Re: [Flightgear-devel] Helipad thresholds

[James T. <ja...@fl...>]

> On 4 Jul 2023, at 22:12, Florent Rougon <f.r...@fr...> wrote:
> 
> So, we'd add one field, say:
> 
>  custom_scenery_path VARCHAR
> 
> FGAirport would make this path publically accessible (or the empty
> string if only the default apt.dat.gz is used for the airport in
> question), say via FGAirport::customSceneryPath() which would return a
> null SGPath for the default apt.dat.gz (I'll modify the type of
> NavDataCache::DatFilesGroupInfo::paths in NavDataCache.hxx so that
> NavDataCache::updateListsOfDatFiles() can mark the “default dat file” in
> a special way [for the apt, fix and nav types — the other types aren't
> searched in scenery dirs]). And finally, XMLLoader::findAirportData()
> could query FGAirport::customSceneryPath() in order to know if the
> airport has apt.dat data from a custom scenery dir and, in such a case,
> which dir it is (namely, the path I noted as 'p' above).
> 
> (There will be a few little changes to APTLoader and NavDataCache, but
> in parts I know well.)
> 
> Does that sound good?

Yes, absolutely fine with me, and a good solution.

Kind regards,
James