Re: [Flightgear-devel] Volcano - scenery model or AI scenario?

[Erik H. <er...@eh...>]

On 09/14/2017 01:58 PM, James Turner wrote:
> 
>> On 14 Sep 2017, at 12:46, Thorsten Renk 
>> <tho...@sc... 
>> <mailto:tho...@sc...>> wrote:
>>
>> Quick question - I have a demo for Kilauea showing some activity in 
>> the crater (glowing lava, some smoke - more active states possible).
>>
>> Would we generally consider that rather a scenemodel and put it into 
>> the database (on the grounds that it's a natural phenomenon and 
>> contributes to scenery) or as AI scenario (on the grounds that it is a 
>> time-dependent phenomenon and might be chosen to be not active, or 
>> even have a GUI element to change activity state)?
> 
> Tricky.
> 
> Something like the Ekajakajyfoul [1] eruption would be a scenario I 
> think, but ongoing smouldering and activity seems more like part of the 
> scenery, just like animated windmills.


My personal feeling is that AI models move around and scenery models don't.

Erik


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