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Re: AC-130

Postby jack » Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:27 am

Ok, I've been working on the interior the most recently, and I wanted to know, how would I make the gun cameras actually work? I want the screens in the Battle Management station to actually show a video feed of where each gun is aimed, is this possible?

Here is a picture of what I'd like:

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Re: AC-130

Postby obk01 » Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:37 am

I'm not going to lie, this thing is going to be badass
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Re: AC-130

Postby Timaman » Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:45 pm

tbh, i really doubt it will be possible
either that or it is possible, just HORRIBLY complicated.

Good luck with it though
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Re: AC-130

Postby jack » Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:58 pm

I'm going to search the wiki for any info on displays, but I can assure it's possible. There is another aircraft that has an extremely close feature to this, but I am yet to understand how it operates.
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Re: AC-130

Postby snipey » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:01 pm

what plane is it?
it is open source so you can borow its source....
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Re: AC-130

Postby Gijs » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:04 pm

I forgot what aircraft (A-6, B1-B or F-14), but that one just has a fake display, which works like an artifical horizon. It doesn't show what you see ;)
At the moment it is impossible to place a camera-view inside a panel. It would require a source change to do so...
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Re: AC-130

Postby jack » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:11 pm

ouch! That's really going to impact the outcome of the aircraft. You're sure that a nasal script couldn't be constructed that get's the conditions from an x, y, and z coordinated view and places it on an object(panel, screen, etc.)?
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Re: AC-130

Postby Blender3D » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:48 pm

Render to texture is the feature you will need to have the problem solved perfectly. It doesn't seem too hard to implement but probably someone with good knowledge of the FG code should do this.
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Re: AC-130

Postby jack » Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:09 pm

That would be perfect, yet I have no knowledge of OSG. Hopefully somebody with a good understanding of the flightgear code will kindly volunteer, and I will gladly supply them with the current AC-130 data.
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Re: AC-130

Postby Blender3D » Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:36 pm

The OSG-part is not the problem. Everything one needs to know therefore is written in the tutorial I posted. The problem is that the tutorial just shows us how to map this hardcoded texture to a hardcoded polygon. WE need to be able to set the texture resolution and the object it will be displayed on later via xml (or from the property tree so one can change it). Of course we would already be happy if one just could specify the position, dimension and orientation of the polygon that will hold the texture later and the viewport that will be rendered.

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Re: AC-130

Postby gooneybird » Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:37 am

Nemesis wrote:Excellent! An RAF liverie for the Herc. perfect :)


Why have one when you can have two :wink:

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Re: AC-130

Postby jack » Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:39 pm

Very nice liveries gooney! I can't wait to see them on the AC-130. :) If all goes well, I'll have a release for the AC-130 later today, I just need to animate a few panels, and texture some parts of the Battle Management Station.

EDIT: Hey gooney, would you be able to provide all the inkscape/gimp(either is fine) files for all your liveries? I wouldn't mind using the camo you drew to make a few Nam and United States Air Force Special Operations liveries.
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Re: AC-130

Postby Nemesis » Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:42 pm

Gooney, you're my hero, mate :)
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Re: AC-130

Postby gooneybird » Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:44 pm

Ive just sent the liveries to helijah so they should be available within the next couple of days.

I'll sort out an Inkscape file for you sometime, as it's done in Inkscape it will be easier for me to do and better quality than an .xcf.
There is over 25 layers at the moment so I'll have to break that down to a more manageable level and give them more helpful names.
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Re: AC-130

Postby jack » Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:09 am

Best not keep you guys waiting. This is a bit of an Alpha release. In fact, we'll call it Version 0.1 for now.

Included in this version:

Working Weapons

Battle Management Station

1 of to be several armament panels

USAF Special Operations Livery
(will be completely re-done once I can get my hands on Goony's Paintkit)
(Special Thanks go to Skyop for helping me with the weapons nasal)

Tips:

In Cockpit view, look up at the overhead panel, you will see the armament panel.

Here is the download: AC-130.zip



What to expect in the next release:

Splash Screen

Thumbnail Picture

Several New liveries

More panels

Working Displays

and more...
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