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| − | The aircraft model will also access airfoil files that are put in the Silent Wings/data/airfoils directory. | + | The aircraft model will also access [[Polar file formats | airfoil files]] that are put in the Silent Wings/data/airfoils directory. |
Latest revision as of 10:04, 6 March 2007
Aircraft modelling
In this category you will find articles related to making add-on aircraft for Silent Wings, including how to set up aerodynamics, sound, graphics, config files, etc.
- Aircraft Physics - Articles related to the physics modelling of an aircraft
- Graphics and sound - Articles related to the visual and audible modelling of an aircraft, and instrumentation
File structure
An aircraft model is defined by a set of files in a directory in the Silent Wings/data/aircraft/<modelname> directory. The directory name defines the model's name as it appears in the Silent Wings GUI.
These files should be present in the aircraft model directory:
- aircraft.cfg - The master configuration file
- aircraft.gng - The external 3d Gng model file
- cockpit.gng - The cockpit 3d Gng model file. Trim away parts of the aircraft that are not visible from the cockpit in this model, to increase the framerate.
- icon.png - An icon picture for the Silent Wings GUI
- autopilot.dat - Autopilot settings
- aero.dat - Aerodynamic model
- controls.dat - Controls settings
- engine.dat - Engine settings (optional)
- gear.dat - Landing gear and hardpoint settings
- mass.dat - Mass settings, waterballast and fuel
- config.dat - Various settings that don't fit anywhere else
- options.dat - Set by the GUI (will be overwritten, so don't bother editing this)
- panel.dat - Instrument panel settings
- sound.dat - Sound effects
- AI_aircraft.cfg - AI aircraft master configuration file (syntax as in aircraft.cfg)
- AI_aero.dat - Aerodynamic model (simplified) for the AI controlled aircraft (syntax as in aero.dat)
- AI_pilot.dat - Autopilot file for the AI controlled aircraft (syntax as in autopilot.dat)
Then you need three additional subdirectories:
- info - A directory with a html file called index.htm describing the aircraft, along with optional images linked in the html file. This file will be shown in the Silent Wings GUI
- sound - A directory containing the sound files defined in the sound.dat file
- textures - A directory containing the textures used by the .gng 3d models
The aircraft model will also access airfoil files that are put in the Silent Wings/data/airfoils directory.
