Russ_H
Addon Developer
Through out all the projects I have started and never finished I have always loved the Delta Glider. I lived in the GD code for about the first year That I was into orbiter. One issue I had was that as a sample even after I knew what I was doing I could not take control of the models and learn from the code and the models together. So over the past 2 years or so I have been rebuilding the Delta Glider so I could understand how the virtual cockpit worked. The Delta Glider model is 99% rebuilt with all new uv maps at 2048 x 2048 for the Hull and wings. Parts have been combined to reduce the qty of code use to animate them. The virtual cockpit has been rebuilt and moved to match the ships cockpit. I am slowly going through the vc and learning how to hook all this back up so the vc will not be done soon.
The slow part is that all the parts for the vc have been hard coded with numbers so it takes time to track all this down. When both the models are sorted out all animations groups will be named so when the model is rexported the code is not broken.
First goal of my project is to release a complete rebuilt Delta glider with no up grades. Rewritten animation code to mach the 2 models. The second part may be a little harder to do and that would be the models. I would like to release the new models so that they can be imported into the modeling software of any ones choice and they could use this to understand how the code and model work together. I think the collada format may be the best format to do this.
Second goal would be to add ummu controls to the vc and 2d panels.
Third goal is with the understand of the vc model and code to start building on bord systems that can be repaired. IF you can click a switch you can also use a probe to check for power on a circuit board.
This is just my ideas so let me know what you think.
Russ
The slow part is that all the parts for the vc have been hard coded with numbers so it takes time to track all this down. When both the models are sorted out all animations groups will be named so when the model is rexported the code is not broken.
First goal of my project is to release a complete rebuilt Delta glider with no up grades. Rewritten animation code to mach the 2 models. The second part may be a little harder to do and that would be the models. I would like to release the new models so that they can be imported into the modeling software of any ones choice and they could use this to understand how the code and model work together. I think the collada format may be the best format to do this.
Second goal would be to add ummu controls to the vc and 2d panels.
Third goal is with the understand of the vc model and code to start building on bord systems that can be repaired. IF you can click a switch you can also use a probe to check for power on a circuit board.
This is just my ideas so let me know what you think.
Russ
