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Yes he did! There's no secret about it ;-) Note that we found that the INS needs to be aligned for the NAV autopilot function to work at this time. As the GPS works independently from the INS, we will change this in a service release soon. Björn

Hi,Was wondering if it is possible to read XML variables as created using the registered_named_variablemacro (think you XML guys call them "L:" variables ?), can be read through simconnect. I have created a dll module and now I want it to be able to communicate with the rest of my panel/gauges!I have tried using:hr = SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition(hSimConnect, TEST, "L:TestVariable", "number");and then hr = SimConnect_RequestDataOnSimObjectType(hSimConnect, REQUEST, TEST, 0, SIMCONNECT_SIMOBJECT_TYPE_USER);But that doesn't seem to return anything usefull. Note that standard FSX XML variables work well using this technique...Can anyone help me out here ?Thanks,Björn

Sorry guys, and thx Pete. Yes the FlightLoaded event doesn't occur because the gauge is reloaded completely when a new flight is loaded !I now retrieve the current flightname during the SimConnect initialization.Bj

Found it and fixed it...Bj

Hi,I've been messing around with SimConnect (from within a gauge) for a few weeks now and was able to do everything I planned to do so far except for retrieving the name of the currently loaded flight. static enum EVENT{ EVENT_FLIGHT_LOADED, EVENT_FLIGHT_SAVED,};void OpenSimConnect(){ HRESULT hr; if (SUCCEEDED(SimConnect_Open(&hSimConnect, "SimCheck SimConnect", NULL, 0, 0, 0))) { hr = SimConnect_SubscribeToSystemEvent(hSimConnect, EVENT_FLIGHT_LOADED, "FlightLoaded"); hr = SimConnect_SubscribeToSystemEvent(hSimConnect, EVENT_FLIGHT_SAVED, "FlightSaved"); SimConnect_CallDispatch(hSimConnect, SCDispatchProc, NULL); }}void CALLBACK SCDispatchProc(SIMCONNECT_RECV* pData, DWORD cbData, void *pContext){ switch(pData->dwID) { //FLIGHT SAVE case SIMCONNECT_RECV_ID_EVENT_FILENAME: { SIMCONNECT_RECV_EVENT_FILENAME *evt = (SIMCONNECT_RECV_EVENT_FILENAME*)pData; switch(evt->uEventID) { case EVENT_FLIGHT_LOADED: sprintf(loadname, "%s", evt->szFileName); LoadAircraftData(); break; case EVENT_FLIGHT_SAVED: sprintf(savename, "%s", evt->szFileName); SaveAircraftData(); break; default: break; } break; } default: break; }} Unfortunately the EVENT_FLIGHT_LOADED event NEVER occurs ! EVENT_FLIGHT_SAVED works fine!Has anyone been able to get this to work ?Thx,Bj

LOL !

Hi,Does anyone know of a setting that will slow down the speed at which flaps extend ? The extension speed in FSX and previous version of FS has always been way to fast. Especially with big airliners the difference between FS timing and real timing is very big.Thx,Bj

We all know how bad the start-up sequence is with FS. Once you add fuel at approx 20% N2, the N2, N1 and EGT peak at ridiculous values making the combustion part of the start-up sequence extremely short.Is there any way to avoid this without changing the N2 spool times for higher RPMs to abnormal values? Bj

Hi guys,I tried the messagebox approach earlier on and it is simple and works but.... not very handy if you want to show a lot of data and do many checks and it really breaks the flow of things.I ended up creating a log file using the code I found here:http://www.infernodevelopment.com/c-log-fi...orget-debuggersVery easy to implement and works very nicely.Bug isn't solved yet but at least I have a good instrument now to find it...Thanks,Bj

Hi,I have come across a very annoying problem with one of my gauges: it works fine when I run the gauge in VS2008-debug mode, but it generates errors when I compile in "release" mode.The problem most likely is related to a memory allocation problem with a pointer or array.It would make my life a lot easier if I could open a console window from my gauge to write some variable values to, so I can see what is happening inside the gauge exactly!Has anyone been able to do this and would you share this knowledge ?Thanks,Bj

Hodge,Amazing but it works! Nice detective work !Bj

I just replaced a 08/2008 driver with the new one because the old one had the same problems....There are some setting in NVIDIA control panel that you can set specifically for FS2004, maybe there something there that could help ?Bj

I have exactly the same problem with FS9 on Vista SP2 with 9600M GT.Bj

Hi all,After 2 years of really bad performance with FSX I decided it was time to get back to FS9 so I could join the 2009 World flight event.I have a HP Pavillion dv7 with a Nvidia 9600M GT graphics card running Vista SP2 and 4 GB RAM. I updated the drivers for the video card to the latest edition (27/08/2009). Unfortunately FS9 won't behave like it is supposed to ! In 2D I can't switch between views, cockpit view works fine but pressing "S" doesn't change the view but I does change the sound effect. In full screen mode switching between views works but I can't open subpanels (e.g. press "2" to open pop-up) except when using the "Views" menu options.So far I have:- updated video drivers- deleted FS9.cfgTried all kinds of settings in the display menu.All to no avail, did anyone have this problem also and did you find a solution ?Thanks,Bj

A short note that the code that I used (and probably the code that was quoted) is written by Pete Dowson...Bj

Found it at FSDeveloper... thx for the hint OpaBj

That's what I thought too, but it is not... The last part "Flight simulator X files" is localized, in the German FSX version it is : "Flight Simulator X - dateien", in other languages it is probably yet something else...Bj

Hi,I've created an INS gauge that can read and load FSX flightplans. Up until now I retrieved these flightplans by checking the "Flight Simulator X files" folder in the "My documents" folder. I retrieve the path to the localized "my documents" folder through a standard API call.I was not aware however that the "Flight Simulator X files" folder name in itself is also localized in different language editions of FSX ! Now I was wondering if there is any way to find this path ?I checked the registry and it isn't there, FSUIPC also seems to be unable to get the correct path, so is there any other way ?Thx for helping,Bj

Which can be set where ....(yes I'm completely ignorant when it comes to FDE stuff)Bj

OK, I got it to work now. There's only one strange thing left now: FSX seems to have a minimum fuel flow rate (now at 1360lbs/min), so the fuel flow is fixed at this low threshold when the engines are idling, in fact FF stays at this threshold up to paprox 25-26% N1. Bj

So I set fuel_flow_scalar to 0.5, ff at idle is now correct. The thrust setting in the aircraft.cfg is also set correctly. So what to do next ?Sorry for sounding so ignorant but I have no experience in this field and I don't want to mess up the performance of my aircraft !Bj

Ed,1. Engine type: General electric GF6-502. The engines are indeed idling at more or less the correct N2 (approx 63% - should be around 65%).3. Fuel flow idle should be 1320 lbs/hour effective ff = 2350 lbs/hourBtw I tried the AAM idea and changing offset 1505 doesn't seem to have any effect whatsoever...Bj

Hi guys,Sorry for not responding earlier, I was away from the computer for some days...The question WarpD asked was : how did you change the fuel flow ?Simply by setting a value in the aircraft.cfg file: fuel_flow_scalarIt's at 1.0 right now. But as you know changing this one will change the fuel consumption in all flight regimes and not opnly when the aircraft is at low rpms...Bj

Hi all,A short question but probably without an easy answer...For my aircraft I have tweaked the aircraft.cfg file so that the fuel consumtion of the jet during cruise is very close to the real thing. When the aircraft is idleing on the ground however, is approximately twice that of what it is supposed to be !I understand that the fuel consumption is regulated in the .air file but how to change that ?I've purchesed and tried Airwrench but using that results in many many things not working anymore in the aircraft, so I'd prefer not to use that. AirEd doesn't allow me to change the graph that I pressure is the correct one, so what to do now ?Anyone ?Thx,Bj

Thx Marco !Bj