Russian Head Down Displays

jojob66 · 02-11-2007, 01:41 PM

I'm a totally noob to touchbuddy. I've been messing about with the toolkit and seeing if its worth the investment to get a touchscreen. I think you are on to a winner here and I am amazed hardly anyone knows more about this. Well done!

I see there is a module for the TEWS or RWR as we call it in the UK. I fly mostly Flankers, Mig29 and they have a head down display (HDD) that shows waypoints and A2A radar etc. Is there module in the works for this or can the same method that used to export the data required for the TEWS be used?

I'm not much of a hacker / programmer but if I had a template of some kind I could figure it out.

Thanks

Jojo

ruggbutt · 02-11-2007, 05:24 PM

I don't think Lock On exports that data through .lua.

Wild.Bill.Kelso · 02-11-2007, 08:23 PM

I'm not sure either. But in the TouchBuddy folder Zorlac has a sample export file. In mine it has lua output called waypoints as follows:

WayPoint.Current = 1, 23430.072266:2000.000000:118247.250000, -1
Waypoint.0 = 20052.443359:2000.000000:-89874.765625, 1
Waypoint.1 = 23430.072266:2000.000000:118247.250000, -1

So, that part might be possible. You'll have to wait for Z to respond. He is away on a trip and should be back in about a week.

jojob66 · 02-11-2007, 10:02 PM

Thanks guys, as I said I'm a noob but have been into lomac for a year or more and recently joined a online squadron. I would love to test some things out to make the combat experience more enjoyable and increase my situational awareness in A2A esspecially when up against AMRAAMs.

Dodger · 02-12-2007, 12:41 AM

I'm a bit rusty on my Lockon LUA knowledge, but you will find a vast difference between what LUA is available when playing online and when you play locally. If the demo file has waypoints in their, then chances are it gets exported when playing locally. Dont be surprised to find errors in the exported data, though nothing that hasn't been correctable with math (at least to date).

zorlac · 02-13-2007, 10:08 PM

oddly, Eagle Dynamics exports some really good stuff... then totall screw some things up by forgetting to export other stuff. For example, the way points are exported, but if you fly online on most multiplayer servers, it will not actually allow you to export where you are... so you know where you should be heading, but no idea where you are to start with <sigh>

02-11-2007, 01:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
jojob66 Addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8	Russian Head Down Displays I'm a totally noob to touchbuddy. I've been messing about with the toolkit and seeing if its worth the investment to get a touchscreen. I think you are on to a winner here and I am amazed hardly anyone knows more about this. Well done! I see there is a module for the TEWS or RWR as we call it in the UK. I fly mostly Flankers, Mig29 and they have a head down display (HDD) that shows waypoints and A2A radar etc. Is there module in the works for this or can the same method that used to export the data required for the TEWS be used? I'm not much of a hacker / programmer but if I had a template of some kind I could figure it out. Thanks Jojo __________________ Last edited by jojob66; 02-11-2007 at 01:58 PM.

02-11-2007, 05:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
ruggbutt Dealer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 700	I don't think Lock On exports that data through .lua. __________________

02-11-2007, 08:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Wild.Bill.Kelso Toolkit Creator Join Date: May 2006 Location: On your Six! Posts: 1,881	I'm not sure either. But in the TouchBuddy folder Zorlac has a sample export file. In mine it has lua output called waypoints as follows: WayPoint.Current = 1, 23430.072266:2000.000000:118247.250000, -1 Waypoint.0 = 20052.443359:2000.000000:-89874.765625, 1 Waypoint.1 = 23430.072266:2000.000000:118247.250000, -1 So, that part might be possible. You'll have to wait for Z to respond. He is away on a trip and should be back in about a week. __________________ (a.k.a. Snacko) Touchscreen: Innovatek TM-868 8"; Running Local Mode on XP Pro

02-11-2007, 10:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
jojob66 Addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8	Thanks guys, as I said I'm a noob but have been into lomac for a year or more and recently joined a online squadron. I would love to test some things out to make the combat experience more enjoyable and increase my situational awareness in A2A esspecially when up against AMRAAMs. __________________

02-12-2007, 12:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dodger Admin Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 348	I'm a bit rusty on my Lockon LUA knowledge, but you will find a vast difference between what LUA is available when playing online and when you play locally. If the demo file has waypoints in their, then chances are it gets exported when playing locally. Dont be surprised to find errors in the exported data, though nothing that hasn't been correctable with math (at least to date). __________________ Simulator Realism with Touch-Buddy

02-13-2007, 10:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
zorlac Creator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 1,612	oddly, Eagle Dynamics exports some really good stuff... then totall screw some things up by forgetting to export other stuff. For example, the way points are exported, but if you fly online on most multiplayer servers, it will not actually allow you to export where you are... so you know where you should be heading, but no idea where you are to start with <sigh> __________________ (Setup: XP Pro, classic mode, LinITX 8" touchscreen (Client/Server), 19" touchscreen (Local), latest development version of TouchBuddy)

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