AAO-LVars assigned to buttons

[Seat* 53]

As I understand it after fruitless attempts to make it work, I can not assign LVars to buttons directly, only with a script. Did I get it right? Is it in that case a function that we can hope for in a future version. I do not master scripts and would like to assign LVars directly to a button

 

/Thomas

[Lorby_SI 2,038]

2 hours ago, Seat* said:

As I understand it after fruitless attempts to make it work, I can not assign LVars to buttons directly, only with a script. Did I get it right? Is it in that case a function that we can hope for in a future version. I do not master scripts and would like to assign LVars directly to a button

 

/Thomas

Hello Thomas 

That the Lvars don't work when assigned directly is a bug in the 2.04. It will be fixed in the next version. I thought that a bug notice had been put up about this, but it obviously isn't prominent enough. Sorry about that.

That being said - functionally there is no difference to creating a script. Directly assigned Lvars are wrapped in a script too, you just can't see it. This direct assignment is just a convenience method.

The direct assignment only works for really simple use cases, like writing 0 or 1 into an Lvar or Hvar. But with MSFS there are so many functions controlled with Lvars and Hvars that require complex scripts (= they won't work with a direct assignment!!), that these direct button assignments are only of limited use. People are starting to upload their scripts to flightsim dot to, so that would be a good place to start looking for resources.

Edited April 3, 2021 by Lorby_SI