Nope I had C++ 2005 installed multiple versions both 32 and 64 bit. I also have 2015 installed as well.
Tried reinstalling sim connect, the gauge just isn't working. Just a random there is no chance it's related to some avionics master?
really wanted to get this running.
I no longer have FSX installed on this machine, the FA18.dll came from another machine with the steam version on it, could this be a problem?
this is really perplexing as I rarely have any issue installing things to P3d, FSUIPC and all other sim connect functions appear to work fine.
will keep persisting until I resolve this.
Thanks for the input thus far.
Cheers