Re: [Flightgear-devel] [RFC] swap chase views
On Tue, 10 May 2005 12:42:48 +0200, Melchior wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > PS: or is it called "Helicopter View" because a helicopter exposes the > silliness of this view most impressively? :-} ..an idea to build upon, call it "Debug Heli View". ;o) ..expose it with the other experimental stuff, hide it for standard usage, whatever that is. ;o) > PPS: one person ever complained about the "Chase View", because it > made him "dizzy", but I don't think that's representative. There's > medication available for such symptoms! ;-) ..hush! ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
Re: [Flightgear-devel] [RFC] swap chase views
Melchior FRANZ wrote: Anyone preferring "Helicopter View"? Yes, me. While the "Chase view" is a nice demonstration of the viewer code, I think most people prefer the "Helicopter view" because it doesn't have the problem of the view going out of sync with gravity. Erik ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
[Flightgear-devel] [RFC] swap chase views
Sorry for yet another RFC. But this is something that I have since a long time in my personal copy, and I think it should be considered for CVS: We have two chase views: view[1]: "Helicopter View" view[2]: "Chase View" The so-called "Helicopter View" should actually be called "Cheesy View" or "Camera on a long invisible stick mounted to the fuselage". If you apply rudder/anti-torque the effect is that the aircraft stays fixed, but the scenery swings left and right. I consider this view unusable except for some very few cases, such as viewing taildraggers on ground or crashed aircraft. In these cases the "Chase View" is unsuitable, because it tilts and doesn't provide a natural view orientation. That's less than 0.01% of all cases where I use outside view, though. So the obvious fix for me was to swap view[1] and view[2], because I didn't want to always press v and V twice so as to skip the silly "Helicopter View". Consistency with obsolete fgfs versions and habits are IMHO no justification for having the "exotic" chase view first. Anyone preferring "Helicopter View"? m. PS: or is it called "Helicopter View" because a helicopter exposes the silliness of this view most impressively? :-} PPS: one person ever complained about the "Chase View", because it made him "dizzy", but I don't think that's representative. There's medication available for such symptoms! ;-) ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
