Curt wrote:
>FlightGear supports any 3d model format that OSG has a loader/plugin for.
>There must be some sort of model
>conversion path from MSFS given the right set of tools. One thing that would
>be really cool is if someone could
>figure out the MSFS model animation scheme and write some sort of conversion
>utility or migration assistant to help
>with model animations. Cockpits might be another issue, and of course flight
>dynamics are an issue. So the
>process isn't trivial, but someone looking to do a quick migration test could
>plug in a similar dynamics model as a
>place holder until they can come back and do more detailed work on that front.
The tool-chain I thought about (based on the forum discussion) is an python
plugin to Blender to output XML animation fragments. That would hopefully allow
users to import (say) LightWave objects then output .ac files and some XML
animation code. Then "all" they need to do is include an FDM and some wrappers.
I'm sure it's the sort of thing that Melchior could create in an hour or two ;)
<ducks>
-Stuart
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