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Greenie Board Possibilities?
Paddles:
--- Quote from: capthaltli on March 01, 2011, 07:09:10 pm ---...I remember you had to load a separate piece of software that had to be running in the background while you flew the approaches (I assume this is where the magic happened or tracking of your flight performance).
I was curious if any FSX mission developers have looked at the TGS mission file to see how they captured/tracked your flight performance for the Greenie Board scores online, and if it is possible to recreate a mission with the Sludge hornet and other updates (i.e. correct aircraft carrier speed) that also tracks each of your approaches and collects scores for your review later? I am not sure how much of the tracking was a function of the mission they developed and how much was a function of the extra software they required you to install and have running.
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Well, the SDK provides a developer so-called Custom Actions:
So, a mission tracks your aircraft's position and 'grades' your approaches. It then sends this 'grade' information to a SimConnect program, which collects the data and shows you that greenie board whenever you need it. It's pretty easy. ;) I could create such a mission (or missions set), generating custom actions and sending some useful data to a SimConnect application, but I have no experience in making SimConnect programs so far. Alas...
Orion:
Nevermind.
Sludge:
Serge...
Would be super cool if you could get that information to update. I messaged CAPT elsewhere and told him that once I get some time, Ill try to find and talk to the guys who made the TGS Traps missions. Especially if we can get those already built "control zones" enabled with a Javier Carrier instead of their slow-moving (10 kt) default carrier, that would be a good first step. But Id have to talk them into giving us the pre-release code and get permission to work on it.
Actually, in the meantime, IF you have time... Id suggest using your FCLP mission as a baseline testing platform, if you know how to install those "control zones" (not sure what to call them), where if you deviate you get an LSO call "power, come left, come right"... in the TGS Trap missions.
Then, once we figured out how to pull the flight data and corrections and what-not and setup a grading criteria... we'd have to work it into a database like Raz is talking about, so it would auto update.
Let me know what you think
Later
Sludge
GOONIE:
FSXNavypilot,
Thanks for the info and for the encouraging words, "It's pretty easy", but you are very capable in creating missions, your FCLP missions are great, and your experience making "control zones" is going to be really helpful I think for any Greenie Board created. It sounds like SimConnect is the biggest hurdle, I have never used or heard of it before. If you have time to look into SimConnect and can find a solution that would be awesome. I think it could be used for some fun competition for all the sim hornet pilots here 8)
Sludge,
That would be great if you could get in contact with the TGS folks, they were trail blazers for this Greenie Board concept. I agree, that with a few corrections to the carriers speed, updated javiers carrier textures, and the sludge hornet, we could have a great mission on our hands.
Raz,
Definitely like the Greenie Board you have created, just needs this mission or tool through SimConnect and we can start populating it with OK3s!
Herbie,
Nice idea, looks like you got a 1 wire, but that might have been due to the double vision on your HUD symbology, hope you were not drinking and flying ;)
Orion,
I don’t mind.
Thanks for all the feedback, hope we can make this happen!
Paddles:
Ok, guys,
Looks like SimConnect is no more a problem, so we can discuss the Greenie Board idea in more details.
Here is my vision, or concept, of this:
The player flies a mission, which sends certain messages to a program, running in background. The messages describe aircraft's position, relative to the glideslope. The program gathers these messages, processes, or grades, and keeps them locally in a form, suitable for further analysis. I think that real-life APARTS' concept would be useful for this purpose. Here's an excerpt from NAVAIR 00-80T-104 (NATOPS LANDING SIGNAL OFFICER MANUAL), Figure 11-2 attached:
11.3.1 Automated Performance Assessment and Readiness Training System (APARTS)
APARTS is a computer software program designed to assist the LSO in recording and analyzing pilot and LSO carrier landing performance information. The system provides various summaries for individual pilots, squadrons, or an entire air wing. The results may be displayed on the computer screen or printed out for a hard copy record (Figure 11-2).
Some of the data (say, date, time, name and grade), collected by this program, could then be sent to a server, maintaining the Greenie Board.
So, this is merely a concept and I'm intentionally not getting in more technical details right now :)
Any ideas, suggestions?
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