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    Description

    Updated for V0.72  - Feature Update


    - RERUN the included FacilityDataLoader !!! as some issues have been fixed

    - Install WASM module Vx.8 for 2020 and/or 2024 if not done so

    Re MSFS2024:

    This addon also provides a native MSFS2024 WASM module and it adds the ability to load streamed facilities from MSFS2024 to enhance GPS waypoint tracking where the native aircraft does not synch properly with the Sim GPS and to provide base data for the flight bag.

    Please see the Quickguide for more installation and data capturing information.

    Due to shorcomings (logged as bugs with Asobo) the capturing process is not flawless and it takes about 15 Minutes - be patient.

    You need to install the WASM module in the 2024 Community folder in order to access most interactions.
    Some aircraft modules have been crafted others may or may not work - too many to test and review (sorry)
    Please let me know if you encounter issues in order to improve the addon.

    HudBar updates:

    • Add FS2024 native WASM module (V4.x for FS2024)
    • Add FS2024 facility data capturing
    • Add Ball, Slip indicator graph item
    • Add Collective Handle Position
    • Add Sim EFB Planned Route decoding for FS2024 (preliminary due to issues in EFB export)
    • Add Pull Sim EFB Planned Route as Flight Plan for FS2024
    • Add Export/Import of individual Profiles in Config (context menu)
    • Fix CameraControl cannot read saved slots when the locale decimal sign is not a decimal point
    • Fix HudBar cannot read user fonts when the locale decimal sign is not a decimal point
    • Fix HudBar Exception if Active Background color is set to transparent

    Flightbag Update

    • Update To select only Airports with Helipads in FlightBag-Config Runways
    • Update Stamen 3D Terrain default URL extended with parameter {r}
    • Fix MapProvider for Stamen sometimes not having the key read properly

    - The Flightbag, Camera Control and Checklist Box are available as part of HudBar as before, however those are also provided as independent Apps from this version onwards.

    You may find the following 4 Apps in the App folder:

    • ·         FS20_HudBar.exe               The HudBar App (as we had it before)
    • ·         FS20_FlightBag.exe            The FlightBag can now be run on its own if this is helpful
    • ·         FS20_CamControl.exe       The CamControl can now be run on its own if this is helpful
    • ·         FS20_ChecklistBox.exe     The ChecklistBox can now be run on its own if this is helpful

    The 3 additions are exactly the same as the ones you use from the HudBar and share the same settings – however they are, when run on their own, no longer controlled by the HudBar HotKeys but will also not close when the HudBar is closed.

    Due to the split the Manuals are also split for the 4 different Apps – you will find them in the App folder as well.

    - Due to license restrictions the Airports will no longer be provided as part of the HudBar App but there is a companion App which allows to collect the data needed for the Map and some other functionality from your Sim installation,  see ‘DataLoader’ for more information.
    You will get a PopUp Message when starting the HudBar if the database cannot be found.

    Old News
    The occasional stutter when saving FLT files for backup or Flightplan is still there

    NOTE: New items are default OFF
    - Updated the QuickGuides - it is included in the package, check it out and look for V0.72 tagged updates

    Also - pls let me know (may be via Github) when something fails, pls. include as much information as possible.

    Find all added items at the end of each panel in Configuration, adjust as needed.


    Configurable display for more than 100 essential Information items as Bar, Tile or Window 
    • Supports 1 to 4 engine aircrafts (Prop/Engine RPM, FuelFlow for each)
    • Provides 10 different content profiles which are fully configurable
    • The pilot can directly activate Autopilot commands
    • Auto Elevator Trim on a click
    • Bottom Bars work best with wide screen monitors
    • AutoSave of the Flight (FLT file) at 5 Min intervals
    • Flight Recording to KML File
    • Checklist Box (configurable)

    Usage 

    • Deploy the release zip content in a folder (no installer provided or needed)

    Start MSFS - wait until the main screen is shown

    Then Start FS20_HudBar.exe  it will connect once the Sim is up and running  
    Note: the shown values are a bit meaningless until the aircraft is live   
    Also note that the bar is shown on the ++PRIMARY monitor++ at the bottom of the screen   

    If you are using it the first time, all items except for the MSFS status are unchecked i.e. no further items are shown in the default bar at the bottom of the screen.
    – just head straight to the Configuration and check the ones you like (right click the bar – Configure...)!

    Right Click the Bar and choose from the pop up menu

    • To select a Profile (1..10)
    • To Configure.. to check or uncheck the items to be shown
    • To Exit and stop the program

    Please take a look into the include Quick Guide for more information

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    Full Credit goes to JayDeeGaming
    where the idea of this HudBar is 'borrowed' from

    https://www.youtube.com/c/JayDeeGaming/about

    (mine does not have any further dependencies however)  

    Checklist Box Idea Credit:
    Missionary Bush Pilot: https://www.missionarybushpilot.com/checklistbox

    Maintained at GitHub

    https://github.com/bm98/FS20_HudBar

     

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    6 days ago

    Hi many thanks fore this amazing program I have one icue that I need every time wen I start it I need to configure it how to safe files

    about 1 month ago

    Hi,

    Thank you very much for a great program. I use it for every flight.

    I may have missed something, but I can no longer save a profile so that when I start the program again, it is automatically loaded.

    Here is what I tried: I start the program. During the last session profile 1 was selected and the program loads the "Common" profile. Now from the Configure... screen I import my profile called "Prop". When I accept it, it gets loaded and started just fine. Now, when I close the program and re-start it, I am back in the "Common" profile, not in my "Prop" profile. Is that the way it should be or am Imissing something?

    Thank you in advance for any help.
    bm98chAuthor

    about 1 month ago

    You are right - there is a bug when importing a profile.
    I just tried and it will not store it for the next session and get lost.
    I have to fix this... sorry for the inconvenience

    10 days ago

    Hi,
    May I ask whether you had a chance for fix the issue? That would be great.
    Thank you

    8 days ago

    ?

    4 months ago

    Hi bm98ch-

    I'm a long-time user of your HudBar and find it to be a "must have" for my MSFS2020 install.

    Recently, I've noticed that the program does not consistently connect with MSFS (i.e., the MSFS block on the left side never turns green) and no values are loaded. Over the last few months, MSFS and HudBar do not connect ~90% of the time. I am running the most current version of HudBar, and have completed the dataloader operation. My normal process for starting and running the sim is to start MSFS and allow it to finish before running HudBar.

    Any ideas about why HudBar and MSFS might not be connecting?


    Thanks!
    Michael
    bm98chAuthor

    4 months ago

    Hi, have not noticed it but was mostly dealing with 2024 whoes...
    I have to see if the SimConnect procedure has changed since the latest updates SU.. and then make it more reliable.
    Thanks for the heads up on this issue.

    4 months ago

    I see it's the spoiler handle position that actually reports the osprey nacelle angle, but adding the existing spoiler handle variable in HudBar displays something I can't read.
    bm98chAuthor

    4 months ago

    May be you want to use the 'Spoiler/SBrake Graph' item instead of the number (the number just reports % in 10% steps i.e. 1,2,3 with that circled number but at some font sizes it seems barely readable..)
    Some aircraft report non standard value via existing SimVars or only LVars but without documentation or buying the item I cannot verify or test..

    4 months ago

    For 2024 what does the wasm module look like as far as its file name in the community folder? I'm not seeing it so I'm not sure if I need to update my copy of hud bar or if I deleted it over some concern for wasm errors.
    if I get that installed correctly would I be able to access something like Sim connect Cowl flaps number four increment and decrement? Those are used in the miltech osprey to change the engine nacelle cpitch angle and it's hard to see that value on the glass panel.

    4 months ago

    I got the updated version of hudbar and the wasm module installed

    5 months ago

    Does it work in VR?
    bm98chAuthor

    5 months ago

    I don't think so, it is a Windows App not a Sim Panel

    5 months ago

    Great app, thank you. I am using voice options, and the voice calls a different flap setting from actual one, i.e., flap 15( voice calls it 30),flap 30( voice calls it 70). Any way for me to correct this?
    bm98chAuthor

    5 months ago

    Thanks :) right now you cannot change anything.
    The voice out is currently using the deployment percent and not degrees, I assume your numbers refer to Deg?
    The Sim provides only percent or an index i.e. position 1.. max but not the deg mentioned on the lever of an aircraft.
    I have to see what is possible to add.

    5 months ago

    Hey there,
    thank you for this outstanding piece of work.

    However I cannot get the dataLoader making its business.

    The log-file shows following:

    2025-12-21 04:01:10.8152|INFO|FacilityDataLoader.frmLoader|btStart_Click|Called
    2025-12-21 04:01:10.8152|INFO|FacilityDataLoader.frmLoader|btStart_Click|fs2020genAptV2.dblite-> DOES NOT EXIST
    2025-12-21 04:01:10.8152|INFO|FacilityDataLoader.frmLoader|btStart_Click|fs2024genAptV2.dblite-> DOES NOT EXIST
    2025-12-21 04:01:17.0524|INFO|FacilityDataLoader.frmLoader|btStart_Click|Called
    2025-12-21 04:01:17.0524|INFO|FacilityDataLoader.frmLoader|btStart_Click|fs2020genAptV2.dblite-> DOES NOT EXIST
    2025-12-21 04:01:17.0524|INFO|FacilityDataLoader.frmLoader|btStart_Click|fs2024genAptV2.dblite-> DOES NOT EXIST
    2025-12-21 04:01:17.0524|INFO|FacilityDataLoader.frmLoader|btStart_Click|Reading FS2024 data started
    2025-12-21 04:01:17.0599|DEBUG|BGLlib.MemDB.MemoryDB||ReadStreamAndDumpSqlite
    2025-12-21 04:01:17.0599|DEBUG|FacilityStreamLib.FSFacilityReader||FSFacilityReader-cTor: useCache:False
    2025-12-21 04:01:17.0771|INFO|FacilityStreamLib.SimCon.SimConHandler||Connect...

    And nothing happens. Please also look at the enclosed picture.

    Can you help?

    Thanks for support.

    Regards
    Markus


    bm98chAuthor

    5 months ago

    It is an issue reported many times however I could not find the cause so far. But I am about to create a version that does no longer use the problematic part. Only it takes some time to get everything back together and make sure it does not cause other trouble...
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    MSFS 2020MSFS 2024

    MSFS HudBar

    Configurable display for more than 100 essential Information items as Bar, Tile or Window. Supports 1 to 4 engine aircrafts (Prop/Engine RPM, FuelFlow for each); Provides 5 different content profiles which are fully configurable; The pilot can directly activate Autopilot commands Auto Elevator Trim on a click; Bottom Bars work best with wide screen monitors; AutoSave of the Flight (FLT file) at 5 Min intervals Flight; Recording to KML File

    Downloads14K
    Version0.72
    File Size43.57 MB
    Published4 years ago
    Updated10 months ago

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    Simulator
    MSFS2020/24
    CategoryUtilities
    Sub-CategoryApplications

    Version History

    V 0.72-B72 - Please UPDATE the WASM Module (see quick guide) !!! - Add FS2024 native WASM module (V4.x for FS2024) - Add Ball, Slip indicator graph item - Add Collective Handle Position - Add Sim EFB Planned Route decoding for FS2024 (preliminary due to issues in EFB export) - Add Pull Sim EFB Planned Route as Flight Plan for FS2024 - Add Export/Import of individual Profiles in Config (context menu) - Update To select only Airports with Helipads in FlightBag-Config Runways - Update Stamen 3D Terrain default URL extended with parameter {r} - Fix CameraControl cannot read saved slots when the locale decimal sign is not a decimal point - Fix HudBar cannot read user fonts when the locale decimal sign is not a decimal point - Fix HudBar Exception if Active Background color is set to transparent - Fix MapProvider for Stamen sometimes not having the key read properly - Update QuickGuides

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