re: [Flightgear-devel] Good news?

2002-07-05 Thread Jim Wilson
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Gene Buckle writes: > > > It was announced today that Blender (a 3D modelling tool) will be released > > as open source. See http://www.blender3d.com for more info. > > > > Might this be a good tool for doing buildings & airframes? > > It has be

RE: [Flightgear-devel] re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: FlightGear/src/Controls controls.cxx,1.21,1.22 controls.hxx,1.21,1.22

2002-07-05 Thread Jon Berndt
> ...or, between aircraft for in-flight refuelling? > > ..(during the Falklands War, the Britts tested refuelling of Harriers > and Sea Harriers, from ships, in-hover refuelling, believe I saw this > in Air Progress magazine in the mid 80'ies.) exactly. smime.p7s Description: application/pk

Re: [Flightgear-devel] re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: FlightGear/src/Controls controls.cxx,1.21,1.22 controls.hxx,1.21,1.22

2002-07-05 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 14:37:10 -0500, "Jon Berndt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > FWIW, JSBSim sets no maximum for number of tanks. I'm not sure how > this might be affected by lack of ability to control them. Also, is > there a standard way to select a source tank a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Customized Joystick Bindings and Autodetection

2002-07-05 Thread Julian Foad
David Megginson wrote: > > I've just checked in a new patch for automatic joystick type detection > (where available). NOTE: it will work *only* if you have a recent (2 > months or so) CVS version of plib. The present sets of bindings result in the throttle being "squared" about its centre, wh

re: [Flightgear-devel] Good news?

2002-07-05 Thread David Megginson
Gene Buckle writes: > It was announced today that Blender (a 3D modelling tool) will be released > as open source. See http://www.blender3d.com for more info. > > Might this be a good tool for doing buildings & airframes? It has been so far. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [E

[Flightgear-devel] Good news?

2002-07-05 Thread Gene Buckle
It was announced today that Blender (a 3D modelling tool) will be released as open source. See http://www.blender3d.com for more info. Might this be a good tool for doing buildings & airframes? g. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Flightgear-devel] re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS: FlightGear/src/Controls controls.cxx,1.21,1.22 controls.hxx,1.21,1.22

2002-07-05 Thread Jon Berndt
> > The only question is how high to set MAX_TANKS. Eight? Twelve? > > Sixteen? > > Is there a reason to have a maximum? (Does the property system > require it?) I always prefer to allocate as necessary to avoid predefined > limits. As soon as you set a limit, someone will come along with an >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Custom Config for Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback

2002-07-05 Thread Christopher S Horler
I've got MS Sidewinder Precision 2, but I'm guessing that it would be similar to Frederic's. Also I only use some of the buttons (the top hat for view, 2 buttons for trim and two for flaps, 1 for brakes, and obviously the axis for yaw, roll, pitch, and thrust - leaving 3 unconfigured buttons).

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Customized Joystick Bindings and Autodetection

2002-07-05 Thread Julian Foad
I (Julian Foad) wrote: > > For my Saitek "Cyborg 3D Gold USB" joystick, that gave: > > Joystick test program. > ~~ > Joystick 0: "Microsoft PC-joystick driver" > Joystick 1 not detected > ... > > which is presumably because I haven't bothered to install Saitek's dr

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ANN: Customized Joystick Bindings and Autodetection

2002-07-05 Thread Julian Foad
David Megginson wrote: > > I've just checked in a new patch for automatic joystick type detection > (where available). NOTE: it will work *only* if you have a recent (2 > months or so) CVS version of plib. > ... > > Please send me your bindings for your own device. Under Linux, you > can find