> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Martin Spott > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 6:04 PM > To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] More ideas on dogfighting > > James, > > "James Palmer" wrote: > > > Dogfight On/Off Option: (Thanks to Vivian) -I will include > an option > > for turning off dogfighting and still allowing multi player. As > > someone pointed out we don't want some kid shooting down > everyone over > > San Fransisco while everyone else is doing serious flying. > > I'm not certain if it's really the kids we have to fear. I > guess some grown-ups that are going wild are much worse .... ! > In total I don't think such effort is for the benefit of the > FlightGear simulator - well, the regulars on this list will > remember that we already had such discussion several times. > > Putting dogfight and shooting/destroying capabilities into > FlightGear will attract a dubious clientele that no serious > 'pilot' wants to get molested by in their simulated > environment. Certainly some of those people will find enough > different ways to annoy the serious pilot even if he can > block them from shooting him. > > As a consequence I'd propose considering to let this stuff > run in an isolated environment, say a 'sandbox', where it > can't do harm to the rest of us. > > Regards, > Martin. > --
Wasn't FlightGear designed with the idea of NOT doing dogfighting? I think there is someone else out there that does a dogfighting simulation, but the name escapes me right now. Maybe you could search around looking for them, as they already have the ability to dogfight over the net. Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
