Re: [Flightgear-devel] DHC-6 progress

2005-09-09 Thread flightgear
On Saturday 10 September 2005 08:32, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > > Problems: > > - blender has problems with flipping normals to the outside of the model > > automaticaly, so i had to do that by hand. It is likely that I overlooked > > a surface or two... > > That's not a problem, but a feature. Really

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DHC-6 progress

2005-09-09 Thread Melchior FRANZ
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 10:07:43PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Problems: > - blender has problems with flipping normals to the outside of the model > automaticaly, so i had to do that by hand. It is likely that I overlooked a > surface or two... That's not a problem, but a feature. Really.

[Flightgear-devel] Re: [Terragear-devel] Airport surfaces

2005-09-09 Thread Martin Spott
"Curtis L. Olson" wrote: > My plan is to devote some time in the upcoming weeks to taking a pass > through the terragear code, fixing some known problems, and hopefully > adding a couple of useful features that I've had in the back of my head > for a while. And that would include looking at th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DHC-6 progress

2005-09-09 Thread Martin Spott
Hi Thorben, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Screenshots: [...] These look very promising. The most significant difference to the Twin Otters that I've seen in real life is the lack of floats :-) Cheers, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -

[Flightgear-devel] DHC-6 progress

2005-09-09 Thread flightgear
Hi all. I am making progress with my DHC-6: - added and animated controll surfaces and propellers - added a simple livery (proof of concept) - added a very optimistic FDM (behaves like I think it should) Screenshots: - http://thorben-mit-th.de/files/dhc6-alpha009.jpg - http://thorben-mit-th.de/f

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Announcement: First TerraGear landcover database export

2005-09-09 Thread Jon Stockill
Dave Martin wrote: I think I can get access to a suitable GPS but with fuel prices at £1/litre I think I'm going to be dusting off my bicycle and getting some much-needed exercise ;) Inspired by the charity tube challenge a couple of weeks ago I'm currently considering making use of a day ti

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Announcement: First TerraGear landcover database export

2005-09-09 Thread Dave Martin
On Friday 09 September 2005 18:36, Jon Stockill wrote: > There's anot a huge amount of data there yet, it's still in the very > early stages, but if you own a GPS you could help change that ;-) I think I can get access to a suitable GPS but with fuel prices at £1/litre I think I'm going to be du

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Announcement: First TerraGear landcover database export

2005-09-09 Thread Jon Stockill
Dave Martin wrote: Don't know why I didn't find openstreetmap.org when I was searching about for 'royalty free' mapping last week. Now that you've mentioned the site I'm all grins. Thanks very much Jon. :) There's anot a huge amount of data there yet, it's still in the very early stages, but

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Announcement: First TerraGear landcover database export

2005-09-09 Thread Dave Martin
On Friday 09 September 2005 12:47, Jon Stockill wrote: > Excellent - I'll give it a try. I'm also experimenting with some early > data from openstreetmap.org to add accurate roads to scenery. Don't know why I didn't find openstreetmap.org when I was searching about for 'royalty free' mapping las

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Announcement: First TerraGear landcover

2005-09-09 Thread Martin Spott
Jon Stockill wrote: > Excellent - I'll give it a try. I'm also experimenting with some early > data from openstreetmap.org to add accurate roads to scenery. This is a nice idea, I also consider to import the major streets from TIGER. But before we start adding 'sophisticated' data we need to mak

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Announcement: First TerraGear landcover database export

2005-09-09 Thread Jon Stockill
Martin Spott wrote: Good evening, We proudly present the first export from the TerraGear landcover database or however you prefer to name it. The contents is exactly the same as the landcover data that has previously been used for scenery generation - at least this is the intention. Exce