SimConnect SDK in Rust

An opinionated SimConnect SDK that encapsulates the C API fully and optimizes for developer experience.

Usage

[dependencies]
simconnect-sdk = { version = "0.1", features = ["derive"] }

use simconnect_sdk::{Notification, SimConnect, SimConnectObject};

/// A data structure that will be used to receive data from SimConnect.
/// See the documentation of `SimConnectObject` for more information on the arguments of the `simconnect` attribute.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, SimConnectObject)]
#[simconnect(period = "second")]
#[allow(dead_code)]
struct AirplaneData {
    #[simconnect(name = "TITLE")]
    title: String,
    #[simconnect(name = "CATEGORY")]
    category: String,
    #[simconnect(name = "PLANE LATITUDE", unit = "degrees")]
    lat: f64,
    #[simconnect(name = "PLANE LONGITUDE", unit = "degrees")]
    lon: f64,
    #[simconnect(name = "PLANE ALTITUDE", unit = "feet")]
    alt: f64,
    #[simconnect(name = "SIM ON GROUND")]
    sim_on_ground: bool,
}

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = SimConnect::new("Receiving data example");

    match client {
        Ok(mut client) => {
            let mut notifications_received = 0;

            loop {
                let notification = client.get_next_dispatch()?;

                match notification {
                    Some(Notification::Open) => {
                        println!("Connection opened.");

                        // After the connection is successfully open, we register the struct
                        client.register_object::<AirplaneData>()?;
                    }
                    Some(Notification::Object(data)) => {
                        if let Ok(airplane_data) = AirplaneData::try_from(&data) {
                            println!("{airplane_data:?}");

                            notifications_received += 1;

                            // After we have received 10 notifications, we unregister the struct
                            if notifications_received > 10 {
                                client.unregister_object::<AirplaneData>()?;
                                println!("Subscription stopped.");
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    _ => (),
                }

                // sleep for about a frame to reduce CPU usage
                std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(16));
            }
        }
        Err(e) => {
            println!("Error: {e:?}")
        }
    }

    Ok(())
}

See more examples.

Feature table

General

Feature	Status	Comment
DispatchProc
SimConnect_Open	✓
SimConnect_Close	✓
SimConnect_CallDispatch
SimConnect_GetNextDispatch	✓
SimConnect_RequestSystemState
SimConnect_MapClientEventToSimEvent	-	Coming soon
SimConnect_SubscribeToSystemEvent
SimConnect_SetSystemEventState
SimConnect_UnsubscribeFromSystemEvent
SimConnect_SetNotificationGroupPriority	-	Coming soon

Events And Data

Feature	Status	Comment
SimConnect_RequestDataOnSimObject	✓	Only for SIMCONNECT_OBJECT_ID_USER
SimConnect_RequestDataOnSimObjectType	-	Coming soon
SimConnect_AddClientEventToNotificationGroup	-	Coming soon
SimConnect_RemoveClientEvent
SimConnect_TransmitClientEvent
SimConnect_TransmitClientEvent_EX1
SimConnect_MapClientDataNameToID
SimConnect_RequestClientData
SimConnect_CreateClientData
SimConnect_AddToClientDataDefinition
SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition	✓	Supports f64, bool and String
SimConnect_SetClientData
SimConnect_SetDataOnSimObject
SimConnect_ClearClientDataDefinition
SimConnect_ClearDataDefinition	✓
SimConnect_MapInputEventToClientEvent
SimConnect_RequestNotificationGroup
SimConnect_ClearInputGroup
SimConnect_ClearNotificationGroup
SimConnect_RequestReservedKey
SimConnect_SetInputGroupPriority
SimConnect_SetInputGroupState
SimConnect_RemoveInputEvent

AI Objects

Feature	Status	Comment
SimConnect_AICreateEnrouteATCAircraft
SimConnect_AICreateNonATCAircraft
SimConnect_AICreateParkedATCAircraft
SimConnect_AICreateSimulatedObject
SimConnect_AIReleaseControl
SimConnect_AIRemoveObject
SimConnect_AISetAircraftFlightPlan

Flights

Feature	Status	Comment
SimConnect_FlightLoad
SimConnect_FlightSave
SimConnect_FlightPlanLoad

Debug

Feature	Status	Comment
SimConnect_GetLastSentPacketID
SimConnect_RequestResponseTimes
SimConnect_InsertString
SimConnect_RetrieveString

Facilities

Feature	Status	Comment
SimConnect_AddToFacilityDefinition
SimConnect_RequestFacilitesList	✓
SimConnect_RequestFacilitiesList_EX1
SimConnect_RequestFacilityData
SimConnect_SubscribeToFacilities	✓
SimConnect_SubscribeToFacilities_EX1
SimConnect_UnsubscribeToFacilities	✓
SimConnect_UnsubscribeToFacilities_EX1

Missions

Feature	Status	Comment
SimConnect_CompleteCustomMissionAction
SimConnect_ExecuteMissionAction