Hello! I am new to the FSDev scene so apologies of this has been answered somewhere but I haven't seen it. How does one go about efficiently programming instruments and avionics? I understand most of the instruments such as the FMS, G1000, and so on uses JS/CSS/HTML and I have tinkered around and made some changes. My issue is that I have to close out of the simulator entirely to see my changes where I would ideally like to have a real time test environment so to speak. What is the best way to go about developing/modifying the avionics/instruments? I see new aircraft and patches popping up such as the A320 Neo updates and am curious how they are adding /changing functionality. If anyone has any insight or can point me in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate it! Thanks!
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MSFS20 Modifying existing panels/instruments?
- Thread starter nak1411
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Hi!
I've been messing around a bit with the VFR map, and have found a reasonable way to reload changes. It appears that the sim uses a cache for the files included from the main HTML file. It's possible to bypass the cache using a query string variable that you update, e.g.
With the VFR map I can restart the flight and it read the changes.
I'm not sure what the best way to reload a gauge is, perhaps the airplane editor reload function will cause a full reload?
I've been messing around a bit with the VFR map, and have found a reasonable way to reload changes. It appears that the sim uses a cache for the files included from the main HTML file. It's possible to bypass the cache using a query string variable that you update, e.g.
HTML:
<script type="text/javascript" src="GameVFRMap.js?ver=3"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="CustomizedVfrMap.js?ver=39"></script>With the VFR map I can restart the flight and it read the changes.
I'm not sure what the best way to reload a gauge is, perhaps the airplane editor reload function will cause a full reload?
Good point! I'll give that a shot when I get back to it. I did try all of the reload/rebuild functions in dev mode and it didn't seem to do anything.
It worked! Thanks! All I have to do now is reload the aircraft via Aircraft Selector and it updates.