Andy Ross writes:
> Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> > David, (Andy?)
> >
> > It appears that in the latest cvs, we have lost the ability to control
> > the engines independently.
> 
> This one is mine.  The recent Nasal stuff contains a rework of the
> engine handling to allow for arbitrary numbers of engines, and avoid
> the "why are there 10 engines on the skyhawk?" issue.
> 
> > Previously you could type <Shift-1> <Shift-2> <Shift-3> ... etc. to
> > select an engine.  Then '{' and '}' would select the magnetos.
> > Finally, "space bar" would kick in the starter motor for as long as it
> > was depressed.
> 
> Let me take a look.  I presume you're seeing this with the DC-3?  The
> code (selectEngine(), stepMagnetos() and startEngine() in
> controls.nas) looks more or less correct at first reading.  I'm pretty
> sure I remember testing this with a multiengine aircraft...

For what it's worth, I can control the engines independently if I
manually manipulate the correct properties, so this has to be some
problem with the nasal scripts not setting the properties correctly.

Regards,

Curt.
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Curtis Olson   HumanFIRST Program               FlightGear Project
Twin Cities    curt 'at' me.umn.edu             curt 'at' flightgear.org
Minnesota      http://www.flightgear.org/~curt  http://www.flightgear.org

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