mjl1966

I did fresh install of FSX SE about a month ago. Let me be clear: This is a fresh SE install on a new OS hard drive. FSX boxed has never been here. FSUIPC 4.977: Now finding \Microsoft\FSX-SE\FSX_SE.CFG for all users, including this one And this: Looking in registry for FSX-SE install path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DovetailGames\FSX Parameter"Install_Path" ... >>> OK! FOUND FSX-SE! <<< ... SetupPath=C:\STEAM\steamapps\common\FSX ************ BUT this is the same path as for FSX! Will only install for FSX-SE ************ and lots of this: ... No FSX_SE.CFG there My reality: AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\fsxse.CFG Indeed, there is nothing with "fsx_se" in my entire appdata folder structure. If I rename fsxse.cfg to fsx_se.cfg, then FSUIPC is happy. HOWEVER If I change anything in my actual FSX SE configuration (I reset unlimited fuel for example), those changes are saved to fsx.cfg. So, for whatever reason, my FSX SE install has never heard of FSX_SE.CFG nor does it use it. ymmv, but this is what I see. Either way, FSUIPC still can't edit xml file, which is alive and well in appdata\roaming\microsoft\fsx. I hacked it with this: <Launch.Addon> <Name>FSUIPC</Name> <Path>Modules\FSUIPC4.dll</Path> </Launch.Addon> And all seems to be well so far. So, in summary, I had to rename fsx.cfg to fsx_se.cfg to make FSUIPC happy although fsx_se.cfg isn't actually used by fsx. And I had to manually add FSUIPC entry to dll.xml.

Pete- This is going to be a complaint. Before I get to that, yes, I know that FSUIPC has done more for the FS community than probably any other piece of software ever written. I do know that and respect it. A lot. Nevertheless, I really have to complain: I kept hearing what sounded like a Windows system sound several weeks ago. I heard it so much that it persisted when I was NOT on my PC. (I'm not kidding, this really did happen.) I thought I was having aural hallucinations. I thought I had a brain tumor. I thought... all kinds of things. (Again, I'm being exceedingly serious here.) Then it stopped. All was well. I thought I had driven off whatever virus, demons or spirits had possessed my life with ... oh, no it came back. But this time, I confirmed that I wasn't crazy. I turned up systems sounds and voila, the sound revealed itself in all its glory. But what was causing it? Complaint number one. I'm going to shout this. You would if you were me, trust me. DO NOT EVER SOUND A WINDOWS MESSAGING SOUND WITHOUT A DIALOG GO EXPLAIN WHY. EVER! Every ten seconds, this sound was slowly driving me insane. But I narrowed it down to FSX. But no tasks under that were doing it. Closed them all down. Looked through background processes. Nothing there made any sense. Then, by some miracle I found a post somewhere that said "I keep hearing a Windows systems sound." OH? And then: FSUIPC.INI. But this can't be. FSUICPC doesn't even show up in my task manager anywhere. Oh -- because it's a MODULE. Sure enough -- WARNING! Free memory is very low. And thus the insanity-inducing ding ding ding ding ding ding... Your log is the only place that reported the source of this constant sound... refer to my complaint above. I'm going to shout it again. Yes, I have seen the OOM dialog box before. Yes, I was playing around with various add-ons and tweakings to get my VAS under control. Yes, I got OOMs during that process. An YES, I got my VAS under control. No more OOM messages. But still, the constant ding ding ding ding. I have an 8G video card, so there is no way that got low on memory. During my last flight, I was monitoring task manager very carefully. The highest FSX got was 2.6G And yet, in the background, very faintly because I had system sounds volume turned down quite low - the incessant ding ding ding worthy of a tale from Poe himself. No dialog. Not one. And if 2.6G is enough to tirgger "very low" VAS, well, sir, you're just wrong. There's still 1.4 left. You can do a lot in 1.4 80% is the rule of thumb for alerts in the IT world. Here, that would be 3.2G. No matter the number --- DIALOG! I"m sorry that this is the only time I've ever talked to you and it has to be this way. But, seriously, you cannot do this to people. It's not nice. Thanks for free FSUIPC. Please fix it so it properly reveals itself as the source of incessant systems sounds. Not expecting a reply. Michael J Lawrence USA

Please advise where I can download the no-yokes version of e-jets. Thank you. Michael J Lawrence