Hello @ll,

A while ago I was asked if it would be possible to display a text box in the running simulator. Turns out that you can, when you activate the AAO InGamePanel (it just has to have a white border in the MSFS menu bar, it doesn't have to be open)

This RPN script will display "HELLO THERE" and remove the text after 5 seconds:

'SHOW_TOOLTIP|0|hello·there|1000|500'·(>L:AAO_COHERENT_TRIGGER,·String)·
(SPLIT:5000)·
'HIDE_TOOLTIP|0'·(>L:AAO_COHERENT_TRIGGER,·String)

1000|500 are the coordinates where the text box will show up.

There is another variant of this Coherent trigger that uses an additional parameter (maximum width of the box), but at the moment the AAO panel can only process a maximum of 5 parameters, so the above will have to do. 

Edited June 15, 20232 yr by Lorby_SI

Text box with sounds...

'PLAY_SOUND_FROM_VIEW|UI_NOTIFICATION_ASSISTANCE_APPEAR'·(>L:AAO_COHERENT_TRIGGER,·String)·
(SPLIT:200)
'SHOW_TOOLTIP|0|HELLO·there|1000|500'·(>L:AAO_COHERENT_TRIGGER,·String)·
(SPLIT:5000)
'HIDE_TOOLTIP|0'·(>L:AAO_COHERENT_TRIGGER,·String)·
(SPLIT:200)
'PLAY_SOUND_FROM_VIEW|UI_NOTIFICATION_POPUP_APPEAR'·(>L:AAO_COHERENT_TRIGGER,·String)·

 

This is cool!

I can see using this feature in interactive checklists. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Would it be possible to script this window so that it will display the current zoom level

24 minutes ago, robb13 said:

Would it be possible to script this window so that it will display the current zoom level

What "zoom level" do you mean exactly? Camera zoom? Is that value available as a simulator variable?

The parameter is just a string, you can assemble it into whatever you want. 
 

'SHOW_TOOLTIP|0|Zoom:·'·%(A:COCKPIT·CAMERA·ZOOM,·Percent)%!02.1f!·scat·'|1000|500'·scat·(>L:AAO_COHERENT_TRIGGER,·String)·

But the MSFS ToolTip is static. It is not really suitable for a "live" display, you would have to open and close it constantly. To display "live" values, use AAO WebPages or WebFIPs.

Edited June 26, 20232 yr by Lorby_SI

Yes, it was the current camera zoom I was thinking of. I've got some saitek FIPs and done some custom gauges in FSX which work fine in msfs20 so I might see if I can re-work one of them, if the zoom level is an option.