Suscribe an offset, not a variable ?

[oscarDelta77]

Hi there,

I'm looking for a way to makd a Thrustmaster MFD Cougar working with AirManager.

What i wish : use a touch screen under the MFd to display indications. Eg: normal buttons text set to green, and highlighted in red when pressed (so, change an image)

With FSUIPC, i can send to an offset the value of the pressed button. Is it possible to link this offset to Airmanag, instead of a an MSFS variable ?

Not sure to be clear enough, sorry !

[Ralph]

Search for FSUIPC and you'll find your answer(s).

[oscarDelta77]

Well, i'm trying, but that's not so clear, as i don't really know what i'm looking for !

A link to an example would be great ...

Thanks for you reply !

[oscarDelta77]

Ok, that's not possible :

Sounds like a mystery to me But the answer is no, no offsets, only LVAR's. Offsets are FSUIPC only, we do not want to support FSUIPC, it's a nearly deprecated system

[Ralph]

FSUIPC uses Lvars as well, they're just 'masked' as offsets. Except for some special aircraft like PMDG. But in most cases you can use the Lvar within Air Manager, if you can find it.

[Sling]

Why even bother with the complication of offsets. AM can read a game controller directly. Details are on the wiki API pages.

[oscarDelta77]

@Sling, thanks for your help.

I've tried your code :

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function callback(type, index, value)
    if value == true then value = "true"
    elseif value == false then value = "false" end
    print("Type = " .. type .. ", Index = " .. index .. ", Value = " .. value)
end

list = game_controller_list()

for k, v in pairs(list) do
   print(v)
   -- if v == "" then game_controller_add(v, callback) end
   if v == "F16 MFD 1" then game_controller_add(v, callback) end
end

it works fine if add a Saïtek controller (like yoke), but AM 4.0 beta 31 crashes when i try to add F16 MFD 1

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INFO - F16 MFD 1

Regards,
Oliver.

[Ralph]

The joystick API is a bit experimental. Shouldn't crash, but then again we can't promise it won't

[jph]

The joystick API is a bit experimental. Shouldn't crash, but then again we can't promise it won't

@Ralph
It is still a damn good option !
to @oscarDelta77 , just a thought, are you running - or auto starting, the Thrustmaster software when attempting to use the unit ?
Also, thanks for mentioning the MFD unit - I had completely forgotten about those ! Might need to buy a couple. I looked at them a few years ago and was impressed. Then they were out of sight and out of mind. Also thanks to Tony - @Sling - for bringing up the AM game controller stuff. Bloody Nice ! - I had completely missed that one. What a super option and addition, even if it is early in development.
Joe

[oscarDelta77]

The joystick API is a bit experimental. Shouldn't crash, but then again we can't promise it won't

@Ralph : It's a bit experimental, and it's might be "a must have" soon ! No luck for for me with MFD !

Also thanks to Tony - @Sling - for bringing up the AM game controller stuff. Bloody Nice !

Yes ! i didn't know it was possible ! It's not easy to find a solution as we don't know where and how to dig !

to @oscarDelta77 , just a thought, are you running - or auto starting, the Thrustmaster software when attempting to use the unit ?

@Joe : Well, i don't think so ! Actualy i d'ont need Thrustmaster's sofware, as it can't do what i want. I will make further tests and let you know .

Oliver.