Project Mercury X

[Izack]

Pardon me if I'm butting in, but doesn't the Dragonfly have a 3D sphere in its panel rendered with OpenGL?

I know nothing of most of the terms just stated here, so feel free to strike me with a manual of your choice.

 

[estar]

Yes, but the new Panel2D interface in Orbiters API works by defining a billboard mesh (constant orientation relative to the camera), with the classic 2D panels being textures of this billboard now.

The Deltaglider example code has quite some interesting stuff in it, I still work myself through this and its options.

Mmmm that does have interesting implications.

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Pardon me if I'm butting in, but doesn't the Dragonfly have a 3D sphere in its panel rendered with OpenGL?

I know nothing of most of the terms just stated here, so feel free to strike me with a manual of your choice.

That where I got the initial idea from.

 

[4throck]

Here's my progress on the side panel. The photo is less helpfull there and you can't actually read much of the labels.

Urwumpe, I like the HUD ideia :thumbup:

 

[4throck]

Here's what I came up with in trying to do a globe texture. I couldn't locate any suitable map from that time so I used a modern topographic map and applied the same type of colors. Also I used a similar lat-long grid. I guess that if I add the rivers it might be usable.

Just for comparison, here's the original globe:

 

[4throck]

Here's a reduced version of the main panel overlays final version. One is the panel background, the other are the buttons. I must make another button overlay for button animations.

Urwumpe, how do you want the DDS files? Private message through the forum? Email?

 

[Urwumpe]

Urwumpe, how do you want the DDS files? Private message through the forum? Email?

Email, I'll PM the address to you.

I have had some small promising success last week, when experimenting with using a Lua script for defining the electrical systems of it. If I don't get any negative surprises, you could literally change everything except the main bus systems, which would need to be defined as entry points for the simulation.

I don't know if I can do the same flexibility with the life support system.

 

[boby_nadeau]

When will this addon release ?

 

[Wishbone]

As soon as it's ready, perhaps? (the question actually ranks second, the top one is "Are we there yet?")

 

[Urwumpe]

Somewhere in 2011, I shoved it a bit behind for Soyuz stuff, also the electrics need a bit more testing as expected.

 

[kerlix]

Sorry to bring up a necropost/project but I was just wondering if this has been abandoned, or if work is eventually targeting to begin again. From the previous posts it look incredibly promising and I would still be incredibly happy to be able to make use of what appears to have great potential.