Is there a way to determine Programmatically, in JS,
(1) The current User's GamerTag
(2) The MSFS Product type ( Base / Premium / Deluxe) ?
(3) MSFS Version #
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Hello @N6722C
I'm sorry but there is no official way of gathering those informations.
Best regards,
Yohan
Thank you for that information,,
The API call used by the Nameplates (aka InGameMarkers) returns everyone else's Xbox gamertag, so there might be some convoluted scheme where you can get that to return the tag for the in-sim pilot.
The current combo of the map's GET_AIR_TRAFFIC (locations but no info about the planes/users) and the API call used by InGameMarkers (xbox name, altitude, plane type, but no location) is just enough to not be useful and the data can't be joined up. If it is improved with a single API call, my plea would be to add ATC ID to the data (so plane_type, lat/long/alt, atc_id, xbox_id). After that I could use the velocity vectors and maybe an on_ground indication so I could predict where the plane is between samples.
It was Benjamin Franklin who first said, “You can do anything you set your mind to”.
In many cases, this also applies to MSFS -- with a little work and thinking "outside the box".
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