On lundi 08 décembre 2008, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > Heiko wrote: > > The clouds looking great now- the order problem is 99% solved so much as > > I can see! > > Yes - I think we're pretty much done. > > > I see only some few problems still: > > > > -against a second 3d-clouds layer, the problem with z-drawing appears > > again > > I don't know how to solve this at the moment. Sorry :( > > > -setting "thunderstorm": the clouds has this transparency problem again, > > perfomance is weak, no lightning and thunder back (o.k. missing > > feature....) maybe (just an idea) we can create a special set of a > > thunderstorm which is loaded instead the usual set which seems to be > > changed for fitting. > > The Thuderstorm scenario has a very specific METAR. We could easily change > this to something that looks better. > > One of the enhancements I'd like to make after the release is to allow the > scenario METAR strings to be defined in a properties file, so a user can > "save" METARs they want to fly in the future. > > > -ns and st-layers covers now full, but also decrease dramatically the > > fps. Even on my fast machine I only get around 8-12fps- not usuable! > > Maybe it helps a bit if we couple the cloud visibility range with the > > generell visibility. > > Or we should use of the old, 2d-layers instead! > > I don't think we're likely to find massive performance improvements, so > I think using 2-D layers for stratus might be the best solution for the > moment. > > This is very easy to do : The 3D cloud code defaults to a 2D layer if it > can't find an appropriate cloud definition in the cloudlayers.xml file. So, > you can simple remove the <st> and <ns> sections from cloudlayers.xml. > > If you agree, I'll look at doing that tonight. This may also help with the > Thunderstorm scenario. > > -Stuart > > An other snapshoot, feedback, with metar. Getting the same blue edge than with thunderstorm. May be it is my graphic card
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/3DClouds-img9.jpg -- Gérard http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/ J'ai décidé d'être heureux parce que c'est bon pour la santé. Voltaire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
