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SIM PAUSE FLAG

o4oren

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The documentation states:
#define PAUSE_STATE_FLAG_OFF 0 // No Pause
#define PAUSE_STATE_FLAG_PAUSE 1 // "full" Pause (sim + traffic + etc...)
#define PAUSE_STATE_FLAG_PAUSE_WITH_SOUND 2 // FSX Legacy Pause (not used anymore)
#define PAUSE_STATE_FLAG_ACTIVE_PAUSE 4 // Pause was activated using the "Active Pause" Button
#define PAUSE_STATE_FLAG_SIM_PAUSE 8 // Pause the player sim but traffic, multi, etc... will still run

Which action in the simulator really triggers flag 8 pause?
As far as I can say it is only called on flight start/stop.
Also, 2024 added a 9flag, what does it mean? I see it called once when going to main manu from a flight.

I am trying to establish how to detect a flight is started/exited in both 2020 and 2024.
 
o4oren said:
Which action in the simulator really triggers flag 8 pause?
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I thought that was "Esc" pause while in a flight... the one that brings up the menu. No?
Pretty sure in FS20 it does (or did last time I checked). And I did try it in the first or 2nd released version of FS24 and it seemed the same at the time (haven't gone back into that mess since newer updates).

It should also be triggered/toggled with PAUSE_ON/PAUSE_OFF Key Events (but the menu doesn't show up in that case).

In a flight, "FLAG_PAUSE" (1) can only be triggered from the "Pause" option from the Dev Mode toolbar, as far as I can tell. Or a PAUSE_SET Key Event. (This is the "best" in-flight pause for most situations IMHO.)

o4oren said:
2024 added a 9flag, what does it mean?
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9? Wouldn't that be combo of PAUSE_STATE_FLAG_SIM_PAUSE | PAUSE_STATE_FLAG_PAUSE ? I'm not sure why they'd be combined since it seems redundant, but not really harmful either.
(Maybe someone (on their dev team) needed that to detect entering the main menu specifically...? In FS20 IIRC one had to look for "MainMenu.FLT" file being loaded in a `FlightLoaded` event.)

Do the `Sim/SimStart/SimStop` system events help? I forget now if they work reliably in FS20. Probably not... that would be too easy... I've seen the issue of detecting when in flight come up before but don't remember any resolutions offhand, sorry.
 
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