The add-on framework now uses the following files in each add-on
directory:
- addon-config.xml (previously: config.xml)
- addon-main.nas (previously: main.nas)
This is consistent with the addon-metadata.xml file that is already part
of the interface between FG core and add-ons. The goal is to make it
clearer, when browsing an add-on directory, which files belong to the
"FG core <-> add-on" interface and which files belong to the add-on
proper. This will be beneficial also when more files are added to the
"FG core <-> add-on" interface, such as possibly addon-events.xml in the
future.
This change is incompatible, thus it is the right time to do *before*
2018.2.1 is out, especially considering that this upcoming release
already has incompatible changes in the add-on API, namely the
requirement of the addon-metadata.xml file and the type of the argument
passed to each add-on's main() function. We'll try harder not to break
compatibility in the add-on API once 2018.2.1 is out. For now, it is
still a good time to try to get the API as clean as possible.
Prevent FDM-derived properties being sent at full speed (120Hz) which
overloads telnet connections. Instead track dirty properties and
send them at the protocol’s update rate (which is presumably what
the user expects)
the current timestamp used in mp protocol and in AImultiplayer is not a good one:
it can pause, or even change speed if we change warp value.
we want it to be used for network protocol lag and jitter estimation, and
a time flowing linearly on both side is needed, here's a first introduction
of this timestamp relates to real elapsed time.
here it's initialised to the system clock, then follow the monotonic clock.
in future improvement, it will allow time synchronisation betwen mp players,
to have a very good close formation flight experience.
The "Airbus" callouts ("2500", "hundred above", "retard") are not issued
by the original mk-viii unit, but adding support helps with better
simulation for Airbus a/c. The new callouts are disabled by default, and
are enabled by a specific setting of the GPWS "category-4" configuration
value (see Wiki).
- /sim/multiplay/transmit-filter-property-base can now filter based on property index; or have the previous mode of transmitting only generics by setting to 1.
- Move emesary MP bridge property base index to 12000 - to allow filtering of all except these (to reduce packet size).
- Modify global_mouseInput in init() and in shutdown(), because *these*
are the places where FGMouseInput is enabled or disabled.
- reinit() does shutdown() followed by init().
Note: the commented-out block starting with "FIXME: memory leak" that is
removed here was just an outdated comment, because SGBindingList
is an std::vector<SGBinding_ptr>, where SGBinding_ptr is a smart
pointer type (SGSharedPtr<SGBinding>). In other words, there was
no leak in this place---at least, not recently.
Create the FGMouseInputPrivate instance in FGMouseInput::init() instead
of in FGMouseInput's constructor. This will allow straightforward
implementation of reinit() via shutdown() and init().
Also get rid of the 'initialized' bool, since bool(d) is now equivalent
(d being the std::unique_ptr<FGMouseInputPrivate> data member of
FGMouseInput).
Using std::vector<mouse_mode> instead of std::unique_ptr<mouse_mode[]>
would have been possible of course, but a bit more awkward as
vector<>::size() returns an std::size_t but all the "adjacent" code is
based on the 'int' type.
Octal escape sequences can be as short as 2 bytes (\0, ..., \7),
therefore they allow one to generate shorter files than hex escapes, for
the same resource contents. The line lengths won't be as even, but this
is purely cosmetic, virtually no one will ever read the resource data
string literals, so this is quite a negligible drawback compared to the
advantage of using less space in the Git repository every time resource
files are committed.
