Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] Selectively ignore other MP aircraft

2010-05-21 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Stuart Buchanan wrote: > Alexander Barrett wrote: >> Excellent idea and one I think many will appreciate. I haven't had time to >> look at it yet so please excuse the question if its obvious from within the >> code: >> >> Does this reset with every MP session, or is it easy to clear the list >>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Developers

2010-05-21 Thread Martin Spott
Martin Spott wrote: > As far as my memory serves (I might be wrong and I'm currently not in a > position to check) someone's been posting plausible objections against > at least one patch for the B787 which (the objections) had never been > adressed. Yup, here's the respective posting: http:/

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Developers

2010-05-21 Thread Martin Spott
Peter Morgan wrote: > 2) two patches have already been submitted to this list and NONE have been > appliced As far as my memory serves (I might be wrong and I'm currently not in a position to check) someone's been posting plausible objections against at least one patch for the B787 which (the obj

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Developers

2010-05-21 Thread Peter Morgan
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Reagan Thomas wrote: > Peter Morgan wrote: > > Its is/was bit of a "dark" how to get commit "permission" to FG and > > its seems to be one Curt in control. > > > > Can someone explain to process to submitting patches to this new git > > scenario, or are we to be h

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Tracker crash

2010-05-21 Thread Peter Morgan
If we get to for example 50 mpservers, then there's gonna be a lot of admin involved for every "change" On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Anders Gidenstam wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010, Peter Morgan wrote: > > > a restart is also required after a DNS change of a server, or a new one > etc. > > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Proposal] Class-based MP aircraft visibility

2010-05-21 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Csaba Halász wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Stuart Buchanan wrote: >> My proposal is that users may optionally set a class or community they >> are flying in (say /sim/multiplay/class) that is exposed over MP. >> >> For example: >> Default - the default >> Newbie - for new flyers >> Stu

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Proposal] Class-based MP aircraft visibility

2010-05-21 Thread Csaba Halász
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > > My proposal is that users may optionally set a class or community they > are flying in (say /sim/multiplay/class) that is exposed over MP. > > For example: > Default - the default > Newbie - for new flyers > Student - those training - mi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Developers

2010-05-21 Thread Reagan Thomas
Peter Morgan wrote: > Its is/was bit of a "dark" how to get commit "permission" to FG and > its seems to be one Curt in control. > > Can someone explain to process to submitting patches to this new git > scenario, or are we to be held in the grey area of hopefulnes as well ? > > eg I'd like to su

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [Proposal] Class-based MP aircraft visibility

2010-05-21 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Fri, 21 May 2010, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > The obvious downside of this is that it may fragment the user-base. > However, if by default everyone is able to see everyone else, I think > that risk can be > minimized. > > Thoughts? Hi, Sounds like a pretty good idea. One technical comment: Give

[Flightgear-devel] [Proposal] Class-based MP aircraft visibility

2010-05-21 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Hi All, My patch to hide other MP aircraft opens the door to providing a useful function to allow multiple different communities of flyers to use the global FG airspace independantly, without requiring additional sets of MP servers. The main use-case is a group of pilots wishing to practise flyin

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] Selectively ignore other MP aircraft

2010-05-21 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Alexander Barrett wrote: > Excellent idea and one I think many will appreciate. I haven't had time to > look at it yet so please excuse the question if its obvious from within the > code: > > Does this reset with every MP session, or is it easy to clear the list either > selectively or in its en

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Tracker crash

2010-05-21 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Fri, 21 May 2010, Peter Morgan wrote: > a restart is also required after a DNS change of a server, or a new one etc. > > Is there a way to "reset" an mpserver remotely? > > eg reloading config every hour or remote telnet command ? No and yes. :) There is no way built into fgms (and adding one