This is a project I started using my 3D engine. I wanted to make a simple flight sim and model the Airbus A320. It is a work in progress, there is much left to do.

• Basic flight dynamics (not real aerodynamics but something that looks like it)
• Load procedural terrain (and possibly real world terrain if the tiles are present)
• Load a navaid database (only US navaids for now)
• Load an A320 with 3D cockpit
  • Electrical system
  • FMGC (Flight Management and Guidance Computer)
  • PFD (Primary Flight Display)
  • ND (Navigation Display)
  • SD (System Display)
  • MCDU (Multifunction Control and Display Unit)
  • Basic flight plan (some hard-coded test waypoints)
  • Fly-by-wire

• Feature fixes in Quick3D (see its own repository for details)
• Airport generation => work in progress
• Navaid database => work in progress
  • Usage of a binary format, plain text XML is way too slow on load
• Concerning the A320
  • Finish the 3D cockpit (and eventually the whole aircraft for outside views)
  • Finish the FMGC and MCDU
  • Create all SD pages
  • Load a flight plan file (why not .fms, the X-Plane format)
  • Finish the ELAC (Elevator and Aileron Computer)
  • Finish the FAC (Flight Augmentation Computer)
  • Finish the normal flight law
  • Create the alternate flight laws
  • Create the hydraulic system
  • Create the pneumatic system
  • Create the CFIDU (Centralized Fault Display Interface Unit)
  • The list never ends...

1. Open the VirtualPilot.pro in QtCreator
2. Click the projects tab
3. Uncheck Shadow Build (it is checked by default when opening a new Qt project)
4. In the Build Steps group, click the Details button
5. In Make arguments, type -jX where X is an integer that specifies the number of build threads you want to use (usually from 4 to 8)
   • Example: -j6 will use 6 threads for building
6. Compile the whole project

The procedure here should be the same as above, but has not been tested yet.

Q. Why can't I build using shadow build?
A. The project has dependencies on submodules, i.e quick3d and qt-plus. When those are finished building, the resulting library (.dll or .so) is copied to the bin folder of VirtualPilot. This copy does not work with shadow build, I did not take the time to understand why and fix it yet. But it is just a matter of using the correct paths...

Q. Why do my changes to some file in qt-plus or Quick3d don't show up at runtime?
A. The library was probably not copied to the bin folder of Virtual Pilot after build.
The qt-plus and Quick3d libraries are copied when Components_Generic is done building. Until I fix the project for all dependencies to copy correctly all the time, you may do the following:
When making a change in qt-plus or Quick3D, open any .cpp file in Components_Generic. Add a space anywhere, remove it, save the file (this forces a build of the module). Compile Components_Generic, the qt-plus and Quick3D libraries will be copied to the bin folder.