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Issue Writing to P3D Lvar

obsoletepower

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Hello everyone,
This is my first post on this forum although I have been an active reader for quite some time. I am working on building my own simpit and have gotten to the software stage. My goal is to use A2A's aircraft but since they use their own custom vars I am working on a simple Lua script to write the output of some of their variables to the Lvars that P3D uses (engine rpm, manifold pressure etc). I am using the Mindstar G1000 software and since they don't release their gauge code I cannot change the Lvars their software references.

My issue is that when I write the A2A output to a P3D lvar, the gauge on screen goes wild and erratic. See the snippet of code I am using below:


Code: 
while 1 do

-- Store A2A var output
a2a_man_press = ipc.readLvar("L:Eng1_ManifoldPressure")

-- Convert to usable units
a2a_man_press = a2a_man_press / 1024     -- Divide by 1024 inHg

-- Write to P3D Lvar
ipc.writeDBL(0x8C0, a2a_man_press)     --The local offset 0x8C0 is the P3D Lvar for manifold pressure

ipc.sleep(100)    -- Delay 100 ms 
end


If anyone can shed some light on this issue it would be greatly appreciated!
 
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Of course we don't release our gauge code, that would kinda eliminate our business. LOL
We also don't do tech support here and neither will anyone else. Contact us via our support email and explain what you're trying to do.
 
WarpD said:
Of course we don't release our gauge code, that would kinda eliminate our business. LOL
We also don't do tech support here and neither will anyone else. Contact us via our support email and explain what you're trying to do.
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Hi WarpD,

I was absolutely not implying that you should release the gauge code (duh lol) I just mentioned that (in case someone asked) as a reason as to why I am trying to inject the A2A Lvars into the P3D default Lvars as I have no other way of getting the G1000 to display the correct A2A gauge values.
 
Read the 2nd line in my post... we have support, we offer support... you should probably try our support. Which A2A aircraft will be necessary information.
 
WarpD said:
Read the 2nd line in my post... we have support, we offer support... you should probably try our support. Which A2A aircraft will be necessary information.
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Hi WarpD,

I did email Mindstar support 2 weeks ago and have not received a response.
 
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