I've added a new command, property-randomize. It sets a random value within a range specified by the user, like this:
<binding> <command>property-randomize</command> <property>/environment/pressure-sea-level-inhg</property> <min>27.92</min> <max>31.92</max> </binding> Just for fun, I've added a couple of entries to the menu to demonstrate the new command (well, the first one has real training applications). 1. Location/Random Attitude --------------------------- The three most dreaded words for any flying student are "cover your eyes" -- they mean that the instructor is about the put the airplane into an unusual attitude (often a spiral or a stall), and you'll have a couple of seconds to open your eyes, figure out what's wrong, and fix it as soon as she or he shouts "RECOVER!" It's fun in VMC, but it's a blast under the hood. Now FlightGear has its own Virtual Sadistic Instructor to do this for you. Just select the Location/Random Attitude menu entry, and FlightGear will instantly put the plane into a ridiculous attitude, no eye-covering required. For extra fun, try it in IMC 500 feet above the ground: fgfs --altitude=500 --vc=110 --visibility=50 Then, as soon as the program starts, select the "Random Attitude" entry and try to recover. Once you can see the ground, it's probably too late. 2. Weather/Random Weather ------------------------- Until now, in FlightGear every day has been a good flying day. Not any more -- select Weather/Random Weather and you can get good or crappy weather any day, just like in real life. Some day we'll do a good job of this; for now, it just sets some random and not always consistent values -- for example, you might get heavy fog with a 40 degC dewpoint spread, or -40 degC at the equator. We'll work on it (or perhaps climate change will catch up with us first). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel