Hey, everyone! I am working on an aircraft , now I am up to working on its VC . I have some experience with XML coding regarding gauges & their functions. However, I have a question, how do I model synthetic vision in the PFD (to draw terrain similar to infared) the aircraft I'm working on , has synthetic vision.
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FSXA how do i build a synthetic vision PFD gauge ?
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Heard Carenado came out with one.I read of a mention of a D3D11 gauge technology & someone testing it in FSX: https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/413177-honeywell-svs-synthetic-vision-system/ How can I go about doing this if not by XML?
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Thank you!! I will look into thatwith C++ can do DirectX, unfortunately FSXA only support Dx9 (and preview Dx10). P3D v4 have PDK that support for Dx11, with P3D v5, it support till Dx12.
you can gather info about possibility synthetic vision from this:
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Right, and they use WebSimconnect software to run their SVS, so you might want to check out WebSimconnect. Here are some links to start:
WebSimconnect SVS
WebSimconnect SVS
Websimconnect website/blog
Search for Marcin Lizer (WebSimconnect author) and WebSimconnect for additional links.
I believe that your graphics card must be able to support WebGL1+, so look into that.
Hope this helps,
Bob
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Thanks, Bob!! To begin building the SVS, do I start building a .gau file or do I need to know WebSimConnect code or SimIn ? How do I map the terrain in the PFD as if the nose had a camera, to show as I fly?
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Some years ago I developed a basic PFD using OpenGL. It was working perfect and was very fast when running as a standalone application because it was hardware-accelerated, thanks to the OpenGL driver. When I moved this same code to a gauge to be integrated in an aircraft panel, the performance was terrible... I learnt that OpenGL was NOT accelerated in that case, FSX uses a software renderer to create the bitmap that is then used in the gauge. Same for Direct2D, it appeared I couldn't get advantage of the hardware acceleration for a panel gauge.
Things may have changed since that time, but I'm not sure. If you know how to use Direct2D, Direct3D or OpenGL in a gauge, I would be glad to know if you can make it hardware accelerated. It would be a great way of having faster gauges that GDI+, used in most vector gauges today.
Things may have changed since that time, but I'm not sure. If you know how to use Direct2D, Direct3D or OpenGL in a gauge, I would be glad to know if you can make it hardware accelerated. It would be a great way of having faster gauges that GDI+, used in most vector gauges today.
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The D3D11 SVS in FSX was mine. I used SSE intrinsics and a separate thread for doing the rendering and transfer to the gauge. It provided fairly good framerates, the separate thread removing the load that would have been placed on the main thread. It became obsolete when PDK appeared though.