m0unta1n6uy Posted May 2, 2007 Posted May 2, 2007 Ok, I have stated in previous posts that I am a recovered fs2004 junkie. At one point I had my pocket pc loaded with pocket FMS and linked to fs2004 (via fsuipc and gpsout) so I could export the fs2004 GPS data to the handheld. I loved it!! I had a BEAUTIFUL moving map display. I recently came across a thread on frugals world, where someone managed to do the same thing (almost, actually exported to a lowrance airmap instead of pocket fms, but same output standard) in F4:AF ..... I started thinking that this would be GREAT for us close air support guys (Su-25, A-10) .... Have ANY of you "lua" geniuses out there (I KNOW YOU ARE THERE!! :D ) figured out a way to export this data OUT of lomac? I know that the game HAS lat/long co-ordinates in it..... Short version: Can any of the resident LUA experts make my MOVINGMAP / GPS work ?!?!? PLEASE!!!! :pilotfly: m0untain6uy [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] **Russian aircraft in the Colorado Rockies**
GGTharos Posted May 2, 2007 Posted May 2, 2007 Short version of the answer: Not for public servers. Yes for private servers or single-play (Where people are more willing to enable an option to export such data that could effectively allow cheating). However, that takes away most of the challenge too I'd say ... -especially- for aircraft that have no such system on board :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
hitman Posted May 2, 2007 Posted May 2, 2007 Well, my cell phone contains a GPS, so wouldnt it be possible for the pilot to carry one of these on board? The only thing that is technically cheating is the moving map display and thats technically not a cheat.
GGTharos Posted May 2, 2007 Posted May 2, 2007 It so happen that enabling this option also allows you to export the position of everything on the map though, real time ... ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
tflash Posted May 2, 2007 Posted May 2, 2007 I may be wrong, but it seems to me that in one of the documentaries I saw on A-10A it seemed it had GPS navigation? Or is it only the A-10C? Anyway, you can put a commercial GPS (like Garmin) in any cockpit if you wish. The Russians even put a commercial GPS in their Mig-35 demonstrator. I cannot imagine driving my car without a GPS system, and I must say that fighters that do not even have GPS navigation are completely obsolete. We are no longer in the 20st century, when many of these aging aircraft were designed. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
m0unta1n6uy Posted May 2, 2007 Author Posted May 2, 2007 Ok, lets just say for the sake of terminating the argument: I am not interested in exporting the positions of anything other than MY aircraft. Just like a REAL cockpit gps/moving map.... I dont always fly for combat...sometimes I just liek to fly for the hell of it.... I hit the quick mission editor, throw in ONE unarmed opponent..and then just tool around the area.... A moving map that feeds from GPS data would be great...we just need to figure out how to export LOMAC's co-ordinates to "NEMA" standard output... m0untain6uy [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] **Russian aircraft in the Colorado Rockies**
bnepethomas Posted May 3, 2007 Posted May 3, 2007 Ok, lets just say for the sake of terminating the argument: I am not interested in exporting the positions of anything other than MY aircraft. Just like a REAL cockpit gps/moving map.... I dont always fly for combat...sometimes I just liek to fly for the hell of it.... I hit the quick mission editor, throw in ONE unarmed opponent..and then just tool around the area.... A moving map that feeds from GPS data would be great...we just need to figure out how to export LOMAC's co-ordinates to "NEMA" standard output... I've done it, driving a Lowrance Aviation GPS. Happy to share code. It is not commerical quality, more of a roll your own. Uses Visual Basic Cheers Peter
RogueRunner Posted May 3, 2007 Posted May 3, 2007 The pilots mounted commercially available radar warning receivers (speed trap detectors) on the dash in their A4's in Vietnam because the plane was not fitted with those. Like we say down here ''n Boer maak 'n plan!!" :D :D With the price of ammunition these days do not expect a warning shot.
tflash Posted May 3, 2007 Posted May 3, 2007 "Every man needs a plan", but like I always say to my family when my birthday comes near, "In the mean time a new GPS system would do fine also". ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
m0unta1n6uy Posted May 3, 2007 Author Posted May 3, 2007 bnepethomas , I would love to see what you have done. Do you drive the lowrance with NEMA output? wow...tons of questions... email me! rferrell@boldercalls.com m0unta1n6uy@yahoo.com Either one is fine...the first one is better.... m0untain6uy [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] **Russian aircraft in the Colorado Rockies**
m0unta1n6uy Posted May 3, 2007 Author Posted May 3, 2007 The pilots mounted commercially available radar warning receivers (speed trap detectors) on the dash in their A4's in Vietnam because the plane was not fitted with those. Like we say down here ''n Boer maak 'n plan!!" :D :D Way cool tidbit of info.... I just have weird visions of a Fokker dr-1 with a GPS and a radar detector zipping around....LOL......"Who says MY plane is out-moded?!?".... :lol: :pilotfly: :D m0untain6uy [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] **Russian aircraft in the Colorado Rockies**
m0unta1n6uy Posted May 3, 2007 Author Posted May 3, 2007 www.pocketfms.com m0untain6uy [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] **Russian aircraft in the Colorado Rockies**
pappavis Posted May 4, 2007 Posted May 4, 2007 I imagine he probably does, since NEMA 0183 is usually the language handheld GPSs speak. ;) Are you going to install a database on the GPS that covers the Crimea? If you were to do that, it would certainly be interesting to see how accurate the LOMAC map is. :D Lo-mac uses a internal co-ordinates than which isnt directly mapped to the real-world GPS-coordinates. Should u so desire to to link RealWorld to Lo-mac Krimea, then u need to do some math conversions. Check out Lockon mapeditor, some maths help needed thread, which have information about co-ordinates and math formula's; met vriendelijke groet, Михель "умный, спортсмен, комсомолетс" [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] [TABLE]SPECS: i9-9900K 32gigs RAM, Geforce 2070RTX, Creative XFi Fata1ity, TIR5, Valve Index & HP Reverb, HOTAS Warthog, Logitech G933 Headset, 10Tb storage.[/TABLE]
bnepethomas Posted May 4, 2007 Posted May 4, 2007 I imagine he probably does, since NEMA 0183 is usually the language handheld GPSs speak. ;) Are you going to install a database on the GPS that covers the Crimea? If you were to do that, it would certainly be interesting to see how accurate the LOMAC map is. :D Yeap using the world map of the Lowrance Airmap 2000, the Lomac world is very accurate.
m0unta1n6uy Posted May 4, 2007 Author Posted May 4, 2007 Yeap using the world map of the Lowrance Airmap 2000, the Lomac world is very accurate. Thanks for sending me the docs. I will play around this weekend to see what I can do... m0untain6uy [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] **Russian aircraft in the Colorado Rockies**
golfsierra2 Posted May 4, 2007 Posted May 4, 2007 The pilots mounted commercially available radar warning receivers (speed trap detectors) on the dash in their A4's in Vietnam because the plane was not fitted with those. Like we say down here ''n Boer maak 'n plan!!" :D :D German Tornado pilots used to velcro handheld GPS devices into their cockpits when they flew missions over Yugoslavia, because the aircraft were not fitted with those..... History repeats itself ! kind regards, Raven.... [sigpic]http://www.crc-mindreader.de/CRT/images/Birds2011.gif[/sigpic]
m0unta1n6uy Posted May 4, 2007 Author Posted May 4, 2007 I've done it, driving a Lowrance Aviation GPS. Happy to share code. It is not commerical quality, more of a roll your own. Uses Visual Basic Cheers Peter Ok peter, i finished reading the docs you sent me, and I am still a little confused. But that's ok...it's par for the course :P Would it be possible to get the app you wrote?:music_whistling: I will be plugging it into an old dell optiplex gx260 small formfactor pc via serial and running pocket fms. It accepts NEMA input so it SHOULD work the same as your lowrance.... If I can get it working on the pc, then I just need to play with the virtual serial (stuff that came with dowson's gpsout), and make it work on the usb connected pda....either that or I have an old compaq laptop that would work too.... Anyway, the app you wrote would be extremely helpful. MAYBE by the end of this weekend I will have a working gps....:pilotfly: m0untain6uy [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] **Russian aircraft in the Colorado Rockies**
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