Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-19 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Freitag, den 17.08.2007, 15:55 +0200 schrieb AnMaster: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Another problem I found was the the car can't drive under scenery objects where it should fit (I checked by flying a j3cub through there, and it passes with no problem). It seems like

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-17 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Donnerstag, den 16.08.2007, 22:54 +0200 schrieb AnMaster: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I found this car very nice but I have a few problems with it: 1) Why not use normal throttle control? I configured it this way because the car can be driven by the Toe brakes of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-17 Thread AnMaster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Another problem I found was the the car can't drive under scenery objects where it should fit (I checked by flying a j3cub through there, and it passes with no problem). It seems like the jeep's collision detection volume is far larger than it

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-17 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Freitag, den 17.08.2007, 15:55 +0200 schrieb AnMaster: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Another problem I found was the the car can't drive under scenery objects where it should fit (I checked by flying a j3cub through there, and it passes with no problem). It seems like

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-17 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Freitag, den 17.08.2007, 15:55 +0200 schrieb AnMaster: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Another problem I found was the the car can't drive under scenery objects where it should fit (I checked by flying a j3cub through there, and it passes with no problem). It seems like

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-17 Thread AnMaster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Detlef Faber wrote: Am Freitag, den 17.08.2007, 15:55 +0200 schrieb AnMaster: Another problem I found was the the car can't drive under scenery objects where it should fit (I checked by flying a j3cub through there, and it passes with no

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-17 Thread Georg Vollnhals
AnMaster schrieb: What airport is http://home.arcor.de/vollnhals-bremen/JeepTest/jeepscrsh/fgfs-screen-070.jpeg.html from? And is that custom scenery? In that case where can I get it? Regards, AnMaster Hi AnMaster, this is one of the small airfields from my Northern Germany scenery, an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-16 Thread AnMaster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 What airport is http://home.arcor.de/vollnhals-bremen/JeepTest/jeepscrsh/fgfs-screen-070.jpeg.html from? And is that custom scenery? In that case where can I get it? Regards, AnMaster Georg Vollnhals wrote: Detlef Faber schrieb: Hello

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-16 Thread Will Harrison
Anmaster, I'm not sure which airport that is, but if you're interested in scenery here is some very nice scenery from France: http://helijah.free.fr/flightgear/scenes.html It was originally converted from X-plane. On 8/16/07, AnMaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-16 Thread AnMaster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I found this car very nice but I have a few problems with it: 1) Why not use normal throttle control? 2) Why can't the car drive in the terrain around YBAS for example (I'm not sure what that kind of terrain is called in English, so I hope you can

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-15 Thread Mike Schuh
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Detlef Faber wrote: Thanks, next is airlift for the jeep. As in load it into a C-130 Hercules I presume. That'd be cool. We could add race tracks to the interiors of C-5 Galaxy (aka the aluminum overcast) (I walked around inside one at the Abbotsford, BC, Canada, air show

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-15 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Dienstag, den 14.08.2007, 23:23 -0700 schrieb Mike Schuh: On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Detlef Faber wrote: Thanks, next is airlift for the jeep. As in load it into a C-130 Hercules I presume. That'd be cool. That is the ultimate goal. But first I will try to do airlift by helicopter. We

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-15 Thread leee
On Wednesday 15 August 2007 07:52, Detlef Faber wrote: Am Dienstag, den 14.08.2007, 23:23 -0700 schrieb Mike Schuh: On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Detlef Faber wrote: Thanks, next is airlift for the jeep. As in load it into a C-130 Hercules I presume. That'd be cool. That is the ultimate goal.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-15 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Detlef Faber schrieb: Hello everybody, Following some recent discussions about vehicle simulation in FlightGear, I made a Willys Jeep for testing. It is still a little basic, but IMHO quite usable. Get it here: http://sol2500.net/flightgear/jeep.tar.gz Steer the car with aileron

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-15 Thread Heiko Schulz
Hi georg - very nice scenery - great work! @Detelf: Can't wait until I have time to try your jeep! Greetings HHS --- Georg Vollnhals [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Detlef Faber schrieb: Hello everybody, Following some recent discussions about vehicle simulation in FlightGear, I made a

[Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-14 Thread Detlef Faber
Hello everybody, Following some recent discussions about vehicle simulation in FlightGear, I made a Willys Jeep for testing. It is still a little basic, but IMHO quite usable. Get it here: http://sol2500.net/flightgear/jeep.tar.gz Steer the car with aileron control. , is Brake and . is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-14 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Detlef Faber wrote: Hello everybody, Following some recent discussions about vehicle simulation in FlightGear, I made a Willys Jeep for testing. It is still a little basic, but IMHO quite usable. Hi, Nice! And a great looking 3d model too. Btw. I have a couple of

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-14 Thread Stewart Andreason
Detlef Faber wrote: Driving is best with OSG, Plib delivers a lot of crashes and unstable behaviour in rough terrain. That was an understatement. Good thing the jeep has a rollbar. ;-) Can the unstable problem be fixed for plib version of Flightgear? Does it need a wider wheelbase, or an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] A Car for Flightgear

2007-08-14 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Dienstag, den 14.08.2007, 13:16 -0700 schrieb Stewart Andreason: Detlef Faber wrote: Driving is best with OSG, Plib delivers a lot of crashes and unstable behaviour in rough terrain. That was an understatement. Good thing the jeep has a rollbar. ;-) Can the unstable problem be