[simpits-tech] F4 MFDs

[Robert Favre]

Hi Albert,

  I believe that Erwin did some early work in grabbing data directly 
from the screens, and transferring it to another computer???  I seem 
to recall that the update times (frame rates) were very slow, and if 
you changed your view, you lost the data? Erwin??

Anyway, Martin is correct that there's no way to recreate a fully 
functional MFD from shared memory data.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Ingold <pogo@f16cockpit.net>
Date: Monday, May 20, 2002 9:16 am
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] F4 MFDs

> Albert, sorry to say, but MFD's are definately not possible with F4.
> Unless you grab them from the screen (with a video camera or 
> something),you won't have a possibility for external MFD's. Sorry.
> 
> Martin
> 
> A L B E R T schrieb:
> 
> > Erwin, Robert, Martin and other F4 share memory experts. I was 
> flying> tonight using Panther's beta cockpit which resemble very 
> much like
> > Xis' pit. It has a down down view where it only shows 2 LARGE MFDs
> > with a small upfront view above, RWR, and DED info. By clicking 
> to the
> > right or left of that view, the player can enter into a Tactical
> > reference section or Runway tucan info pages. If you dont know 
> what I
> > am talking about. let me know I will email u a screenshot. I was
> > flying with the Mavericks, and looking through the camera view 
> in my
> > right MFD when all of the sudden, it strikes me that...hey...this
> > feels very similar to the actual MFD size!!! So I got the ruler out
> > and took one of my front dash panel with the MFD cut out to see 
> if I
> > was right. Unfortunately, the MFD on my screen is slightly bigger.
> > However, would f4 glass or F4 instrucment allow the possiblity of
> > extracting raw 2D cockpit data out into a client machine which 
> inturns> render the view? This way, we can have ourselve some MFDs 
> in the
> > cockpit? Just an idea...I am not expert at this stuff, but really
> > would like to see MFD support for the cockpit. Cheers,
> > AlbertSydney, Australia
>