Bonus Material

HLA Evolved FOM Upgrade Scripts

This package contains XSLT files for converting HLA 1516 FDD files to the HLA Evolved FDD format. For those unfamiliar with HLA 1516, the FDD file is an XML formatted file which describes your FOM and is required by the RTI to connect a federate. In HLA 1.3 these files were called FED files and frequently ended with the .fed extension. XSLT is a powerful language which can be used to transform XML documents. Many open source tools can be found to do the transformation using these documents. Usage of these tools will require working knowledge of XML, XML Tools and the HLA 1516-2010 Standard.

The transformations performed by these scripts are not comprehensive, but will get you most of the way there, perhaps doing as much as 95% percent of the work.

QT

QT is an open source (LGPL) software library for cross platform GUI development developed and supported by Nokia (http://qt.nokia.com). MAK uses QT in all of our products. We slightly modify the libraries before using them so that the libraries are linked with the versions embedded in the library name. This prevents conflicts between products which use different versions of QT.

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vrvAudio Plugin

vrvAudio is a plug-in for VR-Vantage 1.2 that allows you to add sound effects to your entities and interactions. It comes with a standard set of sounds for many commonly used entities, as well as explosions and fire effects. All sounds are easily configurable through an mtl file so one may add or modify sound effects as desired.

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Network Utilities for Infrastructure Testing

NetUtils is a package of several VR-Link example programs which are useful for debugging simulation network connectivity problems. The package includes a small sample federate called F18 which simulates a simple F18 object circling in the pacific. Other tools include a packet dump utility for DIS, and an Object/Interaction update tool for HLA.

These tools are provided as pre-compiled binaries only. You may use them for network debugging only without charge. Because they are free, and freely available, we ask that you do not redistribute them. Rather, if you would like to share them please direct interested parties to this site for download.

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MÄK HLA/DIS Toolbox for MATLAB and Simulink

The HLA/DIS Toolbox is a tool we created to integrate HLA and DIS into MATLAB and Simulink applications. With the Toolbox, you can import live or recorded HLA/DIS data into MATLAB for analysis, integrate MATLAB models into an HLA/DIS environment, and link Simulink models with other HLA/DIS applications. It comes complete with source code, and requires a VR-Link Developers License, as well as a copy of MATLAB. The source code distribute with this package will support MATLAB version 2007a and VR-Link 3.11. Customers wishing to upgrade to newer versions of VR-Link and MATLAB should consult with the release notes for both products to determine the work required.

The MATREX FOM Mapper for MÄK Products

The MATREX FOM Mapper is a DLL we created to enable any MÄK Product to work with the MATREX FOM. The FOM Mapper is provided as both source code and .dll’s built against VR-Link 3.12. Only the main object and interaction classes are supported, users may extend the FOM Mapper to support more objects and interactions using the source code. The most recent version of the FOM supported is 3.0. To use the pre-compiled DLL a copy of VR-Link is not required, however to modify the source code VR-Link is required. To install the DLL into a MÄK Application please consult the appropriate User Guide for the application you wish to use. Users will also need a copy of the MATREX FOM, which cannot be distributed with the FOM Mapper for legal reasons.

Marine Missile Defense Plug-in for VR-Forces 3.12

Marine Missile Defense is a small plug-in for VR-Forces 3.12, which adds an anti-missile missile system useful for ships. Additionally, this module adds an enhanced damage actuator that calculates cumulative damage from multiple hits, useful for any large entity types.

The package includes pre-compiled binaries for Windows VC++8, full source code, a new simulation model set, and a demonstration scenario. More detailed documentation is included with the package, and is also available here.