On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:01:37 +1200, dene wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi Arnt, > > If you mean time and date headers that correspond to "Real-Time" for > project teams developing "Live" like CD's they may cause > problems..you and I and the rest of the project team want KOSH to be > in the AirVenture configuration at the moment... ..yup. ;o) > but "now" doesn't fall within the time/date header parameters... > would a "Special Events" check list be more flexible? ..you mean as an FG start-up menu entry? That and airventure.apt.gz and other.special.events.apt.gz's etc will work ok for us (FG) but not for xplane so they have to do a similar hack. > Similair to selecting a starup RWY, you select a/or series of "Special > Event" configurations... > This could cater for AirVenture, WarBirds over Wanaka, Farnham or any > other event that causes changes to an airport. ..aye. > I know from my experience with FGTools, FGFS and TaxiDraw that parsing > the APT file is not trivial ...the downside is of course the need for > a SpecialAPT.DAT to cater for this and the inherent support and > maintenance needed. > > Mind you your say does mean that if I fly over the area( quite > randomly) and it happens to fall within the 24 July-30 July timeframe > the AI scenarios may also be active and the sky would be filled with > planes... ;-) ..like in RL, that's the idea, yes. > Cheers > :-D ene > > > not sure if folks on this list care, or are aware ... but Ben > > > Supnik has made a couple of RFC type posts to one of the x-plane > > > lists, talking about a new design for the airport data coming from > > > Robin Peel. > > > > > > This is apparently the spec that is emerging from those > > > conversations. > > > > > > http://www.x-plane.org/home/robinp/Apt850.htm > > > >..this proposal may improve things, but will not work for KOSH: > >http://80.239.32.252/notams/notam06.pdf and > >http://airventure.org/atc/ > > > >..the above changes can be done in several ways, but all of these > >ways require a "time" or "date" header, and headers for _temporary_ > >or _recurring_ changes to the airport. > >E.G. KOSH effectively ceases to exist during AirVenture, and > >"KOSH-SOUTH" and "KOSH-NORTH" or somesuch replaces it. > > > >..given timed headers, Robin's apt850 could last 5 years with > >no change for KOSH, the AirVenture dates has been set for the > >next 5 years. -- ..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@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
