On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 09:31 -0700, pebble garden wrote: > Ron, you wrote, > > >> 2. In-game chat, ideally with tunable private and global channels, > so > >> a teacher could communicate with their student without spamming the > >> global chat. > > > > This is doable now. Under View->Rendering Options check "Enable > chat > > messages" then open the chat window under View->Chat to input your > text. > > Is this part of the CVS build? I'm still using the last 'official' > release -- 0.9.10, not CVS, and I can't find this function in either > the in-game View menu or the Advanced options in my fgrun (I'm using > the Win version of FG).
Yes, it is about 5 months old in CVS. > > I've used it a few times, it seems to work. > > > >> 3. Shared cockpit, even if one person must remain as a passive > >> ride-along. Preferably with shared instrument readings. > > > >Passive ride-along should be doable now, as well: > >See Docs/README.IO: > > > > example to slave one copy of fgfs to another > > > > fgfs1: --native=socket,out,30,fgfs2,5500,udp > > fgfs2: --native=socket,in,30,,5500,udp --fdm=external > > > > This instructs the first copy of fgfs to send UDP packets in the > > native format to a machine called fgfs2 on port 5500. > > > > This will let you ride with a student, or a student ride with you. > > Cool! I'll have to check this out. Again, is this a CVS version > function, or will it work on 0.9.10? I think this one will work on 0.9.10. Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
