[simpits-tech] F4 MFDs
Ido Dekkers
simpits-tech@simpits.org
Tue, 21 May 2002 08:55:01 +0300
Actually Albert, if I remember correctly, Erwin said that he did get it
working, the problem was that it was working a bit slow and it was very
complicated to do in directX7, so he is waiting for the F4UT, to go to
directX8, there he said it would be easier to do.
Erwin correct me if I'm wrong.
Ido
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Thanks Martin, Rob, and Marv for the reply,
You guys have done more than what there was before already. I considered
the
camera grab or digitally transmit screen to another PC using remote admin
program as Chris suggested before. However, as you all know the problem
with
having the MFD in the primary view is require for it to display.
But its ok, maybe F V.
Albert
Sydney, Australia
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From: Marv De Beque <mdebeque@woh.rr.com>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] F4 MFDs
> I have considered a frame grabber for the MFDs. The idea is to feed the
> video signal to a frame grabber board in another PC and then process the
> sections of the data you want and spit it out to another monitor.
>
> I would think that it is doable if you have the money for the hardware.
> However, you must always have the MFD in your primary view to to do it.
> --
>
>
> > From: Robert Favre <rfavre@syndeocorp.com>
> > Reply-To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> > Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 09:54:40 -0700
> > To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> > Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] F4 MFDs
> >
> > 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
> >>
> >
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