Luke Kolin Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 I have a nifty fuel loading module for my software that depends on knowing the empty weight and max gross weight of the current aircraft. While one can read ZFW via an FSUIPC offset, MGW appears to be in the aircraft.cfg, which doesn't appear accessible if I'm running on WideClient. Is there any way to expose aircraft.cfg data to WideClient software, or MGW specifically via an offset? Cheers! Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 I have a nifty fuel loading module for my software that depends on knowing the empty weight and max gross weight of the current aircraft. While one can read ZFW via an FSUIPC offset, MGW appears to be in the aircraft.cfg, which doesn't appear accessible if I'm running on WideClient.Is there any way to expose aircraft.cfg data to WideClient software, or MGW specifically via an offset? It's available in FSX via FSUIPC4 and WideFS, thanks to SimConnect, at offset 1334 (a 32 bit integer, as 256 * lbs), though it hasn't been checked by anyone yet as far as I know. FSUIPC3 currently doesn't supply this value. I think I could provide it if really needed, at least for FS2004 (not before). But it isn't something I could do before Christmas - it would be in January now. Incidentally, I don't know why you can't read the CFG file -- FSUIPC does supply the full path to the AIR file which is also the path to the CFG file. Maybe you've not shared it on the Network? Regards Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Kolin Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 It's available in FSX via FSUIPC4 and WideFS, thanks to SimConnect, at offset 1334 (a 32 bit integer, as 256 * lbs), though it hasn't been checked by anyone yet as far as I know. Cool! I wasn't aware of that - I don't believe it's listed in the 4/06 SDK. Is there a newer version? FSUIPC3 currently doesn't supply this value. I think I could provide it if really needed, at least for FS2004 (not before). But it isn't something I could do before Christmas - it would be in January now. It's not something I need right away, but if you ever do have some free time it I believe would be a welcome addition for those of us with fuel planning software and WideFS. Incidentally, I don't know why you can't read the CFG file -- FSUIPC does supply the full path to the AIR file which is also the path to the CFG file. Maybe you've not shared it on the Network? It's not really for me; we have several thousand users of my software and I would prefer to have something that works as simply as possible without setting up file sharing. To be honest, if there was a handy feature that I'd love to see, it's an FSUIPC/WideClient facility to allow software running on WideClient to read any arbitrary value from the aircraft.cfg. Cheers! Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Cool! I wasn't aware of that - I don't believe it's listed in the 4/06 SDK. Is there a newer version? The Offsets Status document for FSUIPC4 is included in the SDK addendum currently only supplied in the FSX Downloads announcement above, as with FSUIPC4 interim updates et cetera. The Offsets list there is up to date for FSUIPC 4.20 and includes the MGW. I'll add the MGW to FSUIPC3 (for FS9 only, probably) in January. I've had a look and it is easy enough. Regards Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Is there any way to expose aircraft.cfg data to WideClient software, or MGW specifically via an offset? The max gross weight is now available in offset 1334 in FSUIPC 3.769, as it has been for a while in FSUIPC4. Get 3.769 from the Other Downloads announcement above. Regards Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Kolin Posted January 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 The max gross weight is now available in offset 1334 in FSUIPC 3.769, as it has been for a while in FSUIPC4. Get 3.769 from the Other Downloads announcement above. Many thanks, Peter. I greatly appreciate your work and flexibility when adding new features to your software. Cheers! Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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