[Flightgear-devel] 2D panel display problem -- fixed? sort of

[Catherine J. <cat...@at...>]

I recently found a bug in some of the latest git build (next branch, June 13 and later).  When flying planes such as the T-38 with a 2D panel, the 2D panel is always displayed even when you are using an outside view.  This bug did not exist in 2.6.

I've created a patch 3 lines long that fixes this bug for the T-38 and posted the diff it under my ticket #790 in the bug tracker.  However, the fix messes up the C310-ifr, which also uses a 2D panel; with the patch, the 2D panel never displays at all even when you are in the cockpit.  (Without the patch, the C310-ifr always shows the 2D panel regardless of which view you are in.)

I'd appreciate if the person who owns the FGPanelNode code could reach out to me and help me understand how this part of the code works and why my supposed fix only works for some aircraft.

Thanks,
Cathy
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