SDK Question Drawing on a texture for a HUD

[gattispilot]

Working on the Space 1999 eagle. Trying to duplicate the upper left HUD display.

Pretty much got everything to work but the main/retro

Using the orbiter source code for a guide.
Orbiter code
// Update main engine status vofs += 4; double th = g_focusobj->GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_MAIN); if (!th) th = -g_focusobj->GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_RETRO); if (th != engmain) { engmain = th; if (th >= 0.0) { grp->Vtx[vofs].x = grp->Vtx[vofs+2].x = dx+46.0f*scale; grp->Vtx[vofs+1].x = grp->Vtx[vofs+3].x = dx+(float)((46.0+engmain*94.0)*scale); for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) grp->Vtx[vofs+i].tu = 4.0f/texw; } else { grp->Vtx[vofs].x = grp->Vtx[vofs+2].x = dx+(140.0f+(float)engmain*94.0f)*scale; grp->Vtx[vofs+1].x = grp->Vtx[vofs+3].x = dx+140.0f*scale; for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) grp->Vtx[vofs+i].tu = 6.0f/texw; } } // Update main engine readout vofs += 4*5; th = (engmain >= 0.0 ? engmain*g_focusobj->GetThrusterGroupMaxth(THGROUP_MAIN) : -engmain*g_focusobj->GetThrusterGroupMaxth(THGROUP_RETRO));

and then mine:
double th = GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_MAIN); //get thrust main level if (!th) th = GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_RETRO); //get retro thrusters - 1 to 0 if (th != engmain) { engmain = th; if (th >= 0.0) { //draw thrust level //sprintf(oapiDebugString(), "main %5f th %5f ", engmain, th); SelectObject(hDC, g_Param.hBrush[1]);//green box Rectangle(hDC, 130, 144, (int)(130 + engmain * (200)), 187);//thrust } //sprintf(oapiDebugString(), "main %5f th %5f ", engmain, th); //retro else { //sprintf(oapiDebugString(), "main %5f th %5f ", engmain, th); SelectObject(hDC, g_Param.hBrush[2]);//yellow box Rectangle(hDC, 130, 144, (int)(130 - engmain * (200)), 187);//thrust } } th = (engmain >= 0.0 ? engmain * th : -engmain * th);

What it is suppose to do is draw a green rectangle for main thrust and a yellow one for retro. But all I get is the green one
As I understand the code is if th >=0 (MAin) draw the rectangle start at the left and draw to the right. if th<0 then draw a yellow rectangle right to left.
But for me th is always 0 or 1.


API
The main/retro engine level has a range of [-1,+1]. A positive value indicates engaged main/disengaged retro thrusters, a negative value indicates engaged retro/disengaged main thrusters. Main and retro thrusters cannot be engaged simultaneously. For vessels without retro thrusters the valid range is [0,+1]. double main; // -1 (full retro) .. +1 (full main)

 

[Gondos]

I'd say GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_RETRO); returns something in [0;1] and not [-1;0]

API
The main/retro engine level has a range of [-1,+1]. A positive value indicates engaged main/disengaged retro thrusters, a negative value indicates engaged retro/disengaged main thrusters. Main and retro thrusters cannot be engaged simultaneously. For vessels without retro thrusters the valid range is [0,+1]. double main; // -1 (full retro) .. +1 (full main)

This is valid for the oapiGetEngineStatus. If you look more closely at its implementation you'll notice that it negates the retro thruster's level :

void Vessel::EngineStatus (ENGINESTATUS *es)
{
    es->main = GetThrusterGroupLevel (THGROUP_MAIN);
    if (!es->main) es->main = -GetThrusterGroupLevel (THGROUP_RETRO);
    es->hover = GetThrusterGroupLevel (THGROUP_HOVER);
    es->attmode = attmode;
}

Also you should use the sketchpad API instead of the old GDI stuff if you want to be futureproof.

 

[gattispilot]

Thanks.

Not sure about the Sketchpad versus GDi

So how do I take that and get it to tell it to draw.

Should that be called?
void EAGLEUACS::EngineStatus(ENGINESTATUS* es) { es->main = GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_MAIN); if (!es->main) es->main = -GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_RETRO); es->hover = GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_HOVER); //es->attmode = attmode; }

 

[gattispilot]

So get thruster level returns 0 to 1 while get engine status return -1 to 0 to1.

So es->main get the main thruster level
if es not ->main then get -retro level

but how to use that to draw the rectangle.

 

[gattispilot]

I looked at example is the Shuttle A and DG. The hud is sketchpad.
bool EAGLEUACS::clbkDrawHUD(int mode, const HUDPAINTSPEC* hps, oapi::Sketchpad* skp)

but shuttle A
void ShuttleA::RedrawPanel_Fuelstatus (SURFHANDLE surf, int part) { char cbuf[20]; int len; double m, m0, rate, lvl; HDC hDC = oapiGetDC (surf); SelectObject (hDC, g_Param.hFont[0]); SelectObject (hDC, g_Param.hBrush[1]); SelectObject (hDC, g_Param.hPen[2]); SetTextColor (hDC, RGB(224,224,224)); SetBkMode (hDC, TRANSPARENT); SetTextAlign (hDC, TA_RIGHT); Rectangle (hDC, 0, 57, 32, 19+(int)((1.0-lvl)*38.0));
I need to get the main engine level and draw a green rectangle and get the retro and draw a yellow rectangle

 

[gattispilot]

So how to get thrust level of main and do something with it and then get thrustlevel and retro and do something.

This draws the main thrust good:
th = GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_MAIN); //get thrust main level engmain = th; SelectObject(hDC, g_Param.hBrush[1]);//green box Rectangle(hDC, 130, 144, (int)(130 + engmain * (330 - 130)), 187);//thrust

 

[gattispilot]

VERY close
th = GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_MAIN); //get thrust main level if (!th) th = -GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_RETRO); //get retro thrustes - 1 to 0 //sprintf(oapiDebugString(), "main %5f th %5f ", engmain, *es); //th = GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_MAIN); //get thrust main level // th = -1; // or get retro thrustes -1 to 0 //if (th != engmain) { engmain = th; if (th >= 0.0) { //draw thrust level //sprintf(oapiDebugString(), "main %5f th %5f ", engmain, th); SelectObject(hDC, g_Param.hBrush[1]);//green box Rectangle(hDC, 130, 144, (int)(130 + engmain * (330 - 130)), 187);//thrust sprintf(oapiDebugString(), "main %5f th %5f ", engmain, th); } //sprintf(oapiDebugString(), "main %5f th %5f ", engmain, th); //retro else { sprintf(oapiDebugString(), "main %5f th %5f ", engmain, th); SelectObject(hDC, g_Param.hBrush[2]);//yellow box Rectangle(hDC, 130, 144, (int)(130 - engmain * (200)), 187);//thrust }
draw yellow for retro and green for main
th = (engmain >= 0.0 ? engmain * GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_MAIN)*4*MAX_MAIN_THRUST :
-engmain * GetThrusterGroupLevel(THGROUP_RETRO) * 4 * MAX_RETRO_THRUST);
and then display the thrust amount.
static char strbuf[16]; double absf1 = fabs(th);//thrust if (absf1 < 1e4) { if (absf1 < 1e2) sprintf(strbuf, "%5.2f", th); else if (absf1 < 1e3) sprintf(strbuf, "%5.1f", th); else sprintf(strbuf, "%4.2fk", th * 1e-3); } else if (absf1 < 1e7) { if (absf1 < 1e5) sprintf(strbuf, "%4.1fk", th * 1e-3); else if (absf1 < 1e6) sprintf(strbuf, "%4.0fk", th * 1e-3); else sprintf(strbuf, "%4.2fm", th * 1e-6); } else if (absf1 < 1e10) { if (absf1 < 1e8) sprintf(strbuf, "%4.1fm", th * 1e-6); else if (absf1 < 1e9) sprintf(strbuf, "%4.0fm", th * 1e-6); else sprintf(strbuf, "%4.2fG", th * 1e-9); } else { if (absf1 < 1e11) sprintf(strbuf, "%4.1fG", th * 1e-9); else if (absf1 < 1e12) sprintf(strbuf, "%4.0fG", th * 1e-9); else sprintf(strbuf, "%5e", th); } TextOut(hDC, 345, 145, strbuf, strlen(strbuf));
the only thing now is if no thrust is chosen it shows -0.00. if thrust is applied the thrust is positive.
but the display we get the Fabs (th)