Steam Gauge Overhaul

Hey Indrajit, I'm glad that you found a solution so quickly. I just wanted to reply for anyone else who might find this in the future to confirm that the problem you are describing is almost always caused by some GPS addon in your Community Folder which does not belong. I hope everything is working well for you now!

@Black-Square I doubt most of us are going to forget about the Dukes! Waiting is hard, but I have faith the results will be worth it. I just hope you won’t forget about your MSFS 2020 planes as soon as 2024 comes out. I have a strong feeling that 2024’s system requirements will be going up, and if so, my computer likely won’t be able to run it well enough, so I expect to be flying 2020 for some years yet. At least MS has said that 2020 will continue to be developed after 2024 is out, and I hope that proves true.

@meh1951 this solution works just fine. Thank you! I just changed it a little bit in order to use the button held and button release events instead. [image: d63532a2-bf32-4dfc-a4e5-c4ecce4675e9.png] note: disregard the LOCAL:JOY_0X07380XA221_BUTTON_36 condition, it's an internal solution of mine to reuse the same button for multiple functions

I just added to that original thread. Looking forward to any feedback from the developer.

In the WB-Sim Cessna, they use animation events called: CDI1: (L:INSTRUMENT_CDI_KNOB_COURSE_1_1, Number) CDI2: (L:INSTRUMENT_CDI_KNOB_COURSE_2_1, Number) HDG: (L:INSTRUMENT_HeadingIndicator_Knob_Heading_1, Number) It makes sense that the animation should be controlled by a separate event, as the course itself can, and should be adjusted by incrementing and decrementing the events with some acceleration, independent of the movement of the knob. I increment and decrement the following data events with acceleration: NAV OBS:1 NAV OBS:2 AUTOPILOT HEADLOCK DIR I'm not sure if the former mentioned events that control the animation in the WB-Sim Cessna are default events, but at least these latter data events are the same I use to control the content of the knobs in the Black Square aircraft. For knob-animation in the Black Square aircraft, it would be great if a similar approach as used by WB-Sim could be utilised in the upcoming Dukes - and in the updates of the previous aircrafts following...

@GunStrauss For me a failure reset in the failure system now helped. After that and after pushing back a popped out breaker, the GNS530 went over the startup and welcome screen again.

NAV3 standby was added to their database after I made a request.

Sorry that you're one of the unlucky ones with the state saving. My beta testers for the Dukes report that my new method for state saving is much more consistent for them. I'll port this backwards to my older aircraft in their next updates for the important things like engine condition. In the meantime, yes there is a very easy way to check and set engine condition! It's contained in the L:Var "L:var_engineDamage" from 0-100. For my multiengine aircraft, just add "_L" or "_R" for the left or right engines. Let me know if you need any more help with that!

I thought I remember there being something somewhere, that was it! I couldn't find it because I normally turn off my yoke.

From the manual: "To access the “FAILURES” menu, rotate the mode knob on the weather radar to “LOG”. On the screen shown, you will be presented with a segmented bar graph indicating the current global failure rate as a multiplier of real-time. [...] Random failures can be completely disabled by pressing the indicated decrease key until the global failure rate indicates “NO FAILURES”."

Are you using the default GNS 530? That GPS, enhanced by Working Title, should automatically generate the plan into the unit.

Thanks for the tip. All is well. :)

@Black-Square Thanks for the tips. I will check them out. Thank you so much for another way of seeing these variables. As it turns out it is SPAD v9.15.54 that is not seeing the variable change. Thanks again m

Great! Glad to hear it! That file should be overwritten when you download Sim Update 15, but if you have any issues after that, just delete the file altogether. This will force the launcher to download a new version.

I've learned more about the temperature control system in specifically the Baron, and I need to improve it with an update. As it is, you shouldn't need to turn the heater on and off, though. The cabin heat pull-knob on the bottom left of the panel is used to control the admittance of heated air into the cabin. Here's the relevant section of the manual: The cabin is heated via a combustion heater in the aircraft’s nose, and funneled to the cabin via the “CABIN HEAT” pull knob under the pilot’s subpanel. The combustion heater is ignited with the “HTR” switch, and will consume fuel from the left main tank only at a rate of about one-half gallon per hour. The exchanged air can be very hot, so operators should take caution when applying the cabin heat to reduce pilot workload during critical phases of flight, and also to limit the possibility of a cabin fire. The rate of heating is controlled via the cabin vents and heater blower, as with equalization and air conditioning. Do not confuse "rate of heating/cooling" (rate of change) with the target temperature. Turn on the combustion heater to enable heating, and then pull the cabin heat pull-handle until the cabin is at your desired temperature. If it's too hot, push the knob back in.

The easiest solution is to look at the L:Vars "L:var_radio1Mode", and "L:var_radio2Mode"; however the meaning of those variables can change across my aircraft. I would recommend using the variables for each specific GPS (as I've been doing more myself, as my aircraft become more complicated). Those are... WT GNS 530: L:XMLVAR_GPS_DISABLED_AS530_1 L:XMLVAR_GPS_DISABLED_AS530_2 WT GNS 430: L:XMLVAR_GPS_DISABLED_AS430_1 L:XMLVAR_GPS_DISABLED_AS430_2 (does not exist in any of my aircraft yet) TDS GTNxi 750: TDSGTNXI_Inactive750U1 TDSGTNXI_Inactive750U2 (does not exist in any of my aircraft yet) TDS GTNxi 650: TDSGTNXI_Inactive650U1 TDSGTNXI_Inactive650U2 (does not exist in any of my aircraft yet) PMS50 GTN 750: L:XMLVAR_GPS_DISABLED_GTN750_1 L:XMLVAR_GPS_DISABLED_GTN750_2 (does not exist in any of my aircraft yet) PMS50 GTN 650: L:XMLVAR_GPS_DISABLED_GTN650_1 L:XMLVAR_GPS_DISABLED_GTN650_2 (does not exist in any of my aircraft yet) KLN90B: L:KLN90B_Disabled

Oh and the Bonanza Overhaul addon or the Bonanza and Baron Bundle. 👍

@kityatyi, the MSFS/FSX/P3D version will be adequate to get you started. There is a 14 day free trial so you can try it out before spending the money for a license.