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StickBender said:
Hello again everyone,

I have a question. I am very new to all of this and learning. Forgive me for my lack of understanding. I thought perhaps someone may know the answer.

If everyone flying in the session is running a client, can those clients receive a signal from a server that would do an action? I realize the client would need to be an app written to accommodate such functions. I am interested in be able to issue failures and such. Perhaps send text message to the screen, etc.
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YES .. you "Could" write both a client side, and a server side application, ( and some Communication Transport software), and do as you suggest. You MIGHT even be able to Piggy_Back your data on some existing MP variable.

StickBender said:
Additionally, is there a way to remotely change the server time/day/weather without having to restart it? QUOTE]

I wish there was. Changing the weather on the server would appear to be possible, but then, it is questionable if thet will update the weather of EXITING connected clients.

The TIME is more difficult. Changing the time on the server, does NOT permanently update the time on the clients .. there appears to be some MP CLOCK that is set at the start of the session on the sever, and that is used to SYNC the time on the clients. There is no apparent access to this "MP CLOCK". ( wish there was ... hoping for it in a future Simconnect !! )

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