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Key Press

Hi Steve

When I use the key press for a bespoke event in my a2a 172 they do not move the button in the VC. If I use the key board or the goflight config tool the buttons in the VC do move. I mention this because I am setting up the buttons on a gf 48 and most of them cause the correct action in the sim but some of them do not. I have tried different events on the same button and they work. I have triple checked the key sequence and have redone it a couple of times to be sure. I tried the key sequence on the keyboard and it worked as it should. I tried the same key sequence using the goflight config tool and it worked. That's when I noticed that the buttons in the virtual cockpit that the key sequence is mapped to are visibility moving with the keyboard and goflight tool but not in with git?

Thanks
Terry

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  • edited March 2015

    Hi Terry

    Which key presses in particular? I have just done a quick test for LShift + 2 and it displayed the popup as expected. I couldn't find a key list for the 172 or a key configurator either?!

    Make sure you don't have any other software intercepting key presses. Have you enabled the Goflight device? Does it work via the Test button in Detective?

    Best wishes

    Steve

  • Hi Steve

    I used the a2a configuration tool for the c172 to map the autopilot buttons. They are all control-shift-letter. If you have the 172, the configuration tool is in a tools folder in the p3d/a2a/ folder.
    Yes the device is enabled and several of the buttons work. I forgot to use the test function but I will.

    Thanks
    Terry
  • Hello Steve

    I just used the test function and it did not work. The key sequence is control-shift-B mapped to the Baro button in a2a configurator.

    Thanks
    Terry
  • Hi Terry,

    Confirmed bug. It works OK with FSX but not A2A. I'll see if I can make it compatible.

    Best wishes

    Steve

  • Hi Steve

    Thank you. If it makes any difference, I am using Prepar3d v2.5 with both hotfixes.

    Terry
  • Hi Terry,

    I have created a Beta of GIT for Prepar3D for you to try. It provides:

    - a renamed KeyPress task. Now Detective shows SendKey and SendKey* task buttons. The SendKey* should be used when keys are not working as per the issue with the A2A 172.

    Un-install your previous version of GIT before installing this Beta. Get it here:


    Let me know the results.
    Thanks
    Steve
  • Hello Steve

    Afraid we went backwards with that one. The sendkey* did not work and all of the other key presses that were working quit.

    Thanks
    Terry
  • Check the date of InputSimulator.dll in your Goflight directory is today. If not uninstall, check its deleted and then reinstall.

    Best wishes

    Steve

  • It was December 21, 2009. I uninstalled and installed the 11-1 you sent me today and the inputsimulator.dll file is still dated the same December 21, 2008.

    Thanks
    Terry
  • Forgot to say. It was not there after the uninstall
  • Ok Terry, looks like the installer hasn't picked up the new version. Just copy and paste this version into your Goflight directory:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/4vnujm0iw18eysi/InputSimulator.dll?dl=0

    Thanks

    Steve

  • Hello Steve

    The * version works for the Baro. You can also see the button move in the virtual cockpit. I tried the * key press on the alt and hdg buttons that had been working before and they also worked but interestingly the buttons in the VC did not move. It is strange that that one button is different?
    I am curious. What is the difference between the key press and key press*?

    Thanks for making it work.
    Terry
  • It took me a day to work this out.

    SendKey* reverses the button down event and pauses between button up and down. I have to admit its very odd. I tried all the various recommendation regarding supporting DirectX and key presses but nothing would work with the A2A. I eventually stumbled on the need for a pause and then worked backwards from there, realising it wanted button up flags before button down. Makes no logical sense, but it does appear to work.

    I would always use SendKey unless it doesn't work and then try SendKey*.

    Thanks for testing.

    Best wishes

    Steve

  • Hi Steve

    Thank you for taking the time to fix.
    Terry
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