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EPICINFO: sending multiple offsets towards FS


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Hi Peter,

I plan to build a generic panel based on EPIC. Whereas the standard FS planes and many addons use the same offsets, there are some addons that use specific offsets such as the LDS 767 with lekyoucon or the PMDG 737. A solution could be to have several EPICINFO.CFG, depending on the plane that's going to be used. However, I could also program EPIC in a way that it would send data to multiple offsets. Only one of the would have an effect on the plane, the other ones would go into the void. Would this decrease performance and could those other offsets crash FS?

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Holger

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A solution could be to have several EPICINFO.CFG, depending on the plane that's going to be used.

I've not dealt with EPICINFO for many years, but i seem to recall that there are facilities in the one CFG file for different sections for different aircraft, or panels -- have you checked?

However, I could also program EPIC in a way that it would send data to multiple offsets. Only one of the would have an effect on the plane, the other ones would go into the void. Would this decrease performance and could those other offsets crash FS?

Only offsets working directly inside FS could conceivably crash it. All offsets assigned to individual add-ons are separate, only applying to those when they are running, so I don't see that there would be any harm. And you'd not be able to measure any performance difference unless you are talking about writing huge amounts many times per second.

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Pete

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  • 2 weeks later...

Thanks for the reply! If I understand the option of different panels correctly, it only applies to different hardware panels, not different software panels. guess I will just have to set up different EPICINFO.CFGs and restart FS9 accordingly.

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Holger

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Thanks for the reply! If I understand the option of different panels correctly, it only applies to different hardware panels, not different software panels.

No, that's wrong. It is the FS aircraft panels which are configured with separate entries in EPICINFO.CFG. It knows nothing of any hardware panels -- how could it?

Pete

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