Decaff's Garage

[decaff_42]

[Swift]

oh my goodness those are gorgeous.

[decaff_42]

A brief write up about how I found the weights of some weapons in YSFlight.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/2f2s8 ... 160221.pdf

[iqmal_97]

Read the whole thing. Just want to say thank you for taking the time in making this. Even though the stuff results that came out wasn't unexpected or that surprising, it it certainly helps me in nailing down the limits of the 'simulation' part of YS is. Again, I appreciate it.

Also seeing the AIM-9X launch video was okay i guess...

jk I'm hyped af

[decaff_42]

Progress on the F-35 goes well. I got on a bit of a Python tear this evening and decided to pick up my SRF to FLD converter again. I've been learning about classes in Python, which have been really handy for this project.



Although this doesn't look like much, this is a big accomplishment for me. This is the first time I've gotten colors to stack on top of each other. Furthermore, the black is made up of two faces, which had to be placed on the same level as the other. In under 160 lines of code (including comments, readability spacing, etc) I can convert any size SRF into an FLD.

My idea with this is that a map maker would open up Blender and create a detailed component of the map that would be hard to do in Scenery Editor. By moving different meshes into vertical layers and then combining them all into a single object and exporting as SRF, the entire thing can be brought into Scenery Editor as an FLD after running through this python script.

This is not a very efficient way to make a full map, as there are 3 extra lines of FLD file for every face compared to what it would have been had it been created in scenery editor.

[YSFan]

How is the 747-8?

[decaff_42]

How is the 747-8?

Please stop asking about this. They will be done when they are done.

[Nodoka Hanamura]

How is the 747-8?

Please stop asking about this. They will be done when they are done.

Don't rush things, YSFan. I don't keep bugging Lucas about the MAVA Fleet. I didn't bug Patrick about the Saabs.

Be patient.

[Flake]

"Anything I can do to help with the 747-8 release" may have been more tactful.

Oh well, next time.

[lorDuckFeet]

Hey Decaff where did you get the navigation lights?
Are they from CHF 777s or yours, and you have them separated?
I would like to use on my little projects.
Thanks in advance.

[u2fly]

I got on a bit of a Python tear this evening and decided to pick up my SRF to FLD converter again. I've been learning about classes in Python, which have been really handy for this project.
...
My idea with this is that a map maker would open up Blender and create a detailed component of the map that would be hard to do in Scenery Editor. By moving different meshes into vertical layers and then combining them all into a single object and exporting as SRF, the entire thing can be brought into Scenery Editor as an FLD after running through this python script.

This is not a very efficient way to make a full map, as there are 3 extra lines of FLD file for every face compared to what it would have been had it been created in scenery editor.

Awesome! I also try learn Python (now I use 2.x, but try 3.x too) for making more usefull tools for YSFlight.

P.S.: Also, hope to make rewrited Orb server, that use Python and was created before OpenYS.

[decaff_42]

Hey Decaff where did you get the navigation lights?
Are they from CHF 777s or yours, and you have them separated?
I would like to use on my little projects.
Thanks in advance.

They are from CHF with a bit of reworking along the way.

@u2fly,
It was an interesting process. It also works in Python 2 and 3, although written principally for python 3

[Flake]

P.S.: Also, hope to make rewrited Orb server, that use Python and was created before OpenYS.

Go right ahead, very curious what you can come up with. You may want to cross reference with OYS every now and again as Orb only had some of the packets defined.

[plunderbird]

Gobsmacked!!!

[decaff_42]

Did some minor work on the 747-8 landing gear tonight in order to make them invisible when the landing gear doors are closed. This will hopefully make the model easier to render and thus be less computer intensive to fly, as now ~4k vertices are no longer being rendered when they do not have to be.

No pics because there is no way to show invisible gear when the doors are closed!

[Barr]

Did some minor work on the 747-8 landing gear tonight in order to make them invisible when the landing gear doors are closed. This will hopefully make the model easier to render and thus be less computer intensive to fly, as now ~4k vertices are no longer being rendered when they do not have to be.

No pics because there is no way to show invisible gear when the doors are closed!

Very interesting!

[decaff_42]

Also...

[u2fly]

@u2fly,
It was an interesting process. It also works in Python 2 and 3, although written principally for python 3

I very interested in your Python experiments.
Today found this twits:

i started making maps on blender. i do not know is this going to work. what about you guys. #ysflight http://pic.twitter.com/cLxvgvs3yh

Interesting Idea! How are you converting the blender file to an FLD file?

Are you already heave some scripts for import/export FLD? And what Blender version planned to use for it?
Also, I interested in creating simple Python+Tkinter script for preview FLD map geometry.

[NajmiCreative]

looking great on new house paint...wonder if you turn it into red/maroon-ish color version..
EDIT:

Lufthansa, Korean Air and Air China would be some good looking machines too.

and Cargolux too(especially Cutaway livery)

[dbd000]

looking great on new house paint...wonder if you turn it into red/maroon-ish color version..

Lufthansa, Korean Air and Air China would be some good looking machines too.