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Short Component Control (CIGI Packets)

CIGI Version 3.3

CIGI ClassCigiShortCompCtrlV3_3
CIGI Bass ClassCigiBaseCompCtrl
Packet ID5
Packet Size (bytes)16
SpyClient Lookup

host2pcnova → h2ig.dat

ParameterTypeDescriptionRange
Component IDunsigned int16This parameter uniquely identifies the component to which the data in this packet should be applied.0 - MAXUINT16
Instance IDunsigned int16

This parameter uniquely identifies the object to which the component belongs. This value corresponds to an entity ID, a view or view group ID, a sensor ID, environmental region ID, global weather layer ID, or event ID depending upon the value of the Component Class parameter.


This parameter will typically be ignored if Component Class is set to Global Sea Surface (7), Global Terrain Surface (8), Atmosphere (10), Celestial Sphere (11), or System (13).

0 - MAXUINT16
Component Class6-bit field

This parameter identifies the type of object to which the Instance ID parameters refers. Both of these parameters are used in conjunction with Component ID to uniquely identify a component in the simulation. See Component Assignments.

0 - 63
Component Stateunsigned int8

This parameter specifies a discrete state for the component. If a discrete state is not applicable to the component, this parameter is ignored.

0.0 - MAXUINT8
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