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How to ... Gate alignement ?

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Jaidee

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I would like to make an FS9 red/green indicator to ensure proper airplane left/right alignement at the gate.... Wouldl like to do it by writing/tweaking a piece of BGL or Asm code. Any idea how to go about it ? Which OPcode or variable can I use for this purpose ?
All my FS coding knowledge originated from this forum, but have no clue this time on how to proceed for a left right indicator.:confused:
Thanks in advance for any hints.
 
Hi,

Have a look at this article on the Wiki. I tried to explain there how I made my docking systems, so that should give you a starting point.
 
Arno,

Thanks to this article I was able to make an odometer succesfully at each gate. So the content has been digested and put to good use at it's fulliest extend. In this excellent article you describe how to approach distance based through the SEPARATION_PLANE operand and texture fine tuning.
However, the objective of this inquiry is to give a left/right indication (not distance) to align at a 0 degree angle the gate. In your VGDS system article this was achieved by Gmax optical approach. Instead I would like to write some code for a green / right indicator with the same texture fine tuning approach as described in your article.
The question is there an Opcode or variable or suggestion I can use to retrieve my plane's current alignement and as a result display the corresponding texture.
Angle positive:Red/Green, Angle zero:Green-Green or Angle negative: Green/Red texture.
Thanks for any hints.
 
Hi,

After I wrote that article I also made another type of docking system that has lights to indicate if you are on the left or right side. For that I used the SEPARATION_PLANE command as well. So in that case the vector did not point out of the docking system, but along it. Based on the amount of meters you are from the centerline a different texture is shown with an updated display of the docking system.

Could you use this technique on your object as well?
 
Got it !

Arno,
Thanks for your reply ! Of course SEPARATE_PLANE under a different angle is the way to go ! Will start coding. See the end of the tunnel now !
 
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