Hi Dave, thank you very much for your very prompt and detailed answer! Dave Culp schrieb: > I like the screenshots :) > > > I too. Therefore a made some of them. Here are two more:
http://home.arcor.de/vollnhals-bremen/Soaring/fgfs-screen-030006.jpg http://home.arcor.de/vollnhals-bremen/Soaring/fgfs-screen-021005.jpg >> Problem Nr 1: >> ... that "the entries can be overridden by an aircraft's >> **-set.xml* file". >> > > > I know there are some here who don't like the "demonstrator" concept, and > maybe we can argue about this again :) > > No, this was/is not my intention. This is just perfect for beginners. The solution for me is to give the changed *-set.xml file together with the upcoming sceneries, so people can copy it into the SG 2-33 folder. Generally spoken, it would be a good idea for the *future* that we could have several instances of an aircraft. Today we have to copy all the stuff belonging to the aircraft to get two slightly different ones. That is not the solution. But if we just could have a second "Schweizer" folder with a changed *-set.xml file and all other (unchanged) files from the original Schweizer folder are referenced then we could have two aircraft entries in our FG aircraft list - "Schweizer Demonstrator" and "Schweizer" :-) > >> Problem Nr 3: >> The 3d aircraft is not visible from inside. So when you look around for >> the thermal cap (or want to fix a point at the earth over the downwing >> when having catched the thermal upwind successfully) you have no reference. >> I know pretty well that it is only a 2d-panel and I can live with this >> but is it a big problem to display the 3D a/c model from inside >> (naturally with the 2d display only at one view-point like other a/c >> have it). >> > > > I have a 3D cockpit on my local copy, but I haven't submitted it because it's > a lot uglier than the 2D cockpit. I'll send it to you if you like. It could > still use some work. For example, I don't have a 3D variometer instrument > yet. > > > Yes, if you could send the 3D-cockpit to me, that would be fine for some testing. But I have still to ask whether it could be done without big work for you to display the parts of the existing Schweizer *.ac 3-d model from the inside view (pilot view). If I look at the a/c in Blender I can see that there are even seats, pedals, a stick-handle and a panel (with a decorating graphic). http://home.arcor.de/vollnhals-bremen/Soaring/SchweizerInnen.jpg There are still some other aircraft in our FG hangar without 3-d-panel (only 2d) but you can see the 3-d-aircraft parts when you move your view, the 2d-panel disappears until you get your view back to the front. Could that be done with the Schweizer the same way? Or is it a real *big* part of work to get this "inside" views? >> Problem Nr 4: >> The windshield yaw-string moves only a little in normal flight, even >> heavily uncoordinated one. After the Schweizer is on the ground without >> movement it indicates the actual wind-direction (not proofed). I would >> expect some more visible movement ie in slip movement. >> > > I set the drawstring movement from 25-yr memory, so I'm not surprised if it > doesn't look right. This can easily be changed in the instrument panel code, > looking for the yaw string rotation animation. Note that this is 2D panel > code, so for a 3D panel you'll have to make a whole new string. > > > Same for me. It is more then 35 years that I had some glider flights with an instructor. Cannot remember exactly, was just an old impression, might be true or not. Will ask a collegue for that (who is still an active glider pilot). > Dave > > > Thankyou once again, I am still enjoying these AI-thermal and soaring features. Georg EDDW ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
