Hello,

I tried to make an artificial horizon for my flight simulator.
It’s a view entity-ball. The upper part is blue (sky)
and the lower part is green (earth).
How can I make the view-enitity move like the horizon?
(even when flying upside down and in every direction)
I tried it but every time it works I discover,
that it isn’t working at a special angle.

this is code that i am using for my skybox,, its generally a huge geosphere model that follows player all the time, making a nice sky effect,,,

Code:

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function follow_player() // Used for Skyglobe
{
while (1)
{
my.x = camera.x;
my.y = camera.y;
//my.z = camera.z +1;     //If you have a space flight level or something, you can turn this on.
WAIT (1);
}
} 

 

Action Skyglobe
{ 

my.hidden = on;
my.passable = On;
my.nofog = On;
my.unlit = On;
my.ambient = 100;
follow_player();
//---------------------- 
sun_light = 10; // Amount of Light
sun_angle.pan = 360; // Compass Direction the Light will come from
sun_angle.tilt = 30; // Sunlights Hight 
//---------------------------
} 

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just apply it to your horizon model

Thanks,

but I meant the instrument that can be found in a aircroft
cockpit. It's a ball that moves like the horizon. (ask google)
(I changed the title of the post)
Can someone help me?
It's difficult because it's a view-entitiy.

i think :

horizont.roll=-player.roll;
horizont.tilt=-player.tilt;

putting it into a while loop should be fine, dont forget to replace "horizont" by your view entity name

Thanks,

but that works only at some angles.
Sometimes when I fly up it shows the green side and
sometimes the blue - depending on the angles of the plane.
Maybe I need something like:
ang_add, ang_rotate...

Try using a view entity in the shape of a sphere. From there, set the tilt and roll. The artificial horizon indicator doesn't use pan (that's the function of the compass), but it uses tilt (up and down) and roll (as from banking).

This is a bit better, but it still isn't working at all angles:

Code:

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if(ang(player.roll)<-90)||(ang(player.roll)>90){horizon_ent.tilt=-player.tilt;}else{horizon_ent.tilt=player.tilt;}
horizon_ent.roll=-player.roll;  

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I will continue to work on it...

I found a way to make an artificial horizon:
Create a second view, that circles around a ball.
The faces of the ball face inwards.
Code:

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temp.X = -35;
temp.Y = 0;
temp.Z = 0;
VEC_ROTATE(temp.X,player.PAN);
VEC_ADD(temp.X,pos_1.X);
vec_set(camera2.x,temp.x); 

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pos_2 is the center of the ball.
(The ball is deep under the terrain)