Re: [Flightgear-devel] Nimitz operation menu items

[AnMaster <anm...@te...>]

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gerard robin wrote:
> On mer 21 novembre 2007, Vivian Meazza wrote:
>> Stuart
>>
> 
>>> Hi Paul,
>>>
>>> Providing an easy way to make the Nimitz more MP-compatible
>>> is an excellent idea. However, I have two comments on the
>>> implementation:
>>>
>>> 1) I think splitting the dialog into two - one for AI/ATC and
>>> one for carrier settings would be a good idea. From the
>>> user's perspective, they are really two separate functions
>>> and there are now sufficient carrier functions to make this
>>> worthwhile. It might also be worth including buttons for
>>> engaging the launchbar, and even firing the catapult. This
>>> will also allow us to hide the carrier menu if the carriers
>>> are not enabled.
>>>
>>> 2) The dialog currently is very specific to the Nimitz and
>>> its current location. I think it would be a good idea to
>>> instead provide controls for any number of carriers, or at
>>> least controls that will reset _all_ carriers to their
>>> default position. This may require a bit of re-jigging of the
>>> carrier scenarios so that their initial positions etc are
>>> accessible, but will give a lot more flexibility as the
>>> number of carriers increase.
>>>
>>> I realize that this has just trebled the workload for your
>>> enhancement, but I think that both these things will make it
>>> much more useful.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> -Stuart
>> As an ergonomic issue here - I would prefer not to try to juggle with mouse
>> and joystick to either engage the launchbar or fire the catapult - the
>> keyboard is a better option. I know there are some who can manage that, but
>> I'm not one of them.
>>
>> Otherwise, this is all good stuff, and as the co-author of the original
>> carrier stuff would be very willing to add the final version to cvs.
>>
>> Only temporarily, mind. We have been talking about doing the carrier (and
>> other ai objects) over mp for years now. Perhaps some time soon ...
>>
>>
>> Vivian
>>
>>
> Hello Stuart, 
> 
> I fully agree with Vivian , about the launchbar and catapult,
>  would you accept to UP or DOWN the landing gear with the menu ? , 
> to me it is the same ergonomic requirement.
> 
> Which explain my previous reaction regarding the keyboard modification test 
> (thanks to David Megginson, who came back to the previous old keyboard 
> configuration)
> 
> Regards
> 
I agree with Vivan and Gérard in this question. Using menu is not realistic when
you fly with mouse: You can't control the aircraft at the same time as you are
in the menu. I guess that with joystick it is possible to use mouse in menu and
fly with joystick at same time but for a lot of people that don't have joysticks
it would just not work.

Regards
AnMaster
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