Discussion Blink Stick cockpit indicator app

[Malek]

Hi all,

I'm after a little help guidance if possible

I have a pair of blinksticks attached to my horas setup, the aim is for the blinksticks to activate in a set colour and pattern depending on the event. For example under attack will rotate red, a new message will flash green. It just an extra visual indication that something important has occurred.

So the first version of this I am struggling, the program monitors changes to the journal file, but I was under the impression that after each entry the journal would save.

This does not appear to be the case on my first tests last night, only if you open the log file does the data get updated and my app work.

I'm guessing I have gone about this the wrong way to start with? When does the journal file actually get saved, is at the end of each session? Is there another file I should monitor?

Hope that makes sense, any help would be appreciated.

 

[Bionic Bytes]

The journal is continuously being written to by the game as and when an event occurs. Typically this can be every second during busy times or several minutes if absolutely nothing is happening. Your application needs to poll the file and read the contents frequently, or use the windows folder watch API and receive a callback when the folder contents change. Your app needs to do this in such a way that it does not block write access to Elite.