[Flightgear-devel] Documentation Changes for the FlightGear installation and Getting Started guide

2005-09-19 Thread George Patterson
ke on the maintenance of this document. I will need to learn latex first though. George Patterson Getting Started Guide Chapter 2 should probably be move to the appendix as it is not absolutely required. Binary downloads are an easier way to the computer novice to get started. They can always co

[Flightgear-devel] type conversion problem for amd64

2005-09-22 Thread George Patterson
n function `void sgReadDouble(void*, double*)': lowlevel.cxx:84: error: invalid conversion from `uint64_t*' to `long long unsigned int*' lowlevel.cxx:84: error: initializing argument 1 of `void sgEndianSwap(long long unsigned int*)' OS: Linux (ubuntu 5.04 "Hoary"

Re: [Flightgear-devel] type conversion problem for amd64

2005-09-23 Thread George Patterson
On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 10:16 +0200, Erik Hofman wrote: > George Patterson wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Tonight I "cvs checkout" the simgear sources tonight from cvs to > > recompile FlightGear. I was getting the following error. (Also got the > > same

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: type conversion problem for amd64

2005-09-24 Thread George Patterson
On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 21:27 -0700, Alex Perry wrote: > From: Erik Hofman > > George Patterson wrote: > > > Tonight I "cvs checkout" the simgear sources tonight from cvs to > > > recompile FlightGear. I was getting the following error. (Also got the > > &g

[Flightgear-devel] Flightgear Documentation update: prefligh.tex

2005-09-24 Thread George Patterson
ANGES MADE - Changed download link for Mac OS X binaries - Amended Debian install instructions to be applicable for Ubuntu via "apt-get install". - Formatting errors which lacheck reported. Thanks George Patterson --- prefligh.tex2005-09-24 19:41:10.82636 +0930 +++ prefligh.

[Flightgear-devel] irc.flightgear.org down: alternative server

2005-09-28 Thread George Patterson
Hi all, irc.flightgear.org is currently down (the machine is there but the irc service isn't) so I have set up a channel #flightgear on freenode.net to use untill the offical server comes back up. George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing

[Flightgear-devel] Adding Reverse thrust to the b1900d

2005-10-02 Thread George Patterson
ust being applied, how is that run from within Flightgear. George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Does FlightGear model eclipse?

2005-10-02 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 19:49 -0400, Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: > There will be an eclipse tomorrow, and I was just wonder whether FlightGear > has this modelled. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4299074.stm > > Ampere > It should do as FlightGear models the path of both the sun and th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: RFC: FlightGear 0.9.9

2005-10-04 Thread George Patterson
ng take off. (my opinion :-) ) > > > (E) for when could/should the release be planned (i.e. how much time > > is left to fix bugs etc.)? > I'll stay out of this one as well, seeing I haven't been subscribed to the -devel list for the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: RFC: FlightGear 0.9.9

2005-10-04 Thread George Patterson
On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 19:57 +0200, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > * Melchior FRANZ -- Monday 03 October 2005 19:47: > > * Durk Talsma -- Monday 03 October 2005 18:08: > > > > (B) which bugs need to be fixed (and by whom :-)? > > > > > - Setting a wrong path for --fg-scenery results in an abort > > > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: RFC: FlightGear 0.9.9

2005-10-04 Thread George Patterson
On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 11:11 +0200, Oliver Schroeder wrote: > Am Tuesday 04 October 2005 09:26 schrieb George Patterson: > > > > The cockpit view of other planes need to be fixed. For those that aren't > > aware of it. If you view another players/pilot's plane, you

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] README.multiplayer update

2005-10-13 Thread George Patterson
nting on a patch. I'm fairly certain that the selective positioin forwarding based on the players' position is already in the logic of the FG server. This was fixed in 0.0.6 of FG server. Apart from that the rest looks good. George Patterson _

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] README.multiplayer update

2005-10-13 Thread George Patterson
5500 "like we have done", and > commandeer 5501 upwards for all clients? > (Assuming they're vacant? Excluding non-FG app ports, > I suspect METAR fetches has an established procedure, > with ports and all.) > Better would

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instant replay broken?

2005-10-16 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 17:11 +0100, David Luff wrote: > Is it just me, or is it completely impossible to escape from instant replay > once engaged in the current CVS? > > Cheers - Dave > Yes, It's just you :-P You can stop the replay by select the View menu, select instant replay. On the Instan

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: A question regarding accurate taxiways

2005-10-17 Thread George Patterson
> importer/exporter to exchange compatible data between Robin's database and > our own database. > It would benefit both FlightGear and X-plane if we synchronise data for beacons and other "single point" objects. However, the effort required for implmenting this may not be

Re: [Flightgear-devel] fgfs on AMD64 status? Mobo suggestions/warnings?

2005-10-19 Thread George Patterson
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 01:04 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I've been out of the fgfs development loop for an annoyingly long time. At > first, I had to adjust to a big drop in free time after (thankfully) finally > getting employed. Then I had a video card failure that forced me back

[Flightgear-devel] Bug in ATC code.

2005-10-20 Thread George Patterson
reset FlightGear (File->Reset), the state for the ATC is not reset back to the "Contact tower ..." dialog. Instead it will continue when you partially finished from before.. Contact tower-> Report Downwind -> Runway vacated. George Patterson

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bug in ATC code.

2005-10-20 Thread George Patterson
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 13:49 +0100, David Luff wrote: > > On 20/10/2005 at 21:40 George Patterson wrote: > > >Hi All, > > > >I have noticed two annoying bugs in the ATC dialog boxes. > > > >When you press ' for the first ATC dialog labelled "ATC

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Santa's r[ae]i?ndeer

2005-10-27 Thread George Patterson
previous test. > > It's corrected now. > > > > What happened to the poor reindeers' antlers? > > V. > Correct me if I am wrong but isn't there supposed to be eight reindeers? What became of the other four? George Patterson ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument Making

2005-11-03 Thread George Patterson
On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 14:19 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > HI > > Anyone know who looks after this site: > > http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/flight_gear/volunteer_opportunities.cfm?wpid=213106 > > It says if anyone can help out - does anyone know if this is still required? > > Regards, > Shelto

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Buildings ?????

2005-11-04 Thread George Patterson
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 05:02 +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:03:10 -0800, Andy wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Mike Kopack wrote: > > > It's not so much an issue of San Fran being BAD, it's just that KSFO > > > is pretty far from downtown. We're talking about smal

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Compiling Flight Gear

2005-11-04 Thread George Patterson
On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 23:19 -0500, Steve Knoblock wrote: > I am trying to compile FG for the first time on Suse Linux 10.0 > following the instructions at > http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/InstallGuide/getstartch2.html > > I downloaded and unpacked SimGear 0.3.8 > plib-1.8.4 > > I ran the install

[Flightgear-devel] B1900d: Fuel consumption when engine has stopped.

2005-11-05 Thread George Patterson
. The C172 doesn't behave properly. (It does not consume fuel unless the engine is running) George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-

RE: [Flightgear-devel] B1900d: Fuel consumption when engine has stopped.

2005-11-05 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 14:37 +0800, Innis Cunningham wrote: > Hi George > > George Patterson writes > > >The C172 doesn't behave properly. (It does not consume fuel unless the > >engine is running) > > Hmm that would seem normal to me maybe I missed some th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Cockpit Models

2005-11-05 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 17:46 +1000, Shelton D'Cruz wrote: > Hi > > Where can I find the actual cockpit models? I looked under > > FlightGear/data/Aircraft/XXX/Models > > but can only find the external plane model not the internal cockpit. > > Regards > Shelton. > Shelton, I believe that yo

RE: [Flightgear-devel] B1900d: Fuel consumption when engine hasstopped.

2005-11-06 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 20:00 +0800, Innis Cunningham wrote: > > > George Patterson writes > > >Oops, that was a typo. I meant the engines continues to consume fuel > >even with engines stopped. > > Thats ok I thought it might be something simple but it did

Re: [Flightgear-devel] CVS "make" error (Cygwin)

2005-11-07 Thread George Patterson
arget `tiny_xdr.cpp', needed by > `tiny_xdr.o'. Stop. > > Can anyone help? > > Kevin. > Kevin, You need to do a make clean and re-./configure before building... The file tiny_xdr.cpp has been renamed tiny_xdr.cxx. George Patterson _

Re: [Flightgear-devel] B1900d: Fuel consumption when engine has stopped.

2005-11-08 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 09:12 -0800, Andy Ross wrote: > George Patterson wrote: > > /engines/engine/fuel-flow-gph[0] is shown as -0.232562 (fluctuates > > rapidly) > > > > /engines/engine/running[0] is shown as false. > > Good catch. The really primitive &qu

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Scenery DB (Was: San Jose)

2005-11-08 Thread George Patterson
as well :) > > A better example is a skyscraper covering a lighting beacon but the rotating > light (white-green) "shines" through the wall of the building. This collision of objects is located within the perimeter of KSFO. Obviously the building does

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Please upgrade to version: 0.9.8

2005-11-08 Thread George Patterson
e files in question so that they are dated with something closer to today's date. Though this could have taken longer than rm -rf src and cvs update. George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Please upgrade to version: 0.9.8

2005-11-08 Thread George Patterson
him his > own with the parts I don't use anymore and those he gets as presents :-) :-) > Joy of fatherhood! > Regards > Georg > Georg, Even the parents should have the occasional Christmas present :-) George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Please upgrade to version: 0.9.8

2005-11-08 Thread George Patterson
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 13:43 +0100, Georg Vollnhals wrote: > >Georg, > > > >Even the parents should have the occasional Christmas present :-) > > > > > >George Patterson > > > > > > > Thanx, just put your mail into my wife's mai

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: B1900D fuel/engines

2005-11-09 Thread George Patterson
/engine/out-of-fuel[0]='true' and > /consumables/fuel/total-fuel-[0]='0.00' > > But the both engines are still running. > > > I hope this is clearer.. > > > George Patterson > > > > Hi George . I am maintaining the b1900d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: uneven brakes mystery

2005-11-09 Thread George Patterson
On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 21:54 +0100, Joacim Persson wrote: > On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > > > Is this the development version (cvs/head)? > > Yes, but it has been the same for shipped versions too. > > How can I tell which version of fgfs I'm running? "fgfs --version" didn't > work

Re: [Flightgear-devel] CVS problems

2005-11-09 Thread George Patterson
re-./configure, etc. George > _______ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d -- George Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Which aircraft to include in v0.9.9?

2005-11-10 Thread George Patterson
adding the b1900d for the above reasons. Drop the ufo as fun as it is for testing purposes it has no cockpit, and can't be verified as to the realism of the flight model. Just my opinion. The Wright Flyer could also be dropped as it's not really flyable (IMO). George Patterson

[Flightgear-devel] Possible bug in yasim (not sure though?)

2005-11-11 Thread George Patterson
what I could do next as I have ran out of debugging ideas? System: AMD64 3200+ 1 GB Memory GeForce 6600GT w/ 128MB George Patterson ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/f

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Review (was: Which aircraft to include in v0.9.9?)

2005-11-11 Thread George Patterson
sion 5.10 of Ubuntu packets exist for the current > release 0.9.8 of FlightGear. The packets may be found here [2]. Last sentence of this paragraph should be "The packages may be found here [2]." -- George Patterson ___ Flightgear-deve

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 0.9.9 repost

2005-11-11 Thread George Patterson
d GA traffic even when > it's disabled by default? /home/dave/FlightGear-0.9.9-pre2/data/Aircraft/c172r/Models/c172-dpm.ac Does this file exist? > > And the callsign thing, is this a multiplayer or ATC message? It's a Multiplayer message -- George Patterson ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Possible bug in yasim (not sure though?)

2005-11-11 Thread George Patterson
On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 10:04 -0800, Andy Ross wrote: > George Patterson wrote: > > I have compiled and installed pre3 and noticed that I was not able > > to load the b1900d > > Yeah, that was me. The patch yesterday for "turn off the engines when > out of fuel&

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Possible bug in yasim (not sure though?)

2005-11-12 Thread George Patterson
On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 22:43 -0500, Josh Babcock wrote: > Curtis L. Olson wrote: > > George Patterson wrote: > > > >> Thanks Andy. > >> > >> I just completed a nice flight from KSFO to KLAX with 3D clouds turned > >> on. Mistakenly misread 25L a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: A380 arrived in EDHI (Hamburg-Finkenwerder)

2005-11-12 Thread George Patterson
On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 19:31 +, Jon Stockill wrote: > Curtis L. Olson wrote: > > > How about a spyware popup ... Oh I see you just typed the word Paris, > > here are some great hotel + airfare combinations you might be interested > > in, and would you like me to search ebay for berets? > > N

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: OT: FYI, mac os x developers,

2005-11-12 Thread George Patterson
ull text sent over > as well, along with the patch, due to the way the website is now managed. This is the first time that someone gave me some insight about how to fg.org web page is managed, not that I asked explicitly on this list. Thanks Vassilii :-) George Patterson _

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: terrain texture question

2005-11-17 Thread George Patterson
thing about snow accumlation in METAR data? > I'm > just curious. > > Ampere > We don't get snow at the local airport. Sleet maybe :-) George Patterson Adelaide, Australia ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Tower Simulator

2005-11-18 Thread George Patterson
ification ? > > Cheers, > Martin. Hmmm.. The time could be right to restart the OpenATC project. :-) George -- George Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flig

Re: [Flightgear-devel] website problem

2005-11-19 Thread George Patterson
Curt, the link is on the front page... I just checked and go the same 404 error. Broken link is http://flightgear.org/Gallery/ on http://flightgear.org/ I'm sure it is something simple. George Patterson On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 05:59 -0600, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Hi Ioan, > >

[Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
Hi all, I have found a bug in the parsing of the --config command line parameter. Starting Flightgear, I noticed that the menu bar is using the default(blue) menu bar rather than the alternative black one. Which indicated that my preferences.xml isn't being loaded, rendering options was "reset" to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 14:51 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: > George Patterson wrote : > > >Hi all, > > > >I have found a bug in the parsing of the --config command line > >parameter. Starting Flightgear, I noticed that the menu bar is using the > >de

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 15:26 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: > George Patterson wrote : > > >On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 14:51 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: > > > > > >>George Patterson wrote : > >> > >>> > >>Does this patch impr

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FG version CVS: Bug in --config command line parameter handling and preferences.xml

2005-12-18 Thread George Patterson
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 15:26 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: > George Patterson wrote : > > >On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 14:51 +0100, Frederic Bouvier wrote: > > > > > >>George Patterson wrote : > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hi all, &