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Moose Development/Moose/Wrapper/Controllable.lua

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ CONTROLLABLE = {
 -- @param Dcs.DCSWrapper.Controllable#Controllable ControllableName The DCS Controllable name
 -- @return #CONTROLLABLE self
 function CONTROLLABLE:New( ControllableName )
-  local self = BASE:Inherit( self, POSITIONABLE:New( ControllableName ) )
+  local self = BASE:Inherit( self, POSITIONABLE:New( ControllableName ) ) -- #CONTROLLABLE
   self:F2( ControllableName )
   self.ControllableName = ControllableName
   
@@ -166,12 +166,10 @@ end
 -- @param #CONTROLLABLE self
 -- @return Dcs.DCSController#Controller
 function CONTROLLABLE:_GetController()
-  self:F2( { self.ControllableName } )
   local DCSControllable = self:GetDCSObject()
 
   if DCSControllable then
     local ControllableController = DCSControllable:getController()
-    self:T3( ControllableController )
     return ControllableController
   end
 
@@ -300,14 +298,13 @@ end
 -- @param #CONTROLLABLE self
 -- @return Wrapper.Controllable#CONTROLLABLE self
 function CONTROLLABLE:SetTask( DCSTask, WaitTime )
-  self:F2( { DCSTask } )
+  self:F2( { DCSTask = DCSTask } )
 
   local DCSControllable = self:GetDCSObject()
 
   if DCSControllable then
 
     local Controller = self:_GetController()
-    self:T3( Controller )
 
     -- When a controllable SPAWNs, it takes about a second to get the controllable in the simulator. Setting tasks to unspawned controllables provides unexpected results.
     -- Therefore we schedule the functions to set the mission and options for the Controllable.

Moose Development/Moose/Wrapper/Positionable.lua

@@ -31,7 +31,18 @@
 -- 
 -- The POSITIONABLE class provides the following functions to construct a POSITIONABLE instance:
 --
---  * @{Positionable#POSITIONABLE.New}(): Create a POSITIONABLE instance.
+--  * @{#POSITIONABLE.New}(): Create a POSITIONABLE instance.
+-- 
+-- ## Get the current speed
+-- 
+-- There are 3 methods that can be used to determine the speed.
+-- Use @{#POSITIONABLE.GetVelocityKMH}() to retrieve the current speed in km/h. Use @{#POSITIONABLE.GetVelocityMPS}() to retrieve the speed in meters per second.
+-- The method @{#POSITIONABLE.GetVelocity}() returns the speed vector (a Vec3).
+-- 
+-- ## Get the current altitude
+-- 
+-- Altitude can be retrieved using the method @{#POSITIONABLE.GetHeight}() and returns the current altitude in meters from the orthonormal plane.
+-- 
 -- 
 -- @field #POSITIONABLE 
 POSITIONABLE = {
@@ -371,6 +382,25 @@ function POSITIONABLE:GetVelocityKMH()
   return nil
 end
 
+--- Returns the POSITIONABLE velocity in meters per second.
+-- @param Wrapper.Positionable#POSITIONABLE self
+-- @return #number The velocity in meters per second.
+-- @return #nil The POSITIONABLE is not existing or alive.  
+function POSITIONABLE:GetVelocityMPS()
+  self:F2( self.PositionableName )
+
+  local DCSPositionable = self:GetDCSObject()
+  
+  if DCSPositionable then
+    local VelocityVec3 = self:GetVelocity()
+    local Velocity = ( VelocityVec3.x ^ 2 + VelocityVec3.y ^ 2 + VelocityVec3.z ^ 2 ) ^ 0.5 -- in meters / sec
+    self:T3( Velocity )
+    return Velocity
+  end
+  
+  return nil
+end
+
 
 --- Returns the message text with the callsign embedded (if there is one).
 -- @param #POSITIONABLE self