General Question Scaling a bar graph in an MFD

[slaver0110]

I'm trying to implement a simple horizontal-bar display of propellant resources in an MFD.

It goes like: (just as an example)
Propellant Resource: PR
Bar-Width at full propellant: 350 pixels from left
Bar-Width at zero propellant: zero pixels from left

The filled bar is simply a visual representation of how much of a given propellant resource remains; much like in the RefuelMFD, and others like it.

Obviously, if PR is greater than 350, the bar will appear off-scale, so I need to mathematically scale the bar to fit within a certain range.

I realize that the answer/formula for this is most likely rediculously simple, but after an hour of trying on my own (I can be stubborn that way) I can't figure it out.

I ask the community for a little help again.:shrug:

 

[Face]

I'm trying to implement a simple horizontal-bar display of propellant resources in an MFD.

It goes like: (just as an example)
Propellant Resource: PR
Bar-Width at full propellant: 350 pixels from left
Bar-Width at zero propellant: zero pixels from left

The filled bar is simply a visual representation of how much of a given propellant resource remains; much like in the RefuelMFD, and others like it.

Obviously, if PR is greater than 350, the bar will appear off-scale, so I need to mathematically scale the bar to fit within a certain range.

Perhaps I'm not understanding your problem fully, but to me that sounds like a percentage problem. You'd simply calculate

int Wbar=(int)((double)PR/(double)PRmax*350);

The casts are to ensure that the ratio is not truncated to zero during calculation if your PR values are stored as integers.

It sure is trivial, but I hope it helps.

 

[martins]

In addition to Face's answer for scaling with the propellant capacity, you should also scale your bar with the MFD display area (the 350 pixels sounds suspicious. You can never assume that an MFD display has a fixed width).

So instead of making the bar 350 pixels wide, you should make it a certain percentage of the MFD screen width. You can use the MFD2::GetWidth() function for that. For example, if you want the bar to be 3/4 of the MFD display width, you can say

double WbarMax = 0.75*GetWidth();
int Wbar=(int)((double)PR/(double)PRmax*WbarMax);

 

[slaver0110]

In addition to Face's answer for scaling with the propellant capacity, you should also scale your bar with the MFD display area (the 350 pixels sounds suspicious. You can never assume that an MFD display has a fixed width).

So instead of making the bar 350 pixels wide, you should make it a certain percentage of the MFD screen width. You can use the MFD2::GetWidth() function for that. For example, if you want the bar to be 3/4 of the MFD display width, you can say

double WbarMax = 0.75*GetWidth();
int Wbar=(int)((double)PR/(double)PRmax*WbarMax);

Face and Martin, thanks for that. The 350 figure was just an arbitrary number I used in the example. As well, I should have used the term "progress bar", which would have been less confusing.
I figured it was a percentage, just couldn't work out how it was implemented.
Cheers, everyone!!