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Prepar3d v4 crashes when loading a flight
John Dowson replied to malarmao's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
In your installation folder, the same location as the log file and the FSUIPC4.dll. -
FSUIPC 7 No Longer Connects To Logitech Panels
John Dowson replied to iflygary's topic in FSUIPC7 MSFS
Hi Gary, What exactly isn't working? Your log shows your 4 devices acquired ok, and you have various assignments that should work. The log also shows you loaded the Bonanza G36, for which you have no profile set-up, so it will just use the default (general) profile. Looking at your ini, you have your throttle, PropPitch and Mixture axes set-up in the general Axes section (i.e. your throttle axes) , but no elevator, aileron or rudder. In fact, you do not have these axes (yoke) assigned anywhere (i.e. in any profile) - do you have these set-up in MSFS? Are the assignments you have working ok, i.e. the throttle should work in all aircraft - does it? You have also assigned your axes to 'Direct to FSUIPC Calibration' but have not calibrated your axes. You should really do this - see the User guide for details. Maybe you could calibrate your axes and tell me in more detail what isn't working. Can you see each of your devices axes/buttons in the FSUIPC assignments windows? You could also activate button and event logging (and later axes) and operate some buttons to see what is logged. John -
Yes. But of course you can always place it over the sim window... I've attached two lua scripts that display the frame rate, one using the standard lua ipc.display function (that uses SimConnect_Text under the covers) and another that uses the Wnd library. Due to the issues with the SimConnect_Text function, the ipc.display version has various issues (although works fine in P3D). John FPS_Monitor.lua FPS_MonitorW.lua
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FSUIPC uses the SimConnect_Text function for displaying text. There are currently many issues with this - from the MSFS SK: There are also problems with updating text in a simconnect text window (multiple windows are created) and the 'time to display'.. For these reasons, I have added the lua Wnd library which can be used instead. This displays the text in a separate (moveable and resizeable) window. To display text without lua, you can use offset 0x32FA, but this uses the SimConnet_Text function and so suffers from the same issues as the lua text display functions. If you are writing your own program, you could also use the SimConnect SDK directly rather than using one of the FSUIPC SDKs. No, this is not possible. John
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FSUIPC 7 No Longer Connects To Logitech Panels
John Dowson replied to iflygary's topic in FSUIPC7 MSFS
Hi Gary, Something must have changed! What Logitech/Saitek panels are you using? Are you also using spad or spad.next? Could you show me/attach your FSUIPC7.ini and FSUIPC7.log files please. John -
Prepar3d v4 crashes when loading a flight
John Dowson replied to malarmao's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
This seems to contradict the title of this post ('crashes when loading flight') - does it crash when you start P3D, or when you load a flight? Do you have a crash log in the windows event viewer? If so, can you please show me that. Also, you should always attach your FSUIPC6.log file when you have such issues. Having said that, P3D crashes on start-up are usually due to a corrupt weather file, usually the wxstationlist.bin file or your start-up scenario *.wx file. If you want to check whether or not it is down to corrupted weather files you can try adding NoWeatherAtAll=Yes to the [General] section of the INI file. If it is a weather file, you should first try deleting the wxstationlist.bin file from your AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4 folder (it will be regenerated when you run P3D). If you still have issues, try removing the *.wx files in your Prepar3D documents folder (the folder where your saved flights are). If its not a weather issue, please show me your FSUIPC6.log file and check the event viewer for a crash event and also show me that. John -
Frequently lose TPM throttle with FSUIPC6
John Dowson replied to westhielke's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Strange...you should be able to attach files, not sure whats going on there... Ok, no problem. Hmmm...I don't understand how a restart with no other changes can change things... Ok. If your issue re-appears, try attaching the requested files again and I'll take a look. -
Ok, glad its now working, and thanks for reporting back on how you configured this. John
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Ok. But I didn't need to see your bat file - I know what is in it! I was just suggesting that you could open it and play around with the command that starts MSFS (including removing the FastLaunch option) to see if you can get it to work. The command is at line 7: cmd.exe /C start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App -FastLaunch Its the same for every MS Store user. This command uses your user AppsFolder settings, which may be the issue. I don't think uninstalling and re-installing FSUIPC7 is going to help. John
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FSUIPC and keystroke from a remote program
John Dowson replied to Buffort's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Was just looking at this but Pete beat me to it... No, that's the type of the value being written: -
Right-click on the MSFSwithFSUIPC7.bat file, located in your FSUIPC7 installation folder (i.e. not the link on your desktop) in windows explorer, an select 'Edit' or 'Edit with Notepad++' (or whatever your preferred editor is). Run the uninstaller that is generated in the installation process. You can also find this in your FSUIPC7 installation folder. You can also uninstall using the windows settings apps uninstall page, which will run the uninstaller for you. John
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Yoke stuck to left position
John Dowson replied to Alhard Horstmann's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Could you please activate logging for axes events, produce a short-ish (as short as possible!) log file showing your issue, then show me that together with your FSUIPC4.ini file. I presume you know this is no longer supported. You should really update (if possible!). John -
These are FSUIPC7 files not MSFS ones. Your FSUIPC7.ini file will be in the same location as the FSUIPC7.log file. If you cannot see the file extensions, you will need to change your Explorer preferences. John PS. Your log file is cut short after the Carenado loaded. Did you try to operate anything? Wa FSUIPC7 still running or did it crash? Maybe you can activate event logging and produce another log file, load the aircraft, operate a few buttons/switches, then exit and attach that log file, together with your ini.
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Ok. But this seems to contradict your previous statement: Not to worry, as I don't think this relate to your problem. Well, you shouldn't have done this as an Adminstrator, but it shouldn't matter. But the folder you are starting things from (C \WINDOWS\ system32>) might. Maybe try it again from a non-admin account, and from a non protected folder (if you start a command prompt as a non-admin, it should default to your home folder). Yes, it does seem that something is amiss in your MSFS installation. If its the -FastLaunch option that is confusing things, you could try removing that option from the line in the MSFSwithFSUIPC7.bat file to see if that makes a difference. Really, you need to determine what command to use to start MSFS. The next time you install, I suggest that you opt to create the desktop start icon, which you can then use to determine the command used (from the URL field in the properties). I have no idea why the standard command that works for almost everyone else is not working for you. Have you tried running the desktop link as administrator (right-click and select 'Run as administrator')? Maybe also worth trying, but if the start commands don't work in a command window, I doubt they will work from using the link. John
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@asessa I've added the A320Neo autobrake setting to offset 0x0260 in the attached version v7.0.3c which holds the following values: 0 - off, 1 - lo, 2 - med, 3 - hi This comes with the proviso that it will only hold the correct state if the state is changed using FSUIPC7 - if the state is changed from the UI, then the events to maintain this offset are not seen. FSUIPC7.exe John
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@jaxx I've removed the correction previously added in the attached version v7.0.3c if you can try it: FSUIPC7.exe
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@Paulcoy That does sound strange... Did you try the batch file directly and checking the contents of the command window for the error? Alternatively, open a command prompt and enter the following and let me know what error you get (or if MSFS starts): cmd.exe /C start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App -FastLaunch You can also try start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App -FastLaunch John
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Then why not start FSUIPC7 from the MSFSAddon Linker and forget the FSUIPC7 batch script? Well, it won't launch on its own with MSFS unless the provided batch file is used. As I said, can't MSFSAddon linker start FSUIPC7? This is what is confusing me. Are you launching MSFS/FSUIPC7 using the desktop icon manually or using MSFSAddon Linker? If the former, what is starting MSFSAddon linker? If the latter, then that seems to solve any issues, no? Seems like you have a choice of either 1. use MSFSAddon linker to start MSFS and also start FSUIPC7 2. use MSFSAddon linker to start both MSFS and FSUIPC7 by getting it to call the MSFS/FSUIPC7 batch script or desktop link 3. change the FSUIPC7 batch script to start MSFSAddon Linker (which would then start MSFS) instead of MSFS directly The choice is probably restricted by what MSFSAddon linker can do. I'll take a look at the MSFSAddon linker at some point, but I won't have time for this for a while. John
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Help for MFD map range operation using encoder
John Dowson replied to japermac's topic in FSUIPC7 MSFS
I'm sorry, what do you mean by this? FSUIPC does not use Mobiflight, although Mobiflight may use FSUIPC. I am not familiar with Mobiflight. What does the WASM module do? Is this for a particular aircraft, or generally for the G1000? How does mobiflight handle this? Maybe log the events to see if you need to set something else first, such as one of the _SLOT_INDEX_ events. Does mobiflight communicate directly to MSFS or via FSUIPC (or both)? -
Offset Mapping for PMDG 747QOTS
John Dowson replied to kingm56's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
I'll leave this for other PMDG users to answer (hopefully). You don't say which version of FSUIPC or P3D you are using (or PMDG),. There was an update for the PMDG 747 SDK back in April, and a corresponding update to FSUIPC5 and FSUIPC6, so check you are on the latest versions. If you are, it may also be worth asking on the PMDG forums. John -
Frequently lose TPM throttle with FSUIPC6
John Dowson replied to westhielke's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Your ini's show that both your FSUIPC5 and FSUIPC6 are out of date. Could you update both please - only the latest versions are supported. They also show that your devices are recognised multiple times with different GUIDs. I think it would be worth cleaning these as its hard to tell what assignments are being used, especially without seeing you log and joyscan files. Could you attach both your FSUIPC5.Joyscan.csv and FSUIPC6.joyscan.csv files, as well as an FSUIPC5.log and an FSUIPC6.log and I'll let you know what needs to be removed. AFTER you have updated both version please!. Also re-attach both your ini's. John -
But maybe it also affects one of these buttons? I am only suggesting disabling your assignments in MSFS to test to rule this issue out. You can also try activating logging for buttons and events, and produce a short log file where you activate your strobes and the other actions occur. This will show what events are seen. Maybe also another log file when you start on the runway and it works as expected.
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The Pan View axis is still available. However, something strange is happening with that axis as if I remove my assignment to it, it no longer appears in the drop-down. Very strange - I will look into it. For the time being, if you select <custom Control>, then enter 66416 in the custom control pop-up, this should assign to Pan View. John
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Resetting FSUIPC 6/profiles P3D V5
John Dowson replied to Ross McDonagh's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Ah, then that could be why you had assignments to your new device when it was connected. You should certainly activate this. Maybe be a good idea to manually remove the previous assignments first. If you need any help, activate the joyletters facility (change ini parameter AutoAssignLetters in [JoyNames] section to Yes), start P3D/FSUIPC briefly, then attach your .log, .ini and .Joyscan.csv files.