TEMPEST.114 Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 e.g. DCS func getHeight - DCS World Wiki - Hoggitworld.com Does this return feet or metres? In different objects the units change but this is very poorly communicated.
cfrag Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Elphaba said: e.g. DCS func getHeight - DCS World Wiki - Hoggitworld.com Does this return feet or metres? In different objects the units change but this is very poorly communicated. AFAIK, DCS internally uses (mostly) SI (the world standard, not the poor mess that some countries use. With those countries, it got so bad that they are even driving on the wrong side of the road ) SI are meters, seconds, kg, etc. Temperature is Kelvin, Pressure is Pascal. So derived units like velocity is m/s etc. 1
Chump Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) land.getHeight() is defined as: Distance function land.getHeight(Vec2 point) Distance is defined as: Distance = number Distance is given in meters. https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_Scripting_orig_Part_1#land Edited October 14, 2022 by Chump Added reference 1
TEMPEST.114 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) The Mission editor doesn't mention that the wind is true not magnetic. It talks wind velocity in knots (good) but in the back end it's in metres per second. There are several places where Mission Editor is missing labels or incomplete information and the functions don't indicate the return units. Edited October 21, 2022 by Elphaba
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