Papa_K Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) For use in avionics.ini, is there a way of knowing the allowable entries, or altering what's allowable for these entries? SymbolType= TextFormat= (I'm sure there's a way to alter it... it's just a matter of how easy...) I guess what I'm asking for is a way of finding out the usable variables. Knowing what's available for those entries would help - If there are any other entries available that aren't already used in a given aircraft's avionics.ini. ___________________________ What I'm looking for right now is a way to show the heading (in text) to the next waypoint. (Or would it be possible to add a caret to the heading scale, indicating the heading to the waypoint?) Thanks, Papa_K Edited July 22, 2006 by Papa_K Quote
Agamemnon Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 For use in avionics.ini, is there a way of knowing the allowable entries, or altering what's allowable for these entries? SymbolType= TextFormat= (I'm sure there's a way to alter it... it's just a matter of how easy...) I guess what I'm asking for is a way of finding out the usable variables. Knowing what's available for those entries would help. ___________________________ What I'm looking for right now is a way to show the heading (in text) to the next waypoint. (Or would it be possible to add a caret to the heading scale, indicating the heading to the waypoint?) Thanks, Papa_K You may want to look at the F-18 from the MF's Mega pack. It has text on the hud that tells you distance to next way point. The problem with the mega pack is that it's a hugh dowload if you are using a dial up isp it will take you a long while. But the pack is worth it. Quote
+Crusader Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 SymbolType= sets/defines the type , e.g. FLIGHTPATH_MARKER, ATTITUE_BARS etc TextFormat= sets the format, e.g. thousands of knots ... if I got that right ... extract the F-15A_Avionics.ini from WOE , there you find most of the stuff Quote
Papa_K Posted July 17, 2006 Author Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) I guess what I'm trying to find out is if it's limited to what you see in an aicraft like the (avionics70) F-15A, or are there other SymbolTypes/TextFormats out there, available for use, but not used on that particular aicraft. One thing I'm looking for would be something like a: SymbolType=Bearing_to_Waypoint_Text, and another would be something like a waypoint_bearing that would call for a .tga (a caret of some type) to have on the HUD heading scale. Papa_K Edited July 17, 2006 by Papa_K Quote
+Crusader Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 ahh....ok to take a looks at currently available stuff, open the avionics70.dll with a Hex-Editor, then scroll down about 3 quarters, everything is listed down there. Quote
Papa_K Posted July 21, 2006 Author Posted July 21, 2006 I've tried a couple hex editors... which one are you using? Just seeing gibberish here. Papa_K Quote
+Crusader Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 FRHED or XVI32 use the search function of the editor to find a known piece of text, and it brings you to the part of the dll where the whole stuff is listed Quote
Papa_K Posted July 21, 2006 Author Posted July 21, 2006 (edited) Got it... I really just had to do a search. Thanks, Papa_K ______________________________________ I might as well show the lists for HUD and Radar: HUD HUDFont HUDColor ViewportTopLeft ViewportBottomRight GunBoresightAngle RocketBoresightAngle HUDModeAA HUDModeNAV HUDModeAG Symbol[%02d] SymbolType ImagePosition TextPosition TextFormat Text ImageFilename ImageSize UseThousandsSeparator ScaleImageFilename ScaleImageSize ScaleImagePostion Scale MaxValue MinValue ScaleTextInterval ScaleTextUnit ScaleTextUnit ScaleTextPosition ScaleTextFormat DisplayUnit DisplayDigit BoxObscureSize ZeroLSD ScaleTypePosition StepHeight StepInterval RefCirclePosition RefCircleRadius ZeroVelocityPosition PitchScale FallLineImage ShowAnyWeapon ____________________ IMAGE TEXT BORESIGHT_CROSS FLIGHTPATH_MARKER ATTITUDE_BARS HEADING_SCALE AIRSPEED_SCALE ALTITUDE_SCALE VERTICAL_VELOCITY_SCALE AIRSPEED_TEXT ALTITUDE_TEXT ALPHA_TEXT FLIGHT_PATH_TEXT CURRENT_G_TEXT MAX_G_TEXT HUD_MODE_TEXT MACH_TEXT RADAR_ALT_TEXT ALT_LOW_TEXT ROLL_INDICATOR STEERING_CUE STEERPOINT_SYMBOL LCOS CCIP TD_RADAR TD_HEAT TD_LASER TD_EO WAYPOINT_ID_TEXT WAYPOINT_RANGE_TEXT RADAR_RANGE_TEXT ASE_RADAR ASE_HEAT _______________________________ _______________________________ RadarTexture RadarAGTexture RadarTextureSize RadarData AvailableModes RadarPosition RangeUnit RangeSetting[%d] MaxElevationAngle MinElevationAngle MaxAzimuthAngle BoresightElevation BoresightAzimuth ACMMaxPitchAngle MinAltitude MinimumSpeed MinReturn SearchRange SearchStrength TrackRange TrackStrength AcquisitionSymbolSpeed AcquisitionResetPosX AcquisitionResetPosY AcquisitionResetTime DisplayLimitLeft DisplayLimitRight DisplayLimitTop DisplayLimitBottom MapBackgroundLevel MapHightlightLevel MapNoiseLevel GroundSearchStrength ClearanceDistance StartMode RadarDisplay RangeSetting BarElevation ScanRate ScanBeamAngle ScanArc PPI Symbol[%02d] SymbolType Position XOffsetAzimuth YOffsetRange YOffsetElevation TextureName ImageSize RotationAngle Text NoTargetText DisplayUnit ElevationScale ShowOnlyTens ShowOnlyHundreds ShowOnlyThousands ThousandsSeparator TextureIRM TextureSAHM TextureAHM RemoveOnBreakX IFFTarget Hit1Target Hit2Target RotateToHeading HeadText TailText LeftText RightText AngleScale ____________________ OFF SEARCH TWS STT ACM GROUND_MAP TERRAIN_AVOIDANCE TV HORIZON_LINE ELEVATION_CARET AZIMUTH_CARET RANGE_SCALE_TEXT TAS_TEXT WAYPOINT_RANGE_TEXT WAYPOINT_BEARING_TEXT ACQUISITION_SYMBOL TARGET_RANGE_CARET TARGET_RANGE_TEXT TARGET_BEARING_TEXT TARGET_TAS_TEXT TARGET_ASPECT_TEXT TARGET_HEADING_TEXT TARGET_VC_TEXT TARGET_ALT_TEXT MISSILE_TOF_TEXT MISSILE_SHOOT_CUE JAM_CONDITION_TEXT TARGET_SYMBOL LOCKET_TARGET_SYMBOL RMIN_CARET RMAX_CARET AIM_DOT ASE_CIRCLE BREAK_X Edited July 21, 2006 by Papa_K Quote
Papa_K Posted July 21, 2006 Author Posted July 21, 2006 (edited) I noticed the following in with other HUD items: STEERING_CUE STEERPOINT_SYMBOL I'll have to try those later. Also, listed in the avionics70.dll right in with radar entries are: WAYPOINT_RANGE_TEXT WAYPOINT_BEARING_TEXT I know that WAYPOINT_RANGE_TEXT is working fine on the HUD. I've tried to get WAYPOINT_BEARING_TEXT to show up on the HUD as well... no luck so far. My guess at what it's entry in avionics.ini would look like: [HUD_WaypointBearing] SymbolType=WAYPOINT_BEARING_TEXT TextPosition=0.082,0.216 HorizontalAlignment=LEFT VerticalAlignment=CENTER TextFormat=%03.0f DisplayUnit=DEG Either it's not really usable, or it is a radar display item rather than on the HUD (I doubt this), or I've got something wrong in the [HUD_WaypointBearing] above. I'm unsure about the TextFormat and DisplayUnit. Papa_K Edited July 21, 2006 by Papa_K Quote
Agamemnon Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 I noticed the following in with other HUD items:STEERING_CUE STEERPOINT_SYMBOL I'll have to try those later. Also, listed in the avionics70.dll right in with radar entries are: WAYPOINT_RANGE_TEXT WAYPOINT_BEARING_TEXT I know that WAYPOINT_RANGE_TEXT is working fine on the HUD. I've tried to get WAYPOINT_BEARING_TEXT to show up on the HUD as well... no luck so far. My guess at what it's entry in avionics.ini would look like: [HUD_WaypointBearing] SymbolType=WAYPOINT_BEARING_TEXT TextPosition=0.082,0.216 HorizontalAlignment=LEFT VerticalAlignment=CENTER TextFormat=%03.0f DisplayUnit=DEG Either it's not really usable, or it is a radar display item rather than on the HUD (I doubt this), or I've got something wrong in the [HUD_WaypointBearing] above. Papa_K I could be wrong on this but it might also be that you don't have a tga file for HUD_WaypointBearing. Quote
Papa_K Posted July 22, 2006 Author Posted July 22, 2006 (edited) STEERING_CUE STEERPOINT_SYMBOL WAYPOINT_BEARING_TEXT I would expect STEERING_CUE and STEERPOINT_SYMBOL to require .tga files. WAYPOINT_BEARING_TEXT just sounds like a text readout to me. But now that I look at it some more, WAYPOINT_RANGE_TEXT and WAYPOINT_BEARING_TEXT are listed with radar display items (in avionics70.dll). WAYPOINT_ RANGE_TEXT also appears a second time in the list with HUD display items. It may be that WAYPOINT_BEARING_TEXT is a possible radar display item only. So far, no success in getting any of these going... but I haven't had much time to experiment. I wonder if any of these actually work now. If so, I'd have expected to see them in WoE. Papa_K Edited July 22, 2006 by Papa_K Quote
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