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Hey all,I did a search on the forum and read various threads about connecting to a FSX server using a remote SimConnect client, including a nice five step mini "tutorial". Still nothing does help. I have FSX on my main machine and an SC client on the notebook, SC.msi installed etc., files (ini, cfg, xml...) all in their places. Tried to open ports. Killed the firewall. Nothing. I can't get it working. Is there any other hint one could think of? I'd greatly appreciate it because I'd really love to continue to work on my stuff here.Thanks in advance.Cheers, :-beerchugEtienne :-wave

Has anyone tried using the C#.NET version of SimConnect.ExecuteMissionAction(_GUID) or SimConnect.simconnect.CompleteCustomMissionAction( _GUID) methods?Cannot seem to convert Guid data type to _GUID???Found some info on Microsoft site, but code didn't work...

Working on a Dll-Project using SimConnect, I added a Definition File to my Project as explained in the Simconnect-SDK Documentation. Unfortunaly, after compiling and linking I get 2 Linker-Errors:error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol DLLStarterror LNK2001: unresolved external symbol DLLStopAll required Linrarys to make the Gauge Working (an as explained in the SDK-doc) are included. Without SimConnect, the Gauge compiles and links fine, works fine in FSX too.Could anyone help me to solve this Problem? Thank You.Kind RegardsSvenEdit:The following Code (found in another Forum) solves the Problem. Added to my main.cpp file: EXTERN_C __declspec(dllexport) int DLLStart() …

I have been programming with VB6 for a long long time and want to make something for flight simulator X. This requires a .net language so my obvious choice is VB.Net...I took the lone sample from the FSX SDK SP1 and started tweaking it to do what I need, but I am having trouble writing something back. Specifically, I simply want to have a button on a form that when clicked will decrease the COM Freq by 1 MHz. I am having a really difficult time understanding this Object Class stuff and would appreciate a simple example that does this so I can comprehend what the heck I am supposed to do.There is an event Id of KEY_COM_RADIO_WHOLE_DEC and a variable of COM_RADIO_WHOLE_D…

hey Folks,I am currently trying to figure how can i free the camera of the aeroplane once the flight has started...i have tried tweaking the camera.cnf file but the problem is that you cannot dynamically change the file and change the camera co-ordinatesbasically what i want to do is using my joystick i want to have the freedom of exploring the world during the flight..Can anyone please help me with it.Thanks in advance

Hi !How i can disable this MOMENTUM EFFECT in 3d cockpit thru simconnect and then enable it ? I can not find this event in SDK.(momentum effect it is a small inertial movement head in VC with manipulation game controller)I purchase Marchetti SF260 aircraft. This "disable" present in this aircraft with click mouse on any buton in VC! Please help me !Thancs !

Hi all,I don't get how to read the "Com1 Active Frequency:1" Simconnect thingie in managed environment (C#). I manage to get some crypted result, but nothing readable. How can I convert the cryptics to a readable com frequency like "118.75"?What I did to get the crypted result:[structLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, Pack = 1)] struct Comstruct { [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 256)] public String comthing; public ushort dunno1; public ushort dunno2; public ushort com1; public ushort dunno3; }Also I added the com1 thing via AddToDataDefiniti…

Hi,For the past week, I have been adding GA traffic for the region I live in based on the AI Traffic working sample in the FSX SDK. One bit of info I seem to be missing is how make the flightplans roundtrip. I have searched this forum, the SDK and all over the internet looking for info, but have found none so far.1. I have tried ammending the flightplans to include a trip back to the original departure point with no success. Aircarft would take off, but circle the field???2. I cannot find anything "clear" in the api's that would suit these needs.I am not looking for someone to tell me exactly how to do this, just looking for a little direction as to the generic method use…

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I've been working on some small projects in SimConnect (and on an unrelated note, MS XNA Framework), and I've just started logging the trials and tribulations, and hopefully some successes in a new blog on my website.Beside just talking about weekly projects like my current one, a glass cockpit primary flight display for the default FSX aircraft, I'll also be doing some short "starter kit" style tutorials talking about how to get rolling with SimConnect programming in C#. It's very important to me to keep new blood flowing into the hobby, and I think the best way to do that is to get people playing.Taking a cue from the XNA Game Studio, I'll be providing full source code…

Hi,Just thought I post my thoughts on the menu API within simconnect.Having successfully added a menu for my add-on see here:http://www.fsxhome.com/files/ratingsscrnshot.pngI would of liked the ability to create a menu item that doesn't receive the focus bar. This would be useful for two things:1) Menu Headers2) Menu Items that are currently disabled. (But should be shown, maybe even greyed out).What do you guys think?Steve

Hi all.I have a conversion of the SimConnect.h file that seems to work with Delphi.I've used it with Delphi7 and the new win32 Turbo Delphi Explorer ( FREE ):http://www.turboexplorer.com/mirror(Note: you cannot have both Turbo Delphi Explorer and Turbo C++ Explorer installed at the same time... use one or the other.)A test file that includes all the needed support files here:http://webpages.charter.net/ludowr/DelphiOpenClose.zipIncluded in the zip is a MANIFEST file, a RES file and an RC file, along with SimConnect_4.pas ( the H file conversion ).The above four files must be in the project's base folder so the compiler can find them. OpenClose.dpr is the actual program. T…

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Is there any tutorial that details, step by step, how to use the SimConnect SDK? I am not a programmer and the info in the SDK is written for someone who understands programming. It would be great if some expert could take one of the samples in the SDK and explain, in detail, how to set it up for neophytes and dummies like me. The tutorial should explain the ini file, the cfg file, the exe.xml file, the dll.xml file and the SimConnect.xml file,in detail,in plain English. There are excellent tutorials for aircraft painting that have pictures and detailed info on how to paint. A SimConnect Tutorial like these sure would be nice. Regards, Bob.

Hi, I just wanted to post a short overall rating of Simconnect. We have succeeded in porting a complex FS addon in only some weeks to FSX via Simconnect without major problems. Simconnect has shown to be stable, scalable, event driven, peek&poke-free, fast and, once you get the hang out of it, very efficent from the programmer's point of view. We can do almost everything that is needed with the SDK - there are only a few points like setting the sim speed to integer values directly or the problem that FSX, in windowed mode, 'forgets' it's sound as soon u switch to a different application window (if anybody has a solution, please post a reply!). On the other hand, writi…

Hello ! I use simconnect events (ZOOM_PLUS ZOOM_MINUS) for my panning hardware device. If i send this event to simconnet then simconnect receive it and decrease or increase internal value ZOOM at one step. But "ZOOM" have value (in to RAM) from 0.30 to 200. How i can set my ZOOM value manally ? Or read current ZOOM value from FS ? I need manually set ZOOM to 3 value from my software:1 - ZOOM 0.332 - ZOOM 1.153 - ZOMM 10.4How i can do it ?---My example in VB6 for ZOOM increase at one step:SimConnect.MapClientEventToSimEvent 1,"ZOOM_UP"simconnect.AddClientEventToGroup 0,1,False simconnect.TransmitClientEvent 0,1,0,0,0,0It is worked , but increase ZOOM in one step. ( …

Would it be possible to make a SimConnect application be launched automatically by a specific flight/mission file only?Thanks!

How would I write a program to receive when a mission is successfully completed in Visual Basic 2005? I already got it so that it receives notification of when a mission is ended, but this is regardless of success or failure.Thanks!

Well, I've always been a good hardware guy but notsomuch at software and it looks like simconnect is no exception. I have been banging my head on the table trying to get it setup with Visual C++ Express, compile the Throttle example, and make it work. Clearly, I am missing something of vital importance because it certainly isn't working. 1) I do not understand the interaction/timing of the xml files with FSX. Is there a good reference to explain what,how, and when these things are accessed?2) I compile the throttle example from the SDK in vc++ express and it seems fine. I launch it from the command window with FSX loaded and I get a connected message from the console but …

Trying to get some simple panning to work, up/down is fine, left/right fails :(Setup is simconnect.MapClientEventToSimEvent(EVENT_IDS.EVENT_PAN_RIGHT, "PAN_RIGHT");simconnect.MapClientEventToSimEvent(EVENT_IDS.EVENT_PAN_UP, "PAN_UP");sending event issimconnect.TransmitClientEvent(0, EVENT_IDS.EVENT_PAN_RIGHT, 0, GROUP.ID_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, SIMCONNECT_EVENT_FLAG.GROUPID_IS_PRIORITY);simconnect.TransmitClientEvent(0, EVENT_IDS.EVENT_PAN_UP, 0, GROUP.ID_PRIORITY_STANDARD, SIMCONNECT_EVENT_FLAG.GROUPID_IS_PRIORITY);I've tried using CameraSetRelative6DOF() but that doesn't work consistently between views, left/right works ok but up/down doesn't work in spot view.…

How would I write a simple program that retreives the name of the last loaded flight file in VB .net?I've been trying for hours and cannot get past connecting to the simulator.The documentation given for visual basic is quite limited.Thanks!

This doesn't work. Can aynone help?using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.ComponentModel;using System.Data;using System.Drawing;using System.Text;using System.Windows.Forms;using Microsoft.FlightSimulator.SimConnect;using System.Runtime.InteropServices;namespace SimConnectFileNameReader_T1{ public partial class Form1 : Form { SimConnect simconnect; const int WM_USER_SIMCONNECT = 0x0402; public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } enum DEFINITIONS { Struct1, } enum DATA_REQUESTS { REQUEST_1, }; [structLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Cha…

Hope someone can help me, I'm trying to set ELEVATOR TRIM PCT and AILERON TRIM PCT. I'm using something like to set it up and then writing 0.0f in the simconnect.SetDataOnSimObject() call but I get an expection 20, invalid data.C# I'm afraid, has anyone got anything I can try, spot my silly error?TIA PeteP.S. I have AILERON POSITION working as a percent using this technique.

This is primarely meant for developers in the Aces team though add on developers might have an opinion about that too:Playing Games is all about immersion and one thing i really don't like is that the screen turns black whenever the sim is entering dialog mode (example: map display, create flightplan, ...).So wouldn't it be possible to just let the last frame produced by the engine as background instead of turning it black?In case of entering dialog mode via SimConnect it might also come in handy to pass the name of a bitmap file to use as background along with the dialog mode request so that the sim could post this instead of a black screen or last frame. Example: My add…