Excellent!
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:50 PM, ThorstenB <bre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the final GUI bits for a new feature are now in fgdata - the last
> feature addition for the 2.4 release from my part... You can
> download/update scenery directly from FlightGear now (main menu:
> Environment => Scenery). Credit for the idea goes to James - bugs are
> mine ;-).
>
> It provides built-in terrasync support - with some advantages:
>
> * Configuration requires a scenery target directory only (your
> "terrasync" directory) and a checkbox to enable. For now, you'll also
> need to provide the terrasync directory as part of your --fg-scenery
> paths (otherwise you won't see downloaded scenery). Maybe we can add the
> directory to the search path internally some time, simplifying things
> even more. Should help anyway (especially new users) in obtaining world
> scenery. Not quite as simple as loading scenery with Google Earth yet -
> but closer...
> Before someone asks: the scenery server address is displayed in the GUI,
> but editing is disabled. Is there any reason (right now), why users
> would want to change? (You could still change using preferences.xml /
> property browser though).
>
> * You can enable/disable scenery download any time using the menu. When
> you notice mid-flight that scenery is missing, just enable the download
> checkbox and wait a bit (depending on your connection speed ;-) ).
>
> * There is also a (still experimental) option to refresh scenery tiles
> once their update is complete. You could "warp" into a new region,
> initially see ocean only (default replacement for missing scenery) and
> eventually see the ocean tiles being replaced by actual scenery. That's
> still experimental though, the update logic requires improvement. Looks
> weird when scenery tiles are removed when the a/c is just parked/rolling
> on them (old scenery disappears for a second before the "fresh" one
> reappears). Also bad on final approach... And the a/c position and
> altitude of clouds may need to be adapted when scenery altitude has
> changed - which is a problem when ocean (sea level) is replaced by
> actual scenery (mountains...). Usually ok to enable the feature
> mid-flight. Otherwise, there is also a manual "refresh" button, so you
> could choose yourself at what time to replace ocean/missing scenery.
>
> The feature reuses the terrasync sources and relies on a subversion
> client. Either using built-in subversion (when "libsvn" is installed,
> which is recommended). Otherwise, fgfs tries calling an external utility
> ("svn") for downloads. All the same as with original terrasync.
> The built-in svn support is enabled for automake right now (use
> "--with_libsvn=no" to disable). It's off by default for cmake builds (we
> could change that, use "ENABLE_LIBSVN" to enable for now). The cmake
> build isn't really well tested yet - except that Hudson seems happy for
> all targets. And as mentioned, I'd need help with cmake if it wasn't
> working properly. And it'd also be good to get Hudson to build the
> Windows/Mac binaries with built-in svn support (seems to do that for
> Linux/automake already).
>
> As usual, report any (new) issues. If you don't like the feature, keep
> the checkbox disabled and the whole thing shouldn't bother you. You can
> keep using manual downloads or the separate terrasync utility as before
> (which lives on), of course.
>
> cheers,
> Thorsten
>
> PS: Yes, a complete update (sg+fg+fgdata) is required for things to
> work.
>
>
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