RvEYoda Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 (edited) What is LEAVU2? Lockon External Avionics Upgrade 2.0 is a mod being developed for Fc2 LEAVU2 is a software package written in JAVA designed to be used for displaying interactive cockpit flight instruments and ingame data on external screens. OpenGL is used to render LEAVU2 2D and 3D instruments, and keyboard and mouse input is captured to allow for interactive user input. Touch screens are also fully supported, as is running the software on multiple separate computers connecting to the same game computer. ( Thank you Schizwiz for making the video! ) LEAVU2 aims to provide a high performance and low cpu usage solution for displaying these instruments realtime, at high enough framerates such that they will be performance wise indistinguishable from ingame instruments when playing. Data is sent from lockon to LEAVU2 over maintained tcp connections at high update rates, and there is support for multiple display computers connecting to the same game computer. If a connection is lost at any time, LEAVU2 will automatically try to repair that connection. One example is for example when restarting missions. There are also thoughts for supporting data input into the sim from LEAVU2 through lua commands directly to lockon, but that is currently not implemented. LEAVU2 has support for any touch screen or normal screens. Cockpit instruments can be drawn both with a GUI ( buttons etc ) and window frame, or if preferred, as a pure OpenGL display. Each display and instrument can also optionally support mouse and/or keyboard input directly, which can allow you to build a physical cockpit setup around them. Development Development of LEAVU is open source and source code is available at: http://kenai.com/projects/leavu2 Right now I'm looking for help in drawing 3d models for cockpit gauges and texturing these models. If you want to contribute to the leavu project we would appreciate all help, remember this project is fully open for anyone to view or contribute to, and it doesnt cost anything. Installation and download links Current version Leavu 2.2010.03.25 available at http://yoda.reservoirselite.com/YoPack/ Currently only manual installation available. An installer program might be created later if there is a lot of interest. Operating systems supported I have confirmed full functionality on these OSes : WinXp32 Win7 pro 32 Win7 pro 64 currently keyboard input is not supported under linux. Current projects * LEAVU steam gauges and other analogue instruments ( on pause ). At this point only has one working instrument, one half finished ADI and waiting to find people who want to model more. * LEAVU F-1x MFD project. By Yoda, GrayGhost, Moa and Hannibal This project aims to provide a mix of F-16/F-15 style MFD for the lockon F-15. Given the F-15 MPCD being very classified, and we only have a few pictures of its navigation, weapons and datalink pages, we use the F-16 MLU as a reference. This means we will get a little less powerful MFD/datalink, but this is sufficient for our purposes. We currently have the following interactive MFD pages : HSD, SMS, FCR and RWR * LEAVU datalink, provides data for the MFD project above * LEAVU threat specific TEWS/RWR sounds. Think Falcon4 how it has specific threat sounds depending on what threat type it sees. Leavu2 has this same capability, to replace the ingame RWR sounds with a much wider and realistic variety of threat sounds. You will need to provide the audio files yourself however. If you want to contribute with your own LEAVU module. Then please do so! make it happen :) . Edited March 31, 2010 by =RvE=Yoda 7 S = SPARSE(m,n) abbreviates SPARSE([],[],[],m,n,0). This generates the ultimate sparse matrix, an m-by-n all zero matrix. - Matlab help on 'sparse' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.S Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Me really wonders sometimes... *he has to much time on his hands? *his brain bubbles full of funky ideas? :huh: *he got soo pissed about blowmac that it turned into a revenge coding conspiracy? *he watched to much Starwars back in days as i did? :megalol: (everyone knows you dont mess with a wookie) *infact his vision of the world resembles the matrix code :matrix: ooh boy...join F.O or DCS ..do something usefull ..LOL :inv: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
104th_Crunch Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Yoda, very interesting, again! So if not using a touchscreen would this still be usable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat EAF51 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 cool go ahead! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I'm Fighter pilot not a murderer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topol-m Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 OMG :shocking: Are you saying you could add different modes/content for the MFDs? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topol-m Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) _ANYTHING_ ;). It's a direct 3d engine for each MFD. You can add pages for whatever you like. Ok now you are my official God of modders :D stuff like that might happen? http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8520/mpcdxz8.jpg Edited June 27, 2009 by topol-m [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Jumper_ Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 very nice ! Greating _Jumper_:bounce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoleCat Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Amazing, incredible, unbelievable, and outstanding! Out http://www.104thphoenix.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_X Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 ok, i didnt understand a word. too technical for me. what you are trying to say is that its possible to add new cockpits in lock on?(functional cockpits)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat EAF51 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Do it mate DO IT! ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I'm Fighter pilot not a murderer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punx Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 :shocking: Don´t believe what i see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) Yoda, have you considered using OpenGL rather than Direct3D? OpenGL is much more stable than Direct3D (programming interface changes much more slowly and predictably than Direct3D). Old OpenGL programs still work but old Direct3D programs do not. Also, OpenGL works on plenty of other platforms as well. For example, you could control your MFD from your iPhone (or Mac OS X, or Linux). Incidentally, there are implementations of OpenGL certified for use in avionic displays (that is, real glass-cockpit displays are done using OpenGL not DirectX). Netbeans is a free tool, works with Java and C/C++ and has a plugin for doing OpenGL (and even OpenGL shaders). Just a suggestion. Edited June 27, 2009 by Moa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilBivol-1 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) A.S., please see forum rules 1.2 and 1.10. Edited June 27, 2009 by EvilBivol-1 - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_X Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 nobody didn't explain to me what does this utility do. in usual words, as for a begginer. does it create new functional cockpits for lock-on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topol-m Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 (edited) nobody didn't explain to me what does this utility do. in usual words, as for a begginer. does it create new functional cockpits for lock-on? I`m not sure about the rest of the cockpit but Master Yoda (bow down before his power :) ) will be able to modify the MFD (multi functional display) in F-15. New modes/info that were not implemented in the game could be added. So that it is not used just for weapons status display but could provide other useful info - like navigation/radar contacts/etc. like it is in reality. Edited June 28, 2009 by topol-m [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_X Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 if he modifies mfds then he can add new ones too i suppose.so new cockpits can be added in the game. Yoda, can you figure this out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elnocho3 Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Absolutely amazing!! Please, please, please keep up the good work! PC spec: i9 9900KS @ 5.1ghz, 32GB RAM, 2 TB NVME M2, RTX 3090 Peripherals: TM Warthog, Saitek Pro Flight Pedals, Rift S, Custom UFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.S Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Me really wonders sometimes... *he has to much time on his hands? *his brain bubbles full of funky ideas? :huh: *he got soo pissed about blowmac that it turned into a revenge coding conspiracy? *he watched to much Starwars back in days as i did? :megalol: (everyone knows you dont mess with a wookie) *infact his vision of the world resembles the matrix code :matrix: ooh boy...join F.O or DCS ..do something usefull ..LOL :inv: I noticed, some read this post wrong !! Yoda and me, we know eachother...that humor or joke post i made here is appreciating his talent (first LRM now this) and has to be understood in that way and meaning. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_X Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 ye, ye, ye ... but yoda...let me try some humor too... i'm not sure if to appreciate you or not ... explain to me if what you discovered means in fact adding a new functional cockpit in lock on or just editing old ones.. the second idea will not be appreciated and all the enthusiasm of this thread shall be destroyed!! muhahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_X Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 yoda are you blind? dont' you see the questin a asked for 2-3 times? I am not a computer programmer, this technical data you give here is not for people like me. the question i ask is simple : is this program able to create the functions for future new cockpits? like a functional mig 21 cockpit? Say yes or not.it's damn simple 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I think that is a NO, john_x. As i can see this its more of an external interface that can be linked together with different simulators/planes/systems. Which makes game play more realistic, especially if you have a touch screen. Rätta mig om jag har fel Yoda. Själv kan jag inte mycket om sånt här men det ser ut som att du gör ett super jobb :), en bättre beskrivining för alla oss okunniga om vad det här handlar om hade nog varit uppskattat. Det ser grymt ut och jag är mycket intresserad utav detta. BW Shaggy Intel Core i7-8700 3,20GHz - EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC2 - 32Gb Ram - DCS on 500 GB SSD - Windows 10 - Thrusmaster Warthog - Thrustmaster TPR pedals - Track Ir 5 - Samsung Odyssey+ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.virtualredarrows.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_X Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 too bad...i'm so dissapointed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topol-m Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Ok the first one is some nav mode? Also, are these going to replace the in game MFD? I mean how exactly is this done - this program directly changes the info in the in game MFD or creates its own MFD. If it is the second one how would it look like when finished and how are we going to use it? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
104th_Crunch Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Topol, Yoda has this setup for a second monitor. It will not replace in game graphics. He is using a touchscreen to access the functions. Yoda, without a touchscreen then I guess you wouldn't be able to use this app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvEYoda Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 Sure you can. you can still use the mouse to click the buttons or probably at some point I will add keyboard support as well. It still displays info, you can always pick your settings before launching the game also. S = SPARSE(m,n) abbreviates SPARSE([],[],[],m,n,0). This generates the ultimate sparse matrix, an m-by-n all zero matrix. - Matlab help on 'sparse' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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