John,

> Interesting...
> 
> I'm about to delve into XPlane and have zero understanding regards how 
> the third party plugins or datarefs work.

I'm afraid I can't say much more than that at this point -- the only
source I have myself is

  http://www.xsquawkbox.net/xpsdk/phpwiki/index.php

But it does look a bit more orderly and sensible than with FSUIPC or
its new free competitor (forgotten the name).

I've just checked, and all the relevant parameters appear to be
there. There's even a "override_planepath": "Set item 0 to '1' to turn
off x-plane's flight model." -- very handy.

Just for the record, here's what information I think will need to
travel between FG and X-Plane:

FG->XP:

  -- position
  -- attitude
  -- time derivatives of position and attitude
  -- NAV frequencies
  -- transponder settings
  -- PTT (we might be able to use XPLMCommandButtonPress() and
       XPLMCommandButtonRelease() )

XP->FG:

  -- weather (we can generate a METAR to the plane from all the
       weather parameters? I can't see a direct METAR parameter)

Audio will be handled by X-Plane.

> OTH I can do FG in my sleep. Perhaps there is any opportunity for some 
> common sharing and help.

One other thought -- it might be better to use X-Plane on Linux, maybe
plugins can even be built using gcc?

  Andras


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