To support LVAR access from within SPAD.neXt it is necessary to install the SPAD.neXt Bridge into the Simulator. The bridge will allow SPAD.neXt to query LVAR and set values. However it might be possible that an LVAR change is not being picked up by the simulator, because it is a read-only value.
To function correctly the LVAR bridge requires the Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2013 redistributables to be installed on the computer running the simulator. You will need to have the x86 version installed. If you installed SPAD.neXt using the installer, it will be installed automatically for you, if necessary.
To communicate with the simulator internally the LVAR bridge uses SimConnect version 10.0.61259.0. Even if you are running Prepar3D you will need to install this SimConnect version. You can grab the installation files and follow the readme to install it on the simulator computer.
Generally the installation should be done by the configuration wizard, but if necessary you can also done by manually
C:\Program Files\SPAD.neXt
by default )simmodule
CTRL-C
)C:\Program Files\SPAD.neXt
by default )simmodule
Simulator maindir\Modules
%APPDATA%
and hit enterFSX
FSX:SE
Prepar3D v2
Prepar3D v3
dll.xml
in this directory skip the next steps and continue here: New dll.xmldll.xml
. Copy it (CTRL-C CTRL-V
) and rename the copy as “dll.xml.BEFORE_SPAD_NEXT”dll.xml
in any text editor (notepad preferably, but not word or wordpad!)</SimBase.Document>
<Launch.Addon> <Name>SPAD.neXt Bridge</Name> <Disabled>False</Disabled> <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad> <Path>YOUR_LOCATION_HERE\SPDBridge.dll</Path> </Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon> <Name>SPAD.neXt Bridge</Name> <Disabled>False</Disabled> <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad> <Path>C:\Program Files\SPAD.neXt\simmodule\SPDBridge.dll</Path> </Launch.Addon> </SimBase.Document>
dll.xml
does not exist, create a new textfile with the following content:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?> <SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0"> <Descr>Launch</Descr> <Filename>dll.xml</Filename> <Disabled>False</Disabled> <Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad> <Launch.Addon> <Name>SPAD.neXt Bridge</Name> <Disabled>False</Disabled> <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad> <Path>YOUR_LOCATION_HERE\SPDBridge.dll</Path> </Launch.Addon> </SimBase.Document>