Re: [Flightgear-devel] Time warping

[Stefan S. <ni...@de...>]

On Wednesday 30 October 2013 09:20:56 Anton Gomez Alvedro wrote:

> The difference is also made in the user interface, where you can set time
> warping and speed-up independently. Apparently, speed-up affects the
> aircraft only (physics & instrumentation), and warp affects the environment
> only (ephemeris, for example).
> 
> This effectively establishes two independent timelines inside and outside
> the aircraft, so there is no single value for "elapsed simulated time",
> i.e. it depends whether we are talking in or out the plane!
> 
> Could someone shed some light on the rationale behind this approach?

As a user I can say that I like being able to time warp without affecting the 
aircraft. I usually use it to set the time to sunrise/sunset. I just love what 
ALS creates for me at these times :)

Stefan