How to display BMS maps in Tacview?
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Thanks Vyrtuoz, but I was expecting something more 3D, not just landing on a terrain graphic
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All good things come in time Ice I have planned to display BMS buildings in Tacview, but this will require a lot of work and I simply did not have the time yet to do so.
As for the airfields: Only Korea and Israel airports have been integrated in Tacview so far. So, this is normal to not see any of them in Ikaros. I am currently working on a new static object editor, so you will be able to add them yourself in no time soon.
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Nice work! Thanks for that! Worked very well here!
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I feel completely stupid but I can’t use the coordinate conversion formula from BMS to Tacview.
I think I need an example.
I tried this :
Parameters from Data-Falcon4Theater.xml for POH===>
<west>-19.7</west>
<east>4.1</east>
<south>25.6</south>
<north>44</north>
<width>8192</width>
<height>8192</height>
formulas are :
longitude = west + x * (east - west ) / (width * 819.995);
latitude = south + y * (north - south) / (height * 819.995);longitude = -19.7 + x * (4.1 + 19.7) / (8192 * 819.995);
latitude = 25.6 + y * (44 - 25.6) / (8192 * 819.995);longitude = -19.7 + x * 2.382309692382813;
latitude = 25.6 + y * 1.84178564453125;With the example of Gibraltar :
Long : E 13° 42.600’
Lat : N 35° 31.257’in decimal degres :
Long = x = -13.717 (W-13.717)
Lat = y = -35.52095 (S-35.52095)SO With the formula :
xTacview = -52.37814205041505
yTacview = -39.8219757901123xTacview = E 52° 22’ 41.31"
yTacview = N 39° 49’ 19.113"gilbraltar Pointer in Tacview is something like : 36°12’ E and 5°31’ W:(:(:(:(
SO WHAT ???
Any Help with this example, PLease
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I think something is wrong with this old formula. I can’t remember where the 819.995 is coming from. I will check that as soon as possible. I will update the documentation accordingly.
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My little Help :
I think the problem is elsewhere than the linearity constant
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Sorry for the delay Windblow,
I have checked all the formulas and the documentation is correct.
I think that there is an error in your calculations (not in the formula used):
longitude = -19.7 + x * 2.382309692382813; // Incorrect latitude = 25.6 + y * 1.84178564453125; // Incorrect
which should rather be something like this:
(it’s a quick “hand” calculation which may not be very accurate, but gives you the idea)longitude = -19.7 + x * 3.5430379910853111e-06; latitude = 25.6 + y * 2.7391554216794000e-06;
Side note: 819.995 comes from F4 SP3 source code, it may have been modified in BMS, but that does not matter much in this case.
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Willing to use the “Auto-populate” function for BMS Airports and objects in Tacview.
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Willing to use the “Auto-populate” function for BMS Airports and objects in Tacview.
is this a question or a statement ?
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Statement xD