Is there a way to determine if you are using MSFS 2020 or MSFS2024, preferably by javascript sdk?
I need to implement some different logic depending on the sim version, for a toolbar.
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Currently you need a Simconnect program either as a Windows exe or a WASM module, and the connection onopen event callback parameter includes an appversion property. You can then write the value of that property (e.g. 12 for MSFS2024) into an L: variable, and your html/js and XML code can pick that up.
It’s not great, that call is unique to the Simconnect programming framework with no equivalent in the other four frameworks (XML RPN, HTML/JS, XML Templates, typescript gauges & apps). It’s an example of MSFS fragmenting which looks fine inside each of those bubbles but is inevitably going to be difficult to manage.
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Thanks. Pretty hacky unfortunately, and not very neat for what you’d think would be a basic piece of info to retrieve if you have to deploy a product to both, from the one codebase.
On this topic, is it possible to determine platform? i.e. is module running or Xbox or PC?
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Hello @StevenPearce833,
To determine whether the sim is being run on PC or Xbox, you can use these functions from an HTML instrument:
The functions are defined in the html_ui\JS\common.js file, so if you are going to use them on an instrument, the JS file in question is already called for instance.
For SimConnect or WASM, there is no “C++ native” way. You would have to use the CommBus API if you plan on retrieving this data from a WASM module.
Hope this works for you.
Regards,
Carlos Daniel González Gómez
NextGen Simulations
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