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FSXA Set TAXI lights for AI traffic

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KWB

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Has someone managed to set TAXI lights for AI traffic? I can set all the other lights, but taxi lights do not work. A similar question has been asked years back and I wonder if someone has solved the issue:

I have tried both, bit mask and single values. In the documentation it says the value are not settable, however the first approach works for everything except taxi lights. The second approach does not work at all (no lights). Any ideas?

Code: 
hr += SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition(hSimConnect, CSimConnectDefinitions:DataRemoteAircraftParts, "LIGHT TAXI", "Bool");
hr += SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition(hSimConnect, CSimConnectDefinitions:DataRemoteAircraftParts, "LIGHT BEACON", "Bool");
hr += SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition(hSimConnect, CSimConnectDefinitions:DataRemoteAircraftParts, "LIGHT NAV", "Bool");

Alternatively:
Code: 
hr += SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition(hSimConnect, CSimConnectDefinitions::DataRemoteAircraftParts, "LIGHT ON STATES", "Mask", SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE_INT64);
 
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JB3DG

JB3DG

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You should be able to use SimConnect_TransmitClientEvent to trigger the taxi light event for an AI aircraft.
 
K

KWB

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germany
Yep, works better. Thanks. The clumsy thing is that I have to toggle some lights, other values I can set "absolutely" (0/1). The problem with toggling values is that I have to determine the "is-state" first. I wonder why they support set for some values only.
 
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Simbol

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Di you managed to do this properly? I am doing the same for PD3 V4 and although the lights go off, they go on again!!, it seems that PD3 is overriding the lights operation despite of my commands.

Regards,
Simbol
 
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