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

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On 09/14/2017 01:31 PM, Thorsten Renk wrote:
> 
>> LOD? or when they appear on the horizon?
> 
> 
> And what happens then? Every time you approach the volcano a dialog pops up, 
> asking you whether you want to see it active? Or we switch it on every time it's 
> on the horizon (but we don't want that...)


couldn't that be where a slider comes into play? i know what i'm trying to say 
but apparently i'm not being specific enough... we're already doing some of this 
stuff but maybe this lava stuff can't be tied in that way?? seems like it should 
be able to be, though...


> It's not that I can't _technically_ work from a model-embedded xml (that works 
> the same way for scenemodel or AI object) - we just don't have a defined way to 
> do it for a scenemodel, they're usually not bringing their own dialogs / controls.


i don't see a need for a dialog or control... not for a model... use the LOD and 
a slider like in the F10->View->Rendering->shader options... if we're close 
enough to see the lava effects and if the lava shader is all the way left, don't 
show anything other than maybe a bare minimum red glow or something... if the 
slider is all the way right, then show all the lava in its glorious rendering... 
with the slider somewhere in the middle, you get varying visuals with the more 
complex one to the right... but this slider would be under scenery layers, 
maybe... those are all drop lists, now, though...

it may be that i'm seeing it similar to the addition of OSM objects and looking 
at controls of similar fashion... you don't see the OSM objects until you're in 
LOD range and then only if the density setting allows...

i'm not sure i explained my thoughts properly this time, either :(

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