State overlay system

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Status

To start FlightGear with an existing overlay add --state=statename to you command line.

For now there is no definitive list of possible states. These are my first suggestions:

• parking (meaning cold and dark)
• taxi (all systems running and ready to taxi)
• take-off (standing on the runway with take-off configuration)
• cruise (cruise configuration)
• approach (approach configuration)

Implementation

To add state overlays to your aircraft, create a folder called states. In there you can put your $state-overlay.xml. Now you need to include these in your $Aircraft-set.xml file like this:

<PropertyList>
  <sim>
    ...
    <state include="states/parking-overlay.xml" n="0" />
    <state include="states/taxi-overlay.xml" n="1" />
    ...
  </sim>
</PropertyList>

Background

Wayne Bragg has been working a bit with James on the state overly system.

References

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