List of minor bugs, missings or inexplicit behavior 2

[TomMuc1]

3d model for HARBIN C-99 (E145) with BMI logo is always displayed in muuuch bigger size than all other aircraft models

[Ysurac]

Fixed when you run scripts/update_db.php.

[TomMuc1]

works :)

small map window in lower rirgt corner does not zoom to aircraft position and does not follow selected aircraft -> nearly zero orientation in 3d mode for user when watching a selected aircraft.

[TomMuc1]

3d model for twin engine business jet does not sit correctly on path - see pix

same here

[Ysurac]

minimap fixed

[TomMuc1]

wow awesome - and how fast you are even with not sooo trivial things like that!!! the zoom level now is a little high. is there a variable and in which file i can manipulate this on my own. and then when i found the sweet spot give you the number i used?

[Ysurac]

in js/cesium-minimap.js line 83

[TomMuc1]

whatever numbers i apply here(line 84) the zoom in minimap when aircraft is selected does not change

pos.height = Math.max(Math.min(pos.height,2200000) * 2, 2000);

[TomMuc1]

the way 'sun shadow' is rendered is not nice nor in any way realistic

[Ysurac]

Again I don't see problem with sun shadow here. It's realistic for me. You can don't like sun shadow but it's another story.

[TomMuc1]

ok - then we call it 'i don't like this way of sun shadow' :)

[TomMuc1]

but what about the mini map zoom above? i tried to alter the three numbers in line 84 since found no number in line 83 - but this did not change the zoom level in mini-map ...

[Ysurac]

This change the height of the "camera", so it's really the "zoom" level.

[TomMuc1]

ah - ok - and is there an easy option to hard code a different zoom level? as the map now looks a little unsharp and moreover shows too small area to really know where you are. it is really great that this mini map center follows the aircraft - but if it would show say 200 x 200 km i think about this the sweet spot were to have the 'big picture' of where you are

[Ysurac]

An easy option: no. But all can be dev.

[TomMuc1]

ok - but since a day has just 24h not really all is possible. and i have seen many times now how fast you add/alter options for users like me! i'm sure when you say there is no easy option then there is definitely no easy option. so many thanks for reply and for having a look into this mini-map-thing :)

[Ysurac]

I'm working on some features for 3D mode and I try to fix 3D models, this take a long time...

[TomMuc1]

ok - but i'd spend not too much time with the models. you have already much more aircrafts in flightairmap than i saw in fr24 (i know i'm not allowed to compare). i'd simply threw out the ugly ones with holes and other defects - and use just the shiny ones and use one nice as a dafault for all those were no nice model is availible at the moment ...

[TomMuc1]

btw - did you see this duesseldorf airport yesterday - wohooo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTT_FpC768M

[TomMuc1]

YOU ARE THE BEST!!! thank you sooo much for adding this cool new feature :) 'Only display selected flight on 3D mode'

that makes me super happy!!!

https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/flightairmap-watching-your-live-data-next-level/26536/26?u=tommuc

[TomMuc1]

now fam runs in 3d using less memory, cpu and graphic-card than fr24 and moreover while fma shows higher resolution 3d satellite background image. and i like your start into 3d-mode way more than this silly ground view with the circling to the aircraft fr24 does. i know i don't have to compare :)))

[TomMuc1]

now load in 3d mode is so low that my newer macbook not even starts to use the dedicated gpu but remains using the intel onboard low-power gpu! and even when i'm in 3d-mode i can switch in sidebar-menu to show all aircrafts (of course then the high end gpu starts up)! great job!!!

[Ysurac]

Now I'm really out for the week-end :)

[TomMuc1]

yes - and i wish you the best thinkable weekend :) cheers

[TomMuc1]

• 3d mode - instead of a380 model b747 shows up
• require/settings.php $globalAircraftSize - when set to any size e.g. '25' all aircrafts on map do not move any more
• helicopter model path slightly off axis

[TomMuc1]

'Only display selected flight on 3D mode' - runs flawless, fast and instantly without any bugs while extensive tests. within all sample sites on cesium website - flightairmap is in top three if not the best implementation of their cesium application :1st_place_medal:

[Ysurac]

• fixed
• fixed
• fixed

[TomMuc1]

• worx :)
• worx :)
• is this a new blue helicopter now? starts very big zoomed in in 3d?! thanks :)

[TomMuc1]

an additional question in js/map.3d.js.php i set 'shadows : false' but despite that the a380 shows obviously some sort of very nice and smooth shading? see pictures below ...

[Ysurac]

• Yes. No idea why it's bigger... Need more tests.
• The model have a "sun" source of light in it.

[TomMuc1]

aah - that's why - looks very nice and natural! unbelievable how big the differences in quality the different models are ...

[TomMuc1]

anyways - the guy who made the a380 model did a great job :)

[TomMuc1]

new 3d sun shadow install doest not work. shows 'map3dshadows' instead of true or false in install website and then overwrites existing map3dshadows = FALSE in settings.php

btw. to always have to manually set $globalInstalled = FALSE in settings.php before run install.php again is a little annoying ...

[Ysurac]

Fixed in latest commit. If you don't have to set $globalinstalled to TRUE, anybody that access your website can change settings...

[TomMuc1]

thanx - works now :)

how about a simple password and password-field in install.php that is stored as md5-hash in settings.php or database

[TomMuc1]

would be great if there were:

• a really nice helicopter model
• a really nice sailplane model
• a really nice single engine prop private aircraft

any chance - are there some already existent anywhere?

[Ysurac]

If you don't like models, you can contribute ;) And there is no single models of each type, models are based on aircraft ICAO. Only if the aircraft ICAO model is not available it use a default model of the same type. I also have to use as low possible polygons models, else models use too much memory.

[TomMuc1]

i did not say you should start modeling new models - and so do i ;) the question was 'are there already existing models that could be included without too much effort' e.g. from sources like this? https://grabcad.com/library/airbus-a380-4

[Ysurac]

No idea of the license, they must have many polygons, not sure I can open them in Blender,... The screenshots are rendered, this will always be better.

[TomMuc1]

yep that were the same questions i was wondering about :) and yes - no question - over here we render all solidworks models in maxwellrender - and this is totally different to what is possible in realtime! but i thought the modeling is the by far most time consuming part - so it were maybe an option to reuse those existing models and export them to the needed format? no one over here ever used blender so i have no idea about that ...

[Ysurac]

I need to use open license. I also use liveries when available. And again we can have far more beautiful models, but we have the same problems as flightgear (it's why I use models from them): models must have a low number of polygons. Else any models in glTF 1.0 or 2.0 format can be used.

[TomMuc1]

next week i look with one of our 3d guys into some of those step and solidworks files to see how complex they are. do you have a number or range of polygons that fit to flightairmap e.g. the nice a380 or b777 ?

[Ysurac]

No idea, but file must be as small as possible. For these models it's more nice textures than a good model.

[TomMuc1]

display actual receiver message rate in aircraft detected layer would be nice (flightaware skyview uses an over 30 seconds averaged value)

$message_rate_array[] = array('messages' => $ac_messages_total, 'time' => $ac_now);
if (time() - $message_rate_array[0]['time'] > 30) array_shift($message_rate_array);
$delta_message_number = $message_rate_array[count($message_rate_array) - 1]['messages'] - $message_rate_array[0]['messages'];
$delta_message_time =  $message_rate_array[count($message_rate_array) - 1]['time'] - $message_rate_array[0]['time'];
$delta_message_time > 0 ? $message_rate = round($delta_message_number / $delta_message_time, '1') : $message_rate = null;

[TomMuc1]

i know i asked this already - but now using this very cool single aircraft 3d mode since a while these two things are really inconvenient:

• in 3d i use 95% of the time satellite background - in 2d i use 95% of time map background so i have to switch the map everytime i switch between 2d and 3d
• the minimap in 3d would be a huge help to see where the aircraft flys - but the zoom factor is really too high

[Ysurac]

• rate of messages may be added later as the value already exist for stat page
• I will add a "synchronize map" option for 2D and 3D
• It's really a question of choice... I will try to make minimap zoomable

[TomMuc1]

regarding the mini-map i don't think that zoomable is really need for - if just the hard set zoom-factor would be say 2 steps lower anything were just perfect :)