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

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On 09/14/2017 07:46 AM, Thorsten Renk 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)?


i would say scene-model but have to ask why is it time-dependent?

on the GUI element thing, wouldn't that go with the others where we can regulate 
the density of scenery objects but in its own category that others may join in 
the future?


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