Request: Community driven aircraft support
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:31 pm
I'd like to see Aircraft Virtual Cockpit "markup" saved as some sort of XML file so that the community can improve support for various aircraft, allowing the developer to concentrates on bug-fixes / features.
The XML file could allow for editing things such as...
- The 3D position of the "ghost" image of a switch when hovered over in VR (which are sometimes misplaced)
- The type of interaction that each switch /dial / slider should use (I find that behaviors in the cockpit are not always consistent when they could be - some acting like dials even though they are switches, and vice versa)
- Whether the drag operation should produce an inverted value (eg. the windows in the B-17 - one is reversed)
I am assuming that it takes some effort on the developer's part to manually get each switch and knob in each cockpit to work properly? If not, then nix this idea
The XML file could allow for editing things such as...
- The 3D position of the "ghost" image of a switch when hovered over in VR (which are sometimes misplaced)
- The type of interaction that each switch /dial / slider should use (I find that behaviors in the cockpit are not always consistent when they could be - some acting like dials even though they are switches, and vice versa)
- Whether the drag operation should produce an inverted value (eg. the windows in the B-17 - one is reversed)
I am assuming that it takes some effort on the developer's part to manually get each switch and knob in each cockpit to work properly? If not, then nix this idea