danewatson

To John and Pete - thank you so much for your reply and offers of help. However, last night at the end of my fourth day of getting my system close to 100%, I decided to load up P3D once more and re-configure my FSUIPC using the "previous" ini file. The results are great all is back and operating as far as I can tell so far very well. Regards, Dane

All had been working perfectly for many months until the last Windows Update crippled my PC and I had no choice but to do a complete factory reset and three days later I have installed 100% of all files and programs. P3D v4.4 is working well as is all other addons except for FSUIPC-5. After installing I copied over my previously backed up FSUIPC-5 folder which has all my LUA, settings, as well as other special setups. Well FSUIPC does not recognize my joystick, rudder, or x-box controllers. The settings show up in the dialogue menus but do not operate. Is there an easy fix to this or do I have to start all over again (I don't remember some of my special setups from previously)? Attached are - Screenshot of Previous Folder, as well as Previous "ini" and "log" files. - all of these worked perfectly before, and I thought that all I had to do was paste it all into my new folder. Regards, Dane FSUIPC5.ini FSUIPC5.log

Pete - you are absolutely brilliant - Mouse Macros was the way to get around the problem with controlling the two mixture levers with joystick buttons in this PBY Catalina aircraft by Aerosoft. It took me three goes at it to fully understand. My first two attempts I was not getting both mixture levers recorded in the macro for simultaneous increase and as well decrease. I ended up with a bunch MCRO files that were not correct - so I deleted them all and started over for the third time and it all came together. THANK YOU, Dane. Ps - this is what I ended up with in both the INI (including a Profile Specific spec for this PBY aircraft) and the MCRO files [Profile.PBY] 1=PBY-6A_Civil_Calypso [MacroFiles] 1=PBY [Buttons.PBY] 0=PJ,8,CM1:1,0 -{Macro PBY: MXTR DECREASE: MXTR DECREASE}- 1=PJ,6,CM1:3,0 -{Macro PBY: MXTR INCREASE: MXTR INCREASE}- [Macros] 1= MXTR DECREASE 1.1=RX1002e,1 1.2=RX1002f,1 3= MXTR INCREASE 3.1=RX1002e,3 3.2=RX1002f,3

No Pete, I do know how to assign button events to an axis. I have many assigned. It is just this particular aircraft, the PBY, that is not allowing the assignment in the normal manner. So I do believe from what I have read that Mouse Macros hopefully will work Will find out... Thanks again...

Looking forward to testing this out. Did a lot of studying last evening to try to understand. My only thought right now is - because I am trying to control a mixture lever which moves forward and backward will the macro capture that entire movement? I presently use one joystick button for mixture rich increments and another for mixture decrease increments. Looking forward this evening to checking this out. Thank you.

Thanks Pete I will check out all that you have mentioned. Sorry I should have noted my sim in my post - P3D v4.3

This is really a curiosity question but it is one that I sure would like to get further feedback on. All of my aircraft controls are setup to work through FSUIPC either with joystick, buttons, or keys and everything works perfectly except for one particular aircraft that I just installed from Aerosoft - PBY Catalina. A great 1940's historic bird. The only problem I am having is that the mixture control levers have to be operated with the mouse buttons or wheel. I have tried without success different settings through FSUIPC. I asked the question with Aerosoft and was told by Mathijs Kok - "... the mixture is not like in other aircraft so we could not use the default commands". Now I know that Mathijs is extremely competent and one of the top engineers at Aerosoft so I certainly accept his answer. My question is - If I can move the levers with mouse control is there no way to set that up through FSUIPC using either buttons or keys?

Yes Dave you are correct. Disabled Controllers, re-calibrated in P3D, then reassigned and re-calibrated in FSUIPC and all is good.

Thanks again Thomas found it and all is now good.

Thanks. Will check it out this evening.

No, I actually did not see where to disable (obviously I missed it). I did do that in FSX, so it makes sense I should do it in P3D. I will check that out, thank you. Will report back.

Yesterday installed P3D v4.1 - install and initial running was perfect - only used the default setup including the built in assignments for joystick, rudder and x-box controller (used for Chase Plane). Then it was time to install my first addon (and most important) - FSUIPC-5 with a successful registration. I then deleted all control assignments in P3D (a blank slate). Then copied over from my FSX-SE my FSUIPC-4 and all my LUA files. Renamed FSUIPC-4 to FSUIPC-5. Then tried to ensure all controls were assigned and calibrated. All works well except my joystick ailerons and elevators - they are jumping all over the place (jittering). I recalibarted my controls in P3D and then recalibrated in FSUIPC - the jittering subsided a wee bit but the aircraft is very eratic in flight as an example if I push forward just a touch on my joystick for down elevator the aircraft reacts with a very abrupt aileron bank. It's not my joystick, because when I shut down P3D and start up FSX evrything is perfect and it was also perfect with the P3D built in control assignments before I installed FSUIPC I have tried everything I know - can you help with this. I am attaching three files - ini, csv, log FSUIPC5.ini FSUIPC5.JoyScan.csv FSUIPC5.log

Thanks Pete, I did fix that. Deleted all the Helicopter related aircraft and profile and started over from within FSX & FSUIPC. All is now good, now UseProfiles=Yes in the INI file.

Thanks again Pete. Re. The Helicopter Profiles, the only one re-installed is 1=WILCO-FSTR, the other two are not yet installed. I will review. Dane

Pete - what can I say but simply THANK YOU YET AGAIN. I now completely understand the problem - due to my new Windows install and because I thought I was doing the right thing by pasting in my previous FSUIPC4.ini file, the settings did not jive. I made the changes and all is excellent. Thank you. PS - I have purchased your FSUIPC5 as I am going to be purchasing P3D v4 next week. Can I copy in my FSUIPC4.ini file and simply change the name to FSUIPC5.ini? Is there anything other file(s) that can or should be copied over?

Due to Windows 10 Version 1709 I had to reset my PC during the installation of Version 1703, then I had to reinstall everything all over again. Everything is working great but I am stumped by by FSUIPC.ini file indicating <<MISSING JOYSTICK>> and also the second and third two lines that are in my saved FSUIPC.ini file get removed when I load FSX. I have attached my ini and my log files for review. LINE 2 MISSING - 0=Radio Switch Device LINE 3 MISSING - 0.GUID={B7441AB0-BD61-11E6-8009-444553540000}) [JoyNames] AutoAssignLetters=No C=Controller (Gamepad F310) << MISSING JOYSTICK >> C.GUID={A628CE50-0254-11E7-8001-444553540000} J=Logitech Extreme 3D << MISSING JOYSTICK >> J.GUID={F7DD4480-BD9C-11E6-8001-444553540000} R=T-Rudder << MISSING JOYSTICK >> R.GUID={D17FC700-30DC-11E7-8001-444553540000} 1=Controller (Gamepad F310) 1.GUID={18ECDE50-CD6F-11E7-8002-444553540000} 2=Logitech Extreme 3D 2.GUID={23DBF0D0-CD6F-11E7-8003-444553540000} 3=T-Rudder 3.GUID={EFC4ACB0-CD6E-11E7-8001-444553540000} FSUIPC4.ini FSUIPC4.log

I don't mean to keep this post going but I just wanted to report my final update to my issue. I got my PC back from my tech guy today and all is well, I did not have to do a factory reset. What I did do was to uninstall the Windows Update KB4038788 restarted the PC, launched FSX-SE and went into the Load Flight... menu under FSUIPC in the ADD Ons - I DID NOT HAVE AN ISSUE. So for those experiencing crashes this may be the cause - if you copy and paste - Windows Update KB4038788 causing FSX crashes and P3D - into a Google search you will see that this is an issue for many people. That's all for my post... Regards, Dane.

Regarding the above thread. My PC is in the tech shop as the technician is trying to resurrect it without me having to do a full factory reset. I have just finished reading three different threads that points to a recent Windows update which is causing FSX, FSX-SE, and P3D to crash - this could very well have been my problem?! Windows Update KB4038788 causing FSX crashes and P3D

Thank you Pete, I will act on all this in a number of days as my computer is not happy. It decided to crash last night and will not restart it seems that I may have to do a complete factory reset and begin the extremely long and frustrating task of rebuilding and reinstalling everything from scratch, that is if I can remember everything - I am not a happy flier at this moment... Regards, Dane.

Thomas, I installed FSUIPC4.971 but it did not solve the problem. I have done a great deal of elimination process and nothing seems to make a difference. What I have found is very strange but I can repeat the Microsoft crash every time - when I go to the ADD-ONS drop down and open the FSUIPC Loaf Flights... and then move my mouse up or down through the various saved flights, that is when it crashes. If I do not move my mouse in the saved flights area it does not crash - like I said I find this very strange. I am including another FSUIPC log as well as my FSUIPC ini file in case you want to have a look. FSUIPC4.ini FSUIPC4.log

Thank you I will do that, then see

FSUIPC4, Version 4.966c I have noticed that sometimes FSX-SE crashes the moment I go into the ADD-ONS Load Flight... when I have the Default Flight loaded. Other flights do not seem to cause this problem. I have attached my FSUIPC4.log for reference EDITED Just edited my info above as well as attaching this error message FSUIPC4.log

I have found my problem - please ignore my post. I found that I had conflicting (duplicated) aircraft names. Once I edited the names all was OK. One does learn a lot during these moments of trying to figure things out...

Not sure if I have done something wrong, but it seems pretty simple to setup Profile Specific and add aircraft to it. However I must be doing something wrong as FSUIPC is stuck in Profile Specific mode. I had created a Helicopter Profile Specific and added two different helicopters into that profile and all works great. Then I loaded a new flight of a standard fixed wing aircraft to fly but FSUIPC did not recognize the fact that the aircraft loaded was not one of the helicopters and I did not see a way to turn off the Profile Specific check mark as it was greyed out, so I had to go into the FSUIPC4.ini file and change Use Profile=Yes to No, then restart FSX-SE and actually had to reconfigure a setting. Looking for help on this matter as I would like to keep using the profile specific feature. I have attached my FSUIPC4.log file

Thank you DaveG I appreciate your reply.