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  1. seippg

    Can you read/write aircraft specific variables (LVARs and HVARS) through simconnect?

    What the title says. I've been reading other threads and have seen folks told to use FUIPC but I'd rather do it without that. Thanks
  2. seippg

    Does Simconnect work with VS2022?

    What the title says. Gregg
  3. seippg

    XPlane G1000 - Any way to change altitude Alert

    I have a couple of airplanes that use the X-Plane G1000. Instead of the "1000 to go" alert happening at 1000 ft to go it happens between 100-200 ft. I'm wondering if there's a way to fix that (e.g. a setting in the G1000). Thanks!
  4. seippg

    Help with Substance Painter Exporting

    My brain is about fried with Substance Painter today. I finally got the textures exported but I see that it's exported Roughness and Metal as separate files. The MSFS plugin expects those to be combined into different colors of the same bitmap, right? I'm using an MSFS Export Template I got...
  5. seippg

    Ways to reduce landing gear drag

    I'm trying to adjust an airplane I got. I'm trying to tune various things but, in particular, I'm trying to figure out how I might reduce the drag from the landing gear. I've done some reading and X-Plane calculates it automatically from the wheel, the strut, etc. Is there anything I can do...
  6. seippg

    PDK DLL with external app

    Hi, I wrote an app that uses Simconnect. Works pretty well. Now I'm thinking about porting it to use the PDK but I still want an external user interface. I'm thinking that a PDK DLL links directly to Prepar3D? If that's the case, my external app window would need a mechanism to communicate...
  7. seippg

    Autopilot trim wheel speed?

    Hi all, Is there any way, via either the air file or config file, to change the autopilot trim speed? In particular, I'm wanting to adjust the elevator trim speed. Gregg
  8. seippg

    ILS values in .cfg file

    I'm trying to fix both the ILS intercept and hold on an aircraft. On the intercept, the airplane waits until the GS passes below and then tries to catch it. It also overshoots the localizer a bit. As far as I know, these are the vars that control how the aircraft manages itself on the ILS...
  9. seippg

    P3D v3 No way to tell if you're in a cloud?

    Is there any way to tell if you're aircraft is in or very near a cloud using SimConnect? I've tried using I get the response but it's always either all 0s or all 1s with no rhyme or reason. I could be in clear skies and get all 1s or in the soup and get all 0s. I never get any other...
  10. seippg

    ADE remembering deleted flattens

    I created some flattens so I could experiment with slopes to see how it works in ADE and to try to figure out how to make series of triangle polys for an elevated hill. I deleted the flattens but when I reopen the scenery, it still shows the raised area on the airport. I cleared the scenery...
  11. seippg

    Airport terminal on a small hill

    Hi all, I have a problem in that my airport terminal sits on a small hill with a retaining wall. Here's a pic. Here's the Google Earth Web link if you want a better look...
  12. seippg

    USGS OrthoImage Tif files

    I got some good orthoimagery from USGS Earth Explorer and tried loading it into SBuilderX....12 images, 20 Meg each. I tried just uploading 2 of them, without calibration at first, but the images were too tall and just overlayed one another which makes me think SBuilderX couldn't read the image...
  13. seippg

    Why ground polys?

    This feels like a dumb question but I've been hunting for the reasons for creating ground polys. Most of the docs I've found just assume that the reader knows they have to create them. I can create photoreal with SbuilderX without having to do anything and it's a large area. Does it create...
  14. seippg

    Sources for photoreal

    I'm trying to get some good photoreal for eastern North Carolina. Most of the sources with SBuilderX return no results at higher resolutions than 3. Are there other datasources available for SBuilderX? Thanks.
  15. seippg

    Flatten roads near airport?

    I hesitate to ask this question...sounds like it might be harder than it's worth. Is it possible to flatten roads on small hills near an airport...e.g. make them horizontal? I have a nice airport that sits on photoreal with roads near the runway. Problem is, the roads follow the contour of...
  16. seippg

    Why would water follow an aircraft around an airport

    Hi all, I bought KMYR recently and it looks like the guys that made it, The Airport Guys, have "left the building". It's a really nice airport but, I have a problem where, when I'm flying over landclass around the airport, there's aabout a 1000' circle of water that follows my aircraft around...
  17. seippg

    Taxi lines on custom airport

    Hi, I'm new to ADE and I'm editing a custom airport (made by someone else). It has custom ramp textures and the taxi lines are not showing there. Is there any way to fix that? It's set to type PATH, Center is set to Line, Draw Surface and Draw Detail are set to on. Also, I'm not sure if it's...
  18. seippg

    FSX How to induce a roll?

    Can someone tell me if there is a way to induce a roll using Simconnect without using aircraft controls (without using ailerons, etc.)
  19. seippg

    More frequent data messages

    Hi, I'm requesting data every one second with hr = SimConnect_RequestDataOnSimObject(hSimConnect, REQUEST_LLA, DEFINTION_LLA, SIMCONNECT_OBJECT_ID_USER, SIMCONNECT_PERIOD_SECOND, 0, 0, 0, 0); but I have need to get data every half or quarter second. Requesting it every frame seems...
  20. seippg

    FSX Remove a Thermal?

    Hi, I am creating a thermal in FSX with... HRESULT SimConnect_WeatherCreateThermal( HANDLE hSimConnect, SIMCONNECT_DATA_REQUEST_ID RequestID, float lat, float lon, float alt, float radius, float height, float coreRate = 3.0f, float coreTurbulence = 0.05f, float...
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