[Flightgear-devel] directional sound...

2007-06-23 Thread syd sandy
Hi guys, Just a note to say fantastic job on the directional/doppler sounds ! I'm never going to get any flying done now , I just keep buzzing the tower :) Cheers. -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [ANN] OSG - Improved Weather Radar

2007-06-22 Thread syd sandy
cents worth :). Cheers -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [ANN] OSG - Improved Weather Radar

2007-06-22 Thread syd sandy
? V. Hi Vivian, No I haven't tried the updated version yet ... anxiously awaiting CVS version ;).But I can try it first if you like , and see what I get ... Cheers -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [ANN] OSG - Improved Weather Radar

2007-06-22 Thread syd sandy
out , so I recompiled and tried my Aerostar 700, which I recently added a weather radar to , and no more error message when I exit FG , so that must have done the trick ... Cheers -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flightgear-devel] lookat view

2007-06-19 Thread syd sandy
hacking , is this the way it was intended to work , and (most likely) , I dont understand how to configure the view properly ? Thanks -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download

[Flightgear-devel] duplicate models

2007-06-17 Thread syd sandy
Hi all , I started a 3d model for the ch47 , heard rumors that there might be one already in progress if the author is reading this , could you let me know what stage it is at , and if I should stop further work on it ? Thanks -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] duplicate models

2007-06-17 Thread syd sandy
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:50:14 +0200 gh.robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun 17 June 2007 18:31, syd sandy wrote: Hi all , I started a 3d model for the ch47 , heard rumors that there might be one already in progress if the author is reading this , could you let me know what stage

Re: [Flightgear-devel] groundspeed property ...

2007-06-08 Thread syd sandy
Thanks for the replies , I've tested the property with the PLIB version and it works as expected there too ... I'll create the patches and submit them for scrutiny tomorrow ... Night all. Cheers, Syd -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Flightgear-devel] groundspeed patches...

2007-06-08 Thread syd sandy
. Thanks, Syd -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] flightOSG.diff Description: Binary data flightPLIB.diff Description: Binary data - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2

[Flightgear-devel] groundspeed property ...

2007-06-07 Thread syd sandy
property myself, but would like to know if anyone else could make use of it . Cheers, Syd -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2

[Flightgear-devel] patches for ai radar x-shift and y-shift

2007-06-03 Thread syd sandy
, please let me know Thanks -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] aibaseOSG.diff Description: Binary data aibasePLIB.diff Description: Binary data - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C

Re: [Flightgear-devel] radar x-shift and y-shift patch

2007-06-01 Thread syd sandy
On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:05:57 +0200 gh.robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri 1 June 2007 06:11, syd sandy wrote: On Thu, 31 May 2007 21:06:20 -0700 syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry forgot to change subject line the first time ... Hi all, Ive attached patches that normalize

[Flightgear-devel] radar x-shift and y-shift patch

2007-06-01 Thread syd sandy
proceed with my Air Traffic Controller setup ... Cheers -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML

[Flightgear-devel] and here are the patches ...

2007-06-01 Thread syd sandy
Sigh, sorry guys , it's been one of those weeks ... -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] aibaseOSG.diff Description: Binary data aibasePLIB.diff Description: Binary data - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear/PLIB/CVS: Enabling 3D Clouds results in Floating point interrupt (SIGFPE)

2007-05-31 Thread syd sandy
. I've installed Simgear-plib (CVS as of yesterday), and FlightGear-Plib source, CVS as of yesterday. System is Linux, Suse 10.2, gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) Cheers, Durk Hi Durk , make sure the cloud cache and resolution aren't zero before enabling them -- syd sandy

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear 0.9.11-pre1 compiling error

2007-05-31 Thread syd sandy
is currently using the x-shift and y-shift in animations , and I'll be happy to fix them . I'm still looking, in case I have more work ahead :)... Cheers, Syd -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] aibaseOSG.diff Description: Binary data aibasePLIB.diff Description: Binary data

[Flightgear-devel] radar x-shift and y-shift patch

2007-05-31 Thread syd sandy
On Thu, 31 May 2007 21:06:20 -0700 syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry forgot to change subject line the first time ... Hi all, Ive attached patches that normalize radar x-shift and y-shift to /instrumentation/radar/range, which makes animation much simpler , one just needs to scale

[Flightgear-devel] groundspeed

2007-05-30 Thread syd sandy
Hi guys, Im attempting to add a groundspeed property , but need some assistance if anyone feels up to it... The logical place seems to be /source/FDM/flight.cxx , so I added this : fgTie(/velocities/groundspeed-kt, this, FGInterface::get_V_ground_speed,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] groundspeed

2007-05-30 Thread syd sandy
in Nasal ... but nasal is beginning to look more inviting at the moment ... and I just discovered I cant return gspd Its probably a simple matter for the gurus , which I'm definately not ! cheers, Syd syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] groundspeed

2007-05-30 Thread syd sandy
to work with at least thats my current line of thinking but I may give up and go the Nasal route , if this doesn't work ... I'll keep your method in mind :) Cheers, Syd -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net

Re: [Flightgear-devel] groundspeed

2007-05-30 Thread syd sandy
On Wed, 30 May 2007 21:48:36 -0500 Jon S. Berndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 30 May 2007 21:53, syd sandy wrote: Hi Jon , thanks for the reply , I'm not sure I know WHAT I'm doing anymore :) I wanted to output groundspeed to a property in /velocities/, in knots, so

Re: [Flightgear-devel] groundspeed

2007-05-30 Thread syd sandy
! ;) -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http

[Flightgear-devel] Groundspeed and MP radar

2007-05-29 Thread syd sandy
-manager for this ... any objections /suggestions ? Im also trying to do a 2d radar panel , using the radar x-shift and y-shift , which of coarse need scaling ... can scaling use a property ? Ive had no luck so far... syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Groundspeed and MP radar

2007-05-29 Thread syd sandy
On Tue, 29 May 2007 22:49:44 +0200 alexis bory [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: syd sandy a e'crit : Hi all , I would like to add a groundspeed property to the autopilot route manager ... the calculations are already done in the source code , I would just like to output that to a property

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Groundspeed and MP radar

2007-05-29 Thread syd sandy
On Tue, 29 May 2007 21:36:55 -0400 John Denker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 05/29/2007 08:06 PM, syd sandy wrote: Well , Ive thought of that too .researching these things leads me to believe that in real life (I could be wrong),groundspeed is calculated using a nav signal

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Segmentation fault with CVS version of flightgear

2007-05-27 Thread syd sandy
, finally did a make clean in OpenSceneGraph and recompiled everything , and all worked fine. Didn't find the cause , but it works now , dont know if that will help you out ... -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Material animation and textures

2007-05-24 Thread syd sandy
of the fuselage changes, but not the logos. In Plib everything works fine. Greetings Detlef Changing livery textures hasn't worked with OSG since the start , unless Ive missed some recent changes ... changing material properties does ... -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Material animation and textures

2007-05-24 Thread syd sandy
-mapped one works ... in OSG syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Textures, random thoughts

2007-05-22 Thread syd sandy
Hi Pigeon, I vote yes , we should have a command line choice for selecting high or low textures As it is , I rename the Textures.high folder so it wont load ... -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email

[Flightgear-devel] Thanks

2007-05-17 Thread syd sandy
Here's my self addition to the Thanks list Syd Adams. Added clipping to 2d instruments... Added volume control to ATC-chatter... Created and maintain... DHC2 B1900D Aerostar 700 S76C+ helicopter Cessna Citation Bravo CitationX A6M2 'Zero' Assisted with Cessna Citation II with Curt and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version 0.9.11

2007-05-15 Thread syd sandy
the problem yet ... syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now

[Flightgear-devel] sim/time/elapsed-sec

2007-05-14 Thread syd sandy
' output of this proerty... or is it just my setup ? Its the same with both PLIB and OSG versions . Thanks. syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More ideas on dogfighting

2007-05-11 Thread syd sandy
because you can't grow a pair. Hey, thanks for providing such a nice occasion to laugh at you, Martin. Yes , we need more 'contributors' like this ;) -- syd sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More ideas on dogfighting

2007-05-10 Thread syd sandy
selective about who its friends are ! Just to get my two cents worth in , I'm not too thrilled about this becoming a Combat Simulator... There is this project that might need some help http://csp.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page It uses OSG , too , but I havent tried it ... syd sandy [EMAIL

[Flightgear-devel] updates to atc chatter

2007-04-18 Thread Syd Sandy
Hi all, Added volume control to atc-chatter but only half the changes committed , so I've sent the modified source files to Curtis... Cheers, Syd - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the

[Flightgear-devel] wxradar ...

2007-04-16 Thread Syd Sandy
I added the wxradar to the Aerostar , preparing for things to come ;). Noticed it uses off, stby, tst and on as switch positions any objections to changing that to 0,1,2,3 ? Status is shown in uppercase , simply a copy of switch , so the status string wont change ... it would make switch

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Tower view

2007-04-14 Thread Syd Sandy
gh.robin wrote: On Sat 14 April 2007 13:58, Vivian Meazza wrote: Detlef Faber Hello everybody, after my OSG-CVS rebuild last week I noticed that Tower View seems to be broken. Property Browser reports the correct Airport-id under sim/tower/, but for every airport I choose the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] KT 70 transponder....

2007-04-12 Thread Syd Sandy
Ron Jensen wrote: On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 21:36 -0700, Syd Sandy wrote: Hi all , Added the kt-70 transponder to the Aerostar awhile back , and noticed a few things . The material animation , is at the end of the xml file which tends to break things in PLIB ,at least

Re: [Flightgear-devel] KT 70 transponder....

2007-04-12 Thread Syd Sandy
Hi again Ron , I just moved the material animation to the head of the file , and that did fix the PLIB model orientation problem Thanks, Syd - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's

Re: [Flightgear-devel] framerate hesitations...

2007-04-12 Thread Syd Sandy
Harald JOHNSEN wrote: Syd Sandy wrote: gh.robin wrote: Jeff is right, i noticed that problem a loong time ago, And never got any answer. I have solved it with running fgmap on a separate computer Regards. I get this with varying degrees from different

[Flightgear-devel] framerate hesitations...

2007-04-10 Thread Syd Sandy
Hi all , Not sure how to describe this , I get a barely visible hesitation in framerates while flying, about once a second . Noticed it in the Aerostar , so I suspected my Nasal electrical routine was causing it but after changing the loop timing it didnt seem to match Running with

Re: [Flightgear-devel] framerate hesitations...

2007-04-10 Thread Syd Sandy
gh.robin wrote: On Tue 10 April 2007 19:21, Jeff McBride wrote: On 4/10/07, Syd Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all , Not sure how to describe this , I get a barely visible hesitation in framerates while flying, about once a second . Noticed it in the Aerostar , so I suspected

[Flightgear-devel] terrain surface types...

2006-07-20 Thread syd sandy
Hi all , is it possible to detect the type of surface one lands on, by surface type / land cover/ or texture ? In the process of trying to design a wake / spray for the Beaver I would like to only show a spray if landing on water ... it would look a bit silly on land , and although it IS

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autopilot passive mode

2006-07-03 Thread syd sandy
Hi all , I have another silly question how does one enable autopilot passive mode ? Im rewriting my flightdirector routines because I thought that having the autopilot in passive mode would give me readouts of target roll and pitch properties without the autopilot controlling the plane

Re: [Flightgear-devel] g-meter

2006-07-01 Thread syd sandy
Thanks for the answer on the dialogs. For the time being I will put the GUI on the backburner since some development needs to be done. I want to implement max and min g-load needles on a g-meter instrument. I was thinking that setting up a listener in nasal for vertical acceleration would

Re: [Flightgear-devel] helicopters...

2006-06-23 Thread syd sandy
Hi Maik , I had designed a Sikorsky 76C , but its collecting dust on a 'save' CD somewhere Looks like I can dig it up again soon ? Cheers, Syd 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

Re: [Flightgear-devel] airport lights

2006-06-20 Thread syd sandy
Hi all, I know this was discussed a while back , and if there was a solution I think I missed it. So I'll stick my neck out and ask I used to get better framerates night flying, unless I enabled enhanced lights. Now it doesnt matter if enhanced lights are enabled or not , I get the low

Re: [Flightgear-devel] airport lights

2006-06-20 Thread syd sandy
Hi guys , thank you for the tips /patch . Im going to try them out now... just got home from work. Hope it improves things , but at least I know now which file to study . I prefer flyability over pretty lights any day :) Mind you , I remember when I first got Tie Fighter , and it had gouraud

Re: [Flightgear-devel] airport lights fixed

2006-06-20 Thread syd sandy
Hi Eric , I tried changing GL_DONT_CARE to GL_FASTEST , but noticed no change , still got 8 fps. Tried your patch Jean , and its back to 18 fps at night , much much better , enhanced lights on now drops the framerate to 3 Now I can get back to modelling , thank you guys ! Oh, and Im off

Re: [Flightgear-devel] transparency

2006-06-03 Thread syd sandy
I have found what may be a problem with Z-buffer and alpha on textures. You can find a description of the issue on that post : http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=show_topicforum=198topic_id=1810mesg_id=1810page= Also I would like to know if there is an easy means to add smoke

[Flightgear-devel] Aircraft downloads problem .....

2006-04-05 Thread syd sandy
Hi all , just discovered a problem with the aircraft downloads from the website while trying to solve a problem for Steve , who downloaded my Citation Bravo and reported errors. The Bravo , and several others of mine rely on instruments in the Instrument-3d folder , but they dont appear to be

[Flightgear-devel] Re:Bad Bravo download...

2006-04-04 Thread syd sandy
Syd: Have you had a chance to look at this lately? I tried again yesterday, same results. When I run this aircraft, I still get a Pa28 panel with jet engine sound. Steve Hi Steve , no ,sorry , I havent had a chance to check it out .There should be NO 2d panel at all.Did you download from the

[Flightgear-devel] RE: b1900d hotspots ...

2006-04-01 Thread syd sandy
That's because it's a condition lever, not a mixture lever. I had put this mapping into one of the b1900d files controls.adjMixture = controls.adjCondition; and added the help entry about the m/M keys, but it didn't take long until the line was removed again, after which I didn't bother any

[Flightgear-devel] Re: b1900d hotspots..

2006-04-01 Thread syd sandy
syd sandy wrote: Hi guys , there have been a lot of suggestions /complaints about my b1900d , [...] I'm sorry if you read my comment as a 'complaint', it was not meant as such. My sole intention was to investigate if the 'feature' I noticed is unique to my setup or if it is a fault

[Flightgear-devel] b1900d questions.....

2006-03-22 Thread syd sandy
HI all , still working on the b1900d , not enough free time lately . I have a few questions , though How do I disable the gui autopilot menu? I see its disabled in the c182... but havent figured out how yet ... I know it was discussed before , I should have paid more attention :)! The

[Flightgear-devel] Re:hotspots.......

2006-03-20 Thread syd sandy
I'm having some problems with hotspots that I can't figure out. I've looked at several of the FG aircraft and can't figure out what the problem is. My code looks like this : snip backgroundAircraft/737-300/Panels/transparent-bg.rgb/background w512/w h1024/h instruments instrument

[Flightgear-devel] Re: b1900d polish

2006-03-20 Thread syd sandy
Jean-Yves Lefort wrote: Hi, I've removed the old GPWS objects from the b1900d model, since it now uses the MK VIII. The anim patch is attached, and the .ac file with the GPWS, GPWSon, BELOW-GS, BelowGsOn and warninglamps objects removed can be found here:

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Flightgear-devel digest, Vol 1 #612 - 15 msgs

2006-03-19 Thread syd sandy
Message: 3 From: Paul Surgeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:48:34 +0200 Subject: [Flightgear-devel] Hotspots Reply-To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net I'm having some problems with hotspots that I can't figure out. I've looked at

[Flightgear-devel] Re: Flightgear-devel digest, Vol 1 #544 - 9 msgs

2006-02-26 Thread syd sandy
On Sunday 26 February 2006 06:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A separate A-10-3Dcockpit would make the existing A-10 redundant - who would want to fly it without your cockpit?   :) Maybe those langishing on 098a? From what I've seen of Alexis cockpit, I would love to fly it with his cockpit,

[Flightgear-devel] silly questions !

2006-02-26 Thread syd sandy
Hi all , time to clear up some assumption of mine ! They may seem obvios to most of you so hopefully you can help. Does yasims 'approach aoa ' mean angle of decsent path or pitch of the aircraft? Ive always assumed it the angle of approach path. Thanks , Syd

[Flightgear-devel] yasim aoa ...

2006-02-26 Thread syd sandy
Neither.  The acronym AoA is used in place of angle of attack, which is a technical term referring to the angle with which the airflow meets the airframe. In this case, because the solver uses level flight to solve for approach*, the AoA will be equal to the nose-high pitch angle. * Adding