From bf423ef0cae72c5690bac6ae2224e5fb741daff3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: curt <curt>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:12:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Handle "double" type fields correctly for ascii input data.
 Previously double data was being down-cast to float and the loss of precision
 impacted data types like lon/lat positions dramatically, preventing smooth
 replay of data.

---
 src/Network/generic.cxx | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Network/generic.cxx b/src/Network/generic.cxx
index b1e0c2048..f952c1e66 100644
--- a/src/Network/generic.cxx
+++ b/src/Network/generic.cxx
@@ -378,9 +378,13 @@ bool FGGeneric::parse_message_ascii() {
 
         case FG_FIXED:
         case FG_FLOAT:
+            val = _in_message[i].offset + strtof(p1, 0) * _in_message[i].factor;
+            _in_message[i].prop->setFloatValue((float)val);
+            break;
+
         case FG_DOUBLE:
             val = _in_message[i].offset + strtod(p1, 0) * _in_message[i].factor;
-            _in_message[i].prop->setFloatValue((float)val);
+            _in_message[i].prop->setDoubleValue(val);
             break;
 
         default: // SG_STRING