On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:02:24 +0100, Alex wrote in message <20130130220224.2bc98cdf@main>:
> Ahoy Guys, > > while doing some research for the wiki[1] the idea came across to > center the (seemingly not properly working) "runway projection", the > big fat arrow on the default HUD, pointing to one o'clock here[2], and > make it more flexible. Even though it does not actually project the > active runway on the HUD, it still points to its direction. I am aware > that sooner or later canvas[3] will replace the actual HUD system and > therefore probably not much effort will go into the current one > anymore. However, until then it would be nice to make something more > useful out of it or, as a second option, disable the instrument in > Huds/default.xml. And because the arrow is very obvious, just letting > it hang out at the corner does not make the HUD prettier. > > Enclosed are two patches, both tested on FG 2.10 and git "next": > HUD-runway_offset-fgdata.diff > Changes the coordinates in runway.xml to have it centered. Nearly, > at least. For unknown reason it disappears if centered along the > y-axis. Therefore that one unit offset in the patch. > HUD-runway_property-fg_source.diff > Alters the property for the airport "runway" is pointing at from > "/sim/presets/airport-id" to "/sim/tower/airport-id". Right after > starting FG these are the same but now the user is able to make the > arrow pointing to some other airport or to the closest one by > setting up the "Tower Position" via menu. > > A screenshot[4] showing the centered one for your approval or not. > > Thank you very much > Alex > > [1] http://wiki.flightgear.org/HUD > [2] http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:HUD_default_overview.png > [3] http://wiki.flightgear.org/Canvas_HUD ..[3] got me a wee bit confused, "fpv" here means Flight Path Velocity Vector, not First Person View? I played with FPV and OSD in the search field, "OSD" is FPV-slang for "HUD", and these comes in _all_ kinds of screen style variants, so I guess we could use a wee mention to point FPV people the right way here. ;o) > [4] http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/fgfs-screen-259.php -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
