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=== Cloud placement === | === Cloud placement === | ||
* 08/2012: Cloud placement meanwhile uses a new fgcommand "add-cloud", however that's using the property tree, and it only places a single cloud - it might make sense to provide another version which places multiple clouds at once, so that a single call can add several clouds. This would probably be faster by using a Nasal extension function, instead of an fgcommand. | |||
* calls to place cloud models into the scenery, to remove them and to change their position. Compared with the standard Flightgear 3d clouds, placing and moving models from Nasal seems exceedingly slow. However, local weather uses some features for which it is not obvious if they are supported by the way the standard 3d clouds are implemented. These are: | * calls to place cloud models into the scenery, to remove them and to change their position. Compared with the standard Flightgear 3d clouds, placing and moving models from Nasal seems exceedingly slow. However, local weather uses some features for which it is not obvious if they are supported by the way the standard 3d clouds are implemented. These are: | ||