Question Arrow Freighter syncing/controlling with simpit ideas?

[vdrorb]

Hi folks,

I love the arrow freighter and i am looking for some hints how i can control it without using the virtual cockpit.
While the normal flight parameter can get accessed via the VESSEL* class oapi functions i would love also to control the light, gravity wheel, the fantastic countdown etc.
maybe somehow accessing the oapiVC* calls,... just brainstorming
any ideas to achieve this would be welcome

 

[kamaz]

I'd look into (ab)using clbkSaveState() / clbkLoadStateEx().

 

[vdrorb]

I'd look into (ab)using clbkSaveState() / clbkLoadStateEx().

:tiphat:
yeap, thats was a thought of mine too.. now decoding the line in the savefile

SAVEVAR00 0§0,1§0.00,2§0,3§0.00,4§0,5§0.00,6§0,7§1,8§0.00,9§1,10§0.00,11§0.00,12§0,13§1,14§1,15§0.00,16§0,17§0,18§3,19§1,40§0.04,41§4,42§0,43§0,44§0.00,45§0,46§0.00,47§0.00,48§0,

...but will i be able to set something (sure i am in the savefile) but can i make the arrowfreighter to know it on the fly

 

[kamaz]

Calling clbkLoadStateEx() should cause the vessel to load its state from the save file supplied. Have a look at master/slave sources (Common/Message.cpp, VesselStateMessage object) to see how it works.

 

[jedidia]

Calling clbkLoadStateEx() should cause the vessel to load its state from the save file supplied.

Have you ever tried that on SimTime? I wouldn't expect it to work, really.

 

[kamaz]

Have you ever tried that on SimTime? I wouldn't expect it to work, really.

It works with Shuttle-A (in clbkPostStep()). It doesn't work with SSU. Didn't test with Arrow (yet)... But it's worth giving it a try.

Essentialy, whether it works depends on how the vehicle author chooses to interpret the VESSEL2 spec.

 

[meson800]

Technically, calling clbkLoadStateEx is unsafe during the simulation, but it can sometimes be safe depending on how the vessel was written.

The "safe" way to do it would be to directly call the vessel's clbkVCMouseEvent in PostStep, like I did (with clbkPanelMouseEvent, but the idea is still the same) in SimpitController here.

The only issue with clbkVCMouseEvent is you have to hook the vessel and capture the VC events traveling to the Arrow Freighter.