Airbase, new scripting function getRunways for Airbase DCS object

[sunski34]

Hi,

 

I saw a new function getRunways for Airbase object in DCS Scripting function, without documentation.

 

This function returns a indexed table started at 1 for each runway of an Airbase with course, center of runway, length and width. course value seems strange because to have the good heading, you must set heading = - course (in rad). The last value is Name strange too.

 

But, you can now define a rectangle for each runway of an airbase. I tested it on Caucasus and Nevada (Nellis) and it's correct

 

Hope that we can have soon ILS, for each side when existing.

 

Pretty cool thanks.

 

Sun

 

 

[Grimes]

Yeah it was returning nothing for a few patches so I never documented it. Since it is working now I add a page for it. 

[funkyfranky]

Great stuff! So far I had to use the runway spawn points to get the directions. But with multiple runways the order of the spawn points was a bit random so it always required a bit adjustment by hand to get it all right.

 

Now what would be the icing on the cake would be an entry in the returned table that tells us, which runway is the active one

[snowsniper]

Hello all. what is the logic regarding defaut activ runway, i used to think first in list returned by getRunways  is defaut except if wind is >3m/s then atc will use reverse RWY in some case. but what is the rule regarding two parallel RWY like Andersen, or Nellis ?   is there a way to know defaut Take Off one, from defaut Landing One regarding order in getRunway, ?

 

[CougarFFW04]

Hi everyone,

Don't see this function...
Where is the latest uptodate DCS scripting documentation ?

Is there a pdf version ?

Thanks

[Grimes]

https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_func_getRunways

[Elphaba]

Okay @Grimes I'm having trouble with this.

The documentation at: DCS func getRunways - DCS World Wiki - Hoggitworld.com

Says that for each 'runway' it will give you a table with two elements, i.e. Al Minhad has 09/27.

But when I do this code, I only get 27:

 

    local runways = Airbase.getRunways(newPlayerData.homeBase)
 
    local runwayNames = {}

    for _, runway in ipairs(runways) do
        if runway then
            table.insert(runwayNames, runway.Name)
        end
    end

Has this function changed so you have to do the reverse manually?

Also, the documentation states that you should multiply by -1 as this will be useful - why? What does this do for you?

 

EDIT: I think this is actually bugged.

If we take Shiraz International Airport as the example, then it has two runways 11L/29R and 11R/29L, yet the above code only reports two runways (29 and 11) 

The Name field makes no distinction between Left and Right and it certainly doesn't give the reverse runway like the example table shows it should in the documentation. 

If I may, could you please get an update on this asap? This (and the Trigger event) are blocking me. Thanks.

Edited October 12, 2022 by Elphaba
New Info

[Grimes]

It doesn't list the reciprocal heading of a runway, it just lists it the one time. The runway name and course given is likely the default runway value given no wind. 

The example on the wiki has two runways. I should probably figure out which airbase I grabbed that data from. 

Yeah the course is still bugged. Example below is drawn with red using the raw course value with grey being multiplied by -1.  Also note that the game doesn't consider the other runway to be a runway. Which is more of a map setup issue than anything else. They removed multiple runway functionality on Caucasus a long time ago.