Author Topic: GSX MSFS Toolbar  (Read 1200 times)

rwcatherall

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GSX MSFS Toolbar
« on: August 21, 2022, 02:35:11 am »
Hi, I've just purchased GSX Pro for MSFS. How do you get it to display on the toolbar?
The aircraft I'm using is the FENIX A320, Will it work with this aircraft?

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Re: GSX MSFS Toolbar
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2022, 02:53:29 am »
The toolbar icon is the only thing that doesn't depend on any software to run, it will show as long the product is installed so, if you don't have it, it's possible something went wrong in the installation.

Is the FSDT Installer reporting GSX Pro as installed ? Do you have links to both gsx packages in your Community folder ?

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Re: GSX MSFS Toolbar
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2022, 03:17:29 am »
Thanks for reply. Yes I seem to be missing those files in the Community folder.
Will reinstall!

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Re: GSX MSFS Toolbar
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2022, 04:34:13 am »
The toolbar icon is the only thing that doesn't depend on any software to run, it will show as long the product is installed so, if you don't have it, it's possible something went wrong in the installation.

Is the FSDT Installer reporting GSX Pro as installed ? Do you have links to both gsx packages in your Community folder ?

So is there any way a hotkey can be set to access the menu?  If not possible now, is this something that is planned for the future?

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Re: GSX MSFS Toolbar
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2022, 05:12:08 am »
In general, is something that is highly discouraged to do in MSFS.

In FSX or P3D, we could ask the sim to take a key and don't let anything else use it, not even the sim itself. This is no longer possible in MSFS: no Simconnect add-on can take a key and prevent the sim from using it, which will always receive the key and, if it is associated to any command, it will execute it. That's why we suggest to disable some keys of the drone camera because, by default, when you raise/lower a door in the GSX airplane editor, it will also trigger some focus change options in the camera.

Not only that, the masking doesn't work anymore even across add-ons themselves. Before, the first add-on claiming a key combination for its exclusive use would prevent the ones loaded later from getting the key. Now, all add-ons asking for the same key will happily received it, all executing what they were supposed to do with it, at the same time, which is even more confusing that having to handle key conflicts between add-ons. At least, before, you could sort them, if add-ons offered a way to change their reserved key, now you only get the confusion.

The issue is, Asobo doesn't want to have add-ons messing with the keyboard, because they fear badly programmed add-ons will do bad things, interfering with the sim which might stop responding to standard commands, if the developer didn't take enough care to use them in a sensible way.