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 ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
