FSX and SimConnect

[Robert Pardigon]

Hi all,
does any body knows how to set the values for the autopilot (heading, course, alt...) using SimConnect?
If I believe in the SDK and its description of the SimVars, these values are not settable! I suppose I missed something due to my poor english knowledge...

By advance, thanks...

Best regards,

Robert

[n4gix]

>Hi all,
>does any body knows how to set the values for the autopilot
>(heading, course, alt...) using SimConnect?
>If I believe in the SDK and its description of the SimVars,
>these values are not settable! I suppose I missed something
>due to my poor english knowledge...

Are you looking in the right place? \Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Core Utilities Kit\Variables\Event IDs.htm

HEADING_BUG_SET

AP_ALT_VAR_SET_METRIC

AP_ALT_VAR_SET_ENGLISH

[Robert Pardigon]

Thank you very much Bill,
this is a part that I have not very well understood, I am afraid...
I thought that the events were issued by the Sim when the action was done... I did not saw that it was the opposit...
I'll go to the samples folder and look for an example. Perhaps it will be more clear after.

Best regards,

Robert

[n4gix]

>Thank you very much Bill,
>this is a part that I have not very well understood, I am
>afraid...
>I thought that the events were issued by the Sim when the
>action was done... I did not saw that it was the opposit...
>I'll go to the samples folder and look for an example. Perhaps
>it will be more clear after.

Nope... if it helps, think of the events as the "goesinta" and the token variables as the "comesoutta"... ;)

Or, less colloquially, :+


key events are the "do this" commands

token variables are the "tell me what you did"

[Robert Pardigon]

Hi Bill,
thanks for your answers. You pointed me in the right direction, and I found in the SDK some examples, as now I was knowing what I was searching for...

Best regards,

Robert