flight-simulator

Introduction

A project of Advanced Software Development course, written in Java.
The project is consisted of 5 milestones which included working with:

• Design patterns
• Server and client side
• Desktop application.

Design and functionality of the app

• Connect button will open a popup window with labels to input the connection details of the Flight Gear Simulator, Client, and Server (IP + PORT).
• Load Data button will open a folder of CSV files that are used as maps. When a CSV file is loaded then a map of the uploaded data is displayed. The map will be displayed in colors based on the height of each point on the map.
• Calculate path button will open a popup window and by entering IP and PORT we will connect to a server that solves search problems that we built in milestones 1-3. Clicking on any point on the map will set a destination for the aircraft, and the server will calculate the cheapest route to that point.
• Load button will open a folder of TEXT files that are used as scripts. When a script file with the airplane commands is loaded the data is displayed in the text area, and it will be used by the autopilot.
• Auto pilot button will move the aircraft to autopilot mode, the Interpreter that we built in milestones 4 will execute the commands in the script we loaded with the Load button.
• Manual Pilot button will move the aircraft to manual mode, where the user controls the aircraft with the joystick and the sliders.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

What things you need to install the software and how to install them.

• Imports / technologies:
  • JavaFX - client application platform.
  • Flight Gear - open-source flight simulator.

Built With

• IntelliJ - Java IDE
• Scene Builder - Scene Builder

Authors

• David Katz
• Tzvi Dissen