Updated: Using the Datareftool in X-Plane

[@funofflying15]

Great tutorial Jose, very much appreciated! I’ve tried the previous version of the DataRef tool but in my case it occasionally crashed XP11 for some unknown reason and in any event, it wasn’t very user friendly. This latest version however looks to be much improved, so I look forward to trying it out. Thanks for bringing it to our attention 😎. Kind regards, Paul in the UK

[@Qosmokid]

Thanks Paul, I really like this version too. for some reason even just the ability to copy and paste the name of the command and dataref is very useful

[@Kalease54]

Great video and good to see you back! Looking forward to the next video. Your walkthroughs of the different tools have been very helpful in my journey. Thank You

[@Qosmokid]

Thank you Kalease, knowing that is what inspires me to keep making videos

[@dextergray6606]

Awesome instruction, THANK YOU!

[@FlintSky18]

Excelente Jose !! Ahora estoy de regreso con mi simulador, gracias a ti !! Te mando un fuerte abrazo 🤗

[@dixielandfarm]

Just when I thought I was done with the Datareftool, there is a plane I found one of my controls doesn't do what it should. Another tip for datarefs, you can crack open the .acf and find the dataref that way - it took me weeks to find a certain dataref for one of my planes and the dataref tool couldn't find it. I didn't realize the tool was updated, will have to download.

[@Qosmokid]

Yes that's a good point about the .acf file. I've never tried it that way but also I forgot to mention that after you run the datareftool you can look in the Xplane11/output/preferences folder and there is two text files called drt_last_run_commandrefs.txt & drt_last_run_datarefs.txt that list all the commands and datarefs that were loaded the last time you ran the datareftool.

[@TheGbelcher]

This is the great information. Thanks for sharing!

[@Qosmokid]

Glad you find it useful, thanks for the comment

[@frysimulation]

Great video. Another great tool to configure aircraft that is not free is Spad.Next.

[@Skinny-me]

Thank you so much for this great video! i am totally new to x-plane, and dont know much about programming. However i would like to learn how to control x-plane, sp Datarefs seem the right way to get the most flexibility. Loooking forward to your upcoming videos. Really appreciated that you share your knowledge! ❤ / David, Sweden.

[@Qosmokid]

Youre very welcome, I really enjoy making these videos and trying to help out however I can. The great thing about Simvimx/Real Sim Control is that you don't have to do any programming at all. Let me know if you have any specific questions

[@FlightSim2703]

Hi my friend, I'm glad to see you again 🥰👍👍👍

[@Qosmokid]

Thanks Brian, hope you're enjoying your setup

[@Glasairman]

Hi I used this tool to find Toliss AirbusFBW Datarefs which are not published and are are not picked up by the Dataref Editor. All the Datarefs you show here are integers or floats and I have had no probs in setiing them from an external program. However many of the AirbusFBW datarefs visibie in the DataRef Tool just say 'activate'. Without knowning what activate means internally, it's hard to enter a program value that changes the Dataref state. Do you have any information perhaps?

[@Qosmokid]

Hi there, unfortunately I don't own any FBW aircraft so I can't look up some of those datarefs you are talking about. The only weird think I have seen with some datarefs mostly with lights if I remember correctly is that they are arrays. Those are the ones that have a bunch of numbers separated by commas. I don't understand arrays so I couldn't even begin to try to explain them to you ☹

[@hakanr339b]

What's the name of dataref about drawing distance of world objects? For example I want to see buildings from so far away too but they just disappear when I'm far from them.

[@hakanr339b]

Liked the video btw.

[@Qosmokid]

Im not sure about that. I dont even know if theres a dataref for that. That might just be something that needs to be changed in some XPlane settings ini file. I've never even looked into that so I have no idea how to change that.

[@Qosmokid]

A quick Google search had this maybe it will help your need. forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/36925-rendering-options-for-xp11/

[@hakanr339b]

@@Qosmokid thank you so much, sir!

[@patwhite2740]

hello do you know how to intergrate using TouchPortal?

[@Qosmokid]

Hello Pat, no I've never used Touch Portal. I do know of a viewer of mine that makes a lot of videos about working with that software. His channel is called "Fun of Flying" Here is is, hopefully those will help: youtube.com/@funofflying15 This is his Touch Portal playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLnNErrEtTp0VbAvQSBuNoEWWtbSNDZ1A8

[@Qosmokid]

@Venel EMMANUEL No se porque puedo ver que me puso un commentario pero no aparece aqui. Yo baje eso que me pregunta de aqui: forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/42643-xplanecdu-for-android/ o directamente aqui waynepiekarski.net/extplane