So, I have a Virpil control panel that I am trying to use with the iniBuilds A300. The first commands I have tried to map without success are landing gear neutral and the Autopilot 1 and 2 switches. No matter what I try, I receive no response from the plane after mapping the commands to my controller inside AAO. Am I missing something obvious like choosing the wrong LVAR or is it maybe something else?

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

Am I missing something obvious like choosing the wrong LVAR or is it maybe something else?

What exactly did you assign? TMBK the iniBuilds A300 does not use the SDK events, so nothing that is in the initial lists in AAO will work (=those are only the official SDK K: Events - no LVars involved).

The plane seems to rely mostly on InputEvents and BVars. InputEvents can be selected directly in AAO when you are sitting in the cockpit, they are in the group "MSFS Input Events" in the normal event selection treelist. BVars must be dug out of the behavior code of the model in MSFS developer mode.

To make things easier, I'd suggest that you download a StreamDeck profile from flightsim.to for this airplane. Disregard the StreamDeck assets, you only want to import the scripts XML file into AAO (in the menu "Scripting" - scripts can only be imported when AAO is not connected to the sim!). Then you should have everything you need as script (that can also be selected in the default events treelist)

For example this one made by @guenseli

iniBuilds A300 StreamDeck XL & PLUS profile & AAO Scripts for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS

Edited February 14, 20242 yr by Lorby_SI

Just to clarify - what do you mean by "LVars"? Where did you get those from? I am not aware that the iniBuilds can be operated with LVars.

Normally, LVars are individual assets for every aircraft, and they really are just variables that store a value, nothing more. They aren't input controls/events/whatever at all. LVars are often/mostly used to control the animations in the cockpit (=which position a switch or dial goes to visually), that is not the same as actuating an aircraft system. So in many cases there will be an LVar that tells you the position of the switch - but where changing the LVar value will do exactly nothing, because the switch is operated by an IE or BVar or K-Event. There are some aircraft that rely on LVars to operate switches, but those are rare.

Edited February 14, 20242 yr by Lorby_SI

5 minutes ago, Lorby_SI said:

Just to clarify - what do you mean by "LVars"? Where did you get those from? I am not aware that the iniBuilds can be operated with LVars.

Normally, LVars are individual assets for every aircraft, and they really are just variables that store a value, nothing more. They aren't input controls/events/whatever at all. LVars are often/mostly used to control the animations in the cockpit (=which position a switch or dial goes to visually), that is not the same as actuating an aircraft system. So in many cases there will be an LVar that tells you the position of the switch - but where changing the LVar value will do exactly nothing, because the switch is operated by an IE or BVar or K-Event. There are some aircraft that rely on LVars to operate switches, but those are rare.

I'm using the Scripting > Read LVars from Sim feature, which after about a minute gives me a list of commands that are unique to the A300 (under Local Simulator Variables).

27 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

I'm using the Scripting > Read LVars from Sim feature, which after about a minute gives me a list of commands that are unique to the A300 (under Local Simulator Variables).

As explained above, LVars are normally NOT assets that control anything. K-Events, BVars and InputEvents are what you are primarily looking for. There is the odd airplane where LVars are used that way, but TMBK the iniBuilds isn't one of them.

Edited February 14, 20242 yr by Lorby_SI

1 minute ago, Lorby_SI said:

As explained above, LVars are normally NOT assets that control anything. K-Events, BVars and InputEvents are what you are primarily looking for. There is the odd airplane where LVars are used that way, but TMBK the iniBuilds isn't one of them.

Okay, thanks! I'm still new to all this, so I might have some more questions. 😄 

@Lorby_SI, thank you very much for your help and explanation of how things work with Input Events. That's what I needed to map in order to get my controller working with the A300 like I wanted it to.