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Looking for advice/help - ai gliders in flight

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Gliderman

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Hi folks and congratulations on this community and active forums!

It's FSX.

I'd like to be able to place two or more ai gliders in flight, soaring a 'ridge' (actually cliffs at Perranporth in North Cornwall, UK), between two points no more than 3 or 4k apart, at a height of around 1000 feet.

These ai gliders would follow a constant flight path as shown here:
perranporth.jpg


I am using GenX photo scenery, and have made an exclude in ADE to kill the MS airfield overlay, so things look as you see above.

The reason?

Well, it's a nostalgia trip. I flew gliders there for many years, had a lot of fun soaring the ridge in a North Westerly and catching thermals as they drifted in from the Atlantic. I'd like to write a 'scenario' for a soaring challenge for an online flying club which simulates those happy days. Those ai gliders are simply a realistic hazard of soaring a small ridge needing to keep a good lookout.

I installed the SDK and had a look at Traffic Tools, but can anyone please give advice about where to start, how to go about it, or otherwise give me a hand?

Should/could this be written as a mission, or can I just place ai gliders in flight as part of the airfield scenery?

Best wishes to all,

Gliderman
 
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Guess nobody knows the answer.
Have you tried to do it with AIBTC and GE coordinates, adding a sim.cfg to the glider?
Haven't the faintest if this will work or not because I have not tried it and do not know if you can set altitude to non zero.
 
George

Just the job - the very thing, I am sure. I don't know the methodology at the moment, but I've done some C++ and Java coding and I think I can get going with the information there. I also know one of the contributors who I am sure might help.

Many thanks to you, and robystar for your replies.

Gliderman
 
Don't bother trying out my suggestion.
Just out of curiosity I tried it myself and it does not work. Altitude is ignored, so the glider circles on the ground.
 
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