On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 10:38 -0800, Ed Greenberg wrote:
> I have a user interface suggestion for the FlightGear simulator, and I'm
> not sure if it goes here or in devel. I'm posting it below, but if it
> needs to go somewhere else, or if it's not welcome at all, please let me
> know (nicely.)
>
> I suggest that the numeric-5 control (center controls) only center the
> Ailerons and perhaps rudder. Centering the elevators and elevator trim
> can be disastrous. If aileron and rudder trim are available, these
> should not be centered.
>
> This would help with keyboard flying.
>
> Thanks,
> </edg>
I haven't flown keyboard in years. :D
Looking at the code, 5 shouldn't center any of the trims, just the stick
and rudder...
If you'd like to change this yourself to see how it works out, you have
two options:
1. edit your keyboard.xml file to only center the controls you want...
Search for key n="53" in the file and then change it to look like below.
Everything between <key n="53"> and </key>. Then remove the
<binding> ... </binding> sections you don't want.
<key n="53">
<name>Keypad 5</name>
<desc>Center aileron, elevator, and rudder.</desc>
<binding>
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/flight/aileron</property>
<value type="double">0.0</value>
</binding>
<binding>
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/flight/elevator</property>
<value type="double">0.0</value>
</binding>
<binding>
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/flight/rudder</property>
<value type="double">0.0</value>
</binding>
</key>
2. edit Nasal/controls.nas to remove the axises you don't want to change:
e.g. change
var centerFlightControls = func {
setprop("/controls/flight/elevator", 0);
setprop("/controls/flight/aileron", 0);
setprop("/controls/flight/rudder", 0);
}
to
var centerFlightControls = func {
setprop("/controls/flight/aileron", 0);
}
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