Re: [Flightgear-devel] Replay system

2011-03-31 Thread Peter Brown
On Mar 31, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Robert wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'd like to share some thoughts with you on how we can improve the replay > system. > Right now only the last minute is recorded at full precision. After that > minute we get a precision of 1 fps. And after 10 minutes we get a prec

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Special Request

2011-03-30 Thread Peter Brown
On Mar 30, 2011, at 6:06 PM, J. Holden wrote: > Hey everyone, > > There is a lot of custom scenery I've contributed just sitting on the > mapserver. > > Due to some problems it seems as contributions in the scenery department have > fallen off recently, despite some great recent work with add

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C172 panel

2011-03-24 Thread Peter Brown
On Mar 24, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Curtis Olson wrote: > Funny (?) story. A friend of mine was part of a flying club a few years ago. > The club decided they wanted to expand their fleet and so they found a > relatively inexpensive piper super cruiser. The guy selling it was an old > farmer from

Re: [Flightgear-devel] where is a rotating beacon defined?

2011-03-15 Thread Peter Brown
On Mar 15, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Harry Campigli wrote: > At WRR Bali, there is a steel tower with a rotating lamp beacon light in the > middle of one of the taxi ways, It should be a bit to the west. > > So i thought I would move it, but nothing seems to work. and I find nothing > defined at the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] list of aircraft that don't load in fgdata

2011-03-03 Thread Peter Brown
On Mar 3, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Peter Brown wrote: > > > Erik, I updated the Bronco slightly if you want to take a look. > > > Changes: > GPS works in the black pony. > All models have canopy doors open and shut via "c". > All models have a pitot tube inste

Re: [Flightgear-devel] list of aircraft that don't load in fgdata

2011-03-03 Thread Peter Brown
On Jan 27, 2011, at 3:21 AM, Erik Hofman wrote: > The Bronco has been updated last week and should work properly (I tested > it), granted .. not in fgrun. > > The Fokker50-Denim file seems to be outdated and superseded by the > livery selection system. Will update that soon. > > Erik > Erik,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Logos and licensing

2011-02-27 Thread Peter Brown
On Feb 27, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Oliver Fels wrote: > Am Sonntag, 27. Februar 2011, um 16:23:47 schrieb Peter Brown: >> On Feb 27, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Oliver Fels wrote: > >> No, not in your twisted logic. FG is not creating income based upon others >> work. FG is represen

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Logos and licensing

2011-02-27 Thread Peter Brown
On Feb 27, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Oliver Fels wrote: > Vivian Meazza wrote: >> Exactly the answer to be expected. Note the "association" concept. >> Shouldn't have asked. > > In the same sense as FlightProSim did not ask to use the IP of others and > violate their license? > > Oliver > No, not i

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Logos and licensing

2011-02-26 Thread Peter Brown
On Feb 26, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Gene Buckle wrote: > On Sat, 26 Feb 2011, Gary Neely wrote: > >> There's a saying in English about "bearding the lion in his den". It's >> probably better to stay beneath the lion's radar. >> > Especially considering the rather top-heavy population of fuzzy bunnies

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fwd: Modeling and integrating the Cessna UC 78 Bobcat

2011-02-25 Thread Peter Brown
On Feb 25, 2011, at 10:27 AM, David Van Mosselbeen wrote: > > I forward this as it seems the flightgear-flightmodel isn't much active, > and dunno if there's still some life in there. > > Original Message > Subject: Modeling and integrating the Cessna UC 78 Bobcat > Date: Fri,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Default Aircraft Candiates

2011-02-20 Thread Peter Brown
On Feb 20, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Harry Campigli wrote: > Two things cross my mind, whilst I know the designers strive to model the > true aerodynamics in the fdm. > > 1- how many fly these sims on realistic hardware? Would many even go as far > as a set of imitation yoke and pedals? > > 2- I ha

Re: [Flightgear-devel] .."IP" and litigation risks, was: AH-1 Merge Request

2011-02-17 Thread Peter Brown
This is getting ludicrous. I guess there won't be complaints about "The Forum" anymore. Move on, before you kill FG by removing all content that encourages someone to use it. There are other discussions more worthy of your expertise. Beating this one over and over again w

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Sinking feeling - c172 on gravel runway

2011-02-10 Thread Peter Brown
On Feb 10, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Geoff McLane wrote: > On Wed, 2011-02-09 at 19:51 +, Martin Spott wrote: >> I have seen this on various asphalt runways as well... > > Well, I just experimented by editing apt.dat.gz, and > inverted the 'surface' numbers - made the 4204 ft > runway 15x a 4, and t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] list of aircraft that don't load in fgdata

2011-01-27 Thread Peter Brown
On Jan 27, 2011, at 3:21 AM, Erik Hofman wrote: > On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 19:06 -0700, dave perry wrote: >> I have tried to load several AC that did not load with "filed to load >> " errors. So I did a survey of the entire up-to-date >> fgdata. I used an up-to-date fgrun and went through all th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier Altitude

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Brown
On Jan 25, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Curtis Olson wrote: > Quick explanation: the world is curved (oblate spheroid) so if in order to > have an ocean that measures zero MSL at all points, it would have to be > curved. To do this perfectly requires a *lot* of polygons. We have been > using large poly

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier Altitude

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Brown
On Jan 25, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Vivian Meazza wrote: > Is there a problem with maintaining vertical sync with MPCarrier? If there is > please file a report here: > > http://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bugs/issues/list > > Vivian > No Vivian, Curt suggested that "carriers do a terrain heig

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier Altitude

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Brown
On Jan 25, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Curtis Olson wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Peter Brown > wrote: > > I expected if flat then the polys would only go down until the mid-span of > the ocean surface and then it would rise back up to meet the terrain again. > &g

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier Altitude

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Brown
On Jan 25, 2011, at 2:20 PM, John Denker wrote: > On 01/25/2011 12:14 PM, Curtis Olson wrote: >> How about having carriers do a terrain height check and follow the polygon >> curvature of the FlightGear world? > > Call it a feature. > > The real ocean has swells. They make carrier flight opera

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Carrier Altitude

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Brown
default AI locations? Thanks, Peter > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Peter Brown > wrote: > In attempting to place an item on the ocean surface, I came to realize that > it's not the Nimitz that is "hovering" above MSL, it's that the "ocean > surfa

[Flightgear-devel] Carrier Altitude

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Brown
In attempting to place an item on the ocean surface, I came to realize that it's not the Nimitz that is "hovering" above MSL, it's that the "ocean surface" is about 7 meters below MSL. I was going to suggest simply dropping the carriers to match, but then looking around I discovered that it was

Re: [Flightgear-devel] "Add screenshot dialog, to select directory"

2011-01-17 Thread Peter Brown
On Jan 17, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Csaba Halász wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Peter Brown > wrote: >> >> You probably know better than I, but do most folks use or need a FlightGear >> specified screen capture utility? > > Yes. > >> Perhaps I loo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] "Add screenshot dialog, to select directory"

2011-01-17 Thread Peter Brown
On Jan 17, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Gijs de Rooy wrote: > Hi Melchior, > > I was about to send an email to the mailing list asking for feedback, so > thanks for saving > my three minutes :) > > Cheers and once again sorry! > Gijs > Gijs, You probably know better than I, but do most folks

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Magnetic North

2011-01-16 Thread Peter Brown
Unfortunately most of the users are not using or able to create individual Terrain builds. If I could without taking computer courses I would, just to make use of those 213 airfield updates! :) :) …trying to be patient. Peter :) On Jan 16, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Martin Spott wrote: > John Denker

[Flightgear-devel] Towable Object Idea

2011-01-09 Thread Peter Brown
I have an idea to run by you all, and I encourage your input or comment and perhaps to spike anyone's interest. The idea is to create liftable and moveable mp objects, using the current aerotow feature, primarily for helicopter usage. While I am not knowledgeable enough to create it, it's bee

Re: [Flightgear-devel] mouse acceleration

2011-01-07 Thread Peter Brown
On Jan 7, 2011, at 1:13 PM, syd adams wrote: > Yes, the two lines of code I added just write the mouse xy movement to > properties.With nasal I have to calculate the movement,which is done > in the mouse code already.I've set up the Aerostar so I can click and > slide the throttle,mixture and pro

[Flightgear-devel] Fwd: Fwd: Generic Autopilot works by location?

2011-01-04 Thread Peter Brown
Thought this went to the list. Begin forwarded message: > From: Peter Brown > Date: January 4, 2011 11:58:58 AM EST > To: Curtis Olson > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fwd: Generic Autopilot works by location? > > > On Jan 4, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Curtis Olson wrote: &g

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fwd: Generic Autopilot works by location?

2011-01-03 Thread Peter Brown
s bug? Perhaps it's something > with your local build? Perhaps it's something really obscure that no one > else has noticed? > > Thanks, > > Curt. > > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Peter Brown wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > I am finding the

[Flightgear-devel] Fwd: Generic Autopilot works by location?

2011-01-03 Thread Peter Brown
> values are constantly climbing. > A valid working location typically loads with 0 for heading and speed, and a > single digit value for altitude hold. These are then changeable. > > Can anyone enlighten me on

[Flightgear-devel] Generic Autopilot works by location?

2010-12-31 Thread Peter Brown
ngeable. Can anyone enlighten me on it? Thank you, Peter Brown -- Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, s

[Flightgear-devel] More flightprosim offshoots

2010-12-29 Thread Peter Brown
http://www.airbusflightsimulator.com/index.html http://www.airbusflightsimulator.com/buy-flight-simulator.html http://www.airbusflightsimulator.com/flight-simulator-planes.html -- Learn how Oracle Real Application Cluste

[Flightgear-devel] Do Shader animations support Conditions?

2010-12-23 Thread Peter Brown
I was attempting to install a few shaders, based on internal or external view, but I have not been able to make it work. Can someone let me know if you can use a in a animation ? Thanks, Peter -- Learn how Oracle Real

Re: [Flightgear-devel] productwiki.com another flightgear page

2010-12-15 Thread Peter Brown
On Dec 15, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Citronnier - Alexis Bory wrote: > Hi all > > I did (mid october) a flightgear page on Productwiki site. > > Product wiki is an intersting site where you can describe and rewiew any > product on a wiki basis. So feel free to improve the page and add review. > Since

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Flight Pro Sim Statement

2010-12-13 Thread Peter Brown
On Dec 13, 2010, at 7:08 PM, Victhor wrote: > The individual responsible for the page put this there: > "1.Sponsoring a child - many kids in our world that aren't able to get > even the basic stuff, like food, simple health care, and school." > I never knew they were going _that_ far in dubious m

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Flight Pro Sim Statement

2010-12-13 Thread Peter Brown
On Dec 10, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Gene Buckle wrote:On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Alexander Barrett wrote:Sorry I haven't been keeping up with things, but have flightsim.com and simmarket.com run the statement yet?If not I'm sure I can get it on their weekly mailing lists and front pages, been friends with the o

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New release

2010-12-11 Thread Peter Brown
> > > > Seconly, do we want to maintain our current aircraft selection, or do we want > to include a (partially) updated selection from our git repository, or > -alternatively- do we want to strip the entire selection down to just single > aircraft, and make the others downloadable from our m

[Flightgear-devel] Fwd: TaxiDraw for Mac OS X

2010-07-01 Thread Peter Brown
Just a few links related to posts for using TaxiDraw on a Mac. I use it on Snow Leopard - Peter Begin forwarded message: > From: Tatsuhiro Nishioka > Date: January 3, 2010 12:31:18 PM EST > To: Peter Brown > Cc: Spott Martin , daveluff > Subject: TaxiDraw for Mac OS X > &

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Ground reactions on water

2010-07-01 Thread Peter Brown
Here's the whole thing - http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satellite/en_air/Video/Halls-amazing-recovery-021242857873001 -pb On Jun 14, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Jon S. Berndt wrote: > This is kind of a cool video: > > http://www.flixxy.com/air-race-pilot-skill.htm > > Watch about halfway through. >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] TaxiDraw not running correctly on Mac 10.4

2010-06-29 Thread Peter Brown
Did you try simply using this version? http://macflightgear.sourceforge.net/wp-content/uploads/TaxiDraw/Taxidraw.cvs-bin-20090416.tgz On Jun 28, 2010, at 1:31 AM, Andrew Gillanders wrote: > Before building TaxiDraw, I had to install new versions of wxWidgets > (2.8.11, from http://prdownloads

Re: [Flightgear-devel] TaxiDraw not running correctly on Mac 10.4

2010-06-24 Thread Peter Brown
Below are some newer Mac sources. On Jan 2, 2010, at 4:01 AM, Peter Brown wrote: > Tat, > > Have you compiled any more recent versions of TaxiDraw than my 0.3.2 release > that I think James Turner did? > Yes, I have the App bundle (intel only, OS X 10.5 or later) as of mid

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fwd: mpmap ILS approach data

2010-04-08 Thread Peter Brown
Please disregard - this was from 2 days ago. On Apr 6, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Peter Brown wrote: > First email never arrived to the list > Might be a question for Pigeon, rather than apt.dat or nav.dat > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Peter Brown >>

[Flightgear-devel] Fwd: mpmap ILS approach data

2010-04-08 Thread Peter Brown
First email never arrived to the list Might be a question for Pigeon, rather than apt.dat or nav.dat Begin forwarded message: > From: Peter Brown > Date: April 4, 2010 10:36:05 AM EDT > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: mpmap ILS approach data > > Per

Re: [Flightgear-devel] mpmap ILS data

2010-04-08 Thread Peter Brown
On Apr 8, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Martin Spott wrote: > > If you're in need of a human-readable one-shot database table dump, > please let me know. > > Cheers, > Martin. > -- That'd be great, send it my way. Peter -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] mpmap ILS data

2010-04-08 Thread Peter Brown
On Apr 8, 2010, at 4:58 PM, David Megginson wrote: > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Peter Brown > wrote: > >> I see. So that brings us back to magnetic vs true, as I was originally >> referring to. But, that's somewhat irrevelant as it _appears_ the mpmap is >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] mpmap ILS data

2010-04-08 Thread Peter Brown
On Apr 8, 2010, at 4:09 PM, Martin Spott wrote: > Peter Brown wrote: > >> I see. So that brings us back to magnetic vs true, as I was >> originally referring to. But, that's somewhat irrevelant as it >> _appears_ the mpmap is sourcing the data from t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] mpmap ILS data

2010-04-08 Thread Peter Brown
On Apr 8, 2010, at 1:29 PM, David Megginson wrote: > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Peter Brown > wrote: > >> David, yes, as I have as well. The localizer for 33 as you listed above is >> on a 326 heading per the approach plate, but the mpmap shows ILS data as the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] mpmap ILS data

2010-04-08 Thread Peter Brown
On Apr 8, 2010, at 8:08 AM, David Megginson wrote: > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Peter Brown > wrote: > >> Perhaps this has been brought up before, but I see that the ILS "beam" data >> for each airport on the mpmap is derived from the runway alignme

[Flightgear-devel] mpmap ILS data

2010-04-07 Thread Peter Brown
Perhaps this has been brought up before, but I see that the ILS "beam" data for each airport on the mpmap is derived from the runway alignment (as verified in taxidraw). This doesn't allow for magnetic deviation, and therefore all the course headings are incorrect. Makes it tough to line up wi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Issue with default starting scenario

2010-04-06 Thread Peter Brown
On Apr 6, 2010, at 8:05 PM, David Megginson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Peter Brown > wrote: > >> In terms of simplicity, I would like to offer a suggestion of using one (or >> more) of the parking positions at airports with (current) parking positions. &

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Issue with default starting scenario

2010-04-06 Thread Peter Brown
On Apr 6, 2010, at 7:27 PM, David Megginson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:06 PM, James Turner wrote: > >> My concern is touching the dreaded position init code, which is already >> baroque and complex. There's also the question of guessing a parking >> position when we don't have parking

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Issue with default starting scenario

2010-04-06 Thread Peter Brown
On Apr 6, 2010, at 7:06 PM, James Turner wrote: > > On 6 Apr 2010, at 20:35, Martin Spott wrote: > >>> Except in the case of an accident or mechanical failure, you would >>> *never* be sitting on the threshold with your engine off, especially >>> at a big airport like KSFO (unless you wanted to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Route Man / AP

2010-04-02 Thread Peter Brown
On Apr 2, 2010, at 10:38 AM, James Turner wrote: > > On 2 Apr 2010, at 15:28, Peter Brown wrote: > >> Quick question for James I think - when the route manager passes the last >> listed nav point, the AP doesn't disengage, it turns west (from the east >> co

[Flightgear-devel] Route Man / AP

2010-04-02 Thread Peter Brown
Quick question for James I think - when the route manager passes the last listed nav point, the AP doesn't disengage, it turns west (from the east coast). This is a default heading to KSFO or some other pre-determined "home" ? Thanks, Peter --

Re: [Flightgear-devel] C1 & C2

2010-04-01 Thread Peter Brown
On Apr 1, 2010, at 5:32 PM, Csaba Halász wrote: > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Peter Brown > wrote: >> Does anyone have information on aircraft displayed as C1 and C2 on the mpmap? >> >> These two user names were on the Salt Flats for quite a long time, using a &

[Flightgear-devel] C1 & C2

2010-04-01 Thread Peter Brown
Does anyone have information on aircraft displayed as C1 and C2 on the mpmap? These two user names were on the Salt Flats for quite a long time, using a jeep as an aircraft, 5 ft off the deck. They have now been repositioned in Virginia, at 36.61231, -79.341052, both as C172p's, and about 3300

Re: [Flightgear-devel] News from FlightProSim!

2010-03-17 Thread Peter Brown
As much as I'd hope what you say would be true, realistically there is not much of a downside for this guy. Everyday people make purchases without knowing all the facts, and for more money buying online than locally. (Ebay can be a good example) From his side of it, unless someone or group is

[Flightgear-devel] Instant Replay, and it's recording of A/C parameters

2010-03-16 Thread Peter Brown
As I have not been able to find any doc's or forum topics expounding on it, could someone explain a few things to me about Instant Replay? First off, what parameters are logged by it, or what defines if a parameter is logged by it? ie, thrust reverser use do not replay, but flaps do. This do

Re: [Flightgear-devel] multiple --generic record/playback errors

2010-03-15 Thread Peter Brown
As noted by John in February, but I did not see it addressed in this thread, is the chase view issue in 2.0. (chase view does not follow heading, and if you select chase while in a turn the viewpoint holds that angle until you leave the viewpoint) I sincerely hope it's not a "feature", as ther

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Web Site

2010-03-06 Thread Peter Brown
Very Nice! Clean, Integrated very well. On Mar 6, 2010, at 7:07 AM, Pete Morgan wrote: >> > Here's an idea > > http://fg-aircraft.appspot.com/idea/ > > Am not a graphic designer ;-( > > pete -- Download Intel® P

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Aircraft modeling idea/request: Piper Super Cub

2010-03-03 Thread Peter Brown
Gary, Be careful what you undertake, there are a few variants to the Super CubFloats are the most popular, but there are Tundra Tires, Banner Towing and more to be had. But you are right, there is an abundance of information available, and a few thousand video's. Looking forward to it.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ILS paths and info missing from mpmap

2010-02-24 Thread Peter Brown
I found it's only when searching Fix or Airways. All other searches work properly. On Feb 24, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Pigeon wrote: > >> I'm getting this error now when I use nav tab and search all - >> >> Database error: "Couldn't execute statement "SELECT * FROM fg_fix WHERE >> -73.0316162109375;

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Proposed new set of splash screens

2010-02-24 Thread Peter Brown
Correct Vivian, which is why I posted them purely as an offering. I appreciate your kind response. Peter On Feb 24, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Vivian Meazza wrote: > >> Peter Brown wrote: >> >>> It's the Fouga Magister, from GRTux's site. >> > > An

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ILS paths and info missing from mpmap

2010-02-24 Thread Peter Brown
I'm getting this error now when I use nav tab and search all - Database error: "Couldn't execute statement "SELECT * FROM fg_fix WHERE -73.0316162109375;"", errno: 7, errmsg: ERROR: argument of WHERE must be type boolean, not type numeric Different location : Database error: "Couldn't execute s

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ILS paths and info missing from mpmap

2010-02-24 Thread Peter Brown
Thank you. On Feb 24, 2010, at 5:58 AM, Pigeon wrote: > > Hi all again, > > Found the problem and I believe I have fixed it. > > Let me know if there's anything still missing. > > Thanks. > > > Pigeon. > > --

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Proposed new set of splash screens

2010-02-23 Thread Peter Brown
tgear/splash/typosplash07.jpg And no offense to the creator, but I don't think these provide any advertising excitement at all - http://home.telfort.nl/sp004798/emh/Splash5.png http://home.telfort.nl/sp004798/emh/Splash4.png Peter On Feb 23, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Martin Spott wrote: >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Proposed new set of splash screens

2010-02-23 Thread Peter Brown
Just to make available some more images if anyone wants to create splashes from them, I found a few of these to have nice lighting effects with the setting sun. http://s512.photobucket.com/albums/t325/barefootr/FlightGear%20Screen%20Shots/ Peter On Feb 19, 2010, at 7:47 AM, John Denker wrote:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ILS paths and info missing from mpmap

2010-02-22 Thread Peter Brown
True, not sure who started the thread - but they were not explicit in the description. Thanks for looking. Peter On Feb 22, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Pigeon wrote: > >> Sorry, I listed "mpmap" in the title as Willie mentioned.See this >> thread for more info: >> http://www.flightgear.org/forums/v

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ILS paths and info missing from mpmap

2010-02-22 Thread Peter Brown
Martin, Sorry, I listed "mpmap" in the title as Willie mentioned.See this thread for more info: http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6967&p=64343&hilit=ils+missing#p64343 KBTV is my "most recent" case of disappearing info on mpmap. Peter On Feb 22, 2010, at 6:35 AM, Martin

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Chat color

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Brown
Good idea. On Feb 4, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Victhor wrote: > Add a dialog where you can choose the chat text color. :) >> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Peter Brown >> wrote: >>> Not sure if it's just Tat's color choice or in all versions, but the chat >&g

[Flightgear-devel] Chat color

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Brown
Not sure if it's just Tat's color choice or in all versions, but the chat text color that appears with the Mac 2.0.0-pre3 is still purple, which is very hard to read on screen. I assume it's due to the ambient color changes that happened after 1.9.1. We discussed it in the forums back it was jus

Re: [Flightgear-devel] memory hemorrhage

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Brown
Not sure if I am using different scenery than John was/is, but while I have slightly reduced frame rates at the airport or pointed towards the terminal (20 +), flying around Manhattan or the area does not affect my rate from a normal of 30-40. This is on a Macbook Pro, intel c2d, 3gb usable ram

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Threshold bug when using custom scenery enable

2010-02-02 Thread Peter Brown
, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Peter Brown wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm finding an issue using --prop:/sim/paths/use-custom-scenery-data=true > > Thresholds on a number of test airports are off by a large degree, and the > tower viewpoint is an issue at some. When use-custom-scenery-data=f

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Threshold bug when using custom scenery enable

2010-02-02 Thread Peter Brown
n issue with not only an early 2.0.0 release, but also with 1.9.1. Syd- thanks for providing a path on tower data for custom-scenery. Peter. On Feb 2, 2010, at 4:55 AM, HB-GRAL wrote: > Peter Brown schrieb: >> Changing tower height in apt.dat file does not affect viewpoint. >

[Flightgear-devel] Threshold bug when using custom scenery enable

2010-02-01 Thread Peter Brown
Hey guys, I'm finding an issue using --prop:/sim/paths/use-custom-scenery-data=true Thresholds on a number of test airports are off by a large degree, and the tower viewpoint is an issue at some. When use-custom-scenery-data=false spawn locations and tower viewpoints are correct. Test photos

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Fwd: Threshold bug when using custom scenery enable

2010-02-01 Thread Peter Brown
On Feb 1, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Heiko Schulz wrote: > Hi, > > >> First email disappeared, so I'm sending >> again - >> >> Hey guys, >> I'm finding an issue >> using --prop:/sim/paths/use-custom-scenery-data=true >> Thresholds on a number of test airports are off >> by a large degree, and the towe

[Flightgear-devel] Fwd: Threshold bug when using custom scenery enable

2010-02-01 Thread Peter Brown
> First email disappeared, so I'm sending again - > Hey guys, > > I'm finding an issue using --prop:/sim/paths/use-custom-scenery-data=true > > Thresholds on a number of test airports are off by a large degree, and the > tower viewpoint is an issue at some. When use-custom-scenery-data=false

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bugs: b1900d

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Brown
eat deal! Hope that helps, Peter On Jan 22, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Pete Morgan wrote: > Peter Brown wrote: >> I guess I'm missing your point Pete. >> > > Please take a look at this snapshot and you cannot see that the CRS is > clearly at 113.947, however only the .937 i

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Bugs: b1900d

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Brown
Pete, Just as a point of reference - I've been shooting approaches recently with the 1900, and I can enter text in the AP boxes without issue. Did so yesterday enroute to EDDF. I do not have oscillations during turns, selecting new heading or not. As I do not use AP to shoot an ILS I've not

Re: [Flightgear-devel] SoundSystem on MacOS

2010-01-20 Thread Peter Brown
Erik, The sound on the MacOS does still have a glitch when changing views. If you have a good patch to try I'd be more than happy to test it. If you recall, its most typical in fly by or tower view, and if you adjust your viewpoint in any direction the sound is corrected. It will never happen

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nominations for Aircraft Selection intheFlightGear 2.0 Release

2010-01-17 Thread Peter Brown
As Syd (and others) changed their license, does that remove the b1900, Beaver, and others from the list as well, or do those fall under a grandfather clause? Sent from Smooth Water Sports, your Malibu Boat Dealer -Original Message- From: Heiko Schulz Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:01:05 To

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nominations for Aircraft Selection in theFlightGear 2.0 Release

2010-01-17 Thread Peter Brown
I'll place a vote after some thought, but I'd like to mention there are a few aircraft that don't really fit the existing categories, but yet are excellent aircraft to represent FG. - Large multi-engine (or historic airliner) : Lockheed L1049h Constellation - Seaplane : Grumman Goose (there's mo

[Flightgear-devel] ATC Frequency Menu

2010-01-11 Thread Peter Brown
It was suggested I post this up here. Using Tat's 2.0.0-pre1 mac version, if you select ATC/AI, and then Frequencies, the display window only shows _if_ the Enable ATC option is checked under ATC/Options Menu. If not checked than nothing happens - airport selection window just closes. I assum

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Mac OS X 2.0.0-pre1 has been released.

2010-01-01 Thread Peter Brown
Oops, sorry guys, didn't notice that was fg-devel list mail. embarrassed peter. On Jan 1, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Peter Brown wrote: > Hey Tat, Happy New Year to you too! > > I saw you had posted that up last night. Can you explain the differences > between the released fi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Mac OS X 2.0.0-pre1 has been released.

2010-01-01 Thread Peter Brown
Hey Tat, Happy New Year to you too! I saw you had posted that up last night. Can you explain the differences between the released files such as 1.9.1, 2.0.0, and the CVS? Is the CVS just the up-to-the-last-minute-changes, where as 2.0.0 is the official release, happening only occasionally? T

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Some bugs

2009-12-24 Thread Peter Brown
On Dec 24, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Peter Brown wrote: > > On Dec 24, 2009, at 5:14 AM, James Turner wrote: > >> >> On 24 Dec 2009, at 06:36, Peter Brown wrote: >> >>> -the route manager sometimes will open with 36000 feet in the hold altitude >>>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Some bugs

2009-12-24 Thread Peter Brown
On Dec 24, 2009, at 5:14 AM, James Turner wrote: > > On 24 Dec 2009, at 06:36, Peter Brown wrote: > >> -the route manager sometimes will open with 36000 feet in the hold altitude >> box, and 7240 kts in the hold speed box. Any attempt to change them will >> defaul

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Some bugs

2009-12-24 Thread Peter Brown
On Dec 24, 2009, at 4:33 AM, Erik Hofman wrote: > Peter Brown wrote: >> -the sound is fine in the cockpit and a few views, but from the tower >> viewpoint (listen to a flyby) and from the model viewpoint (I think there >> are 3 actually), the sound is corrupted. While I d

[Flightgear-devel] Some bugs

2009-12-23 Thread Peter Brown
Passing along some random information in case anyone recognizes the issues. In a CVS from 12/13 - -all starts show a spawn location off the coast of Nigeria, quite often with a different call sign, and the google "we don't have imagery for zoom at this level" default. If you zoom out you find t

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Generic autopilot issues

2009-12-22 Thread Peter Brown
James, >From what I've read, and like the original, your route manager uses the >airport center point as the destination. What is the reason for selecting a >runway? If the destination point is center-runway of the specified runway, >I'm not sure of the benefit over center-airport. Like you

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autopilot broken, Eric maybe?

2009-12-21 Thread Peter Brown
James, this is what I've found too. Perhaps I don't understand the proper setup method, but I tend to clean it up as well. Sometimes I get a FL value, others times the point adds with a zero altitude. (or two dep. airport waypoints, one with each altitude) It may be a result of most times the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Autopilot broken, Eric maybe?

2009-12-21 Thread Peter Brown
One note on using route manager - in a 12/13 CVS - if includes the departure airport as a waypoint automatically. If you "activate" it on the ground it will move past it on the takeoff roll and proceed to the next waypoint. If you don't activate it until in the air it will circle back to the d

[Flightgear-devel] TaxiDraw

2009-12-21 Thread Peter Brown
airport use from the users and at minimum correct the layouts. Does anyone know what the future holds for this? Thanks, Peter Brown -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage

Re: [Flightgear-devel] --metar and --enable-real-weather-fetch

2009-12-20 Thread Peter Brown
cceptable (same weather should yield same visibility for MP or sync'ed machines). * Peter Brown -- Sunday 20 December 2009: > Of the other hand its a way to "weed out" the gamer... One of FlightGear's main goals is realism, not to weed out *an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] --metar and --enable-real-weather-fetch

2009-12-20 Thread Peter Brown
the other hand its a way to "weed out" the gamer... Just thoughts I'm sure were considered before. Peter Brown --Original Message-- From: Melchior FRANZ To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net ReplyTo: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] --m

Re: [Flightgear-devel] --metar and --enable-real-weather-fetch

2009-12-20 Thread Peter Brown
oks like less to the eye than 10SM >looking out the window. It would be a disservice to the scenery to run the >risk of unlimited visibility being presented as 10SM. IMHO there is no choice other than the bold solution- anything reported as 10SM = unlimited, and 9.99 and less is actual.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Braking Power - rate of deceleration

2009-12-19 Thread Peter Brown
limiting /controls/gear/brake-* isn't > the best way to go. For JSBSim aircraft static friction coefficients for > each gear can be adjusted on the fly by changing > fdm/jsbsim/gear/unit[*]/static_friction_coeff. I'm pretty sure yasim > has something similar... > > P

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Braking Power - rate of deceleration

2009-12-19 Thread Peter Brown
Even better. Thanks Ron, I'll take a look at that. Peter On Dec 19, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Ron Jensen wrote: > On Sat, 2009-12-19 at 12:07 -0500, Peter Brown wrote: >> Hi Ron, >> >> I did find the bindings and nasal properties as you mentioned here, >>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Braking Power - rate of deceleration

2009-12-19 Thread Peter Brown
tep closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel Peter Brown FG &quo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] --config nav.dat

2009-12-18 Thread Peter Brown
To further that thought, I'd like to request dates added above the first line of airport data in each apt.dat file. I've tested info lines added to my apt.dat file and CVS FG has not had any issue reading the data. I do need to verify older versions will be able to still access it correctly.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Glide slope (ILS) range

2009-12-18 Thread Peter Brown
ues that the developers & contributors are striving to correct, enhance, add, etc? Thanks, Peter Peter Brown FG "Farmboy" -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantag

[Flightgear-devel] Braking Power - rate of deceleration

2009-12-18 Thread Peter Brown
limited knowledge I can't find what provides the brakes to begin with. Has this been discussed before? Thanks, Peter Peter Brown FG "Farmboy" -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Co

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