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Once the patch is applied and the binary rebuilt, all that is needed is to add the new camera-display to an existing cockpit panel: | |||
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For view configuratoin, it's using the standard view-manager interface, so you primarily need to set the view-number property to change the view (untested, feedback is just based on looking at the patch in question). | |||
Specifically, when running the patched fgfs binary, look for: '''/instrumentation/camera-display''' and the '''view-number''' property underneath<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=317488#p317488 | |||
|title = <nowiki> Re: Gear view in cockpit computer </nowiki> | |||
|author = <nowiki> Hooray </nowiki> | |||
|date = Aug 26th, 2017 | |||
|added = Aug 26th, 2017 | |||
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The current state is... well, it "works" ;-) | The current state is... well, it "works" ;-) | ||
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before looking at some of our most advanced use-cases, it's best to tinker with a really simple scenario, to see how well this works, and what needs to be polished.<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p= | |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=317487#p317487 | ||
|title = <nowiki> Re: Gear view in cockpit computer </nowiki> | |title = <nowiki> Re: Gear view in cockpit computer </nowiki> | ||
|author = <nowiki> Hooray </nowiki> | |author = <nowiki> Hooray </nowiki> | ||
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|url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p= | if anybody is interested in working out what is missing or what can be improved, we should review working features doing similar things, e.g. the screenshot/streaming handlers or the camera setup routines used by CameraGroup.cxx itself.<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=317477#p317477 | |||
|title = <nowiki> Re: Gear view in cockpit computer </nowiki> | |title = <nowiki> Re: Gear view in cockpit computer </nowiki> | ||
|author = <nowiki> Hooray </nowiki> | |author = <nowiki> Hooray </nowiki> | ||
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The patch itself seems overlapping with Zan's original "new-cameras" effort, as mentioned at: [[Canvas Development#Supporting Cameras]] | The patch itself seems overlapping with Zan's original "new-cameras" effort, as mentioned at: [[Canvas Development#Supporting Cameras]] | ||