March 3, 20224 yr 45 minutes ago, Waldo Pepper said: This is probably a dumb question, but I'm confused because I have 3rd party aircraft with weather radar? Is it because Carenado has some kind of close relationship with Asobo? The PMS GTN750 has weather radar as well, but I'm not sure where it get's it data from. Thought it was from simconnect. Those are JavaScript/HTML coded airplanes, as are all the default MSFS aircraft. A JavaScript API has existed to extract weather radar data from the sim since MSFS was released. The Fenix and PMDG add-ons will be using C++/WASM, as does the existing Aerosoft CRJ. There is not (yet) a weather radar API for WASM in the SDK. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
March 3, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, JRBarrett said: The picture was of the terrain mapping system, not weather radar. They do look somewhat similar. Both Fenix and PMDG will have working terrain on release. They are using a stand-alone terrain database that does not require extracting terrain information from the sim itself. That is exactly what a real EGPWS does. Weather radar will depend on Asobo creating a WASM API. Until they do, no WASM add-on will be able to access the location of clouds or precip. That feature is already available in default aircraft programmed in JavaScript/HTML, so the data does exist in the sim environment - they just need to complete the API so the data can also be accessed by WASM projects. Thanks Jim, this is the first I have heard about this aspect of the WX radar and I saw your other similar post. Couple of questions you may know about. Why use a standalone terrain database vs in game terrain database? seems unnecessary. How are other developers able to mix WASM gauges with JAVA gauges? an example shown on this very thread. CPU: Core i5-6600K 4 core (3.5GHz) - overclock to 4.3 | RAM: (1066 MHz) 16GB MOBO: ASUS Z170 Pro | GeForce GTX 1070 8GB | MONITOR: 2560 X 1440 2K
March 4, 20224 yr 11 hours ago, Mike S KPDX said: Thanks Jim, this is the first I have heard about this aspect of the WX radar and I saw your other similar post. Couple of questions you may know about. Why use a standalone terrain database vs in game terrain database? seems unnecessary. How are other developers able to mix WASM gauges with JAVA gauges? an example shown on this very thread. The stand-alone terrain database emulates the exact look and feel (and operating modes) of a genuine Honeywell EGPWS. Using a stand-alone database requires no access to the underlying sim terrain data. I don’t see any example in this thread of WASM and JavaScript gauges being used together. I’m not sure that is possible. It is definitely possible to use WASM code in a JavaScript aircraft. Both WT and FBW do so in their CJ-4 and A320Neo mods to implement some of the advanced autopilot and FMS functionality that is more easily coded in C++. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
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