Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..OT: Christchurch, NZ quake, are you FG Kiwis in or around CC ok?

2011-02-22 Thread Alexander Barrett
Just had a SMS from one forum member that their house has totally been destroyed - family ok so that is the main thing but I can't imagine how they are feeling right now. Alex On 22 Feb 2011, at 10:18, Chris Wilkinson wrote: I'm an ex Christchurch boy - my family are there, and OK, but

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..another nice promising bird in git: se5 :o)

2011-02-20 Thread Alexander Barrett
Looks lovely, will give her a go later. Alex On 19 Feb 2011, at 19:24, Arnt Karlsen wrote: Hi, ..it's a sweet wee pussycat as far as handling goes, also on roll-out, where it appears to _try_ carry the full weight of its shadow: ;o)

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..IP and litigation risks, was: AH-1 Merge Request

2011-02-17 Thread Alexander Barrett
Heiko, As I've said before, this simply isn't true! Red Bull are very accommodating, I've spoken to them before about this on a commercial product and they required no licensing agreement at all, simply an email from myself saying that we weren't marketing it as a Red Bull product, simply a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ..IP and litigation risks, was: AH-1 Merge Request

2011-02-16 Thread Alexander Barrett
To throw something into the mix here: I've actually got experience of dealing with RedBull regarding the use of their logos and IP in Flight Simulation. Several years ago I contacted them for an old Payware project and they were most supportive, provided an email stating that as long as

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 3D audio and single channel wav files (Was: SBSim: Crash at reset)

2011-02-06 Thread Alexander Barrett
Sorry guys, I originally did all these sounds as single channel but then re-mastered some of them and must have forgotten use my FG friendly Export script. I'll have all these fixed by tomorrow. Alex On 5 Feb 2011, at 11:21, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:12:33 +0100, Erik

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear at LinuxTag and FSWeekend need your help

2011-02-06 Thread Alexander Barrett
Guys, As some of you know I run an importing and sourcing company specialising in merchandising. I'd like to help the cause by donating a few boxes of 3D glasses, I can get them branded with the FlightGear logo and URL etc. Happy to help with any other merchandise also if there are any

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear at LinuxTag and FSWeekend need your help

2011-02-06 Thread Alexander Barrett
I'm sure we'll end up with plenty of spares! I always have a habit of over-ordering - thats why I'll never afford that Bentley I dream of On 6 Feb 2011, at 20:17, Gene Buckle wrote: On Sun, 6 Feb 2011, Alexander Barrett wrote: Guys, As some of you know I run an importing and sourcing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Problem with FGFS compile

2011-01-23 Thread Alexander Barrett
That's an Open Scene Graph file. Did you download a precompiled version of OSG or do it yourself? Alex Sent from my iPhone On 23 Jan 2011, at 17:07, Deborah Tay tay.debo...@gmail.com wrote: Hey everyone, In my latest compile of the fgfs I encountered a problem: when I try to to run the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] reflect mapping

2011-01-18 Thread Alexander Barrett
If nobody else goes for it I have a few free hours tomorrow I could give it a go and we will see what happens. Alex Sent from my iPhone On 18 Jan 2011, at 18:55, Curtis Olson curtol...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:09 AM, syd adams wrote: Hi guys , I've been experimenting with

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Announce] fog/mist/haze layer now active

2010-12-16 Thread Alexander Barrett
The fog looks good Torsten, the only problem I'm having is I can't find the top of it. It certainly goes up over 15,000. Tried clearing all weather first and turning off all other options but I can't clear the top of it. Will get the Lightning out later and try and find where the top is! Any

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Announce] fog/mist/haze layer now active

2010-12-16 Thread Alexander Barrett
Torsten, Just tried again on my Windows machine and still getting heavy fog up to at least 17,000 ft AGL. Got latest gits (first thing this morning) Will try again later on my other machine and see if its some sort of conflict. Alex On 16 Dec 2010, at 17:38, Torsten Dreyer wrote: The

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Suggestion: Using new release for advertising to attract sound engineers

2010-12-12 Thread Alexander Barrett
into a sound.xml file. Which I'd like to think is useful to some, and will encourage them to experiment with adding sounds to their aircraft. Hope i've explained my intentions a little better now. On 12 Dec 2010, at 09:30, Erik Hofman wrote: On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 07:50 +, Alexander Barrett

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Suggestion: Using new release for advertising to attract sound engineers

2010-12-11 Thread Alexander Barrett
Sorry to jump in here quickly, don't have time to formulate a full reply now as have to pop out but I shall later. It has always, since I joined the FG community, been my goal to overhaul the FG sound engine. My commercial background is as a professional Flight Simulator Sound Developer. In

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Flight Pro Sim Statement

2010-12-10 Thread Alexander Barrett
Sorry I haven't been keeping up with things, but have flightsim.com and simmarket.com run the statement yet? If not I'm sure I can get it on their weekly mailing lists and front pages, been friends with the owners for many years. Alex On 10 Dec 2010, at 19:31, Gijs de Rooy wrote: And Avsim

[Flightgear-devel] OpenRadar Adoption

2010-12-06 Thread Alexander Barrett
Hi All, After reviving an interest in Java, after finding a book in the hospital library during a recent unscheduled stay, I have decided that OpenRadar is a project I'd like to see updated and advanced, and I'd really like to give it a go. I've spent a few days picking it apart and settling

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fog from METAR in global weather

2010-12-05 Thread Alexander Barrett
Looks absolutely wonderful Torsten, very realistic, fog round here covering the South Downs in England is very flat and sharp at the uppermost limit, what a great implementation. Alex Sent from my iPhone On 5 Dec 2010, at 21:23, Torsten Dreyer tors...@t3r.de wrote: Hi all, as some of

[Flightgear-devel] Google Result

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Barrett
Hi All, I notice in the general forum there's someone posted about the flightgear website's Google result. While being second in the Google rankings for Flight Simulator is pretty damn good, I think the description is a bit lacking and might be causing some people to overlook us.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC

2010-06-22 Thread Alexander Barrett
Thanks for that Martin, I'd never seen OpenRadar before. Been dabbling in Java recently (the lazy mans attempt at CrossPlatform ;) ) might be something to have a tinker with! Thanks again. Alex On 22 Jun 2010, at 09:36, Martin Spott wrote: Peter Morgan wrote: although there are a few

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Official

2010-06-22 Thread Alexander Barrett
Things have certainly changed. Back in 1995 I was helping to run a Virtual American Airlines and after 4 or so months of operating actively (FS95 it was!) we got a letter stating we had to shut down immediately or start paying licensing costs, which were thousands per day if I recall

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Metapost for drawing instruments?

2010-06-13 Thread Alexander Barrett
BRILLIANT! Incredibly useful, the best method I have ever seen for drawing instruments.Thank you so much for sharing. Alex On 11 Jun 2010, at 19:56, Melchior FRANZ wrote: * Roy Vegard Ovesen -- Friday 11 June 2010: Melchior made a Python script to generate svg-files:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Offical Logos's + Merchanside

2010-06-08 Thread Alexander Barrett
Pete/All, If I can be of any help I certainly will. I own a clothing company and have got a container of clothing (T-Shirts/Polo's, Hats, Hoodies etc) coming over at the end of July still with a bit of space on, if someone can get me some designs then possibly I'd be able to get a few hundred

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Request For Comments Proposed FG euroDev Conference Lelystad 6-7 November

2010-06-07 Thread Alexander Barrett
I'd most certainly be interested in some form of concurrent gathering. Would be great to meet people face to face. Alex On 6 Jun 2010, at 20:31, willie wrote: Would there be any interest in an informal conference of developers/enthusiasts to run concurrently/after the FSWeekend

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] Selectively ignore other MP aircraft

2010-05-20 Thread Alexander Barrett
Stuart, Excellent idea and one I think many will appreciate. I haven't had time to look at it yet so please excuse the question if its obvious from within the code: Does this reset with every MP session, or is it easy to clear the list either selectively or in its entirety? All the best,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Compiling FGSD on Ubuntu Karmic / GCC 4.4...

2010-04-21 Thread Alexander Barrett
Matt, Would love a bzip if you'd be willing to put that up somewhere, I've been having terrible problems compiling on my girlfriends Ubuntu machine of late, mainly because I don't get much time to tinker on that laptop but its what I take out when my laptops running long processes and I need

[Flightgear-devel] Setting up CVS

2010-03-21 Thread Alexander Barrett
Hi Guys, I'm just setting up CVS on my Mac while I'm not at home and, being an idiot, I've forgotten the CVS settings, as such I'm getting a No Such Repository error. Could someone please remind me of the host and root I should be using? Many thanks, Alex

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Github and aircraft

2010-03-21 Thread Alexander Barrett
Hi Pete, Sounds very interesting, I've had a look at GitHub and I've a few questions, if you don't mind answering (purely as I don't know anyone else with experience of it) Is there any support for media files, such as Sounds/Images with version control or is it just text/code based? Also

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Setting up CVS

2010-03-21 Thread Alexander Barrett
Erik, Thanks, I did try those, I guess its some other problem with the setup on my Mac as those just get me the No Such Repository error. Alex On 21 Mar 2010, at 11:01, Erik Hofman wrote: Alexander Barrett wrote: Hi Guys, I'm just setting up CVS on my Mac while I'm not at home

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Setting up CVS

2010-03-21 Thread Alexander Barrett
an error -Fred Le 21/03/2010 12:09, Alexander Barrett a écrit : Erik, Thanks, I did try those, I guess its some other problem with the setup on my Mac as those just get me the No Such Repository error. Alex On 21 Mar 2010, at 11:01, Erik Hofman wrote: Alexander Barrett wrote: Hi