Current Situation / Problem
3rd party plugins cannot find out which model a rendered plane uses.
There is a use case at least for the camera plugin ABC, which asks for a value similar to what LTAPI returns through LTAPIAircraft::getCslModel().
[x] Add a shared dataRef sim/multiplayer/position/plane#_cslModel filled with XPMP2::Aircraft::GetModelName()
[x] Document the new shared dataRef in the developer docs
Benefits
Use cases are probably limited...but at least ABC has what it asks for. It somehow uses it to fine-tune the camera per displayed model.
Additional contextDiscussed in a support thread in the context of the Remote Client. The solution will be generic for XPMP2, however, ie. for any plugin based on XPMP2.
Current Situation / Problem 3rd party plugins cannot find out which model a rendered plane uses. There is a use case at least for the camera plugin ABC, which asks for a value similar to what LTAPI returns through
LTAPIAircraft::getCslModel().Suggested Solution
Extend the already existing set of shared dataRefs:
sim/multiplayer/position/plane#_cslModelfilled withXPMP2::Aircraft::GetModelName()Benefits Use cases are probably limited...but at least ABC has what it asks for. It somehow uses it to fine-tune the camera per displayed model.
Additional context Discussed in a support thread in the context of the Remote Client. The solution will be generic for XPMP2, however, ie. for any plugin based on XPMP2.