LUA?

[PG_Raptor]

I've been gone from the LOMAC world for a while, so maybe I missed something. But what is LUA?

 

oh, and I claim first post!!! :D

[GhostDog]

LUA is a prgramming language. For a closer look go to www.lua.org.

 

Lua is a powerful light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language. Lua is free software.

 

Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, interpreted from bytecodes, and has automatic memory management with garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping.

 

LUA functions has been implemented in the the 1.02 version of LoMac. That means that data can exported out of LoMan while the simulation is running and be picked up by other applications. A small program has allready written that can show you the altimeter on another computer. This might not at first look so super hot but check out Carl "Stormin" Norman comment:

It's pretty cool, huh? This capability could result in multi-place aircraft being possible in the future for another sim product. But, no promises.

 

Carl

 

 

... The most obvious use of LUA in LoMac is perhaps the possibility to hook LoMac up to gauges and all that other virtual cockpit gear we all have these kinky dreams about ;)