Pause at distance from destination

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Can you set up a pause a certain distance from destination (as you used to be able to do with add-one like Cargo Pilot)?

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It would be nice to have that feature in the app.

For now I am using an AutoHotKey to automatically send the Esc key to Flight Simulator at a specific time. I am still testing the script and will share it soon.

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Here’s a working AutoHotkey script to pause Flight Simulator at a specific time. How to use this:

  • Install AutoHotkey
  • Create a script named pauseFlightSimulator.ahk (with code below… remember to change the time to what you need)
  • Right click on script and choose “Compile Script”. This should create a pauseFlightSimulator.exe.
  • Right click on pauseFlightSimulator.exe and choose “Run as Administrator”

Code for pauseFlightSimulator.ahk:

SendMode Input
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% 

#Persistent
SetTimer, Chronos, 500
Return

Chronos:
FormatTime, TimeToPause,,HHmm

If TimeToPause = 1850 ; If you wanted the script to start at 7 am put change 1006 to 700
{
   goto PauseFS
}
Return

PauseFS:
Sleep 250

if WinExist("Microsoft Flight Simulator")
  WinActivate ; use the window found above 
  WinWaitActive, Microsoft Flight Simulator
  SoundBeep, [ 1000, 25]
  Sleep 500

  Send {Esc down}
  Sleep 250
  Send {Esc up}
  Sleep 250
  Sleep 500

  ExitApp

return
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I’m using my code, what a little different, and works fine:

It starts FS and executes the button press. I turning on my FS-computer blindly press the keyboard shortcut assigned to this program, then after 2 minutes I turn on the TV.

sleep, 1000
run, steam://rungameid/1250410 ; use your own run start code!
sleep, 70000 ; 1000 = 1 sec
WinActivate, Microsoft Flight Simulator
WinWaitActive, Microsoft Flight Simulator
Send {Space down}
Sleep 250
Send {Space up}
Sleep 1000

ExitApp