[Flightgear-devel] field of view script

2003-12-09 Thread Jim Wilson
This works nicely, but I don't think you need to have a lower limit on the FOV (or it should be very low). Best, Jim ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] field of view script

2003-12-09 Thread Andy Ross
Jim Wilson wrote: This works nicely, but I don't think you need to have a lower limit on the FOV (or it should be very low). Actually, the lower limit is the coolest part: it matches typical visual accuity, and is tuned to the actual pixel resolution. When you zoom in to the maximum, you're

Re: [Flightgear-devel] field of view script

2003-12-09 Thread Jim Wilson
Andy Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Jim Wilson wrote: This works nicely, but I don't think you need to have a lower limit on the FOV (or it should be very low). Actually, the lower limit is the coolest part: it matches typical visual accuity, and is tuned to the actual pixel resolution.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] field of view script

2003-12-09 Thread Andy Ross
Jim Wilson wrote: Ummm...why does this matter? Why wouldn't it? :) Andy ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] field of view script

2003-12-09 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Andy Ross writes: Jim Wilson wrote: Ummm...why does this matter? Why wouldn't it? :) It would be nice to be able to at least be able overzoom and simulate a telephoto lens (as before.) Regards, Curt. -- Curtis Olson HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities

Re: [Flightgear-devel] field of view script

2003-12-09 Thread Andy Ross
Curtis L. Olson wrote: It would be nice to be able to at least be able overzoom and simulate a telephoto lens (as before.) This is mind bogglingly easy to fix. But what is the desired behavior? What I want is a limit that will tell me when I've zoomed to as far as a human pilot would actually

Re: [Flightgear-devel] field of view script

2003-12-09 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Andy Ross writes: This is mind bogglingly easy to fix. But what is the desired behavior? What I want is a limit that will tell me when I've zoomed to as far as a human pilot would actually be able to see from the cockpit. What do you guys want? If you want to overzoom only from the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] field of view script

2003-12-09 Thread Jim Wilson
Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Andy Ross writes: This is mind bogglingly easy to fix. But what is the desired behavior? What I want is a limit that will tell me when I've zoomed to as far as a human pilot would actually be able to see from the cockpit. What do you guys

RE: [Flightgear-devel] field of view script

2003-12-09 Thread Norman Vine
Andy Ross writes: Again, IMHO it's a realism thing. Computer monitors don't have the spacial resolution that an eye does, so we have to allow for zoom. But pilots don't usually have telescopes in the cockpit, so it should by default be limited to something approximating real life. The