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{
Copyright 2005-2012 Sandy Barbour and Ben Supnik All rights reserved. See
license.txt for usage. X-Plane SDK Version: 2.1.1
}
UNIT XPLMScenery;
INTERFACE
{
This package contains APIs to interact with X-Plane's scenery system.
}
USES
XPLMDefs;
{$A4}
{$IFDEF XPLM200}
{___________________________________________________________________________
* Terrain Y-Testing
___________________________________________________________________________}
{
The Y-testing API allows you to locate the physical scenery mesh. This
would be used to place dynamic graphics on top of the ground in a plausible
way or do physics interactions.
The Y-test API works via probe objects, which are allocated by your plugin
and used to query terrain. Probe objects exist both to capture which
algorithm you have requested (see probe types) and also to cache query
information.
Performance Guidelines
----------------------
It is generally faster to use the same probe for nearby points and
different probes for different points. Try not to allocate more than
"hundreds" of probes at most. Share probes if you need more. Generally,
probing operations are expensive, and should be avoided via caching when
possible.
Y testing returns a location on the terrain, a normal vectory, and a
velocity vector. The normal vector tells you the slope of the terrain at
that point. The velocity vector tells you if that terrain is moving (and is
in meters/second). For example, if your Y test hits the aircraft carrier
deck, this tells you the velocity of that point on the deck.
Note: the Y-testing API is limited to probing the loaded scenery area,
which is approximately 300x300 km in X-Plane 9. Probes outside this area
will return the height of a 0 MSL sphere.
}
{
XPLMProbeType
XPLMProbeType defines the type of terrain probe - each probe has a
different algorithm. (Only one type of probe is provided right now, but
future APIs will expose more flexible or poewrful or useful probes.
}
TYPE
XPLMProbeType = (
{ The Y probe gives you the location of the tallest physical scenery along }
{ the Y axis going through the queried point. }
xplm_ProbeY = 0
);
PXPLMProbeType = ^XPLMProbeType;
{
XPLMProbeResult
Probe results - possible results from a probe query.
}
XPLMProbeResult = (
{ The probe hit terrain and returned valid values. }
xplm_ProbeHitTerrain = 0
{ An error in the API call. Either the probe struct size is bad, or the }
{ probe is invalid or the type is mismatched for the specific query call. }
,xplm_ProbeError = 1
{ The probe call succeeded but there is no terrain under this point (perhaps }
{ it is off the side of the planet?) }
,xplm_ProbeMissed = 2
);
PXPLMProbeResult = ^XPLMProbeResult;
{
XPLMProbeRef
An XPLMProbeRef is an opaque handle to a probe, used for querying the
terrain.
}
XPLMProbeRef = pointer;
PXPLMProbeRef = ^XPLMProbeRef;
{
XPLMProbeInfo_t
XPLMProbeInfo_t contains the results of a probe call. Make sure to set
structSize to the size of the struct before using it.
}
XPLMProbeInfo_t = RECORD
{ Size of structure in bytes - always set this before calling the XPLM. }
structSize : Integer;
{ Resulting X location of the terrain point we hit, in local OpenGL }
{ coordinates. }
locationX : Single;
{ Resulting Y location of the terrain point we hit, in local OpenGL }
{ coordinates. }
locationY : Single;
{ Resulting Z location of the terrain point we hit, in local OpenGL }
{ coordinates. }
locationZ : Single;
{ X component of the normal vector to the terrain we found. }
normalX : Single;
{ Y component of the normal vector to the terrain we found. }
normalY : Single;
{ Z component of the normal vector to the terrain we found. }
normalZ : Single;
{ X component of the velocity vector of the terrain we found. }
velocityX : Single;
{ Y component of the velocity vector of the terrain we found. }
velocityY : Single;
{ Z component of the velocity vector of the terrain we found. }
velocityZ : Single;
{ Tells if the surface we hit is water (otherwise it is land). }
is_wet : Integer;
END;
PXPLMProbeInfo_t = ^XPLMProbeInfo_t;
{
XPLMCreateProbe
Creates a new probe object of a given type and returns.
}
FUNCTION XPLMCreateProbe(
inProbeType : XPLMProbeType) : XPLMProbeRef;
cdecl; external XPLM_DLL;
{
XPLMDestroyProbe
Deallocates an existing probe object.
}
PROCEDURE XPLMDestroyProbe(
inProbe : XPLMProbeRef);
cdecl; external XPLM_DLL;
{
XPLMProbeTerrainXYZ
Probes the terrain. Pass in the XYZ coordinate of the probe point, a probe
object, and an XPLMProbeInfo_t struct that has its structSize member set
properly. Other fields are filled in if we hit terrain, and a probe result
is returned.
}
FUNCTION XPLMProbeTerrainXYZ(
inProbe : XPLMProbeRef;
inX : Single;
inY : Single;
inZ : Single;
outInfo : PXPLMProbeInfo_t) : XPLMProbeResult;
cdecl; external XPLM_DLL;
{$ENDIF XPLM200}
{$IFDEF XPLM300}
{___________________________________________________________________________
* Magnetic Variation
___________________________________________________________________________}
{
Use the magnetic variation (more properly, the "magnetic declination") API
to find the offset of magnetic north from true north at a given latitude
and longitude within the simulator.
In the real world, the Earth's magnetic field is irregular, such that true
north (the direction along a meridian toward the north pole) does not
necessarily match what a magnetic compass shows as north.
Using this API ensures that you present the same offsets to users as
X-Plane's built-in instruments.
}
{
XPLMGetMagneticVariation
Returns X-Plane's simulated magnetic variation (declination) at the
indication latitude and longitude.
}
FUNCTION XPLMGetMagneticVariation(
latitude : Real;
longitude : Real) : Single;
cdecl; external XPLM_DLL;
{
XPLMDegTrueToDegMagnetic
Converts a heading in degrees relative to true north into a value relative
to magnetic north at the user's current location.
}
FUNCTION XPLMDegTrueToDegMagnetic(
headingDegreesTrue : Single) : Single;
cdecl; external XPLM_DLL;
{
XPLMDegMagneticToDegTrue
Converts a heading in degrees relative to magnetic north at the user's
current location into a value relative to true north.
}
FUNCTION XPLMDegMagneticToDegTrue(
headingDegreesMagnetic: Single) : Single;
cdecl; external XPLM_DLL;
{$ENDIF XPLM300}
{___________________________________________________________________________
* Object Drawing
___________________________________________________________________________}
{
The object drawing routines let you load and draw X-Plane OBJ files.
Objects are loaded by file path and managed via an opaque handle. X-Plane
naturally reference counts objects, so it is important that you balance
every successful call to XPLMLoadObject with a call to XPLMUnloadObject!
}
{$IFDEF XPLM200}
TYPE
{
XPLMObjectRef
An XPLMObjectRef is a opaque handle to an .obj file that has been loaded
into memory.
}
XPLMObjectRef = pointer;
PXPLMObjectRef = ^XPLMObjectRef;
{$ENDIF XPLM200}
{$IFDEF XPLM200}
{
XPLMDrawInfo_t
The XPLMDrawInfo_t structure contains positioning info for one object that
is to be drawn. Be sure to set structSize to the size of the structure for
future expansion.
}
XPLMDrawInfo_t = RECORD
{ Set this to the size of this structure! }
structSize : Integer;
{ X location of the object in local coordinates. }
x : Single;
{ Y location of the object in local coordinates. }
y : Single;
{ Z location of the object in local coordinates. }
z : Single;
{ Pitch in degres to rotate the object, positive is up. }
pitch : Single;
{ Heading in local coordinates to rotate the object, clockwise. }
heading : Single;
{ Roll to rotate the object. }
roll : Single;
END;
PXPLMDrawInfo_t = ^XPLMDrawInfo_t;
{$ENDIF XPLM200}
{$IFDEF XPLM210}
{
XPLMObjectLoaded_f
You provide this callback when loading an object asynchronously; it will be
called once the object is loaded. Your refcon is passed back. The object
ref passed in is the newly loaded object (ready for use) or NULL if an
error occured.
If your plugin is disabled, this callback will be delivered as soon as the
plugin is re-enabled. If your plugin is unloaded before this callback is
ever called, the SDK will release the object handle for you.
}
TYPE
XPLMObjectLoaded_f = PROCEDURE(
inObject : XPLMObjectRef;
inRefcon : pointer); cdecl;
{$ENDIF XPLM210}
{$IFDEF XPLM200}
{
XPLMLoadObject
This routine loads an OBJ file and returns a handle to it. If X-Plane has
already loaded the object, the handle to the existing object is returned.
Do not assume you will get the same handle back twice, but do make sure to
call unload once for every load to avoid "leaking" objects. The object will
be purged from memory when no plugins and no scenery are using it.
The path for the object must be relative to the X-System base folder. If
the path is in the root of the X-System folder you may need to prepend ./
to it; loading objects in the root of the X-System folder is STRONGLY
discouraged - your plugin should not dump art resources in the root folder!
XPLMLoadObject will return NULL if the object cannot be loaded (either
because it is not found or the file is misformatted). This routine will
load any object that can be used in the X-Plane scenery system.
It is important that the datarefs an object uses for animation already be
loaded before you load the object. For this reason it may be necessary to
defer object loading until the sim has fully started.
}
FUNCTION XPLMLoadObject(
inPath : XPLMString) : XPLMObjectRef;
cdecl; external XPLM_DLL;
{$ENDIF XPLM200}
{$IFDEF XPLM210}
{
XPLMLoadObjectAsync
This routine loads an object asynchronously; control is returned to you
immediately while X-Plane loads the object. The sim will not stop flying
while the object loads. For large objects, it may be several seconds before
the load finishes.
You provide a callback function that is called once the load has completed.
Note that if the object cannot be loaded, you will not find out until the
callback function is called with a NULL object handle.
There is no way to cancel an asynchronous object load; you must wait for
the load to complete and then release the object if it is no longer
desired.
}
PROCEDURE XPLMLoadObjectAsync(
inPath : XPLMString;
inCallback : XPLMObjectLoaded_f;
inRefcon : pointer);
cdecl; external XPLM_DLL;
{$ENDIF XPLM210}
{$IFDEF XPLM_DEPRECATED}
{
XPLMDrawObjects
__Deprecation Warning__: use XPLMInstancing to draw 3-d objects by creating
instances, rather than these APIs from draw callbacks.
XPLMDrawObjects draws an object from an OBJ file one or more times. You
pass in the object and an array of XPLMDrawInfo_t structs, one for each
place you would like the object to be drawn.
X-Plane will attempt to cull the objects based on LOD and visibility, and
will pick the appropriate LOD.
Lighting is a boolean; pass 1 to show the night version of object with
night-only lights lit up. Pass 0 to show the daytime version of the object.
earth_relative controls the coordinate system. If this is 1, the rotations
you specify are applied to the object after its coordinate system is
transformed from local to earth-relative coordinates -- that is, an object
with no rotations will point toward true north and the Y axis will be up
against gravity. If this is 0, the object is drawn with your rotations from
local coordanates -- that is, an object with no rotations is drawn pointing
down the -Z axis and the Y axis of the object matches the local coordinate
Y axis.
}
PROCEDURE XPLMDrawObjects(
inObject : XPLMObjectRef;
inCount : Integer;
inLocations : PXPLMDrawInfo_t;
lighting : Integer;
earth_relative : Integer);
cdecl; external XPLM_DLL;
{$ENDIF XPLM_DEPRECATED}
{$IFDEF XPLM200}
{
XPLMUnloadObject
This routine marks an object as no longer being used by your plugin.
Objects are reference counted: once no plugins are using an object, it is
purged from memory. Make sure to call XPLMUnloadObject once for each
successful call to XPLMLoadObject.
}
PROCEDURE XPLMUnloadObject(
inObject : XPLMObjectRef);
cdecl; external XPLM_DLL;
{$ENDIF XPLM200}
{$IFDEF XPLM200}
{___________________________________________________________________________
* Library Access
___________________________________________________________________________}
{
The library access routines allow you to locate scenery objects via the
X-Plane library system. Right now library access is only provided for
objects, allowing plugin-drawn objects to be extended using the library
system.
}
{
XPLMLibraryEnumerator_f
An XPLMLibraryEnumerator_f is a callback you provide that is called once
for each library element that is located. The returned paths will be
relative to the X-System folder.
}
TYPE
XPLMLibraryEnumerator_f = PROCEDURE(
inFilePath : XPLMString;
inRef : pointer); cdecl;
{
XPLMLookupObjects
This routine looks up a virtual path in the library system and returns all
matching elements. You provide a callback - one virtual path may match many
objects in the library. XPLMLookupObjects returns the number of objects
found.
The latitude and longitude parameters specify the location the object will
be used. The library system allows for scenery packages to only provide
objects to certain local locations. Only objects that are allowed at the
latitude/longitude you provide will be returned.
}
FUNCTION XPLMLookupObjects(
inPath : XPLMString;
inLatitude : Single;
inLongitude : Single;
enumerator : XPLMLibraryEnumerator_f;
ref : pointer) : Integer;
cdecl; external XPLM_DLL;
{$ENDIF XPLM200}
IMPLEMENTATION
END.