Re: [Flightgear-devel] Updated set of goals?

2003-02-11 Thread Martin Spott
Erik, > Not being able to program much makes one think even harder. > This is a new set of goals I came up with: You made up a very nice list of things I'd _wish_ to see in FlightGear, although the TerraGear stuff is the part that has by far the most appeal to me, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user fri

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Updated set of goals?

2003-02-10 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:58:37 -0500, David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jim Wilson writes: > > > Yes, and it could be handy to turn a c172 into a c310 right after > > engine failure while flying through hells canyon. Or fun to get a > > jet up to mach

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Updated set of goals?

2003-02-10 Thread David Megginson
Jim Wilson writes: > Yes, and it could be handy to turn a c172 into a c310 right after engine > failure while flying through hells canyon. Or fun to get a jet up to mach 1.2 > and > then turn it into a cub. :-) We need to animate the fabric ripping off the wings just before the wooden spars

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Updated set of goals?

2003-02-10 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Jim Wilson writes: > Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >- Add aircraft selection menu > > > > Just to add to this. We should be able to plug and unplug FDM's at this > point, or at least we are close. Being able to interrupt the simulation, > select a different aircraft and FDM and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Updated set of goals?

2003-02-10 Thread Jim Wilson
Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > That is the intention. Selecting a new aircraft *during* flight, > although fun, is not yet needed(*). Yes, and it could be handy to turn a c172 into a c310 right after engine failure while flying through hells canyon. Or fun to get a jet up to mach 1.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Updated set of goals?

2003-02-10 Thread Erik Hofman
Jim Wilson wrote: Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: - Add aircraft selection menu Just to add to this. We should be able to plug and unplug FDM's at this point, or at least we are close. Being able to interrupt the simulation, select a different aircraft and FDM and then reiniting t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Updated set of goals?

2003-02-10 Thread Jim Wilson
Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >- Add aircraft selection menu > Just to add to this. We should be able to plug and unplug FDM's at this point, or at least we are close. Being able to interrupt the simulation, select a different aircraft and FDM and then reiniting the entire system s

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Updated set of goals?

2003-02-10 Thread James Turner
On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 10:09 am, Erik Hofman wrote: Rendering - * Material edge blending This one, and some fractal subdivision of soft-edges, would give far and away the best visual improvement for the current data set, in my opinion. The issues get fairly complex tho

[Flightgear-devel] Updated set of goals?

2003-02-10 Thread Erik Hofman
Hi, Not being able to program much makes one think even harder. This is a new set of goals I came up with: Human factors - * Add language support back in * Add an international font * Sort the list of available aircraft when displaying * Improve exceptions support (or remove it) to