2011/4/12 Durk Talsma <durkt...@gmail.com>: > Hi All, > > after a slightly longer than expected break from FlightGear, I started > picking up coding again about a week or two ago. I am currently working > integrating the AIModels based traffic system with an ATC system in which the > user can also participate. It's going to be similar to the system that David > Luff has been working on for a long time, and is basically intended to be a > replacement of his AI/ATC code (in mutual agreement with David). In some > respects it's also similar to the "ATC" system from FS2004. But, I will > follow my own intuitions in implementing this system. The last weeks, I've > been mainly working on getting reaquainted with the inner workings of > FlightGear. Most specifically, finding out how the AI system actually worked > and finding out how to read a keyboard command from a GUI dialog box. > > Today, I had my first minor success by managing to let my own aircraft > request permission for engine startup while parked at the B terminal at EHAM. > I managed to re-use a lot of classes that were originally designed for AI > use, and today's engine startup clearance was still accomplished through the > AI system. (i.e., it was my AI copilot doing the talking. When it comes to > user interactions, the next logical move will obviously be to block ATC > transmissions that are initiated by the AI co-pilot, although it might be > interesting to keep this as an option (see below). I still need to look at > the details, but this should be quite doable. > > As a slightly unexpected bonus, today I realized that I can use all the > relevant classes from the AIModels and traffic manager system here and set > them up to reflect the user's aircraft in the AI world, without actually > interfering with the AIModels and traffic manager subsystems. In doing so, I > realize that there are some interesting future possibilities: > > 1) Let the AI system create a flight plan for the user aircraft and use this > flightplan eiter for VFR or IFR flight planning > 2) Let the ATC system handle the comm radio and let it serve as a virtual > co-pilot. > 3) Build a simple light-weight flight planner into FlightGear > 4) Possibly a lot more that I haven't even thought of > > >From this initial success, it's probably still going to take a long road > >before I have a fully fully functional system up and running, so it may take > >a while before I will commit this to get. Nevertheless, I just wanted share > >this minor triumph with you all and to give a quick heads up with respect to > >my current flightgear whereabouts. > > Cheers, > Durk >
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