Detecting Playback mode

[womei]

Hi everybody,

does anybody have an idea how to detect if the sim is in playback mode?
I'm working on a simple autosave function. It works fine so far, except that it keeps saving even when in playback mode .

Thanks for any suggestions
Wolfgang

 

[ronh]

Wolfgang,

I assume you are recording a flight video. You could intercept the SimStart and SimStop events along with the esc key to trigger your program to figure out what to do. Menu Items will trigger only a SimStop SimStart event pair.

What "playback" mode are you referring too. Flight video or flight analysis?

Here is some code to intercept Esc key.

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//  SimConnect System Event Sample
//  
//	Description:
//  Request a FlightLoaded system event
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include <windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <strsafe.h>

#include "SimConnect.h"

int     quit = 0;
HANDLE  hSimConnect = NULL;


static enum EVENT_ID2 {
    EVENT_SIM_START,
    EVENT_SIM_STOP,
	EVENT_ESC,
};
static enum GROUP_ID {
	GROUP_ESC,
};

static enum INPUT_ID {
	INPUT_ESC,
};


void CALLBACK MyDispatchProc2(SIMCONNECT_RECV* pData, DWORD cbData, void *pContext)
{
	HRESULT hr;
    switch(pData->dwID)
    {
        case SIMCONNECT_RECV_ID_EVENT:
        {
            SIMCONNECT_RECV_EVENT *evt = (SIMCONNECT_RECV_EVENT*)pData;
            switch(evt->uEventID)
            {
                case EVENT_SIM_START:

					printf("\nSim Start"); 
					hr = SimConnect_SetInputGroupState(hSimConnect, INPUT_ESC, SIMCONNECT_STATE_ON);


                    break;
                case EVENT_SIM_STOP:

					printf("\nSIM Stop"); 
					hr = SimConnect_SetInputGroupState(hSimConnect, INPUT_ESC, SIMCONNECT_STATE_OFF);


                    break;

                case EVENT_ESC:

					printf("\nESC pressed - do something"); 

                    break;

                default:
                   break;
            }
            break;
        }


        case SIMCONNECT_RECV_ID_QUIT:
        {
            quit = 1;
            break;
        }

        default:
            break;
    }
}

void testSystemEvent()
{
    HRESULT hr;

    if (SUCCEEDED(SimConnect_Open(&hSimConnect, "System Event", NULL, 0, 0, 0)))
    {
        printf("\nConnected to Flight Simulator!");   
        // Create some private events
        hr = SimConnect_MapClientEventToSimEvent(hSimConnect, EVENT_ESC);

        // Link the private events to keyboard keys, and ensure input events are off
        hr = SimConnect_MapInputEventToClientEvent(hSimConnect, INPUT_ESC, "Esc", EVENT_ESC);

        hr = SimConnect_SetInputGroupState(hSimConnect, INPUT_ESC, SIMCONNECT_STATE_OFF);

        // Sign up for notifications
        hr = SimConnect_AddClientEventToNotificationGroup(hSimConnect, GROUP_ESC, EVENT_ESC);

        hr = SimConnect_SubscribeToSystemEvent(hSimConnect, EVENT_SIM_START, "SimStart");
        hr = SimConnect_SubscribeToSystemEvent(hSimConnect, EVENT_SIM_STOP, "SimStop");
  
        while( 0 == quit )
        {
            SimConnect_CallDispatch(hSimConnect, MyDispatchProc2, NULL);
            Sleep(1);
        } 

        hr = SimConnect_Close(hSimConnect);
    }
}

int __cdecl _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	testSystemEvent();

	return 0;
}

 

[womei]

Thanks Ron and sorry for not being precise:

I mean the "Instant replay function", which i often use to view landings etc.
Though I thing the same problem will occur for video playback.

I tried the USER INPUT ENABLED variable (the aircraft does not accept user input during replay), but it remains TRUE.

Any other idea?

Thanks

Wolfgang

 

[ronh]

Whenever you enter a dialog - the sim event SimStop is triggered. Do you need to only figure out if you are in replay mode?

There is a sim variable SIM DISABLED that is BOOL, but I have not been able to get a proper response yet. Thought that if you are in replay then Sim Disabled would be true. But my code does not work.


***********************

My mistake SIM DISABLED really means SIM OBJECT DISABLED - and I have not figured out how to disable the user aircraft. - so this variable is not good to usde in this case.

I' back to suggesting SimStart and SimStop. Also SimConnect_SubscribeToSystemEvent where event=Sim - a 0 or 1 - when in dialog mode = 0, when in record mode = 1, when in instant replay = 0 when in regular flying mode = 1.

 

[womei]

Hi Ron,

I tried both USER INPUT ENABLED and SIM DISABLED, but - as you mentioned - none of these have any effect.
I'll try what you suggested (SimStart, SimStop and SubscribeToSystemEvent).


... I tried it and it works fine: SimStart/Stop and the Sim event perfectly mask both video playback and the instant replay.

Thanks for your help, you saved my day .

Regards
Wolfgang

 

[Simon853]

For the SIM DISABLED, you need to subscribe to the system event "Sim".

Si

 

[womei]

Hi Simon,

while trying Ron's suggestion, I suscribed to the Sim event, which worked perfectly. But the SIM DISABLED variable still keeps returning FALSE.

But monitoring the Sim event does the trick anyway, so I will forget about SIM DISABLED.

Thanks anyway.
Regards
Wolfgang

 

[ronh]

I can confirm that. It seems, perhaps that USER INPUT DISABLED and SIM DISABLED are for AI aircraft (I have not tested). I cannot get these variables to change for USER Aircraft. In my testing I know my code works in that SIM ON GROUND returns proper information.

I did see an error in the SDK example for TAGGED DATA. A bool is SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE_INT32 not SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE_FLOAT32. The managed code example MANAGED_AI shows a bool as INT32. So FYI anyone.

 

[Simon853]

I have a program at work that uses SIM DISABLED. But I think I just write to it to set the status and use the "Sim" event to read the status.

And that's for the user aircraft. I use it to freeze the flight model so I can drive it from an external physics engine.

Si