set the Season and Time of Day using C#

[ppp333ddd_]

Hi,
I am using C# WPF to read and write data in P3D V4. I need to implement the function to choose Season and Time of Day but I can't find any API from simconnect webpage or SDK regarding them. Can anyone help? Thanks.

Kind regards,
Jeff

[Rob McCarthy]

Sorry, we currently don't expose a way to change time/season through SimConnect or the PDK. The SimConnect_FlightLoad function can be used to load scenarios with different times and seasons.

Regards,
Rob McCarthy

[ppp333ddd_]

Hi Rob,

Sorry for my late reply. I was assigned some new tasks and I will try the function you told me later. Thanks!

Kind regards,

Jeff

[ppp333ddd_]

Hi Rob,

I found that an Event ID called KEY_ZULU_DAY_SET is able to set the date in P3D by simconnect, https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc526980.aspx
but not sure if it should be used in TransmitClientEvent, SetDataOnSimObject or any other function/API. Could you help? Thanks.

Jeff

[obinder]

Hello Jeff,

this is really simple. The third parameter of "TransmitClientEvent" is the uint dwData. In dwData you provide the value that you want to set.

ZULU_YEAR_SET: set the year (2017)
ZULU_DAY_SET: set the day of the year (1-365)
ZULU_HOURS_SET: set the hour of day (0-24)
ZULU_MINUTES_SET: set the minutes (0-60)

Learning Center -> SDK -> References -> Variables -> Event IDs

If you make large changes to these variables the simulator will reload the scenario, and it will adjust season and time of day depiction accordingly.

Best regards
Oliver Binder
Lorby-SI