Request sun and shadow

[ryan]

Hey guys, i thought up a little addition to the Map MFD that comes standard with orbiter, is it possible to show a shadow and light sector on the map, it could be turned on and off, it will help to know this during EVAs so you know how much sun you have until you pass through the shadows, so who will be willing to add that feature to it?
Thanks.
Ryan.

 

[2552]

That would be really useful. I'm surprised MapMFD doesn't have this already.

 

[Tommy]

Somewhere out there (doesn't seem to be on OH) there's an add-on called Extended MapMFD. It can show day/night, and can also project your path over several orbits (helpfull for predicting re-entry windows).

 

[ryan]

Somewhere out there (doesn't seem to be on OH) there's an add-on called Extended MapMFD. It can show day/night, and can also project your path over several orbits (helpfull for predicting re-entry windows).

It must be old becuase i cant remember something like that, and it would be helpful to.
Maybe someone can find it and put it on OH or even do an updated version of it.
Thanks.
Ryan.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Post in the 'Avsim hacked' thread from a month ago:
http://orbiter-forum.com/showpost.php?p=96459&postcount=66

 

[ryan]

Post in the 'Avsim hacked' thread from a month ago:
http://orbiter-forum.com/showpost.php?p=96459&postcount=66

Thanks Nick, maybe this basic idea of extended map can be used on the next version of Orbiter. Also maybe for different planets or moons. I.E Mars.

 

[Andy44]

I have the Extended Map MFD, and it works fine. One of those MFDs I always have loaded. It also computes the in-view times for ground bases. I don't know if I can re-upload it or not.

 

[martins]

Incidently, I have just rewritten the Map MFD code. I haven't tried the 'extended map MFD' mentioned above, but from the sound the new map code will support most of its features.

- ground track mode in addition to the 'orbit plane' mode.
- horizon lines
- zoom up to 128x
- vectorised planet contour lines
- display of all 'surface markers' provided for a planet (the same as supported via the Ctrl-F9 visual helpers dialog).
- configuration page

The only problem is that this will be fairly GDI intensive, so may have trouble on vista-based systems. I have wasted days trying to implement a threaded version that does all the drawing on a separate thread, only to realise that the GDI libraries are not thread-safe, and DirectX enforces a global lock on all GDI operations, making the threaded version perform worse than a single-thread version.

The new Map MFD version will be available in the next beta.

 

[n122vu]

This is awesome. Was just thinking to myself during my last reentry, "It would be really nice to be able to look at the MapMFD and know where the terminator is." Would love to see this in action.

Andy44 - have you contacted the author of the Extended Map MFD to see if you can repost? Would love to give it a try myself.

Regards,
n122vu

 

[martins]

Here are a few snaps of the new Map MFD. I hope you like it, because I do ...

 

[ryan]

Here are a few snaps of the new Map MFD. I hope you like it, because I do ...

Looks great, it reminds me of the map they use in Mission Control at JSC.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Andy44 - have you contacted the author of the Extended Map MFD to see if you can repost? Would love to give it a try myself.

Regards,
n122vu

Use the link above.