Bill
As to the faster of the two im not sure ... however it would depend on the
amount of data to be held. hmmm there is no reason why a relational database
couldnt be accessed using object-oriented code, not sure what you meant
there.
I'm sure there are more qualified peeps with the answers. you might also
want to try the comp.games.development.* news groups for these questions
cheers
shane
If you really want to get into the nuts and bolts of a flight
simulator, check out the flight gear project: www.flightgear.org. We
are working on an open-source flight sim and have made some very good
progress to date, but have a lot of work left to go. You can always
download and try running the latest versions ...
I'm sure the answer will be wildly different for every simulator
... and even for different types of data within a single simulator.
I've everything from ascii-text files to
use-the-file-system-as-your-database to real databases. It depends a
lot on the size and nature of the particular data you are managing.
If you are talking about the properties of a vehicle, then yes, these
could be stored in a database, or in a simple ascii file, or many
other ways I suppose. In general, you would load in the properties of
the vehicle once and then pass these to the physics routines to
actually simulate the vehicle ... you wouldn't need to load vehicle
property data every frame.
It all depends on the nature of your data, and how you are accessing
it. Often, simpler is better.
Curt.
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Curtis Olson University of MN, ME Dept. Flight Gear Project
Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org
