In-Game Scratchpad Mod Available - Works Great In VR!

[imacken]

Yep, from my testing, it seems to be OK when text is typed in from keypad or from PC keyboard, but it all goes weird when moving into any text coming from the sitrep or L/L.

[Binary]

Inserting and deleting doesn't work correctly when selecting from the right to left (the code doesn't correctly consider the direction of the selection yet) - this might be the cause for a lot of weird behaviours. I'll look into that and the other suggestions (but not high on my list the next couple of days).

[imacken]

Ok, thanks for that.

[Raab]

On 9/10/2022 at 2:03 PM, Binary said:

Added. I've also changed the layout a bit:

Since the question will come up, I am not planing to create a full keyboard - I'll leave that up to the community.

I love it
many thanks
I have this weird "fix line" but I can live with it

N 13°21.261', E 144°46.217'
55 P BQ 58500 77407
9m, 30ft
FIX;144.770292;13.354343;%PlaceHolderName

 

[imacken]

23 minutes ago, Raab said:

I love it
many thanks
I have this weird "fix line" but I can live with it

N 13°21.261', E 144°46.217'
55 P BQ 58500 77407
9m, 30ft
FIX;144.770292;13.354343;%PlaceHolderName

 

As I was advised by @speed-of-heat recently, just remove the ns430.lua file and that issue disappears, at least for supported modules.

[icemaker]

Love the extensions! (see right scratchpad on Screen)

Can you add the ability to create Waypoints in planes from Scratchpad? Someone in French community has made some kind of fork of your project to manage this (Left Scratchpad)
Very usefull for VR players like me!

We can add multiple WP at same time.
here is the github of this project. https://github.com/docbrownd/ScratchpadPlus

[greyeagle787]

where did you get the scratchpad on the right? This looks like it has keyboard plus the ability to add waypoints from the F10 map. Does it work with V 6.0?

Edited September 24, 2022 by greyeagle787

[fagulha]

24 minutes ago, greyeagle787 said:

where did you get the scratchpad on the right? This looks like it has keyboard plus the ability to add waypoints from the F10 map. Does it work with V 6.0?

 

The link is on the post...

[greyeagle787]

I see the link to the French mod on the left. Was wondering about the “extensions” mod on the right. Where to find that mod?

[imacken]

3 hours ago, icemaker said:

Can you add the ability to create Waypoints in planes from Scratchpad? Someone in French community has made some kind of fork of your project to manage this (Left Scratchpad)
Very usefull for VR players like me!

We can add multiple WP at same time.
here is the github of this project. https://github.com/docbrownd/ScratchpadPlus

 

This is really great. If only it had the Extensions.  We need a merge of the 2 versions!

[greyeagle787]

where do i get the extensions?

 

[imacken]

3 minutes ago, greyeagle787 said:

where do i get the extensions?

 

The link is in Binary's post on the previous page.

[greyeagle787]

1 minute ago, imacken said:

The link is in Binary's post on the previous page.

Thanks!

[imacken]

One thing we have to watch though, is that it inserts the WPT as an increment of 2 FROM WHEREVER you are currently set on the HSI.  So, for example if you are on WPT 1, it will insert as WPT 3. Now, if you have any data on that point already, it will be overwritten.

So, it is essential to have the waypoint you are on set to your last WPT (or the one before as it increments by 2) BEFORE you hit Insert.

[greyeagle787]

22 minutes ago, imacken said:

The link is in Binary's post on the previous page.

Does that link download version 6.0 along with the extensions or does it append to an already existing version?

[imacken]

It's a standalone install overwriting your existing one. BTW, I recommend removing the ns430 extension. It causes some weird issues.

[greyeagle787]

33 minutes ago, imacken said:

It's a standalone install overwriting your existing one. BTW, I recommend removing the ns430 extension. It causes some weird issues.

WillDo and Thanks again!!

[icemaker]

On the right is an extension i made to have a Keyboard.
You just have to create an LUA File and put it on extensions folder.

-- An AZERTY Keyboard

local keyMatrix = {
  { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "0" },
  { "A", "Z", "E", "R", "T", "Y", "U", "I", "O", "P" },
  { "Q", "S", "D", "F", "G", "H", "J", "K", "L", "M" },
  { "W", "X", "C", "V", "B", "N", "'", "\"" },
  { "⌫", {["↩"] = "\n"}, ".", {["␣"] = " "}, "CLS"},
}
local width = 30
local height = 30

local container = addRow()
local y = 0
for _, r in pairs(keyMatrix) do
  local x = 0
  for k, v in pairs(r) do
    local title = v
    local char = v
    if type(v) == "table" then
      title, char = pairs(v)(v)
    end
    local onClick = function(text)
      text:insertAtCursor(char)
    end
    if v == "⌫" then
      onClick = function(text)
        text:deleteBackward()
      end
    end
	if v == "CLS" then
      onClick = function(text)
        text:setText("")
      end
    end
    container:addButton(x, y, width, height, title, onClick)
    x = x + width
  end
  y = y + width
end

For the left Scratchpad just install it like the regular scratchpad they can be used together without any issue.

13 hours ago, imacken said:

This is really great. If only it had the Extensions.  We need a merge of the 2 versions!

Yes, i asked him if he want to merge versions. Waiting for his answer.

[icemaker]

13 hours ago, imacken said:

One thing we have to watch though, is that it inserts the WPT as an increment of 2 FROM WHEREVER you are currently set on the HSI.  So, for example if you are on WPT 1, it will insert as WPT 3. Now, if you have any data on that point already, it will be overwritten.

So, it is essential to have the waypoint you are on set to your last WPT (or the one before as it increments by 2) BEFORE you hit Insert.

It adds the WP after the last WP, if it reaches the max number of WP it overwrites the first WP and so on.

Edited September 25, 2022 by icemaker

[imacken]

Doesn't seem to work that way for me. It increments by 2 from your currently selected WPT, and I think that's what is saying in his notes.

[icemaker]

You are right
My bad

[imacken]

So, as I said above, it's best to go to the penultimate existing waypoint so that the new wp goes to the end of the existing and nothing is overwritten.

[imacken]

1 hour ago, icemaker said:

On the right is an extension i made to have a Keyboard.
You just have to create an LUA File and put it on extensions folder.

For the left Scratchpad just install it like the regular scratchpad they can be used together without any issue.

Excellent piece of work. A real enhancement of the original.

I hope you don't mind, but I edited your code for a QWERTY version with a couple of layout changes.

Another good thing is that we don't need the original clear extension as you have it built in.

We still have the weird behaviour with backspace going as mentioned earlier in this thread, but no biggie.

QWERTY keypad.zip

[icemaker]

I have made some adjustements:

AZERTY

nullKeyBoard_AZERTY.zip

QWERTY

KeyBoard_QWERTY.zip

[imacken]

Nice!

Personally, I can't see the need for the space bar to take up a whole row of screen space so I'll probably change that, but well done.

What's the function of the symbol in bottom right?