Thanks for the help. The autopilot now works. Two things to note is that
i have the lat and lon backwards below when declaring SGWayPoint and after
calling set_HeadingMode i needed to call
globals->get_autopilot()->set_HeadingEnabled( true );
Hope this helps others,
Seamus
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Norman Vine wrote:
> Seamus Thomas Carroll writesL
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to add a waypoint using the following code:
> > SGWayPoint *wp = new SGWayPoint( 49.390545, -121.438942, 4000, SGWayPoint::WGS84,
> > "HOPE" );
> > globals->get_route()->add_waypoint( *wp );
>
> This looks OK.
>
> > The waypoint is a location north of Vancouver, BC. The lat and long is in
> > decimal degrees. When this code executes nothing happens.
>
> You probably didn't turn the AP on :-)
> < see below >
>
> > Is there a flag I need to set to get the autopilot to work? I have traced
> > through the code and have added cout statements and have observed that
> > "void FGAutopilot::update (double dt)" is being called.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> There is a way to do this with the fgCommand Interface also but
> the *raw* 'C' command is
>
> void FGAutopilot::set_HeadingMode( fgAutoHeadingMode mode ) {
>
> You want to use FG_HEADING_WAYPOINT for 'mode'
>
> HTH
>
> Norman
>
>
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