Hi Wolfram, > Active tuned in frequency: > There is a property for that in MP protocol, but as much as I have seen, it > contains always the same frequency and does not change with the radio.
Correct. When I originally implemented the MP chat function, I intended to enhance it so that chat would be filtered by the tuned frequencies. However, before I managed to do that, FGCom was developed and it quickly became obvious that it was a much better solution, as well as being more realistic. > Potential Usage: > In a region with many ATCs, like in the triangle around EDDF, there is much > noise to ignore in MP chat, because all speak over one channel. If we would > have the set aircraft frequency transmitted, the ATC could filter those > messages that match his frequencies. We would have a much better realism and > ATCs had a better overview. > On my side I have implemented this feature already, but it is hidden, as it > waits for the FG Change. IMO people should be using FGCOM rather than MP chat for realistic ATC communications. There is a role for MP chat as help channel for those diagnosing FGCom issues, but if it didn't exist today I doubt it would be developed. Linking the property to the currently tuned COMM1 frequency would be straightforward, and could be done very easily in the MP Chat Nasal library, i.e. without any source-code changes. However, I'm really not convinced of the need to do so. Do people who run ATC really accept users without FGCom? > Squawk codes > The big difference between FG und the reality in terms of ATC is that if > there should be a Squawk transponder build into the model its data do not > reach other clients. > > Potential Usage: > Most of you will know how it is used. I can imagine that these codes > influence the coloring (e.g. emergencies) and give extra information to the > ATC (flight state). I can see the advantage of having squawk codes added to the MP data, and they are sufficiently universal that they should be transmitted as a dedicated property rather than as one of the per-aircraft generics. It is trivial to add, and I'll take a look after the release is complete. I'll also check with Matthias to see if there's any HLA issue I should be considering. -Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
