to adjust his own work accordingly * every step was documented and... * some people even took the time to tell about the progress in the forum, braving the inevitable storm of 'We desperately need feature X in the release!' Thanks for that as well! For the next release, I'd just have one suggestion: Feature freeze for aircraft 2 weeks after feature freeze for core, so that aircraft can be tested against what is to become the release candidate and still committed in time. Apart from that - just keep it this way. Cheers, * Thorsten -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Two strange issues
2) I have the Corse custom scenery http://helijah.free.fr/flightgear/scenes.html#Corse installed under my FG 2.0.0 FGData. With my GIT version, I don't actually have any scenery under FGData but instead use the commandline option --fg-scenery=/usr/share/FlightGear-2.0.0/Scenery/ That works fine everywhere else I can see, *except* for Corse (LFKJ for instance) where I see none of the objects which should be there (works fine with 2.0.0). First obvious thing - the scenery requires models installed under /Models/Region-Corse/ - so I copied that folder into my GIT FGData (and it is readable). Still no objects. What am I missing? From the extracted tarball of Corse scenery (under a Corse/ directory on my box), I had to mv Corse/Scenery/* Corse/. to be able to use them. After that adding a path to fg-scenery works as expected (I have just tried LFKJ and LFKB a few minutes ago): fgfs --fg-scenery=/home/Corse/:$FG_ROOT/Scenery/:/home/terrasync using OSG/3.0.1 and git from yesterday (simgear/flightgear/fgdata). I think that misses my point. The scenery is installed correctly and actually works as expected with my 2.0.0 binary. The terrain data also works fine from GIT, indicating that the --fg-scenery option is set correctly, so there's no reason why the Terrain/ subfolder should be recognized but not the Objects/ subfolder. Also, usually I do see objects with my GIT binary when I specify my scenery folder like that. What I can't understand what prevents it from working in this particular case. It seems to involve models specifically associated with the custom scenery, and it seems as if just copying the folder containing these models under /FGData/Models/ is not enough. * Thorsten -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Two strange issues
Hi there From: thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi To: FlightGear developers discussions flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, 18 August 2011 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Two strange issues 2) I have the Corse custom scenery http://helijah.free.fr/flightgear/scenes.html#Corse installed under my FG 2.0.0 FGData. With my GIT version, I don't actually have any scenery under FGData but instead use the commandline option --fg-scenery=/usr/share/FlightGear-2.0.0/Scenery/ That works fine everywhere else I can see, *except* for Corse (LFKJ for instance) where I see none of the objects which should be there (works fine with 2.0.0). Try adding --prop:sim/paths/use-custom-scenery-data=false to the command line. I had the same issue, and thanks to help from list members that was and still is the only way my custom scenery can work with git/2.4.0... Best regards, Chris Wilkinson, YBBN/BNE. -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sun Light placement
On Thursday 18 August 2011 11:36:46 Vic Marriott wrote: Hi All, I am not blaming this on the new V 2.4.0, because this problem existed before. I didn't want to distract anyone working on the new release. 1. I have noticed, that when at EGKA the light is showing from the wrong direction. This pic was taken at 0915 today: http://i.imgur.com/N9wDU.png 2. At dusk, the Sun shows at 290º. This can't be correct as EGKA is at 50.50º north. I would expect the Sun to be below 270º. http://i.imgur.com/cd9Ub.png Is this a known fault, or should I raise it on the bug tracker? Cheers, Vic According to heavens above, the 290 degrees azimuth for dusk is about right: http://www.heavens- above.com/sun.aspx?lat=50.81982lng=-0.14282loc=Unspecifiedalt=0tz=BST -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Two strange issues
Try adding --prop:sim/paths/use-custom-scenery-data=false to the command line. I had the same issue, and thanks to help from list members that was and still is the only way my custom scenery can work with git/2.4.0... I don't have a clear understanding why, but that fixes the issue. * Thorsten -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sun Light placement
On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 12:32 +0300, Emilian Huminiuc wrote: http://www.heavens- above.com/sun.aspx?lat=50.81982lng=-0.14282loc=Unspecifiedalt=0tz=BST Yeah it's probably not the sun position but rather the sky dome coloring code that's the problem. Erik -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sun Light placement
Hi Vic, On 18 Aug 2011, at 10:36, Vic Marriott wrote: 2. At dusk, the Sun shows at 290º. This can't be correct as EGKA is at 50.50º north. I would expect the Sun to be below 270º. http://i.imgur.com/cd9Ub.png The compass direction of the sunset's location is actually more related to the time of year then it is related to latitude. In Nothern hemisphere summer, the sun always sets north of the 270 degree line, while in wintertime it's south. The amount of deviation is related to how far north / south your are, which is in turn related to the amount of seasonal daylight time variation that occurs as a function of latitude. I currently don't have time for a lengthy explanation, but the 23 degree tilt of the earth's rotation axis with respect to the sun is of key importance here. When you go far enough north, the location of sunset will touch the 360 degree line on June 21; in other words the sun touches the horizon due north. That latitude is known as the arctic circle. If you go even further north, the sun will no longer set (in summer time), and keep moving all the way through the northern hemisphere, hence causing the midsummer night daylight. I'm happy to explain the process in more detail as soon as I have more time. Cheers, Durk -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear v2.4 is Released!
Le jeudi 18 août 2011 08:58:46, thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi a écrit : SNIP Thanks for that as well! For the next release, I'd just have one suggestion: Feature freeze for aircraft 2 weeks after feature freeze for core, so that aircraft can be tested against what is to become the release candidate and still committed in time. Apart from that - just keep it this way. Cheers, * Thorsten Wasn'it the case ? since the wiki says: Detailed Time Schedule and Checklist Dec/Jun 17th: Development stream is declared frozen or yellow. And a NEW Aircraft which is right now within fgdata FG2.4 had been commit at Tuesday June 28 2011 https://www.gitorious.org/fg/fgdata/commit/b456113e124b82a81927aff67ef0e72aa53c2294 This more or less 2 weeks. Am i wrong ? Kind regards. Henri -- -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear v2.4 is Released!
And for whatever it's worth, I uploaded all the v2.4 aircraft zip files yesterday, waited about 12 hours to give the mirrors a chance to sync, and now I've posted the v2.4 aircraft download page on the web site. Best regards, Curt. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:07 AM, henri orange hohora...@gmail.com wrote: Le jeudi 18 août 2011 08:58:46, thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi a écrit : SNIP Thanks for that as well! For the next release, I'd just have one suggestion: Feature freeze for aircraft 2 weeks after feature freeze for core, so that aircraft can be tested against what is to become the release candidate and still committed in time. Apart from that - just keep it this way. Cheers, * Thorsten Wasn'it the case ? since the wiki says: Detailed Time Schedule and Checklist Dec/Jun 17th: Development stream is declared frozen or yellow. And a NEW Aircraft which is right now within fgdata FG2.4 had been commit at Tuesday June 28 2011 https://www.gitorious.org/fg/fgdata/commit/b456113e124b82a81927aff67ef0e72aa53c2294 This more or less 2 weeks. Am i wrong ? Kind regards. Henri -- -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Curtis Olson: http://www.atiak.com - http://aem.umn.edu/~uav/ http://www.flightgear.org - http://gallinazo.flightgear.org -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear v2.4 is Released!
On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 08:13 -0500, Curtis Olson wrote: And for whatever it's worth, I uploaded all the v2.4 aircraft zip files yesterday, waited about 12 hours to give the mirrors a chance to sync, and now I've posted the v2.4 aircraft download page on the web site. Best regards, Curt. Mirroring is now in progress on my server. Sorry that I'm a little slow. I still like to test my script. It is not coping all data, only latest binary, airplanes and such. My mirror would be here: http://flightgear.mxchange.org/pub/fgfs/ Please wait with downloads until all symbolic links has been generated. Regards, Roland signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear v2.4 is Released!
henri orange wrote: Le jeudi 18 août 2011 08:58:46, thorsten.i.r...@jyu.fi a écrit : For the next release, I'd just have one suggestion: Feature freeze for aircraft 2 weeks after feature freeze for core, so that aircraft can be tested against what is to become the release candidate and still committed in time. Apart from that - just keep it this way. Wasn'it the case ? since the wiki says: Detailed Time Schedule and Checklist Dec/Jun 17th: Development stream is declared frozen or yellow. And a NEW Aircraft which is right now within fgdata FG2.4 had been commit at Tuesday June 28 2011 https://www.gitorious.org/fg/fgdata/commit/b456113e124b82a81927aff67ef0e72aa53c2294 This more or less 2 weeks. Am i wrong ? Well, the commit you're referring to was supposed not to happen at all, at least not during the feture freeze. It's as simple as that. See also b) in: http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg32905.html which actually was a response to another commit in deliberate defiance of the feature freeze. BTW, feature freeze is meant to be exactly this: No addition of new features. There's no point in delaying feature freeze specifically for aircraft as the feature set of the core, which aircraft are supposed to run on top of, is already supposed to be stable by definition of the feature freeze. Cheers, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -- -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear v2.4 is Released!
Opps, my mailer program crashed while the message was sent. :( signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
[Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Display Location question
I have installed FlightGear on a Dell laptop which is connected to a second monitor. When FlightGegear is started the cockpit display comes up on the (smaller) laptop screen. Is there a way to get it to appear on the (larger) external screen instead? jj http://kingmont.com-- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear v2.4 is Released!
Congrats all! On the promotion side: did someone contact Avsim.com, flightsim.com etc. already? I don't see FG on their homepages (yet) ;) Gijs -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Display Location question
Maybe reading flightgear/docs-mini/README.multiscreen can help you ? Regards, -Fred - Mail original - I have installed FlightGear on a Dell laptop which is connected to a second monitor. When FlightGegear is started the cockpit display comes up on the (smaller) laptop screen. Is there a way to get it to appear on the (larger) external screen instead? jj http://kingmont.com -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
[Flightgear-devel] Hi res textures
How does one specify use of high res textures? Or is this an auto-select feature during startup based on driver and graphic card features JW -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
