Rain bug.

[bisutti]

Hi.

I don´t know if you have noticed it, but when I enable the rain, I fly and it just go through the aircraft, I mean, it is like if there were not a glass protection in the cockpit, the same with the rest of the plane. Can I fix it manually or it is more complex than I imagine?

[flameout]

I notice this too...

There are a couple ways to solve this:

1) Distinguish the aircraft from everything else, so it overwrites everything around it. This would make it cover up rain that would instead be in the cockpit.

2) Cut the rain off. You could prevent the rain from getting closer than, let's say, X meters from the aircraft. However, there is always the possibility the aircraft is too large/small for the chosen value of X and it looks funny (you could make this aircraft-configurable.) However, this would probably be simpler.

Of course, another nice feature would be if a texture was applied to the windshield that simulates raindrops and snowflakes, hopefully timed with the textures so you can individually trace the particles. However, that would likely be more work than it is currently worth (in terms of framerate and manpower.)

This would be a nice bug to fix, but for now I'll just wait for a fix. I want to learn how to develop C++ code for FlightGear, but for now I don't have the knowledge to fix this. As far as I know, there isn't a simpler way to change it.

[bisutti]

Well.. It is more complex than I imagine

Distinguish the aircraft from everything else, so it overwrites everything around it. This would make it cover up rain that would instead be in the cockpit.

Which xml code should I take to do that? It may work.

[flameout]

Which xml code should I take to do that? It may work.

Actually, I was talking about the source code, which is C++. Otherwise, I would have done it and posted my fix in this topic. As far as I know, it isn't configurable in any way (at least that's useful to us here.)

I hope this helps (and this bug gets fixed soon.)

[Tuxklok]

Using the stencil or depth buffer would probably be the solution for this, but like flameout said it would need to be handled in the code.

[F22-killed-you]

Are you talking about rain and snow appearing in the cockpit? That's what happens to me

Swindel

[Liam]

Close the window then , or maybe if its coming through the vents you should get that checked out...

[F22-killed-you]

Close the window then , or maybe if its coming through the vents you should get that checked out...

Is that a joke or do you mean it lol? If you meant it, i don't think you can close it further than closed, especially because the planes i usually fly with don't all have openable canopies.

Swindel

[gooneybird]

That problem has just been solved, in future all pilots will be issued with umbrellas

[F22-killed-you]

That problem has just been solved, in future all pilots will be issued with umbrellas

Advertising space on airplanes! Sweet idea lol.

Swindel

[gooneybird]

And if you're lucky you get a "brolly dolly" to hold it

[F22-killed-you]

And if you're lucky you get a "brolly dolly" to hold it

At mach 1+ with a fighter

Swindel

[Gijs]

rain and snow appearing in the cockpit

Yesterday (or was it today?) I heard Durk explaining to a visitor of our booth in Lelystad why we had rain in our cockpits: "it's an open source/window cockpit"

[gooneybird]

Yesterday (or was it today?) I heard Durk explaining to a visitor of our booth in Lelystad why we had rain in our cockpits: "it's an open source/window cockpit"

I like that

[F22-killed-you]

rain and snow appearing in the cockpit

Yesterday (or was it today?) I heard Durk explaining to a visitor of our booth in Lelystad why we had rain in our cockpits: "it's an open source/window cockpit"

LOL what a great excuse!

Swindel