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Likewise, if you want to create a 3D cockpit for FlightGear, or to create buildings, external aircraft models, etc., your help is *desperately* needed. The only rule is to go easy on the triangles -- a model with 50,000 triangles probably won't be usable in FlightGear, and one with 5,000 triangles, only marginally. If you can design a nice 3D cockpit interior for in a 3D design program such as [[AC3D]] or [[PPE]], there may be coders who will be happy to add the support code in the C++. | Likewise, if you want to create a 3D cockpit for FlightGear, or to create buildings, external aircraft models, etc., your help is *desperately* needed. The only rule is to go easy on the triangles -- a model with 50,000 triangles probably won't be usable in FlightGear, and one with 5,000 triangles, only marginally. If you can design a nice 3D cockpit interior for in a 3D design program such as [[AC3D]] or [[PPE]], there may be coders who will be happy to add the support code in the C++. | ||
If, on the other hand, you really want to get your hands dirty with C++ coding, you'll have to buy a good [[ | If, on the other hand, you really want to get your hands dirty with C++ coding, you'll have to buy a good [[OpenGL]] book eventually. However, FlightGear uses a high-level library, [[PLIB]], that hides most of the details of OpenGL. To get started with 3D C++ coding, you can take a look at the plib documentation and learn only as much OpenGL as you need, when you need it. | ||
=== How do I add an airport? === | === How do I add an airport? === | ||