Robin van Steenbergen > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > Sent: 21 September 2007 04:03 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Serious simmer > > > Ampere K. Hardraade schreef: > > I have seen far more serious simmers. :P > > > > Ampere > > > That basically translates as: We really want some pictures of that! > > All of that guy's sim is MSFS-based with third party add-on > instruments, > and all of the monitors on his desk are run from a single PC. > > If FG is going to be used in home cockpits (Which I REALLY am > in favor > of) we need some way to get the instruments currently in FG out in an > external application, which can run a 2D panel on a separate > monitor. FG > of course already has the possibility of exporting data over > the network > and linking copies for visuals (--external-fdm) but I'm not > sure to what > extent all of the instruments will follow in the slaved FG copy. The > most important instrument you will have to run offboard > except the basic > six are engine gauges, radio and possibly map navigation. > > Making a decent (preferably OpenGL, vector-based) framework for FG > panels would be a good development step, and it need not > neccesarily be > in the FG branch. As long as it follows the FG spec for the current > instruments it will work, and we might be able to add > XML-based vector > artwork for glass cockpits later (SVG instrument rendering, > anyone?). We > could borrow some ideas from ARINC661 here. The project would > be similar > to X-Panel, already developed for X-Plane, so PanelGear might be a > suitable name? >
Obviously someone who keeps right up-to-date with FG, and reads our website :-). Try this: http://www.flightgear.org/Projects/ John Wojnaroski is particularly active in this field Vivian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
