I need my piliot id for simbrief, and the flybywire info on how to find it does not match anything i have found on the massive page for HOW TO USE your simbrief data. All i want is my piliot ID, why is this so hard !!!
Just thinking out loud, but perhaps the Pilot ID access to the briefing data should be officially deprecated and developers should be steered towards using the username instead?
Regards,
Tim
It probably can’t be removed completely, since some add-ons require users to enter their SimBrief details into the FMS. Since the FMS has a limited keyboard, users with special characters in their usernames wouldn’t be able to enter them properly.
I think the Pilot ID can be kept as a workaround for these situations. But I agree it should be discouraged in general, I’ve updated the Fetching a user's latest OFP data post accordingly.
Cheers,
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Heh, I hadn’t thought about that. I guess that’s probably why many developers pick the pilot ID despite is being less convenient for most users.
Regards,
Tim