Stuart Buchanan wrote: > Shad Young wrote: > >> Hi Stuart, >> >> Sadly I have never heard of the Nasal Scripting Language. I will Google. >> > > The short summary is that Nasal is a scripting language that is tightly > integrated with FlightGear itself, and provides a very easy way to manipulate > the property tree, which is the core data structure within the simulator. By > the time you are finished you'll be very familiar with both ;) > > You can define Nasal scripts within the XML definition of the aircraft, and > trigger functions when properties change. It is very powerful stuff... > > :) Got you. I have been looking over some of the XML in one of the aircraft containers (MSFS terminology - is it called the same in FG?) >> The aircraft in question is the Pilatus PC-9, so I was thinking of >> extending the existing PC-7 to reflect the more powerful engine etc. >> > > The PC-7 is a fairly old FG model and currently uses an XML based electrical > and vacuum system. I don't think it has any hydraulic system modeled at all. > I think you'll probably want to start from scratch and develop a Nasal based > system tuned to your needs. Others on the list may be able to suggest > aircraft to look at for examples. > > The maintainer of the PC-7 is Erik Hofman, who has stated before that he is > happy for contributions to the aircraft. > > Hope this is all useful. It sounds like a fun project. > > Thanks Stuart, I will see if I can contact Erik.
> -Stuart > > PS - We gently discourage top-posting on the -dev list. > Mea Culpa. I use Thunderbird and it defaults to the top. I will remember to bottom-post for future messages. Cheers Shad ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
