flight-simulator
Flight Simulator
Introduction
This flight simulator was designed as part of the course CS 440 Computer Graphics at Habib University, Karachi. The simulator is designed to be a simple flight simulator with a few controls and a simple environment. The simulator is designed using WebGL and JavaScript.
Controls
The simulator has the following controls:
- W: Pitch up
- S: Pitch down
- A: Yaw left
- D: Yaw right
- Q: Roll left
- E: Roll right
- Up Arrow: Increase speed
- Down Arrow: Decrease speed
- C: Switch shader
- V: Switch viewing mode
- R: Reset the plane to its initial position
- Esc: Exit the simulator
Viewing Models
The simulator has three viewing models:
- Triangle: The simulator renders the plane as triangles.
- Wireframe: The simulator renders the plane as a wireframe.
- Point: The simulator renders the plane as points.
Shaders
The simulator has two shaders:
- Phong Shader
- Flat Shader
- Smooth Shader
Terrain
The terrain is generated using a height map. The height map is a 2D array of values between 0 and 1. The simulator uses the height map to generate a terrain. Perlin noise is used to generate the height map.
Usage
Clone the repository and run the following command in the root directory of the repository:
python -m http.server
Then open the following URL in your browser: http://localhost:8000/simulator.html
Screenshots
Following are some screenshots of the simulator:
