Obscure change in behavior 1.0.0.2

[Dakota]

I have been depending on sim/cockpit/radios/gps_course_degtm to change immediately on a leg change in the GTN, including direct-to or flight plan, and regardless of the CDI mode (VLOC or GPS). In 1.0.0.2, now if the GTN is in VLOC, changing GPS leg does not update the DTK in sim/cockpit/radios/gps_course_degtm until the CDI button is twigged to GPS then back to VLOC. Until you twig it, sim/cockpit/radios/gps_course_degtm retains the previous leg's DTK. Is this what you intended for the fix "Incorrectly setting the NAV OBS Datarefs when in VLOC mode" in the release notes?

However sim/cockpit/radios/gps_dir_degt is updated immediately. I was able to read this, add the magvar, and thus get the magnetic DTK that way. It seems like  sim/cockpit/radios/gps_course_degtm should always indicate the DTK of the current leg, or 0 if no leg. Or maybe this is what you intended for "Incorrectly setting the NAV OBS Datarefs when in VLOC mode" in the release notes?

I just thought you'd like to know. I know this is an obscure problem! If you discover that this was unintended part of the fixes for 1.0.0.2, please include that in the next release notes so I can undo my hack in code. Thanks.

As you can see from my earlier post today, I am very impressed with TDS GTNXi!!!

[adminOwner2]

Hello,

In regards to the "sim/cockpit/radios/gps_course_degtm" dataref, your assumption is correct, it is set not to write when in VLOC mode. We will make the internal change and the bug fix will be part of the next TDS GTNXi release, but if this will affect other aircraft, we will have to revert it, we do not think so.

You can also use the same dataref, as published by TDS, with it being described in the TDS PDF manual.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.