Following the report of a Forum user, I've just tested ridge lift near Innsbruck with the ASK-13 with a recent (yesterday) GIT binary. It appears to me that ridge lift is indeed broken in the sense that the number computed and visible under /environment/ridge-lift-fps is fine, but the FDM doesn't react to it - despite +15 fps being displayed in the property browser, my ASK-13 was actually sinking. I've tried both Local Weather and Global Weather - didn't actually make any difference to my findings.
The same user reported that the old-style AI scenario thermals don't work either - I have not tested that, but could it be that in the current environment code just /environment/wind-from-down-fps is used, but not /enviroment/thermal-lift-fps and /environment/ridge-lift-fps? I don't know if future support for AI scenario thermals is something we'd want, but ridge lift is definitely something worth having, and I'd like to know if I should incorporate in Local Weather (with fast elevation-probing routines on the horizon, something that looks like it can be done) or if the implementation we had in 2.0 should stay. Cheers, * Thorsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
