Re: [Flightgear-users] Improved Bf109

2006-03-22 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Donnerstag, den 23.03.2006, 13:55 +1200 schrieb Andrew O'Gorman: > Hi Detlef, > > just downlaoded the Bf109.its fantastic!! I love the way the pilots hand > on the control stick moves when you fly! > I have a problem though.why did you have to make it so darned good to > fly! I ahve t

[Flightgear-users] RETESTED: Switching the views: a proposal

2006-03-22 Thread Yavuz Onder
My earlier report was based on my experience with 0.9.9. As well, I did not really remember if [vV] worked or not. So, tonight I retested with CVS-built FG (three days old). As many of you state, [vV] do indeed work paused or not. However keypad [12346789] only respond when unpaused, they ar

Re: [Flightgear-users] Improved Bf109

2006-03-22 Thread scott
Andrew O'Gorman wrote: Hi Detlef, just downlaoded the Bf109.its fantastic!! I love the way the pilots hand on the control stick moves when you fly! I have a problem though.why did you have to make it so darned good to fly! I ahve trouble now deciding whether to take the P51d, the Spi

Re: [Flightgear-users] Improved Bf109

2006-03-22 Thread Andrew O'Gorman
Hi Detlef, just downlaoded the Bf109.its fantastic!! I love the way the pilots hand on the control stick moves when you fly! I have a problem though.why did you have to make it so darned good to fly! I ahve trouble now deciding whether to take the P51d, the Spitfire (both versions), t

Re: [Flightgear-users] Improved Bf109

2006-03-22 Thread Josh Babcock
AJ MacLeod wrote: > It seems to fly nicely too, although I admit to being caught out by the low > speed handling at least once :-) Was the real a/c such a handful on the > ground, btw? > I don't know about the 109, but supposedly the 190 was incredibly hard to land. Josh -

Re: [Flightgear-users] Improved Bf109

2006-03-22 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 20:40, Josh Babcock wrote: > I have a new favorite WWII fighter. I don't think that anything could move the Seafire from that position for me :-) The 109 model is very nice though, especially this new version; the texturing is great! The Spit/Seafire, Hurricane, 109

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Switching the views: a proposal

2006-03-22 Thread Hal V. Engel
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 11:31 am, you wrote: > Hi > > >From: Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >* [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Wednesday 22 March 2006 20:03: > > > Ignorant of code, one thinks it should not be too hard to allow > > > switching the views in paused state. > > > > > > Is there any i

[Flightgear-users] Re: Scenery Object Editor (formerly known as UFO :-)

2006-03-22 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Melchior FRANZ -- Wednesday 22 March 2006 22:10: > $ fgfs --aircraft=ufo --prop:model=Models/Airport/radar.xml \ > --prop:source=Model,Scenery/Objects/w130n30/w123n37 err ... "Models" with 's': $ fgfs --aircraft=ufo --prop:model=Models/Airport/radar.xml --prop:source=Models,Scene

[Flightgear-users] Scenery Object Editor (formerly known as UFO :-)

2006-03-22 Thread Melchior FRANZ
I've now committed an update to the UFO's object placing feature. One can now add an "unlimited" number of models, chosen from a list dialog, and in minutes create beautiful sceneries like this (yes, it's KSFO ;-) http://members.aon.at/mfranz/scenery-editor.jpg [40 kB] Just start the ufo like

Re: [Flightgear-users] Improved Bf109

2006-03-22 Thread Josh Babcock
Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Detlef Faber wrote: > >> Hello everybody, >> >> There is a new improved version of the Bf 109 available: >> -improved Textures (all new texture map, higher resolution) >> -Slats are now working, landings should be easier now >> -a pilot >> -a basic documentation for Take o

RE: [Flightgear-users] Re: Switching the views: a proposal

2006-03-22 Thread dene maxwell
Hi From: Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Wednesday 22 March 2006 20:03: > Ignorant of code, one thinks it should not be too hard to allow > switching the views in paused state. > > Is there any insurmountable code architecture/design hurdles [...]? Yes, there is: sw

Re: [Flightgear-users] Switching the views: a proposal

2006-03-22 Thread Vassilii Khachaturov
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 21:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Obviously, one can read all the state data from the properties, but it > would be nice if you could look left and right to get a bearing of the the > horizon, or "step out" of the aircraft to visually check its position and > orientation

[Flightgear-users] Re: Switching the views: a proposal

2006-03-22 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Wednesday 22 March 2006 20:03: > Ignorant of code, one thinks it should not be too hard to allow > switching the views in paused state. > > Is there any insurmountable code architecture/design hurdles [...]? Yes, there is: switching views while the sim is paused works for

[Flightgear-users] Switching the views: a proposal

2006-03-22 Thread yavuz
Hi, I am a new flier (of virtual kind) learning thru FG (and enjoying it alot). In developing skills, I find it very useful to be able to pause and take a little time to assess the state of the aircraft: its orientation its height from the ground etc, then un-pause and continue with the maneuv

Re: [Flightgear-users] Improved Bf109

2006-03-22 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Detlef Faber wrote: Hello everybody, There is a new improved version of the Bf 109 available: -improved Textures (all new texture map, higher resolution) -Slats are now working, landings should be easier now -a pilot -a basic documentation for Take off and landing -radio navigation, the new AFN

[Flightgear-users] Improved Bf109

2006-03-22 Thread Detlef Faber
Hello everybody, There is a new improved version of the Bf 109 available: -improved Textures (all new texture map, higher resolution) -Slats are now working, landings should be easier now -a pilot -a basic documentation for Take off and landing -radio navigation, the new AFN2 instrument acts as AD