Speedbar

[fearlessfrog]

I wrote a small c# script to display an IL2-style 'speed bar' in CoD. It's not great, but was fun to do. It's in this thread here:

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...e_airspee.html

Since a few google searches led me to the people helping to explore scripting here, it seems proper to post back in-case it helps others.

using System;
using maddox.game;
using maddox.game.world;
using maddox.GP;
using System.Collections.Generic;


public class Mission : AMission
{
    private double nextMsgTime = 0;
                        
    public override void OnTickGame()
    {
        {
            base.OnTickGame();
            
            if (Time.current() > nextMsgTime)
            {
                nextMsgTime = Time.current() + 3.0; // 3 ish seconds to next message
                
                // Leave this in if you want to test a timer
                //GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter("Time elapsed (in seconds) = " + Time.current() + 
                //    ", next message will be at " + nextMsgTime);
                
                if (GamePlay.gpPlayer() != null) // check if we have a player.
                {
                    if (GamePlay.gpPlayer().Place() != null)
                    {
                        Player me = GamePlay.gpPlayer();
                        Player[] all = { me };

                        AiActor where = me.Place();
                        Point3d pos = me.Place().Pos();
                        
                        double height = ((pos.z + 62.5) / 306.5) * 1000;

                        AiAircraft aircraft = (GamePlay.gpPlayer().Place() as AiAircraft);
                        double ias = aircraft.getParameter(part.ParameterTypes.I_VelocityIAS, 0);                        
                        double altitude = aircraft.getParameter(part.ParameterTypes.I_Altitude, 0);
                        double mag_compass = aircraft.getParameter(part.ParameterTypes.I_MagneticCompass, 0);
                        double rep_compass = aircraft.getParameter(part.ParameterTypes.I_RepeaterCompass, 0);

                        double z_altitude = aircraft.getParameter(part.ParameterTypes.Z_AltitudeMSL, 0);
                        double z_ias = aircraft.getParameter(part.ParameterTypes.Z_VelocityTAS, 0);
                        double z_orientation = aircraft.getParameter(part.ParameterTypes.Z_Coordinates, 0);

                        GamePlay.gpLogServer(all, 
                                    "Frogbar v0.1:           HDG: " +
                                    mag_compass.ToString("0") +
                                    "           ALT: " +
                                    height.ToString("0") +
                                    "           SPD: " +
                                    ias.ToString("0"), null);
                    }
                }
            }                       
        }     
    }
}

Cheers!

[Ataros]

Thank you for posting.

It is server side script for online players I assume.

But for offline players it could be useful to know how to install it.

[fearlessfrog]

Hi Ataros,

Actually I've only ever tried it single player.

To use it then take the script text and make a 'same-name-as-mission-file.cs' and place it next to the existing .mis file - if you then configure a small window (i.e. 1 line, vertically wide) then you can 'simulate' the speedbar as in IL2.

To try it quickly you can use the Extras / Full Mission Builder and save a mission, i.e. 'test1.mis' and then take the above script and save it as a file called 'test1.cs' and put it next to the .mis file in the /missions directory.

It was just a quick thing to try out, and not a proper speedbar to always play with, but it's great that so much is accessible via the API.

Cheers