This is a tool to collect location data from MSFS and pass it to iPhone or iPad. As this tool communicates directly with the simulate location service of iOS/iPadOS, it can implement a system-wide location override on the device.
- An iPhone/iPad with developer mode enabled
- Installed a USB Ethernet driver (to create a tunnel with connected iPhone/iPad)
- WinUI 3-related SDKs
- Python 3
Note
MSIX packaging is enabled by default. If you're unhappy with this, feel free to switch it to the unpackaged way where you can have exe artifact. Here is how
The build of the WinUI app is the same as many other Visual Studio projects - just click build and run then you're ready to go.
Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Connect iPhone/iPad to your PC
- Have your MSFS flight session loaded
- Start the WinUI app and the Python script
- Press the start button
- Press the stop button when finished your flight
- Close the WinUI app and the Python script
This project consists of two components:
- A WinUI app to collect MSFS location via SimConnect
- A Python script to communicate with iPhone/iPad
They work together through HTTP. At the start, the WinUI app will send a start command to the Python script, letting it start the location simulate service on iPhone/iPad. Then location data will be passed from MSFS to the device regularly. In the end, everything will stop as soon as the Python script receives a stop command from the WinUI app.