Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-22 Thread Durk Talsma
Vassilii Khachaturov wrote: I recall Durk Talsma was once telling about an in-house (closed source) fgfs-based system with a huge number of AI planes, in the tens of thousands IIRC. Probably not all talking to the same tower though? Yes, I have indeed a database of worldwide traffic at home c

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-19 Thread David Luff
Vassilii Khachaturov writes: > > I recall Durk Talsma was once telling about an in-house (closed source) > fgfs-based system with a huge number of AI planes, in the tens of > thousands IIRC. Probably not all talking to the same tower though? > Durk's stuff is all still the scripted AI as far as

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-19 Thread David Luff
Melchior FRANZ writes: > First off, I want to say that I don't want to put David's work down. This > *is* a complicated matter, and *much* work went into it, and the feature > works very well (when it works) and I enjoy it a lot. It's really only the > crashes that are annoying, and the fact that

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-19 Thread Vassilii Khachaturov
> I would say that tracking the state in the plane record is a must. There's > really no other place where this belongs. Using just one list is an option. > We don't have *that* many aircraft around. The highest number that I ever > saw were ~75 aircraft, but most of the time it's around 30. Going

[Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-19 Thread Melchior FRANZ
First off, I want to say that I don't want to put David's work down. This *is* a complicated matter, and *much* work went into it, and the feature works very well (when it works) and I enjoy it a lot. It's really only the crashes that are annoying, and the fact that we are living with them a really

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-19 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Quoting Melchior FRANZ : > * Frederic Bouvier -- Tuesday 18 April 2006 23:13: > > What about applying the simple patch attached. It doesn't cure the > > double entries problem, but it ensures that no valid memory is returned > > to the system before all references on it are released. > > Almost ev

[Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-18 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Frederic Bouvier -- Tuesday 18 April 2006 23:13: > What about applying the simple patch attached. It doesn't cure the > double entries problem, but it ensures that no valid memory is returned > to the system before all references on it are released. Almost everything is better than crashes, but

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-18 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Melchior FRANZ a écrit : > * Melchior FRANZ -- Saturday 15 April 2006 20:58: > >> Apart from the crashes ATC worked and works nicely, and it would really >> be great if one could now have it enabled and not have to fear abrupt >> exits. >> > > Damn, I still get crashes in tower.cxx ... >

[Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-16 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* David Luff -- Sunday 16 April 2006 00:33: > What are you doing to crash it? Nothing special. Just started fgfs with the ufo, switched to a different desktop to use the startup time for something useful, and when switching back I found fgfs crashed in tower.cxx. > So far I haven't been able to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-15 Thread David Luff
Melchior FRANZ writes: > * Melchior FRANZ -- Saturday 15 April 2006 20:58: > > Apart from the crashes ATC worked and works nicely, and it would really > > be great if one could now have it enabled and not have to fear abrupt > > exits. > > Damn, I still get crashes in tower.cxx ... > What are y

[Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-15 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Melchior FRANZ -- Saturday 15 April 2006 20:58: > Apart from the crashes ATC worked and works nicely, and it would really > be great if one could now have it enabled and not have to fear abrupt > exits. Damn, I still get crashes in tower.cxx ... m.

[Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-15 Thread Melchior FRANZ
Hi, * David Luff -- Saturday 15 April 2006 20:31: > It hasn't dropped off my radar, honest guv! Ah, good. I had really thought that you somehow lost interest in that. Apart from the crashes ATC worked and works nicely, and it would really be great if one could now have it enabled and not have to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-15 Thread David Luff
Melchior FRANZ writes: > * Melchior FRANZ -- Thursday 13 April 2006 17:06: > > Can we *please* finally fix the notorious crashes in tower.cxx? > > And, yes, I really meant "we". But as it looks, I'm pretty much on my > own (apart from Olaf who did a lot of the hard work already). > > Now the cau

[Flightgear-devel] Re: tower.cxx

2006-04-15 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Melchior FRANZ -- Thursday 13 April 2006 17:06: > Can we *please* finally fix the notorious crashes in tower.cxx? And, yes, I really meant "we". But as it looks, I'm pretty much on my own (apart from Olaf who did a lot of the hard work already). Now the cause for the segfault is proven. I've ad