FSXA Directly loading Aircraft (without UI)

[Misho]

Hello all,

Is there a way to directly load a user aircraft, without going through "Aircraft->SelectAircraft..." menu? I'd like to be able to supply an "<aircraft>.air" file and have SimConnect load the requested AC... Any idea?

 

[pfabian]

This should work. You would modify the flight and then do this. If I undestand your question right.

"-flt:path_to_mission.flt" Loads the named flight file. The path can be relative to the root folder containing ESP.exe, or an absolute path. This is the recommended method of loading single-player missions. The -flt switch is optional if the path to the flight file is the last entry on the command line. ESP "-flt:Missions\Airline Pilot\Monsoon\Monsoon.flt"

You can also load a save via SimConnect_FlightLoad

If you want to force load a different aircraft inflight, I don't think that's possible. Besides, you'd have to go by aircraft.cfg title, not .air file.

 

[richbarry]

You can save the flight using Simconnect, modify the [Sim.0] Sim= entry in the .FLT file, then reload the FLT file using Simconnect.
You may also have to patch some other entries in the FLT file, e.g. Saving with a fixed undercarriage aircraft will probably result in the gear being down when re-loading a retractable undercarriage aircraft etc.
The basic principle of this works, but I don't know of all the side effects of applying the FLT entries of one aircraft to a different aircraft.

 

[Misho]

This should work. You would modify the flight and then do this. If I undestand your question right.

"-flt:path_to_mission.flt" Loads the named flight file. The path can be relative to the root folder containing ESP.exe, or an absolute path. This is the recommended method of loading single-player missions. The -flt switch is optional if the path to the flight file is the last entry on the command line. ESP "-flt:Missions\Airline Pilot\Monsoon\Monsoon.flt"

You can also load a save via SimConnect_FlightLoad

If you want to force load a different aircraft inflight, I don't think that's possible. Besides, you'd have to go by aircraft.cfg title, not .air file.

Right - I think you misunderstood my Question - I wanted to load a different AC while in flight, not from the command line (which I think that is what you're suggesting).

So, in SimConnect, there is an API call SimConnect_FlightLoad(hSimConnect, "myFlight.FLT") (FLT extension is omitted)

I'd like to have a similar method that would load an aircraft, as in SimConnect_FlightLoad(hSimConnect, "myAircraft.cfg.")

However, since I posted this question, I was thinking about loading a different aircraft through a FLT file, and upon loading, change the position and attitude in the FLT file to the current values...

 

[Misho]

You can save the flight using Simconnect, modify the [Sim.0] Sim= entry in the .FLT file, then reload the FLT file using Simconnect.
You may also have to patch some other entries in the FLT file, e.g. Saving with a fixed undercarriage aircraft will probably result in the gear being down when re-loading a retractable undercarriage aircraft etc.
The basic principle of this works, but I don't know of all the side effects of applying the FLT entries of one aircraft to a different aircraft.

Yes - as I mentioned in my above post, I was thinking the same thing after I posted my q - save a current FLT file, overwrite with desired AC, and re-load the FLT file. Time for some experimentation, thanks!