Tip: Ruler with kilometers and nautical miles.

[buur]

Normally, when you want to see the distance with the ruler in miles or kilometers you have to switch between in the settings.

But you can modify the me_map_window.lua so that you see both. Please see attached picture.

You have to modify the function updatRulerText in the following way:
 

local function updateRulerText_()
  if getRulerStarted_() then
    local distance = getDistance(ruler_.tape.points[1], ruler_.tape.points[2])
	local mdistance = distance
    local angleInRadians = getAngle(ruler_.tape.points[1], ruler_.tape.points[2])
    local angle = math.mod(360 + UC.toDegrees(angleInRadians), 360)
	
	local unitSys = OptionsData.getUnits()
	local sunit
	local msunit
	--if (unitSys == "metric") then
		sunit = _('m')	
		distance = math.floor(distance)
        if (distance > 1000) then
            distance = distance /1000
            sunit = _('km')
        end
	--else
		msunit = _('feet')
		mdistance = math.floor(mdistance/0.3048)
        if (mdistance > 6076.12) then
            mdistance = math.floor(mdistance/6.07612) / 1000
            msunit = _('nm')
        end
	--end
	
	local text = distance ..' '..sunit..', '..mdistance..' ' ..msunit..', '.. angle ..'°'
    
    ruler_.text.title = text
  end
end

enjoy  

 

[Northstar98]

Oh my god yes this would be brilliant to have as standard.

Now all we need is the ability to set magnetic and grid (or whatever the hell it is) heading.

Edited August 27, 2022 by Northstar98

[toutenglisse]

nice !

 

[cfrag]

So simple, so nice! Thank you!

[HC_Official]

very nice work and is others have stated it should be like this as standard

[Xtorris]

Sorry to necro this thread, but does anyone know what file this code is in for the F10 map view during a mission? The original post is great, but it only works in the Mission Editor.

Thanks. 

[buur]

I never found a file where you can influence the ingame map