I wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivian Meazza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 November 2007 23:20 > To: 'FlightGear developers discussions' > Subject: [ANN] - Buccaneer - Back seat ride > > > Hi, > > Tonight we carried out our first ride in the backseat of a > Buccaneer over MP, thanks to some excellent recent work by > Melchior and Anders. AJ was the intrepid Observer/passenger, > and reported himself well pleased with the experience. > > To try it you need the Pilot and Observer on MP in the > Buccaneer, and then the Observer selects the Model Cockpit > View (V/v), then cycles through the cockpit views (Q/q) until > he reaches the back seat of the Buccaneer. That's it - the > Pilot can then fly with his Observer aboard. Sick bag might > be necessary :-). > > Only available in cvs, of course, and there's much work to be > done to both generalise this to all mp aircraft, and to > provide the appropriate facilities and connectivity in the > backseat so that the Observer can be more than just a > passenger. AJ was navigating using the MPMap, so that's a start. > > Anders is hard at work extending this into a co-pilot > facility - watch this space. Meanwhile - if you are on MP > we're aboard and watching you :-). > > Regards > > Vivian >
P.S. Clipping plane problems mean that this only works properly in OSG. We can probably fix it quite quickly in plib, but haven't thought through the consequences yet. V. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
