On Wednesday 24 January 2007 14:54, Stewart Andreason wrote: > I have finally reached a point where I can call it done, with only some > flight-handling details remaining. > So I have a few questions: > > Is there a programmer's guide to nasal and xml? Not really, though there is a homepage for Nasal: http://www.plausible.org/nasal/
> 2nd: > Does the ufo flight model have any variables I can set, to Detect the > ground and stay above it? I think you should be able to pull it off with Nasal by modifying the properties under /positions. > 3rd: > Does the ufo flight model support vertical take offs and landings? > (I see reactor jets in the harrier model, but ...) Possibily, with Nasal, also by modifying properties under /positions. > 4th: > material emissions do not cast light on nearby surfaces. Are there other > light sources available? Unfortunately, no. > 5th, an observation: > It seems there is a ceiling at 262410 ft. above which, there is no black > space. No, I don't expect to fly to the moon, but it would be cool to see > the earth from space. ;) Yeah, that's a bugger. I can't use FG in a presentation for a microsatellite. :( > Screenshots and downloadable files are at: > http://www.geocities.com/sandreas41/flightgear_aircraft.html Looks good. Ampere ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel