smoke was Re: [Flightgear-devel] Free simulator of the Frecce Tricoloriaerobatic jet
Vivian Meazza wrote: Dave Culp ... snip ... The present system makes smoke/contrails by releasing AI objects rapidly. There are three problems with it now: 1) Orienting the objects properly. Only applies for long (i.e. cylindrical, rectangular) models. 2) Matching the release rate to the airplane's speed. 3) Making a smoke model that merges well with the others. I've heard (on this list) that this may be a plib limitation. It may require the use of a different visual model, like billboards or particle fields. On the other hand, maybe a whole new tactic is needed. I think Harald is working on this as an offshoot of his 3d clouds. I'm quite sure we can't do better with the AI ballistic approach as it stands. Vivian Not really working on it atm becaue I need to advance on the shader code and in the meantime I did some profiling on FG, but yes I was thinking of adding a 'smoke' animation that can be parametrable and with plausible physics. Harald. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
Re: smoke was Re: [Flightgear-devel] Free simulator of the Frecce Tricoloriaerobatic jet
Le jeudi 28 juillet 2005 à 19:07 +0200, Harald JOHNSEN a écrit : I think Harald is working on this as an offshoot of his 3d clouds. I'm quite sure we can't do better with the AI ballistic approach as it stands. Vivian Not really working on it atm becaue I need to advance on the shader code and in the meantime I did some profiling on FG, but yes I was thinking of adding a 'smoke' animation that can be parametrable and with plausible physics. Harald. When you will be working on smoke animation, i'll follow closely your work, because i guess that could solve, and open the way for water turbulences animation during a seaplane take off -- Gerard ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
