Re: [Flightgear-devel] Hi

[David F. <dav...@ya...>]

On Wednesday 05 September 2001 07:20, Jeff hit his keyboard with his head and 
the result was this:

> - Wrote Yakster!, an Earcandy like program, for Fly2. I would like to do
> the same thing for FlightGear. Some where I read, in time, that FlightGear
> will have a scripting language. Would like to expand on the Audio Scenery
> idea. You can read about Yakster! on my web page at www.jeff-davis.com

Sounds cool.

> - Have done work with static 3D models for Fly!. This is where I would like
> to start helping out with FlightGear. Can someone recommend a Linux 3D
> program for this kind of work? And what model format is recommended? Also,
> I think the latest version of FlightGear is needed for the static 3D
> models? No idea if I can get that to work! Just started learning Linux
> about 6 months ago. I do have version 0.7.5 running with Mandrake 8.0 with
> a Geforce 2 video card.

I like blender myself. 

> - On the negative side, I have vary little TIME. Building a house, working
> overtime and will be going back to school nights. But I can find some time
> and LOVE this kind of work!! All my time may just go to trying to get the
> new version of FlightGear running on my box and finding/installing a 3D
> program.

Same for all of us. Most of us can spend only a few hours a week working on 
FGFS. At the moment I don't even have that(big exams:-( ). Thanks,

David