In some situations, analogue gauges can go off-scale. For example, if our water temp. gauge has defined range of 40-120*C, then when water temp. is below 40*C, its needle will be set below the range on the gauge. Could you implement in Cockpitinfo file additional two-value parameter responsible for locking needle range of movement, like: xxNeedleLockRange=(min, max); if value=1 then lock, if value=0 then no lock For example: WaterTempNeedleLockRange=(1, 1) Another feature that might be useful, would be to be able to set value for a given gauge/dial that will trigger a warning light. Trigger action could work as simple animation switching. From 0 to 1 and vice versa (anim 0 if value below or at the critical point, anim 1 for value above the critical point). The "critical" value can be value per se or % value from the range. For example, one trigger can be for low fuel: FuelLevelTrigger00=10% (so, our critical point is for 10% of fuel tank total capacity), or FuelLevelTrigger00=5.0 (critical point is at exactly 5.0 litres). a material name has to be linked to that trigger, so additional parameter is needed: FuelLevelTrigger00Mat=fuel_warnlight (and textures for that would be then: fuel_warnlight00 and fuel_warnlight01, so following the general naming scheme for event switching). another example would be for water temperature: WaterTempTrigger00=203.0 WaterTempTrigger00Mat=water_hot Of course, we could use more than one trigger for a given dial, thus the naming scheme xTrigerYY, where: - x=indicator name - YY=consecutive numer of trigger, for a given indicator: 00, 01, 02 and so on. Something that I think is also missing, is having ability to set rpm warning light by hand in garage. Right now, modders have to use a trick using one of rpm bars as gear_change indicator. It would be nice to have that as dedicated parameter to set (for qualification, it could be set a bit higher but for endurance races people would set that lower improving fuel economy and extend engine's lifetime. These features for sure should not be put on top of priority list, but it would be nice to have them implemented at some point. Thanks
+100 In addition, More options for the modder who creates Digital Dash Displays. The options now are to limiting.
Re RPM warnign light, for the record, there is no need to fake it because there are these, which I believe are specifically for shift lights. LED165 = rpm light LED170 = rpm light LED175 = rpm light LED182 = rpm light (redline)
red line ussualy is not the last which makes problem: redline indicator must share material with rpm bar in addition, car may be equipped with 2 different rpm indicator: rpm bar on LCD and rpm leds. Current state requires to map both onto same materials which is incorrect as I said once, some scripting abilities would cover such all needs. hardcoded features are not flexible enough.
hi all. talking about cockpitinfos... ledlf=mycarledfl ledsl=mycarledsl discglow=mycardisglow that whould be nice. Regards
Or better: ledlf=mycarledfl1,mycarledfl2,mycarledfl2 You know.. you may always want to display some message on LCD display the same time some warning led is lit. But again: scripting is better BTW: I would like to see 3D gauges and more data for digital displays (including replays)
I am working on a new digital dash and I need the following things have an accurate model. Oil Temp Trans Temp Water Temp Race Lap Stint Lap Gear Speed Last Lap time Change from last lap (Red text if Slower, Green Text if Quicker) Tire Pressures (LF, LR, RF. RR) Indicator if traction control circuit is activated. Some of these are available but not all. It would be awesome if any info displayed by the HUD would be available for incorporation into a Digital Dash. Goat
Not necessarily, they are warning lights, not rpm lights, they only need to show when it gets to redline, they don't need to show what the rpm is doing, that's what the tacho is for.
Not necessarily doesn't mean it doesn't happen. In most cars you find redline indicator before end of rpm range. You can ignore those additional rpms in your mods if you want to, but it is not a solution for most of us. Here is great example, below. rpms are shown by two devices: MoteC and LED rpm bar. Led bar shows optimal rpms, and turns into red when red line is crossed. But you may notice that driver not always change gears immediately when see red colour. Some times he revs it more (4:15) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V8qIQHW4KI&t=4m10s
