Andy Ross writes: > We're evidently talking past each other. What you say is true. It is > *also* true that, under YASim, you have non-zero pilot offset numbers. > These are (1) defined by the FDM, in conflict with similar definitions > in the model, and (2) in an apparently different coordinate space from > the one the viewer is expecting. > > The viewer must be using those properties > (/sim/view/pilot/x-offset-m), no? How else would the settings by > YASim be affecting the view location?
OK, here's how I had understood things: 1. The FDM sets the plane's lat/lon/alt to the ideal pilot viewpoint. 2. /sim/view/pilot/*-offset-m are properties controlled by the user and/or the view manager, and are added to the lat/lon/alt supplied by the FDM. Here's how Andy understands things: 1. The FDM sets the plane's lat/lon/alt to the origin, which is any arbitrary point on the plane's body. 2. /sim/view/pilot/*-offset-m are properties controlled by the FDM to give the offsets from the origin to the ideal pilot viewpoint. I'd like to reserve the /sim/view properties literally for allowing the user to move around inside (or outside) the plane. If my #1 is not correct, perhaps we should all the FDMs to put offsets somewhere under the FDM hierarchy. All the best, David -- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
