Configurable GPxSAT.

[René Smit]

From mclarenaustralia:

Great to see GPxPatch being worked on again!

I'm wondering if a few changes to GPxSAT could be made for the next version so I am able to implement the current F1 graphics. I understand that you've said previously that the GPxSAT code is a mess so I don't know how difficult they changes could be.

1. (Optional) Having/being able to separate category/ies (in the same line as classic, digital and digital 2004) so new graphics sets can be installed without sacrificing the Digital 2004 gfx set.

Somethings that could be done with an .ini file (I'm no expert): 2. Being able to define font colors with a graphic set (e.g. having white font for the current F1 graphics). (screenshot shows current problem) 3. Take the first letter of a drivers name and an option to have it in caps (e.g. S VETTEL instead of Vettel). 4. Being able to move/define where the name and lap time appears. (screenshot shows current problem) 5. Being able to alter the size of an graphic (screenshot shows current problem) 6. Either being able to disable the Tag/Siemens graphic or having GPxPatch read its alpha. 7. Being able to toggle the time/lap counter so it counts up (e.g. 1/58) instead of down (e.g. 58/58).

I am very happy to help you with this as much as I can.

[René Smit]

so basically you'd like a lot more configuration options. I'll create an issue for this. But a problem right now is that each mode is hardcoded by itself and I don't want to make each of them configurable. I've been working on a custom mode in the past, where the whole mode would be implemented in a (user written) Python source file, but due to problems with passing data from GPx to Python (mostly passing arrays, and I used SWIG for this, else it would require a lot more manual work) I abandoned it. It could be worth to look at this again. Perhaps SWIG has been improved in the meantime.