# Turnkey LIVE bring-up: DOSBox-X pod (real vpxlog C012 device) teeing the wire # on VPX_FIFOSOCK, with the RECONSTRUCTED renderer (live_render.py) riding it -- # no pentapus, no bridge, one window. The renderer is the emulated i860 firmware # + GPU raster (emu860c), proven bit-identical to the offline reference. # # .\launch_live.ps1 # gauge_arena.conf, sound off, port 8621 # .\launch_live.ps1 -Conf -Port N # pick mission / port # .\launch_live.ps1 -Sound # enable AWE32 (adds ~4min SBK upload) # .\launch_live.ps1 -PodOnly # start the pod only (connect renderer yourself) # # The reconstructed renderer connects as the SINGLE VPX_FIFOSOCK client (so this # does NOT also launch Dave's live_bridge -- they cannot share the socket). param( [string]$Conf = "$PSScriptRoot\gauge_arena.conf", [int]$Port = 8621, [string]$Work = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Temp\vwe-live", [switch]$Sound, [switch]$PodOnly, [switch]$Present, # live_render window (pygame) [string]$Pin, # pre-load the full texture set from this # .fifodump (bit-identical to offline; # avoids grey/incomplete early textures # while the live mission is still # uploading them incrementally) [switch]$Explode # pentapus cockpit instruments (radar + # 5 mono MFDs, VDB decode) on the # SECONDARY display; our 3D renderer # stays the main view on the primary. # NOTE: needs VPX_RENDER=1 (the cockpit # windows live in the same thread as # Dave's native render) -> re-adds the # DOSBox-thread scene-graph decode that # previously stalled wire delivery; # measured below, revert if it bites. ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force $Work | Out-Null # --- exploded cockpit layout on the SECONDARY display ----------------------- # The pentapus's default layout is ~1980px wide; auto-fit it onto whatever the # non-primary screen is (detected here, so it survives a monitor rearrange). function Get-ExplodeEnv { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms $screens = [System.Windows.Forms.Screen]::AllScreens $sec = $screens | Where-Object { -not $_.Primary } | Select-Object -First 1 if (-not $sec) { $sec = $screens[0] } # single-monitor fallback $b = $sec.Bounds Write-Host ("exploded view -> secondary '{0}' {1}x{2} @ ({3},{4})" -f ` $sec.DeviceName, $b.Width, $b.Height, $b.X, $b.Y) # local layout then offset onto the secondary; radar is portrait. # g: 0=radar 5=LL 6=LR 7=UR 8=UC 9=UL (7/9 swapped per the pod). Sizes are # requested logical px; Windows DPI-scaling on a HiDPI primary renders them # ~0.7x on screen, so these run large to land right (user asked +25% over # the first 0.6-scale pass -> 0.75 of native 640x480). $m = 480; $n = 360 # MFD w,h (0.75 scale of 640x480) $rw = 360; $rh = 480 # radar w,h (portrait) $x0 = $b.X + 20; $y0 = $b.Y + 20 $col = @($x0, ($x0 + $m + 16), ($x0 + 2*($m + 16))) # 3 columns $rowU = $y0; $rowL = $y0 + $n + 16 $rect = { param($x,$y,$w,$h) "$x,$y,$w,$h" } $e = @{} $e['VPX_WIN9'] = & $rect $col[0] $rowU $m $n # upper-left $e['VPX_WIN8'] = & $rect $col[1] $rowU $m $n # upper-center $e['VPX_WIN7'] = & $rect $col[2] $rowU $m $n # upper-right $e['VPX_WIN5'] = & $rect $col[0] $rowL $m $n # lower-left $e['VPX_WIN0'] = & $rect ($col[1] + [int](($m-$rw)/2)) ($rowL - 20) $rw $rh # radar center $e['VPX_WIN6'] = & $rect $col[2] $rowL $m $n # lower-right # park the DOSBox SVGA screen at the bottom-right of the secondary, clear # of the cockpit cluster (it parks centered under this VPX_MAIN slot). $e['VPX_MAIN'] = & $rect ($b.X + $b.Width - 360) ($b.Y + $b.Height - 520) 320 8 return $e } # stop a previous pod (the fifodump + socket are exclusive) $pidfile = "$Work\pod_pid.txt" if (Test-Path $pidfile) { $old = Get-Process -Id (Get-Content $pidfile) -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ($old) { Write-Host "stopping previous pod ($($old.Id))"; $old | Stop-Process -Force } } Remove-Item "$Work\live.fifodump", "$Work\pod_out.txt", "$Work\pod_err.txt" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue # --- the vpxlog C012 device env (host-side) --- $env:VPXLOG = "$Work\vpxresp.txt" $env:VPX_RESPOND = '1' # answer as the transputer would $env:VPX_NOMAIN = '1' # no native Division window $env:VPX_CLEAR = '0,0,0' $env:VPX_FIFODUMP = "$Work\live.fifodump" # archival copy alongside the socket $env:VPX_FIFOSOCK = "$Port" # the live tee our renderer rides # By default VPX_RENDER/VPX_EXPLODE are OFF: VPX_RENDER starts rt_main inside # dosbox-x, whose DOSBox-thread scene-graph decode contends with (and stalls) # our FIFOSOCK-fed renderer. -Explode opts back in to get the cockpit VDB # windows (radar + MFDs), which live in that same thread -- accepting the # tradeoff, and positioning those windows on the secondary display. Remove-Item Env:VPX_RENDER, Env:VPX_EXPLODE -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue foreach ($v in 'VPX_MAIN','VPX_WIN0','VPX_WIN5','VPX_WIN6','VPX_WIN7','VPX_WIN8','VPX_WIN9') { Remove-Item "Env:$v" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } if ($Explode) { $env:VPX_EXPLODE = '1' $env:VPX_RENDER = '1' # required: cockpit windows are in rt_main (Get-ExplodeEnv).GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object { Set-Item "Env:$($_.Key)" $_.Value } } if ($Sound) { $env:VWE_AWE32 = '1' $env:VWE_AWE_ROM = (Resolve-Path "$PSScriptRoot\..\roms\awe32.raw").Path } else { Remove-Item Env:VWE_AWE32, Env:VWE_AWE_ROM -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } $dosbox = (Resolve-Path "$PSScriptRoot\..\src\src\dosbox-x.exe").Path $p = Start-Process $dosbox -ArgumentList '-conf', $Conf ` -RedirectStandardError "$Work\pod_err.txt" ` -RedirectStandardOutput "$Work\pod_out.txt" -PassThru $p.Id | Set-Content $pidfile Write-Host "pod PID $($p.Id) conf=$([IO.Path]::GetFileName($Conf)) fifosock=:$Port work=$Work" if ($Sound) { Write-Host "sound ON: boot adds ~4 min for the SoundFont upload" } if (-not $PodOnly) { $rl = Join-Path (Resolve-Path "$PSScriptRoot\..\firmware-decomp\emu860c").Path 'live_render.py' $rendererArgs = @("`"$rl`"", "sock:$Port") if ($Present) { $rendererArgs += '--present' } if ($Pin) { $rendererArgs += '--pin'; $rendererArgs += "`"$(Resolve-Path $Pin)`"" } Write-Host "connecting reconstructed renderer: python $rl sock:$Port" Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 800 # let the device open the listener & python @rendererArgs }