Hi,I have this gauge for an FS2004 2D lever quadrant. It moves a 2D lever between the top and bottom of its travel (i.e. I only want it to be at the top or bottom of the quadrant (0 and 100 of my L: variable) - it's a two position lever). The problem is that the delay line (which works fine in a carb heat lever) will not cause the lever to move slowly between the top and bottom - it jumps back and forth instantly. The visual element code is:

  <!-- ========================= Left Prop ========================= -->  <Element>    <Position X="105" Y="261"/>    <Image Name="prop.bmp" UseTransparency="Yes">      <Axis X="0" Y="0"/>    </Image>    <Shift>      <Value Minimum="0" Maximum="100">(L:Prop1 Pitch Lever, number)</Value>      <Scale Y="-2.3"/>         <Delay PixelsPerSecond="1"/>    </Shift>  </Element>

And the mouse code is:

   <!-- Prop L - 2 position "switch" -->    <Area Left="100" Top="12" Width="30" Height="300">         <Tooltip>PROP1 PITCH CONTROL  %((L:Prop1 Pitch Lever, number))%!d!%%</Tooltip>       <Cursor Type="Hand"/>       <Click>          (L:Prop1 Pitch Lever, number) 50 < if{ 100.0 (>L:Prop1 Pitch Lever, number) } els{ 0 (>L:Prop1 Pitch Lever, number) }       </Click>

I have tried putting numbers in the Delay line from 1 to 1000 and it makes no difference.Any ideas?Thanks,

I think you need to change Delay to Pixels_Per_Second. Note the underlines...Don

Thanks.Didn't seem to help, unfortunately...

Hi,I have this gauge for an FS2004 2D lever quadrant. It moves a 2D lever between the top and bottom of its travel (i.e. I only want it to be at the top or bottom of the quadrant (0 and 100 of my L: variable) - it's a two position lever). The problem is that the delay line (which works fine in a carb heat lever) will not cause the lever to move slowly between the top and bottom - it jumps back and forth instantly. The visual element code is:

  <!-- ========================= Left Prop ========================= -->  <Element>    <Position X="105" Y="261"/>    <Image Name="prop.bmp" UseTransparency="Yes">      <Axis X="0" Y="0"/>    </Image>    <Shift>      <Value Minimum="0" Maximum="100">(L:Prop1 Pitch Lever, number)</Value>      <Scale Y="-2.3"/>         <Delay PixelsPerSecond="1"/>    </Shift>  </Element>

And the mouse code is:

   <!-- Prop L - 2 position "switch" -->    <Area Left="100" Top="12" Width="30" Height="300">         <Tooltip>PROP1 PITCH CONTROL  %((L:Prop1 Pitch Lever, number))%!d!%%</Tooltip>       <Cursor Type="Hand"/>       <Click>          (L:Prop1 Pitch Lever, number) 50 < if{ 100.0 (>L:Prop1 Pitch Lever, number) } els{ 0 (>L:Prop1 Pitch Lever, number) }       </Click>

I have tried putting numbers in the Delay line from 1 to 1000 and it makes no difference.Any ideas?Thanks,

Hi Tom,Although I never used this sort of code, the indentation in your code snippet suggest that the delay should be within the Scale tag.So:

    <Scale Y="-2.3">         <Delay PixelsPerSecond="1"/>    </Scale>

Don't have a clue if that helps :( If you can't get it working within the animation, you can always bypass that by having an extra LVar:So an boolean Lvar that indicates the position (on or off), and your current L:var displaying the lever. The latter changing value slowly.Something like:

(L:Var1,bool)if{  (L:Var2,number) 5 + 100 min (>L:Var2,number)}els{  (L:Var2,number) 5 - 0 max (>L:Var2,number)}

So if you change L:Var1 from False to True, L:Var2 will change from 0 to 100 in 20 steps, in 0.9 sec (with max. update freq 18 * per sec). Vice versa.I used such code in a few variants to prevent axis levers (or axis commanded by keys), to jump from one to another extreme value.Calling it "lever-smoothing" :( Just a workaround of course, the other way would be better. Cheers, Rob Barendregt

Hi,Thanks for the workaround.I found that you cannot delay a shift that is longer than 199 pixels in travel. Turns out 199 pixels delays just fine - 200 pixels jumps back and forth. If there is an intermediate stop (like there would be if you were using a hardware lever, 3 position move, etc.) each step just has to be less than 200 pixels.Thanks again,

Hi,May be off topic, but is there a way to delay a function like:(A:ELEVATOR TRIM POSITION,degrees) 0 > if{ (>K:ELEV_TRIM_DN) } Using this code the trimming is way too fast.Jan

Hi,May be off topic, but is there a way to delay a function like:(A:ELEVATOR TRIM POSITION,degrees) 0 > if{ (>K:ELEV_TRIM_DN) } Using this code the trimming is way too fast.Jan

Jan, couldn't you just use ELEVATOR_TRIM_SET and have it set to a custom L:Var for which you can control the rate based on whatever condition you'd like?