John Dowson

The problem still exists in P3D with complex aircraft (e.g. PMDG). The time taken to save can also depend on many things - active virus scanning can slow things down to unacceptable levels, and disk speed (SSD or not), fragmentation of available space, etc. Note that FSUIPC just calls the sim's facilities to save the state. Cheers, John

FSUIPC4 is no longer under development. However, I can add this to the feature request list for FSUIPC5 (for P3Dv4) if folks think this useful. Cheers, John

Here's 5.15: FSUIPC5.txt Rename to 'FSUIPC5.dll' once downloaded. John

Roman - yes, sorry... better to enable both options! Paul: no keypresses were logged, so keypresses are not getting to FSUIPC. I see you are using Linda (started from your ipcReady.lua script presumably). You have this in your log file: This looks like its waiting for a response, so this maybe grabbing & blocking keyboard input. As a test, can you disable Linda (e.g. rename your ipcReady.lua to ipcReady.disabled) and also your LaapATCv2.1.lua (by removing from your '[Auto]' section) and re-test. Thanks, John

Hi Patrick, thats interesting...a new feature in 5.151 does use the PDK distributed com interface, so if thats not working it could cause a problem. This seems more to be an issue with your windows installation though. I'll investigate further, and I'll build (and post) a 5.15 version for you (later today) to test. However, 5.15 also uses the PDK, but maybe not distributed COM (I'll check). Cheers, John

The log file is there - you need to configure explorer to show hidden folders and files: Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> Folder Options. John

Hi Paul, sounds strange - keystrokes not handled by FSUIPC are passed directly to the sim. Try activating logging for 'Button and Key operations' in the FSUIPC logging tab. Start your sim and issue some of your short cut commands, then stop the sim. Post your log and ini files. Cheers, John

Did you try disabling Active Sky (as_connect) by editing the dll.xml, as explained in Pete's last post above?

Hi Colin, your log file after the crash, together with the ini. would have been useful! Have you tried the other solutions in this post before posting? i.e. removing wx files, and also disabling weather? If not, please do so. Was the change only from FSUIPC 5.150 to 5.151, or is this also with P3D updated from 4.4 to 4.5? What add-ons are you using? Were any of these updated? So, please try solutions mentioned and report results, and if you are still having problems, post your ini and log files together. Also, if its a CTD, then the windows event log information would also be useful. Thanks, John P.S. what do you mean by 'lags very hard'?

Sorry, those images are specific to CH throttle calibration software. If you want a reverse zone back from idle on the same axis, then you can set that up in the throttle calibration page - just make sure that 'No reverse Zone' is not checked, and set your idle value (as well as Max (full) throttle and reverse (min) values). Check the calibration section starting on page 40 of the User Guide. John

All axis can be reversed by selecting the 'reverse' check-box in the axis calibration screens. For throttles, there is an option to calibrate with or without reverse zones ('No reverse Zone' tick-box, top-left on throttle calibration page). Please check the user manuals. Also, this FAQ entry on setting reverse thrust: John

Hi Gil, no problem, glad you found the issue. Rather than clearing out p3d settings, its better to just disable controllers in P3D. Otherwise you may find that P3D will automatically re-assign (usually when it thinks its found a new axis). Cheers, John

Hi Gil, I'm not sure I understand your problem. Button 7 on the Saitek flight yoke is spring loaded (no?) and sends a button press when pushed to the right and a release event when released. You have programmed the gear toggle for the press only, so the press will activate the control and the release does nothing. So, each time you activate it it will toggle between gear up/down on the button press and do nothing on the release. I therefore don't understand what you mean by 'and lowers the ger when it is released'. Maybe you can activate 'Button and key operations' and 'Events (from non-axis controls) in the logging tab so that you can see what is actually being sent on both the press and release. If FSUIPC isn't sending anything on the release, check you don't have controllers enabled in P3D. Please post your log + ini file once generated and I'll take a look. Btw, is this with a default aircraft or an add-on? If an add-on, please try with a default aircraft first. Cheers, John

No problem. You can always check if you have a registration key by going to your SimMarket account. Cheers, John

No, version 4 has never worked with P3Dv4. P3Dv4 and FSUIPC5 are 64-bit, whereas FSUIPC4 and P3Dv3 32-bit.

If your key is for FSUIPC5, then it should work. FSUIPC5 is a different product to FSUIPC4 and requires a separate key. If your key is for FSUIPC5, please make sure the details are exactly the same as in your registration email that you received from SimMarket. Cheers, John

Also FSUIPC only scans one folder for lua plugins, which by default (unless 'LuaPath' is specified) is the Prepar3D v4\Modules folder (or the location of your FSUIPC5.dll), not the Prepar3D v4\Scripts folder. John

No, sorry, there is no such facility.

You can have multiple actions in one macro by editing the macro file - see the section 'Multiple actions in one macro control' in the Advanced user manual, page 37. Cheers, John

Yes - best to disable controllers completely in P3D if assigning in FSUIPC otherwise it has a tendency to re-assign. John

Your [Auto] entry should be 1=Lua Belts John

Could you post you log and ini files please.

What version of FSUIPC5 and P3Dv4? If you posted your log & ini files, this will tell me. If you have nothing programmed in FSUIPC, then it won' be doing anything and I can't see how FSUIPC can have anything to do with your buttons not working. Is your version registered? Could you also please give more details on what your problem actually is - is it just the key assignments that are not working? Can you control with the mouse? How are the key assignments set-up? You could try logging 'Button and Key operations' to see if keypresses are being caught and forwarded to the sim, and maybe 'Events' to log any controls being sent when the you activate the buttons. John

What version of FSUIPC are you using? What version of P3D? What aircraft? Have you programmed FSUIPC to do anything? Could you please provide more information, and post your ini and log files. John

Hi Beck, that looks very weird...To be honest, I've no idea, but looks like a UI problem. Does this affect the functionality? It looks like your tick-box backgrounds are black for some reason, but I've no idea what could be causing this, very strange...What happens when you select? Do they turn white? Is this an FSUIPC problem only, or do you have issues with anything else? John