Feedback on graphics in progress

[astroseus]

Hello gentlemen,


Wanted to show my latest graphic (altimeter for Piper PA28 Arrow) and ask for some feedback.
I finished the graphic today but I am still working on the LUA script for it.

Thanks for your time and feedback.
Regards,
Pieter

[Ralph]

Looks pretty good. You're gonna do a version with and without lighting?
For the font I recommend you to use the Milspec font: http://www.fontsaddict.com/font/MilSpec33558.html

[astroseus]

Thanks Ralph!
I was thinking of having the 'night ring' to be dimmable by code somehow. But I would need to lookup how that works and can be done.
Thanks for the link to the font. I will swap that out to make it look more authentic.

Regards,
P.

[Ralph]

You can do that when the opacity API.

[astroseus]

Will look into it Ralph. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction

[astroseus]

You can do that when the opacity API.

Hi Ralph,

Do you know if this also works for MSFS2020? So the brightness of the 'backlight' would be controlled by the interior lighting of the airplane in MSFS2020.
I have it from another instrument someone on the forum helped me with for Xplane a year or so ago.

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function set_backlight(brightness_level,bus_voltage)
    if bus_voltage[1]>=23 then -- the electrical bus voltage is sufficient for the lighting
        opacity(backlight,brightness_level) -- we use the brightness level ratio returned by Xplane directly since it is between 0.0 and 1.0
    else
        opacity(backlight,0) -- not enough power for lighting, light is off
    end
end

Appreciate your time and guidance!
Regards
P.

[astroseus]

Found this in MSFS2020 SDK but don't know how to handle it properly in all honesty.

LIGHT PANEL POWER SETTING

[Ralph]

I don't think that there's a default variable for this in FS2020. I've searched for it, but never been able to find it.

[astroseus]

So the only way to do this is an AM knob or a hardware knob?
Correct? Or am I missing something.

Thanks for getting back to me Ralph.

[wohnlich]

@aviaking
I hope the answer isn't too late. I've been researching the same thing for my own project and found that there actually a variable that gives you the level of the panel lighting:

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"LIGHT POTENTIOMETER:5", "Percent",

It's a decimal number between 0 and 100. I use it to set the opacity of the light graphic, like this:

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    opacity(nightlight1,(panellight/130))

The number behind the colon determines which light parameter you're reading. It's documented herebut I found the list isn't complete. I experimented with adding arbitrary numbers until I found the one I needed.