FSXA a simple xml gauge that works in FS9 but not in FSX

[adr179]

Hi everyone. I'm trying to make a relative simple variometer gauge that works in FS9, to work in FSX where it doesn't - for no obvious reason.Vertical speed indication itself works, but there's a portion of gauge code that shoud turn the McCready ring and that part works in FS9 but not in FSX. Code looks like this:

   <Element>
      <Position X="157" Y="157"/>
      <Image Name="MCVario_LS7_ring.bmp" PointsTo="North" ImageSizes="315,315,0,0">
         <Axis X="157" Y="157"/>
      </Image>
      <Rotate>
         <Value Minimum="0" Maximum="3">(A:Autopilot mach hold var, mach) 2- </Value>
         <Nonlinearity>
            <Item Value="0" X="2" Y="157"/>
            <Item Value="0.5" X="315" Y="157"/>
            <Item Value="1" X="2" Y="157"/>
         </Nonlinearity>
         <Delay DegreesPerSecond="30"/>
      </Rotate>
   </Element>

and the relevant mouse code:

   <Mouse>
      <Area Left="5" Width="45" Top="75" Height="150">
         <Click Event="AP_MACH_VAR_DEC" Repeat="Yes"/>
         <Cursor Type="DownArrow"/>
      </Area>
      <Area Left="250" Width="45" Top="75" Height="150">
         <Click Event="AP_MACH_VAR_INC" Repeat="Yes"/>
         <Cursor Type="UpArrow"/>
      </Area>
   </Mouse>

I checked both SDK's for eventual change of the variable used, but it's the same in both versions of SDK, so I can't figure out, why gauge works in FS9, but not in FSX.

 

[Dietmar]

Hi,
try this : (A:AUTOPILOT MACH HOLD VAR Selected) with no unit defined.
The FSX SDK says:
AUTOPILOT MACH HOLD VAR Selected mach Number

Dietmar

 

[n4gix]

Hi,
try this : (A:AUTOPILOT MACH HOLD VAR Selected) with no unit defined.
The FSX SDK says:
AUTOPILOT MACH HOLD VAR Selected mach Number

Dietmar

Er, not quite! "Number" means just that: number!

The correct syntax is:

(A:Autopilot mach hold var, number)

 

[adr179]

Thank You both for Your replies gentlemen, but actually my question remains unanswered still. Point is both SDK's list variable

A:Autopilot mach hold var, mach

as a valid choice and that actually works in FS9 but not in FSX, so puzzle remains unsolved.

 

[teson1]

<Value Minimum="0" Maximum="3">(A:Autopilot mach hold var, mach) 2- </Value>

Not sure whether that's the cause for the gauge not working, but there may be a space required between "2" and "-" in this line.

 

[adr179]

I tried also Your suggestion, Teson1, but still gauge didn't work.
Actually, whatever I tried with A:Autopilot mach hold var, didn't work
in FSX, but worked in FS9.

But then I tried this:

A:AUTOPILOT VERTICAL HOLD VAR

and

AP_VS_VAR_DEC and AP_VS_VAR_INC, for the mouse area

since variable to get vertical speed indication is:

A:Vertical speed

and that worked. So it seems like FSX is somehow checking relations within the gauge, while FS9 does not - before we had vertical speed for indication and mach for rotation of McCready ring and now both are related to vertical speed.