lua script to get length of runway?

[wolle]

Is there a way, using lua code, to get the length of the runway(s) of a particular airbase?

 

In other words, can some one translate this pseudo-code into real code? Thanks!

 

airbase = Airbase.getByName("SomeAirfield")

length = airbase:getRunwayLength()

[funkyfranky]

Is there a way, using lua code, to get the length of the runway(s) of a particular airbase?

Not really. You can use the getParking function to get the runway spawn points. The distance between these points is a good approximation (lower bound) of the runway length. The Moose ATIS class uses this, for example.

[wolle]

Thanks, that's a smart way of doing it. For now, however, what I'll prolly do is measure the runway length by hand in the ME, and collect them in a lua table. That obviously has the disadvantage that this table must be updated by hand when they make changes to the maps....

[=475FG= Dawger]

Runway length for the primary runway is available by clicking on the airfield in the f10 map

[Hardcard]

I'd check the airbase object description (or the database), perhaps the length of the runway(s) is listed there.

 

Like pmiceli said, if runway length is displayed in the F10 map, it means it's stored somewhere... just need to figure out where and whether it's accessible via scripting.