re: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-05 Thread Christopher S Horler
Jim, Yes that was it! The cockpits look *much* nicer changing to one millimeter. Any chance of a screenshot (when 'vtol' is 0.001f) of the panel, and maybe a comparison with the old one? Chris. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

re: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-05 Thread Christopher S Horler
Thanks Jim, On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 15:09, Jim Wilson wrote: With the p51d the top of the stick always looked weird. The trim knobs were ok but a little off and there were lots of distortions in the engine controller. Those parts all look a lot smoother now:

re: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-05 Thread David Megginson
Christopher S Horler writes: Presumably this would only affect the time it takes to run ssgStripify, having no detrimental performance issues? I'd be surprised if it even had much of an effect on ssgStripify. All the best, David ___

re: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-04 Thread David Megginson
David Megginson writes: Here's what I think is the offending PLIB code, at the top of src/ssg/ssgOptimiser.cxx: static float optimise_vtol [3] = { 0.01f, /* DISTANCE_SLOP = One centimeter */ 0.04f, /* COLOUR_SLOP = Four percent */ 0.004f, /* TEXCOORD_SLOP =

re: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-04 Thread Jim Wilson
David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Here's what I think is the offending PLIB code, at the top of src/ssg/ssgOptimiser.cxx: static float optimise_vtol [3] = { 0.01f, /* DISTANCE_SLOP = One centimeter */ 0.04f, /* COLOUR_SLOP = Four percent */ 0.004f, /*

re: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-04 Thread Jim Wilson
David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: David Megginson writes: Here's what I think is the offending PLIB code, at the top of src/ssg/ssgOptimiser.cxx: static float optimise_vtol [3] = { 0.01f, /* DISTANCE_SLOP = One centimeter */ 0.04f, /* COLOUR_SLOP =

RE: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-04 Thread Norman Vine
David Megginson writes: David Megginson writes: Here's what I think is the offending PLIB code, at the top of src/ssg/ssgOptimiser.cxx: static float optimise_vtol [3] = { 0.01f, /* DISTANCE_SLOP = One centimeter */ 0.04f, /* COLOUR_SLOP = Four percent */

RE: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-04 Thread Jim Wilson
Norman Vine [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: David Megginson writes: David Megginson writes: Here's what I think is the offending PLIB code, at the top of src/ssg/ssgOptimiser.cxx: static float optimise_vtol [3] = { 0.01f, /* DISTANCE_SLOP = One centimeter */

Re: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-03 Thread Jim Wilson
Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Jim Wilson wrote: Actually it looks like Steve Baker did originally. Here is a relevant thread that folks might find interesting reading.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-03 Thread Erik Hofman
Jim Wilson wrote: Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Jim Wilson wrote: I have narrowed the problem down to the triangulation. The stripify function is somehow screwing up the ordering of vertices and is creating triangles that use vertices that originate on two completely different polygons.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-03 Thread Jim Wilson
Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Jim Wilson wrote: Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Jim Wilson wrote: I have narrowed the problem down to the triangulation. The stripify function is somehow screwing up the ordering of vertices and is creating triangles that use vertices that

RE: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-03 Thread Norman Vine
Jim Wilson writes: For those who aren't sure what this is about here are a couple of screenshots: http://www.spiderbark.com/fgfs/ac3dknob.png http://www.spiderbark.com/fgfs/ppeknob.png The is just the knob and trigger off the top of the stick from the p51d model. The first is in ac3d.

RE: [Flightgear-devel] AC file loader (Was: AN225)

2003-10-03 Thread Jim Wilson
Norman Vine [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Jim Wilson writes: For those who aren't sure what this is about here are a couple of screenshots: http://www.spiderbark.com/fgfs/ac3dknob.png http://www.spiderbark.com/fgfs/ppeknob.png The is just the knob and trigger off the top of the stick