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DerMaister

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hello community, I have always found answers here (Many thanks to everyone for this) and finally decided to sign up.
I have a question: I want to insert coordinates in the asm file, I have the coordinates in decimal degrees - how can I bring them to the format of hex to asm file?

for example: I have a makeMDL latitude and longitude of 10 (N10*E10*)
asm code is created
Code: 
 ;compile with BGLC /BGL 10.asm
header label word
    dw      0001            ; 00 World set number   
    dd      00010FA44H          ; 02 North bound        
    dd      00010EFCEH          ; 06 South bound        
    dd      0071C71C8H          ; 10 East bound         
    dd      0071C71C6H          ; 14 West bound         
    dw      20 dup(0)                               
    dd      (offset OBJECT_DATA) - (offset header)
    dw      33 dup(0)                               

OBJECT_DATA label word                                  
    db  21              ;;LATBAND_REL                   
    dw  00877h          ;;lat min (inclusive) 512M units
    dw  0087Eh          ;;lat max (exclusive)           
    dd  (offset OBJECT_0) - (offset OBJECT_DATA)        
    db  0               ;;EOL                           
OBJECT_0 label    BGLCODE
    db  12                      ; NEAR_FAR_HUGE_OBJECT_HEADER
    [COLOR="Red"]dd  00010F509h,0071C71C7h           ; latitude,longitude[/COLOR]          
    db  100                     ; image power                 
    dd  (offset OBJECT_0_END) - (offset OBJECT_0)             
OBJECT_0_START label word
    IFIN1       OBJECT_0_FAIL, image_complex, 2, 32767
    ADDOBJ      OBJECT_0_SCALE
    SHADOW_CALL OBJECT_0_SCALE
OBJECT_0_FAIL label    BGLCODE
    BGL_JUMP_32 OBJECT_0_END  
OBJECT_0_SCALE label    BGLCODE
    SCALE_AGL   OBJECT_0_RETURN, 10000, 1339, 131072, [COLOR="red"]00010F509h[/COLOR], 08E39h, [COLOR="red"]0071C71C7h[/COLOR], 01C72h, 0, 0
    BGL_CALL        OBJECT_0_BEGIN
OBJECT_0_RETURN label word
    BGL_RETURN
OBJECT_0_BEGIN label word
model_outside    label    BGLCODE
model_shadow label BGLCODE

LOD_0    label    BGLCODE
    BGL_JUMP_32    LOD_0L

model_inside  label    BGLCODE
    BGL_RETURN
LOD_0L    label    BGLCODE
    include    10_0.asm



OBJECT_0_END label word
EOF


As far as I can understand 00010F509h,0071C71C7h is latitude and longitude

I tried this:
hexdec("00010F509h") * 90
result is 100017450
quite strange :)

point out my mistake please
 
Hi,

I will come back to this soon. I need to figure out some of the details to be able to give the exact answer. But I need that for my ModelConverterX tool anyway.
 
I just want to create a tool for placing ground polygons.
For example, I get geometry from 0.asm, and I only have to change the coordinates and name of the texture to cover a large area and I would like to use a separate BGL for each texture.
maybe you do something like that in the next build ModelConverterX?
 
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I think this is right:

Header bounds are SINT32 for Latitude and ANGL32 for Longitude.

World polar circumference = 40007 km
1/2 world circumference = 20003500 meters
1 degree equals 20003500 / 180 = 111130.55555555555555555555555556

Latitude = (decimal_degrees * 111130.55555555555555555555555556)
(10.0000 * 111130.55555555555555555555555556)
1111305.555555555555555555555555
1111305d
10F509h


Longitude = ((decimal_degrees / 360 ) * 4294967296 )
((10.0000 / 360 ) * 4294967296 )
119304647.11111111111111111111111
119304647d
071c71c7h


****************************************

Latbands are 512M units

Latitude = ((decimal_degrees / 180 ) * 65536 )
((10.0000 / 180 ) * 65536 )
3640.8888888888888888888888888889
3640d
0e38h

****************************************

The actual object placement has

;latitude =iiii M units ... meaning it uses integers only
;longitude =32-bit pseudo

so...

longitude would be as above:

Longitude = ((decimal_degrees / 360 ) * 4294967296 )
((10.0000 / 360 ) * 4294967296 )
119304647.11111111111111111111111
119304647d
071c71c7h


latitude would be:

World polar circumference = 40007 km
1/2 world circumference = 20003500 meters
1 degree equals 20003500 / 180 = 111130.55555555555555555555555556

Latitude = ((decimal_degrees * 111130.55555555555555555555555556)/512)
((10.0000 * 111130.55555555555555555555555556)/512)
2170.5186631944444444444444444434
2170d
087ah

***********************************

You would need to alter the header bounds, which should be a bit greater NSEW than the actual location. Then you need to alter the latbands to be also inclusive ( a bit greater range lat south...lat north ). Then you need to alter the actual N10* E10*.

You could get by setting the header and latbands exactly, but MS suggests making it a bit more inclusive, by a degree perhaps.

As I wrote, I think this is right. Also you can use decimal integers by using a format like 238609294d... d specifies decimal integers to BGLC.

Try this and see if it is right.

This is from gmax output for N10.0000* x E10.0000*:
Code: 
;compile with BGLC /BGL C:\Documents and Settings\Dick.LUDOWR\Desktop\BigBox.asm
header label word
    dw      0001            ; 00 World set number   
    dd      00010F518H          ; 02 North bound        
    dd      00010F4FAH          ; 06 South bound        
    dd      0071C71C8H          ; 10 East bound         
    dd      0071C71C6H          ; 14 West bound         
    dw      20 dup(0)                               
    dd      (offset OBJECT_DATA) - (offset header)
    dw      33 dup(0)                               

OBJECT_DATA label word                                  
    db  21              ;;LATBAND_REL                   
    dw  0087Ah          ;;lat min (inclusive) 512M units
    dw  0087Bh          ;;lat max (exclusive)           
    dd  (offset OBJECT_0) - (offset OBJECT_DATA)        
    db  0               ;;EOL                           
OBJECT_0 label    BGLCODE
    db  12                      ; NEAR_FAR_HUGE_OBJECT_HEADER
    dd  00010F509h,0071C71C7h           ; latitude,longitude          
    db  100                     ; image power                 
    dd  (offset OBJECT_0_END) - (offset OBJECT_0)             
OBJECT_0_START label word
    ADDOBJ      OBJECT_0_SCALE
    SHADOW_CALL OBJECT_0_SCALE
OBJECT_0_FAIL label    BGLCODE
    BGL_JUMP_32 OBJECT_0_END  
OBJECT_0_SCALE label    BGLCODE
    SCALE_AGL   OBJECT_0_RETURN, 10000, 25, 131072, 00010F509h, 08E39h, 0071C71C7h, 01C72h, 0, 0
    BGL_CALL        OBJECT_0_BEGIN
OBJECT_0_RETURN label word
    BGL_RETURN
OBJECT_0_BEGIN label word
model_outside    label    BGLCODE
model_shadow label BGLCODE

LOD_0    label    BGLCODE
    BGL_JUMP_32    LOD_0L

model_inside  label    BGLCODE
    BGL_RETURN
LOD_0L    label    BGLCODE
    include    C:\Documents and Settings\Dick.LUDOWR\Desktop\BigBox_0.asm


Dick
 
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I just checked out after you've edited your post, and lo! I think everything is correct.
I have not checked bounds, but I think the problems should not be

what I fed MakeMDL: N48.4201442971957*E39.3709659576416*

what I got in asm: 000521B5Dh 01BFF4400h

and got:
Code: 
pow(2,32); //4294967296
dechex(48.4201442971957 * (20003500 / 180)); 
dechex((39.3709659576416 / 360 ) * 4294967296 );
result: 521b5d 1bff4400

cool!

what you mean when you say that I can use a decimal for BGLC? I'm getting from it errors in this case...

and yes! many thanks rhumbaflappy

you among the relatives was Einstein?...
 
I not only messed up the latbands, but the fractional degrees as well.

This is a solution that works...

First, the original BigBox.asm from gmax:

Code: 
;compile with BGLC /BGL C:\Documents and Settings\Dick.LUDOWR\Desktop\BigBox.asm
header label word
    dw      0001            ; 00 World set number   
[COLOR="Red"]    dd      00010F518H          ; 02 North bound        
    dd      00010F4FAH          ; 06 South bound        
    dd      0071C71C8H          ; 10 East bound         
    dd      0071C71C6H          ; 14 West bound[/COLOR]         
    dw      20 dup(0)                               
    dd      (offset OBJECT_DATA) - (offset header)
    dw      33 dup(0)                               

OBJECT_DATA label word                                  
    db  21              ;;LATBAND_REL                   
[COLOR="Red"]    dw  0087Ah          ;;lat min (inclusive) 512M units
    dw  0087Bh          ;;lat max (exclusive)  [/COLOR]         
    dd  (offset OBJECT_0) - (offset OBJECT_DATA)        
    db  0               ;;EOL                           
OBJECT_0 label    BGLCODE
    db  12                      ; NEAR_FAR_HUGE_OBJECT_HEADER
[COLOR="Red"]    dd  00010F509h,0071C71C7h           ; latitude,longitude [/COLOR]         
    db  100                     ; image power                 
    dd  (offset OBJECT_0_END) - (offset OBJECT_0)             
OBJECT_0_START label word
    ADDOBJ      OBJECT_0_SCALE
    SHADOW_CALL OBJECT_0_SCALE
OBJECT_0_FAIL label    BGLCODE
    BGL_JUMP_32 OBJECT_0_END  
OBJECT_0_SCALE label    BGLCODE
    SCALE_AGL   OBJECT_0_RETURN, 10000, 25, 131072, [COLOR="Red"]00010F509h, 08E39h, 0071C71C7h, 01C72h[/COLOR], 0, 0
    BGL_CALL        OBJECT_0_BEGIN
OBJECT_0_RETURN label word
    BGL_RETURN
OBJECT_0_BEGIN label word
model_outside    label    BGLCODE
model_shadow label BGLCODE

LOD_0    label    BGLCODE
    BGL_JUMP_32    LOD_0L

model_inside  label    BGLCODE
    BGL_RETURN
LOD_0L    label    BGLCODE
    include    BigBox_0.asm



OBJECT_0_END label word
EOF

Now to move the BigBox to airfield C59... C59_BigBox.asm:

Code: 
;c59 @ 42.6295787481559 latitude, 88.6016458232594 longitude

;Latitude:
;The Earth's latitude is expressed as meters;
;Polar circumference=40007.0 km 
;Pole to pole = 20003500 meters
;each degree latitude = ( 20003500 / 180 ) = 111130.55555555555555555555555556
;latitude = ( latitude_decimal_degrees * 111130.55555555555555555555555556 )

;Longitude:
;The earth's longitude is expresses as a fraction of 2^32.
;2^32 = 4294967296
;longitude = (( longitude_decimal_degrees / 360 ) * 4294967296 )

[COLOR="Blue"]
;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
;lat = 42.6295787481559 = ( 42.6295787481559 * 111130.55555555555555555555555556 )  = 4737448.7693818696980555555555532
;4737449d
;fraction = ( 0.7693818696980555555555532 * 65536 ) = 50422.2102125317688888887345152
;50422d


;long = -88.6016458232594 = (( -88.6016458232594 / 360 ) * 4294967296 ) = -1057058808.8407614420127288888889
;-1057058808d
;fraction = ( 0.8407614420127288888889 * 65536 ) = 55100.1418637462004622229504
;55100d


;latband = 42.6295787481559 = ( 42.6295787481559 * 217.05186631944444444444444444444 ) = 9252.8296276989642540147569444425
;9252d

;++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++[/COLOR]
;compile with BGLC /BGL C:\Documents and Settings\Dick.LUDOWR\Desktop\BigBox.asm
header label word
    dw      0001            ; 00 World set number   
[COLOR="Red"]    dd      4737450d         ; 02 North bound        
    dd      4737448d         ; 06 South bound        
    dd      -1057058807d         ; 10 East bound         
    dd      -1057058809d          ; 14 West bound     [/COLOR]    
    dw      20 dup(0)                               
    dd      (offset OBJECT_DATA) - (offset header)
    dw      33 dup(0)                               

OBJECT_DATA label word                                  
    db  21              ;;LATBAND_REL                   
[COLOR="Red"]    dw  9251d          ;;lat min (inclusive) 512M units
    dw  9253d          ;;lat max (exclusive)      [/COLOR]     
    dd  (offset OBJECT_0) - (offset OBJECT_DATA)        
    db  0               ;;EOL                           
OBJECT_0 label    BGLCODE
    db  12                      ; NEAR_FAR_HUGE_OBJECT_HEADER
[COLOR="Red"]    dd  4737449d,-1057058808d           ; latitude,longitude  ****** general integer lat-long[/COLOR]        
    db  100                     ; image power                 
    dd  (offset OBJECT_0_END) - (offset OBJECT_0)             
OBJECT_0_START label word
    ADDOBJ      OBJECT_0_SCALE
    SHADOW_CALL OBJECT_0_SCALE
OBJECT_0_FAIL label    BGLCODE
    BGL_JUMP_32 OBJECT_0_END  
OBJECT_0_SCALE label    BGLCODE
    SCALE_AGL   OBJECT_0_RETURN, 10000, 25, 131072, [COLOR="Red"]4737449d, 50422d, -1057058808d, 55100d[/COLOR], 0, 0 ; [COLOR="Red"]****** note specific lat-long[/COLOR]
    BGL_CALL        OBJECT_0_BEGIN
OBJECT_0_RETURN label word
    BGL_RETURN
OBJECT_0_BEGIN label word
model_outside    label    BGLCODE
model_shadow label BGLCODE

LOD_0    label    BGLCODE
    BGL_JUMP_32    LOD_0L

model_inside  label    BGLCODE
    BGL_RETURN
LOD_0L    label    BGLCODE
    include    BigBox_0.asm



OBJECT_0_END label word
EOF

Note that I used decimal integers, which BGLC accepts just fine ( including negative values ), by specifying "d" as the numerical suffix, instead of "h".

On the header bounds and the latbands, I increased or decreased the integer lat-long by a single digit as needed to make the range inclusive of the object.

In SCALE_AGL, the integer latitude is followed by the fractional part... and the same for longitude.

Dick
 
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