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MSFS 2024 Struggling with New Gauge Tutorial

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pauliom

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Hi, I'm new to MSFS 2024 development but I'm okay with HTML/JS, etc. I want to create a new gauge so I'm following Creating JS Instrument Tutorial but it doesn't seem to match reality, and ultimately it doesn't work for me. I feel it's very close but I'm just missing some key point. Here's what's happened.
  1. Installed the DA62 from the Samples menu in DevMode.
  2. Manually Copied the DA62 folder to a my development folder V2 (The tutorial says Save..As, that doesn't work)
  3. Opened the V2\DA62 project and built it
  4. Started a free flight and selected the "DA62 SDK" plane. Everything looked correct
  5. Followed the Tutorial and created the TestGauge HelloWorldDisplay which results in HTML, JS, CSS files
  6. Set the Pack order hint (not in the Tutorial) to 'Instrument Patch' (other options are Custom Instrument, Custom Instrument Patch)
  7. Changed the output path in the project inspector to 'html_ui\Pages\VCockpit\Instruments\HelloWorldDisplay\'
  8. Built the project, also Build All in project, weirdly says "0 of 10 errors" in the console but no sign of any errors - even with toggling the filters
  9. I change the Panel.cfg and panel.xml in PackageSource to use the same ID as in the HTML/JS
  10. Start a flight and all the instrument panels and black/dead.
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  11. I look at Coherent GT Debugger and I can see the ID for the new gauge element is missing!
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  12. If I select the console for that element
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As I say, it looks to be ALMOST there. I've run out of ideas about how to track the problem. I'm guessing it's a path problem or a build/copy issue, but I don't know what. Any thoughts would be most welcome.
 
Found it! The tutorial has a bug in it...I knew it was something dumb :)
JavaScript: 
registerInstrument("simple- glass-cockpit-sample", HelloWorldDisplay);
There's a space in the instrument reg'
 
Be aware that the SDK is still somewhat -erm- incomplete and buggy even after eight or more years of development. The chances of us getting an SDK v1.0 still appear to be vanishingly small.
 
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