Version:1.0.72.0
Frequency: Consistently on MSFS 2020 imported aircraft
Severity: BLOCKER
What package? Multiple IndiaFoxtEcho products: F-14, F-35, M-346, T-45
Bug description:
Although apparently still allowed by the SDK, XML instruments fail to render correctly or similarly to MSFS 2020.
In particular:
GaugeText DOES NOT WORK (no text rendered at all)
Image ONLY WORKS WITH .BMP FILES (in MSFS 2020 .png files also worked, which was convenient for a number of reasons)
Repro steps:
Load any of the packages above and try and fly from the cockpit.
T-45 (latest marketplace version) XML instruments using .bmp files → images render OK but no text
F-14 (latest marketplace version) XML instruments using .png files → no bitmap images, no text
Other XML graphic entities seem not to work anymore in MSFS2024… for example variable dimensions rectangles.
As for the issues reported initially - a VERY OLD xml approach seem to work on for text, that is the “Text” (as opposed to “GaugeText” in the FSX SDK) - this would require rewriting everything with the older XML structure (which I think it was from FS9, but I may be wrong).
Workaround for the .bitmaps would be to revert to .bmp files - but in any case we would need to rewrite all the scripts with graphics.
In general, in MSFS2024 some XML graphic elements work… but most do not.
Scripts with logic only seem to work perfectly fine.
I would appreciate a clarification on what should work and what not in terms of XML: in general, XML instruments in MSFS2020 DO NOT work in MSFS2024 Dev Alpha - so backward compatibility is not working.
