follow up on lua script for pmdg 777

billstewart

Ok, so tried to follow example from ngx to create a script that will turn on both ac packs in the pmdg 777. Basically I created this:

if (getkvar("DATA_OH_AIR_SWITCH_L_PACK") == 0) then
       sendevt("EVT_OH_AIRCOND_PACK_SWITCH_L", MOUSE_LEFTSINGLE)
end

when I try to run it from the lua console, I get the following error:

Error: ...s\GoFlight Interface Tool\LUA\PMDG 777\eric_airpacks.lua:2: unexpected symbol near '<\160>'

Can you please tell me what I did wrong?
Thanks

admin_pps

Hi Bill,

I think the editor you are using has saved the file in HTML format. Try using notepad or notepad++ as it needs to be a text file.

Best wishes
Steve

billstewart

will do, I was just using what automatically opened via the lua console. I'm using windows 10 if that matters
thanks

billstewart

hi again. I made sure that I was using Notepad as the lua editor and I'm still getting the issue. Can you test that event? Assuming you have PMDG 777. Maybe my code is wrong?
Thanks

billstewart

here is the complete script for trying to turn on the left pack:

if (getkvar("DATA_OH_AIR_SWITCH_L_PACK") == 0) then
       sendevt("EVT_OH_AIRCOND_PACK_SWITCH_L", MOUSE_LEFTSINGLE)
end

sleep(75)

setbvar("Bespoke Var 0", getkvar("DATA_OH_AIR_SWITCH_L_PACK"))


error code:
Error: ...s\GoFlight Interface Tool\LUA\PMDG 777\eric_airpacks.lua:2: unexpected symbol near '<\160>'

thanks for your help

billstewart

ok, found the issue. apparently when I copied your NGX example, it had some extra spaces in the code (specifically after "if"

Deleted the spaces and seems to work

admin_pps

I suspect copying and pasting into an editor that understands html, is also copying the hidden html into the file as well. The hidden spaces was probably html.