How to set ATC AIRLINE SimVar through SimConnect?

[MSFS 2020] Questions & Community Discussions SimConnect
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Does anyone know how to programatically set ATC AIRLINE Simvar through SimConnect, thus overriding the setting from aircraft cfg? SDK says this variable is SETTABLE, but I haven’t been thus far successful. My code compiles and seems correct (even corresponds to what AI spewed out), but the SimVar simply stays what was set to in aircraft.config.

I have solid experience with SimConnect and I have been setting and retrieving SimVars left and right, but this one refuses to budge.

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Way back in the early FS2020 days, it used to only take the new value when you switch to a new ATC agent/frequency. I’m guessing that’s still the case, but haven’t tried it since then.

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Ok - thanks. That’s too bad.