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ericmarciano asked FlyingRaccoon commented

Setting AP_FLIGHT_LEVEL_CHANGE mode

The flight level change mode does not work on my aircraft but it should, according to the aircraft config files. So I decided to trigger the event myself: when I press a panel button, the following code is executed:

SimVar.SetSimVarValue("K:AP_FLIGHT_LEVEL_CHANGE", "bool", true);

Nothing happens, the aircraft has no reaction. So I decided to check using a function that captures the events, including this one. And surprise, my function does not react when this event is triggered, while it correctly reacts for other events.

I also tried with AP_FLIGHT_LEVEL_CHANGE_ON but it makes no difference. It seems the event is completely ignored. Consequently the FL CH mode does not work :(

Does anyone has an idea why this does not work as expected?

Thank you.

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FlyingRaccoon answered

Hello @ericmarciano

Are other autopilot events working or just these ones?
Can you confirm the "CIRCUIT AUTOPILOT ON" simvar is set to true?

Regards,
Sylvain

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ericmarciano answered FlyingRaccoon commented

Yes, all the other autopilot modes work correctly, so I have no doubt about CIRCUIT AUTOPILOT ON. I finally found the reason why it was not working, it is just because some parts of the stock 747 were used in the model file. I changed this and it now works fine, probably because the reused parts were interfering with the autopilot.

But I solved a problem to discover another one: now that I can set the FL CH mode using this K: event (or using a key that I mapped) and now that it works, I noticed that the even listener does not get any event, which is important for me. I set the event handler to catch AP_FLIGHT_LEVEL_CHANGE and AP_FLIGHT_LEVEL_CHANGE_ON, none of them arrive when the FL CH mode is engaged using K:FLIGHT_LEVEL_CHANGE_ON or the keyboard.

This is strange...

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It doesn't receive any key events at all or just some of the AP ones?
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