Mulder1

folder: Hi Jaybee, Thanks’ for joining in. Well, I tried to locate the JOYSTICK_MAIN cfg. Not much luck though. I did however, delete entries in the devices.cfg file in the FS folder: Entry: [Generic] BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_07=GEAR_TOGGLE and entry: [CH FLIGHT SIM YOKE USB] BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_04=GEAR_UP BUTTON_DOWN_EVENT_05=GEAR_DOWN No effect what so ever :-( Best regards Mulder Denmark

Well, the button must be programmed for that somewhere. It's just a matter of looking. If you want the windows sorted by Aircraft I think you can do all the work in the PANELS.CFG file for that aircraft -- not precise placement, but certainly general positioning (I think they divide the screen into 9 sectors and assign according to those). I really can't see any easy way that FSUIPC would be able to do it automatcally. Each aircraft has its own set of windows defined, and many of them may not be actually visible/extant at any one time. It can ennumerate all the windows in the system (being a child of FS isn't enough), and those which belong to FS can be identified (they are class "FS98CHILD" or "FS98FLOAT") but these can include all sorts of "Windows" which aren't necessarily meant to be part of the cockpit (though maybe those wouldn't matter). It would get pretty messy, though, not something I would want FSUIPC to get involved in. Maybe this would be a suitable subject for a separate add-on -- even one outside of FS could do it by ennumerating all the FS windows. Perhaps you should suggest it to one of the other add-on producers like Luciano Napolitano? Regards Pete Hi Pete, Like I wrote, I'm not completely new to FS, and I can assure you, that no such programming is present in FS nor is it in FSUIPC. So after another thorough examination (I think it must have been nr. 100) I decided to disable joystick completely. The problem disappeared. Thus the problem was FS and not FSUIPC. The only reason, by the way, I didn't not do that earlier, was because of the FS pan function. It seems to operate smoother in FS than in FSUIPC. I don’t know why. With regards to window sizing and placing, I will follow your suggestion. Thank you very much for your time. Best regards Mulder Denmark

It's Dowson, actually, but call me Pete It really must be programmed to do so somewhere. There's no magic in this stuff. When you look in the FS assignments are you looking in them for the correct joystick controls? There's a drop-down selector for different controls, the tabs only show one joystick at a time. A lot of folks don't realise that. No, I never proposed any such thing, sorry. Especially when it isn't needed -- FS always saves all that when you save a Flight. Regards Pete Hi Mr. Pete (just kidding) - Hi Pete, I know that being a former commercial pilot, CFII and ATPL does not count for much in understanding how FS works. But I am a many year FS user - actually since 96. So yes - when I look in the FS assignments I AM looking in them for the correct joystick control! And I AM very much aware of the fact, that there's a drop-down selector for different controls. And just for the record - I have closely examined FSUIPC settings. So magic or not, it then must remain a mystery. I also know that a cockpit stays unchanged if you save a flight is FS. I just do not like to save all those flights in FS. With the number of aircrafts I have installed - and counting their different models - we are talking about quite a huge number of saved flights. It is my experience, that too many saved flights fowls up the FS database - so therefore I thought that being able to save these settings in FSUIPC – like all other settings for a particular aircraft -would be great. But OK – I’ll do it the “old fashioned way”. I'll promise to get back to you if I ever solve the "mystery"! Thank you much for your time… Thank you for your time Best regards Mulder Denmark

Hello Mr. Dawson, I wonder if you can help me out with this little (or BIG rather) mystery? I'm a long time user of your brilliant FSUIPC 3 and 4 (registered of course) - and never had any problems - well minor maybe, but easily solved. This one however, has really grabbed me by the b... On my CH FLS Yoke, button #4 keeps sending gear UP and DOWN commands (when pressed Up and DOWN of course), and button #4 is NOT programmed to do so. I've checked all my FS commands and all of my FSUIPC commands closely. And there is absolutely NO programming, that I can see, that should send these commands. FSUIPC ver. 3.81 in use at this time. I have never encountered a problem like this before, in FS9 or in FSX. Another thing: I believe that you once wrote in one of the FSUIPC manuals, that you in some future version would implement a function that would save a cockpit setup. I.e. if you changed a window in size and position, FSUIPC could save this new window size and position. Or do I remember wrong? (I’m not talking about the “stop resizing” function) Best regards Mulder Denmark Windows XP