Basic Flight

Simple flight simulation application showcasing basic arcball-like physics and sphere collisions. Built using Qt and rendered with OpenGL. The flight is simulated using adhoc linear algebra primitives and calculations (e.g.: matrix transformations). The plane can collide against the floor or lava bombs erupting from a small volcano.

Project Structure

basic-flight/
├── src/                 # Source code
├── assets/              # Static assets (.tri and .dem files)
├── basic-flight.pro     # QMake project
└── README.md            # Project README

Build

qmake
make

Run

bin/basic-flight <initial (x, y, z)>

Example:

bin/basic-flight -33000 3000 2000

Controls

Key(s)	Action
A / S	Pitch down and up by 3°
Q / E	Roll left and right by 3°
W / D	Yaw left and right by 3°
+ / -	Increase and decrease
X	Close the application

Technologies

• C++: >= C++17
• Qt: 5.12.x
• OpenGL: >= 4.0

Newer versions of Qt might work correctly, if no breaking changes that affect the application were introduced.