<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Very complex tool..... Notepad :)</div><div>The scripts are text files, a stored in the modules folder. Dead simple!</div><div><br></div><div>SeanG<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 19/12/2013, at 23:23, "Frank Riedel" <<a href="mailto:frank@youfly.nu">frank@youfly.nu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">What tool do you use to program lua ??</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">Den 19/12/2013 10.32 skrev "Sean Galbraith" <<a href="mailto:Sean.Galbraith@pacificsimulators.com">Sean.Galbraith@pacificsimulators.com</a>>:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-NZ" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">I’ve discovered, over the past few weeks the joys of LUA scripts in FSUIPC.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Not sure if anyone is using LUA for FS9/FSX/P3D projects, but it can do some pretty cool stuff *<b>really</b>* easily.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For one small project I needed to click on a virtual button on the screen, then return the mouse pointer to its previous location. In LUA this took 5 lines of code... I was thrilled <span style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The other really cool thing is that LUA gives access to internal gauge variables (LVARS) which means interacting with custom gauges on panels. I have a B737NG project at the moment which is using FS panels for the glass cockpit, and with LUA I can write to LVARS which give me direct access to things like EFIS controls for the custom gauges...<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Just had to share... LUA is good!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">SeanG<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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