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Hi all. Can anyone give an overview of how the dimmer switches work in MSFS. For example, if I create a rotating knob, how do I link that to the an emissive text to adjust the brightness? I assume it's a combo of using xml templates and cfg entries. I have tried to look at the DA62 example with no success. Best I could do is get a switch to turn the lights off and on. No dimming

Also how would l link a dimmer switch to a particular FX file?

Any help/samples would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
 
Dimmer are called potentiometers. There is a standard template for potentiometers. They have numbers. You can set the number in your xml and .flt code. There is also xml code for emissive materials. Here you fill in your potentiometers number in so they match. You need an object for the dimmer switch with animation and an emissive material on your text.
 
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