Identifying if it's a Baron or Bonanza.
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To identify the turbocharged versions, there is an LVAR:BKSQ_Turbocharged that's either set to 0 or 1, so the different mixture axis of the two versions can be mapped in one profile.
But is there a fool proof method for identifying if there is a single engine Bonanza or dual engine Baron that's loaded in the sim? I'm trying to have them both mapped in one profile in Spad.
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(A:NUMBER OF ENGINES, number) should do the trick.
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Can Spad query the name of the model loaded from the sim? For example, one of the things FSUIPC loads up (and uses to pick its profiles) from the log is
Aircraft="Just Flight PA28 Warrior II N8289A"
Which was the last thing I loaded. You can find the specific name that MSFS refers to it under the aircraft.cfg file located in (keeping with my example)
Community\justflight-aircraft-pa28-warrior-ii\SimObjects\Airplanes\JF_PA28_Warrior_II
title = "Just Flight PA28 Warrior II N8289A" ; Variation nameso you know what to expect.
Or, since Black Square pre-empted me, maybe number of engines will do the trick 😂
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Setting the number of engines is a good hint, to keep it simple, not depending on liveries etc.
But something very strange when using this data: When going back to the main menu. The number of engines are set to a number like 25.6956100463867. When loading up a Bonanza or Baron with the same number of engines, this number stays when the game starts again. And it´s the same issue with default aircrafts, if not changing to an aircraft with a different number of engines.
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That's unfortunate. I can think of other uglier ways to do it, but try seeing what SPAD will get out of A:ATC TYPE. It's of type String, which is an unusual datatype in flight simulator, so I'm not sure if it will work. Give it a try and let me know.
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I was not able to reproduce that bug today, so now the single profile for both planes, also with the the turbocharged versions works perfectly. Again, thank you very much for the superb support!
