Hi All, I've written a patch to the MP code that allows text-based chat within the simulator.
It provides the following: 1) Improved MP property handling. The MP code no-longer assumes all properties are floats. Props now turn at the correct RPM, and the MP message format now supports strings and integers. 2) MP chat. Users can type messages that are displayed to all users within MP range. The messages are displayed within a dialog box, and optionally to the screen using the current Nasal message system. This allows the messages to be TTS'd by festival. Currently the patch is intentionally simple. There are a couple of obvious enhancements that could be made once this is committed: A) Frequency specific transmissions. Currently everyone in the MP range hears all transmissions. It would be better to restrict users to transmitting/receiving on their current COM1 frequency. The source code requirements for this are already present in this patch (the /sim/multiplay/transmission-freq-hz property is exported), but the Nasal code is not. B) Quick-phrases. Typing while flying is not particularly efficient. A tree of phrases with click-to-say navigation would be easier to use. The patch is available from http://www.nanjika.co.uk/flightgear/chat.tar.gz We may want to increment the MP protocol version for this, but I'll leave that to other's discretion. As always, comments are welcome. -Stuart ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
