Weapons Interfacing

[dmans1]

First of all, i like the late kick start DCS World has brought to the Combat Sim community. For me it's an old dream come true that is, having a common platform where different people flying different (properly modeled) AC Types flying a multilayer mission.

An here comes the million dollar question... Is every developer responsible for developing his own weapons for his AC, or are there interfaces for each weapons type (eg. interfaces for FOX3,Fox2,Fox1 missiles, JSAWS,LGB's etc).

If such thing exists, it could create a tremendous work offload,simply because the developer wouldn;t have to write something,just a driver for the current interface, for a weapon that already exists.

[159th_Viper]

Every licenced 3rd party developer has access to ED's existing ordinance and related coding for their developmental programmes.

Edited June 14, 2012 by 159th_Viper
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[Azazel]

Thats good to know. To be honest, I didn't even think that they might have to "reinvent the wheel" as it relates to weapons already simulated by ED. :D

[Tucano_uy]

Thats good to know. To be honest, I didn't even think that they might have to "reinvent the wheel" as it relates to weapons already simulated by ED. :D

 

 

Not only that. Imagine the same weapon modelled differently by different developers.... it would be a mess.

[Pikey]

Hopefully the World will act as a framework for developers and be the guide that all plugins have to fit into.

 

I did notice that some of Beczl's Mig:21 weapons are new to the framework and when asked he did not know if they would be absorbed into World (at the time of asking).

 

It would be logical if there were a legal covering in 3rd party agreements where ED took these on for reuse or kept them individual to the module depending how each item might work.

 

I would have thought (but don't know) that this applies to everything that a 3rd party might develop including the basis for flight models, shared textures, complete systems and so on and i also expect (but don't know) that it's probably not something we need to worry about.

 

I have to admit to being slightly interested in if when a 3rd party develops something that plugs into a brand name, if they aren't just selling under license and that their work might not even be their own property once sold as such. Software and licensing are complicated beasts!

[Sierra99]

Not only that. Imagine the same weapon modelled differently by different developers.... it would be a mess.

 

I asked this question the other day but not as eloquently... So here's a piggyback question. Let's say we're talking the Harm Targeting system... The F16's in sim can employ them so the system "Works". Does ED provide all aspects of the weapon system, including the cockpit interface or just the weapon modeling? (clear as mud?)