Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wiki updates

2006-06-05 Thread simon
Martin Spott wrote: > simon wrote: > >> There's definitely issues with crossover between existing documentation >> (FAQ, User Manual, docs-mini) and what's on or will be on the wiki. I >> don't think everything belongs on the wiki due to current conversion >> limitations (ie. wiki -> pdf) and perh

[Flightgear-devel] JSBSim Wiki

2006-06-05 Thread Jon S. Berndt
Well, SourceForge seems to have temporarily lost the ability to post to the JSBSim mailing list, so, if I may, here's one that I'd like to publicize: [Inspired by the new FlightGear Wiki] I have set up a Wiki for JSBSim. This should help in creating a "living", online, reference for JSBSim. You c

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Tides in FlightGear?

2006-06-05 Thread Josh Babcock
Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Martin Doege wrote: > >> However, calculating the tide for a given coordinate is probably the >> lesser problem here (one can use xtide's output for reference, etc.) >> My main issue is whether the visualization of the tidal effects can >> somehow be done with e.g. a Nasa

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wiki updates

2006-06-05 Thread Dave Culp
On Monday 05 June 2006 03:16 pm, simon wrote: > The port from the old seedwiki to the new mediawiki > (http://wiki.flightgear.org) has been completed. Thanks Simon, The old wiki wouldn't display my XML code snippets right, and this one does so I consider it a vast improvement. Dave

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Lee Elliot-ComperSwift

2006-06-05 Thread dene maxwell
>On Sunday 04 June 2006 09:46, dene maxwell wrote: > > Hi Lee, > > I have some questions regarding the ComperSwift; > > > > I would like to use it in the FGLive-KOSH CD being put > > together by Arnt... i know under GPL I don't have to ask for > > permission but would like your comment... particula

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wiki updates

2006-06-05 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:28 + (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: ... > by actually contributing _content_ ? ..in precisely that process, building a new GVAC Cape Verde out of your VMap1 data and then KOSH, I am trying to get TerraGear built: http://80.239.32.252/terrorgea

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] First flight lesson

2006-06-05 Thread Thomas Förster
Am Samstag 03 Juni 2006 20:09 schrieb Ralf Gerlich: > Hi all, > > following the tradition of reporting on the progress of the respective > pilot's license on flightgear-devel, today it's my turn as today I had > my very first flight lesson for the Sport Pilot's License for very light > aircraft (Ul

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread Lee Elliott
On Sunday 04 June 2006 08:40, Georg Vollnhals wrote: > Josh Babcock schrieb: > > AJ MacLeod wrote: > >> My only request at this stage is an easy one - that the > >> aircraft starts off with the parking brake engaged. There > >> are few things more irritating than having the fg screen > >> fade in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Lee Elliot-CompterSwift

2006-06-05 Thread Lee Elliott
On Sunday 04 June 2006 09:46, dene maxwell wrote: > Hi Lee, > I have some questions regarding the ComperSwift; > > I would like to use it in the FGLive-KOSH CD being put > together by Arnt... i know under GPL I don't have to ask for > permission but would like your comment... particularly as I'm >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Wiki updates

2006-06-05 Thread Martin Spott
simon wrote: > There's definitely issues with crossover between existing documentation > (FAQ, User Manual, docs-mini) and what's on or will be on the wiki. I > don't think everything belongs on the wiki due to current conversion > limitations (ie. wiki -> pdf) and perhaps even control issues,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Startup Position ..was ..Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* dene maxwell -- Monday 05 June 2006 23:34: > And this is the question when I generally get flamed ;-] ..is the nasal > script able to be used in 098a? Yes. If not, then it's only the missing definition of props.copy(). You can safely copy that from the cvs version of $FG_ROOT/Nasal/props.n

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Startup Position ..was ..Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread dene maxwell
And this is the question when I generally get flamed ;-] ..is the nasal script able to be used in 098a? :-D ene >From: Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: FlightGear developers discussions > >To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Startup Pos

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Startup Position ..was ..Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* dene maxwell -- Monday 05 June 2006 23:18: [http://members.aon.at/mfranz/flightgear/ac_state.nas] > Is this specified on a per airport basis ie if I park up at NZWN then > next-time start at NZPP where will I be? At NZWN, of course. How could the aircraft suddenly be at NZPP when you left it i

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Object without texture issue

2006-06-05 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Jakub Skibiński schrieb: > I am newbie, so excuse my ignorance :) > > With Blender I create an object, add texture (.rgb). Blender renders the > object, texture is drawn etc. > Then I export my object to an '.ac' file and copy it into proper FG > scenery directory along with the texture file. When

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Startup Position ..was ..Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread dene maxwell
Is this specified on a per airport basis ie if I park up at NZWN then next-time start at NZPP where will I be? And if you leave the lights on does the battery go flat? ;-) :-D ene >From: Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: FlightGear developers discussions > >To: flightgear-devel@li

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Object without texture issue

2006-06-05 Thread Paul Surgeon
On Monday 05 June 2006 21:25, Jakub Skibiński wrote: > I am newbie, so excuse my ignorance :) > > With Blender I create an object, add texture (.rgb). Blender renders the > object, texture is drawn etc. > Then I export my object to an '.ac' file and copy it into proper FG > scenery directory along

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* dene maxwell -- Monday 05 June 2006 22:32: > I hace always liked this idea, I know that "Start-Up" positions can be > specified in TaxiDraw and [...] > It would be an added touch of realisism IMHO I use ac_state.nas[1], which puts the aircraft where you left it last time. This is even more real

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Object without texture issue

2006-06-05 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Monday 05 June 2006 20:25, Jakub Skibiński wrote: > I am newbie, so excuse my ignorance :) We are all ignorant about something. Some of us are very ignorant about most things :-) > Then I export my object to an '.ac' file and copy it into proper FG > scenery directory along with the texture f

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread dene maxwell
I hace always liked this idea, I know that "Start-Up" positions can be specified in TaxiDraw and are used in X-Plane (refer http://x-plane.org/home/robinp/apt840.htm ). It would be an added touch of realisism IMHO :-D ene >From: Detlef Faber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: FlightGear developer

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread Josh Babcock
Georg Vollnhals wrote: > > Hi Josh, > although I can't understand why someone would like to start a flightsim > session with programmed trouble (=aircraft not in a stable position) I > accept the argument that the status of the aircraft should be set up > separately, ie in the preferences file

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread dene maxwell
True...point taken :-D ene From: Josh Babcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: FlightGear developers discussions To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:51:00 -0400 dene maxwell wrote: > My penny's worth...I agree... no e

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread Josh Babcock
AJ MacLeod wrote: > I'm not claiming having the parking brake set at this point is the height of > realism, just that it's slightly less bad than the alternative. I've still > not heard a convincing reason why FG starting up with out of control runaway > aircraft is a good idea... I don't hav

[Flightgear-devel] Wiki updates

2006-06-05 Thread simon
Hello, The port from the old seedwiki to the new mediawiki (http://wiki.flightgear.org) has been completed. All links and content should be restored - if you find something missing or incorrect then let me know. Wiki backups (sql+images) can be found here : http://hellosimon.org/backups/ If an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Object without texture issue

2006-06-05 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Jakub Skibiński -- Monday 05 June 2006 21:25: > With Blender I create an object, add texture (.rgb). Blender renders the > object, texture is drawn etc. > Then I export my object to an '.ac' file and copy it into proper FG > scenery directory along with the texture file. When running FG my object

[Flightgear-devel] Object without texture issue

2006-06-05 Thread Jakub Skibiński
I am newbie, so excuse my ignorance :) With Blender I create an object, add texture (.rgb). Blender renders the object, texture is drawn etc. Then I export my object to an '.ac' file and copy it into proper FG scenery directory along with the texture file. When running FG my object exists, but it

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Property Browser: old dog, new tricks

2006-06-05 Thread Stefan Seifert
Melchior FRANZ wrote: > I don't have a scroll mouse, because I don't like them. The middle > button is too important on Unix to put a disturbing wheel there. > Fortunately, there are other developers who could do this. All you > need is a lot of patience, as getting plib patches committed isn't > t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Montag, den 05.06.2006, 14:56 +0100 schrieb AJ MacLeod: > On Monday 05 June 2006 13:43, Josh Babcock wrote: > > How many pilots still have their parking brakes set at the runway > > threshold? > > These same pilots will (hopefully :-) have been in control of the plane for a > good while leadin

[Flightgear-devel] ..terrorgear in /opt: ./configure --no-see-plib --never-ever --basta!

2006-06-05 Thread Arnt Karlsen
Hi, ..same box, new disk, same plan, terrorgear in /opt, Plib, SimGear and TerraGear from cvs, OpenAL, FreeAlut, gpc-2.32 from source, in /opt, Debian libgts-dev, libnewmat10-dev, libalut-dev, libopenal-dev in /usr like deb's should to avoid hassle, and saying so (AFAIKI) in the cli. " ./configure

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Josh Babcock schrieb: > dene maxwell wrote: >> My penny's worth...I agree... no experience IRL ...it's one of the first >> things I do in FG is engage the P-brake while I set up the radio/AP ...I'm >> working through my hanger to set this as default for all AC. >> :-D ene >> > > My point though,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Monday 05 June 2006 13:43, Josh Babcock wrote: > How many pilots still have their parking brakes set at the runway > threshold? These same pilots will (hopefully :-) have been in control of the plane for a good while leading up to this point. In FG, we're suddenly dumped there, with the plane

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Tides in FlightGear?

2006-06-05 Thread Martin Doege
Well, I'd be careful with such assumptions. You're correct in thatFreeBSD-6.0 is not recommended for heavy-load production use (say FTP service with 3k simultaneous connections, I don't know if'ftp.cdrom.com' still exists).Still you can assume that it eaily handles 1 GByte of RAM and more. Mybet i

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread Josh Babcock
dene maxwell wrote: > My penny's worth...I agree... no experience IRL ...it's one of the first > things I do in FG is engage the P-brake while I set up the radio/AP ...I'm > working through my hanger to set this as default for all AC. > :-D ene > My point though, is that you only have to change

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread Josh Babcock
AJ MacLeod wrote: > On Sunday 04 June 2006 04:24, Josh Babcock wrote: > >>Hmm, rather than force everyone to start with the P-brake engaged, why >>don't you just set it in your preferences.xml file? This is the sort of >>thing that really has nothing to to with the aircraft, and everything to >>do

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Property Browser: old dog, new tricks

2006-06-05 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Frederic Bouvier -- Monday 05 June 2006 14:02: > Melchior FRANZ a écrit : > > All you need is a lot of patience, as getting plib patches > > committed isn't the easiest thing. > Did you apply for becoming a plib developer ? No. I fear that the apathy among plib developers is infectious. :-} S

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Property Browser: old dog, new tricks

2006-06-05 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Melchior FRANZ a écrit : > * Josh Babcock -- Sunday 04 June 2006 20:54: > >> Melchior FRANZ wrote: >> >>> It would be on my TODO list right after "buying a scroll wheel mouse", >>> if that was on my TODO list. Which it isn't. :-] >>> > > >> Do you accept small gifts? >> > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Property Browser: old dog, new tricks

2006-06-05 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Josh Babcock -- Sunday 04 June 2006 20:54: > Melchior FRANZ wrote: > > It would be on my TODO list right after "buying a scroll wheel mouse", > > if that was on my TODO list. Which it isn't. :-] > Do you accept small gifts? I don't have a scroll mouse, because I don't like them. The middle but

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Winter Textures - screenshot

2006-06-05 Thread Martin Spott
Martin Spott wrote: > "Oliver C." wrote: >> Does VMAP0 data has different data for salt water and freshwater? > I'll investigate if the VMAP0 contains this information in principle, > but I doubt. [...] Sorry, I've totally forgotten about that. No, VMAP0 doesn't know about salt/fresh water, such

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Monday 05 June 2006 10:31, Martin Spott wrote: > location using chocks. As you are very much by yourself because > FlightGear doesn't provide a ground crew that could remove the chocks > for you I think the parking brake is a pretty good choice for a > work-alike. Oh good, someone else agrees w

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread dene maxwell
My penny's worth...I agree... no experience IRL ...it's one of the first things I do in FG is engage the P-brake while I set up the radio/AP ...I'm working through my hanger to set this as default for all AC. :-D ene >From: Martin Spott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],FlightGear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread Martin Spott
AJ MacLeod wrote: > I completely fail to see how anyone benefits from a mad scramble for control > of the aircraft on FG startup... particularly since on the carrier it's often > over the side by then. This aircraft has a parking brake IRL unless I'm very > much mistaken - surely it's sensible

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Harrier checkin

2006-06-05 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Sunday 04 June 2006 04:24, Josh Babcock wrote: > Hmm, rather than force everyone to start with the P-brake engaged, why > don't you just set it in your preferences.xml file? This is the sort of > thing that really has nothing to to with the aircraft, and everything to > do with the procedures th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Seneca II updated

2006-06-05 Thread Torsten Dreyer
> Thanks, I've been looking for a good DATCOM+ example to help me > understand the program. Yep, datcom is not really self explanatory :-( I learned a lot by using the examples from Bill's page http://www.holycows.net/datcom/ together with the users's manual USAF_DATCOM_UM.pdf, also linked on Bill'