[Crash of Prepar3D after installing FSUIPC]

Hello,

 

I have just installed prepar3D release 2.1.99 and want to install FSUIPC. I have downloaded the 4.945a release.. All seems to be OK:

 

Installer for FSUIPC4.DLL version 4.945a

Looking in registry for FSX install path:
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\10.0
     Parameter"SetupPath"
Not there, so looking in:
     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\10.0
     Parameter"AppPath"
... NOT found! ...

Looking in registry for FSX-SE install path:
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DovetailGames\FSX
     Parameter"Install_Path"
Not there, so looking in:
     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\DovetailGames\FSX
     Parameter"AppPath"
Not there, so looking in:
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator - Steam Edition\10.0
     Parameter"SetupPath"
Not there, so looking in:
     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator - Steam Edition\10.0
     Parameter"AppPath"
... NOT found! ...

Looking in registry for Prepar3D v1 install path:
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LockheedMartin\Prepar3D
     Parameter"SetupPath"
Not there, so looking in:
     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\LockheedMartin\Prepar3D
     Parameter"AppPath"
... NOT found! ...

Looking in registry for Prepar3D v2 install path:
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2
     Parameter"SetupPath"
... >>>  OK! FOUND Prepar3D v2!  <<< ...
     SetupPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\

Looking in registry for Prepar3D v3 install path:
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3
     Parameter"SetupPath"
Not there, so looking in:
     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3
     Parameter"AppPath"
... NOT found! ...
===========================================================

INSTALLATION FOR Prepar3D v2:
SetupPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\"
Checking version of the Prepar3D v2 EXE:
... Version 2.1.9936.0  (Need at least 1.0.677.0)
Checking compatibility with installed SimConnect:
Checking if there's already a version of FSUIPC4 installed in:
       C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL
... No previous valid version found.
Prepar3D v2 Modules folder already exists.
Okay -- installed FSUIPC4 into "C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL"
Looking for the current user's Application Data path:
... found as "C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming"
Now finding \Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Prepar3D.CFG for all users, including this one
Looking in "C:\Users\All Users\AppData\Roaming"
 ... No Prepar3D.CFG there
Looking in "C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming"
Found Prepar3D.CFG in "C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Prepar3D.CFG"
Now checking DLL.XML ...
... There is a previous DLL.XML, checking for FSUIPC4 section.
... FSUIPC4 section already exists but will be replaced.
     (for FSUIPC4, without Loader)
... FSUIPC4 section of DLL.XML written okay
Now checking for a SimConnect.XML file ...
... There is a SimConnect.XML, checking for "local" section.
... "local" section already exists, file not modified.
Looking in "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming"
 ... No Prepar3D.CFG there
Looking in "C:\Users\Default User\AppData\Roaming"
 ... No Prepar3D.CFG there
Looking in "C:\Users\Public\AppData\Roaming"
 ... No Prepar3D.CFG there
Looking in "C:\Users\simu\AppData\Roaming"
 ... No Prepar3D.CFG there
"Modules\FSUIPC Documents" folder created okay!
Now installing the Prepar3D SimConnect interface for FSUIPC4 into the "Modules" folder:
   Installed "SimConnectP3D2.dll" okay
Now installing additional files into the "Modules\FSUIPC Documents" folder:
   Installed "FSUIPC4 User Guide.pdf" okay
   Installed "FSUIPC4 for Advanced Users.pdf" okay
   Installed "FSUIPC4 History.pdf" okay
   Installed "List of FSX and P3D controls.pdf" okay
   Installed "FSUIPC Lua Library.pdf" okay
   Installed "FSUIPC Lua Plug-Ins.pdf" okay
   Installed "Lua License.pdf" okay
   Installed "Lua Plugins for VRInsight Devices.pdf" okay
   Installed "LuaFileSystem.pdf" okay
   Installed "Example LUA plugins.zip" okay
   Installed "ASN WX Radar facilities in FSUIPC4.pdf" okay
   Installed "Offset Mapping for PMDG 737NGX.pdf" okay
   Installed "Offset Mapping for PMDG 777X.pdf" okay
   Installed "FSUIPC4 Offsets Status.pdf" okay
   Installed "Profiles in Separate Files.pdf" okay
===========================================================

All installer tasks completed.
Registration for FSUIPC4 was successful! (result code 00)

*************** End of Install Log ***************

 

 

However, when I start prepar3D, it crashes. The fsiupc4.log file reports the following:

 

********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.945a by Pete Dowson *********
Running inside Prepar3D v2 on Windows 8.0
Module base=674F0000
User Name="Nicolas LE CORRE"
User Addr="contact@apajb.asso.fr"
FSUIPC4 Key is provided
WIDEFS7 not user registered, or expired
       31 System time = 01/10/2015 21:34:30
       31 FLT path = "C:\Users\Asus\Documents\Prepar3D v2 Files\"
       31 Trying C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Modules\SimConnectP3D2.dll
       31 Found it: trying to connect
       47 FS path = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\"
      203 LogOptions=00000000 00000001
      203 -------------------------------------------------------------------
      203 ------ Setting the hooks and direct calls into the simulator ------
      203 --- CONTROLS timer memory location obtained ok
      203 --- SIM1 Frictions access gained
      203 --- FS Controls Table located ok
      203 --- Installed Mouse Macro hooks ok.
      203 --- Wind smoothing fix is installed
      203 --- All links checked okay
      203 -------------------------------------------------------------------
      203 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay
      203 Trying to use SimConnect Prepar3D
     1297 Exception 5 "VERSION_MISMATCH", Ref 1, Version 1.0: Open: SimConnect Version incorrect!
     1297 Trying another version of SimConnect ...
     1406 Trying C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Modules\SimConnectP3D2.dll
     1406 Found it: trying to connect
     1406 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay
     1422 Exception 5 "VERSION_MISMATCH", Ref 1, Version 1.0: Open: SimConnect Version incorrect!
     1422 Trying another version of SimConnect ...
     1531 Trying C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Modules\SimConnectP3D2.dll
     1531 Found it: trying to connect
     1531 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay
     1531 Failed on SimConnect_CallDispatch for Message, return = 0xC000014B
     1562 Exception 5 "VERSION_MISMATCH", Ref 1, Version 1.0: Open: SimConnect Version incorrect!
     1562 Trying another version of SimConnect ...

 

 

I don't  realy understand where the problem is coming from....

Can someone help ?

 

Thank you !
 

[Setting weather through FSUIPC]

Hello Peter,

 

Thank you for your reply !

Sorry for the miss information. In fact I send simConnect METAR format to FSX through FSUIPC.What I'd like to do is to set the departure wheather and adjust the arrival weather about 20 mn before landing. For example, I take off from Nice (LFMN in France) to Bastia (LFKB in France) with a visibility over 10 Km and a ceiling at 8000 ft. 20 minutes before landing I send a METAR of LFKB with a different visibility and ceiling, but it does not seems to work. I the past I though the weather around the plane was built upon weather of vicinity airports, so that I though that perhaps I had to specify METAR of all nearest airport. From what I understand, this is not the case.

 

For multi layer, it's OK. I will specify several based (and/or several clouds type) and I should observe several layers.

 

Once again, many thank for your help Peter !

Best regards.

Paul-Henri

[Setting weather through FSUIPC]

Hello,

 

I have two questions about weather setting through FSUIPC:

 

1) Currently I use the METAR description to modify the weather on an airport. It works fine. However, when the plane is airborned, And that I want to change the weather, I specify for exemple the destination airport in my METAR, but it does not seems to change anything. Should I be on ground for changing weather ? When in flight, should I modify METAR of all nearest airports ?

2) In a METAR it is not possible to specify the depth of a cloud layer, but only the base of the cloud. What should I do to specify 2 clouds layers (or more) with the depth of each one ?

 

Thank you for your help !

Paul-Henri

 

[Setting weather through FSUIPC in FSX]

Hello Peter,

Writing at the correct address makes my test work immediatly !

Thank you very much for all the details you have added and the time you give us by answering all our questions !

Best regards.

Paul-Henri

[Setting weather through FSUIPC in FSX]

Hello,

I want to use FSUIPC to set/modify weather in FSX. For that, I prepare the following C buffer:

sprintf(TxBuffer, "LFMN 260608Z 27015KT 7SM +TSRA BKN055CB 30/17 A2974");

FSUIPC_Write(0xC800, strlen(TxBuffer)+1, (void *)TxBuffer, &dwResult);

FSUIPC_Process(&dwResult);

In a previous post I asked if I did a mistake with such a buffer and Peter answered that I was probably doing a mistake regarding the size of the buffer I wrote, so that I add corrected my code to replace:

FSUIPC_Write(0xC800, strlen(TxBuffer), (void *)TxBuffer, &dwResult);

by:

FSUIPC_Write(0xC800, strlen(TxBuffer)+1, (void *)TxBuffer, &dwResult);

However, this seems not to be enough to change the weather...

I have enabled the logging in FSUIPC menu interface for weather. I see that there is a lot message recorded in the console.

Questions:

1) I'm taking off from LFMN. Should date and hour of the METAR be adjust to the current date and time of the FSX flight ?

2) Do logged weather messages erase/cancel the METAR I try to write ?

3) Is there some options I should select in the FSUIPC dialog box to enable me to write weather ?

Any other suggestion is welcome !!

Thank you.

Paul-Henri

[METAR through FSUIPC]

Hello Pete,

Thank you very much for your answer. I was not sure to have fully understood the way to proceed to write a METAR. I think I was missing the zero terminator....

Best regards.

Paul-Henri

[METAR through FSUIPC]

Hello,I want to use FSUIPC to write some METAR for fixed airports in FSX. I have read the FSUIPC4 Offsets Status.pdf document which gives some information about the area where to copy data, but i'm not sure to fully understand... Suppose I want to send the following METAR: KSEA 030405Z 27007KT 15SM SKC 17/13 A2992. I copy this string is into a string variables named Metar[]. Should I use the following API at the following 0xB000 offset ?

FSUIPC_Write(0xB000, 42, (void *)Metar, &dwResult);

FSUIPC_Process(&dwResult); Or am I completly wrong ?

[WideFS client protocol]

Hello Peter,

Thank you very much for this advise. I wil have a look at this Lua plug-ins.

Best regards.

Paul-Henri

[WideFS client protocol]

Hello,

I'm using a registered version of FSUIPC and WideFS. To connect the physical IO of our simulateur, i have an adapted board which has a Ethernet 100 interface. I wonder if it would be possible to directly connect this board to WideFS through Ethernet interface without using SIOC ? For this I probably need the client protocol to connect WideFS server, but I don't know if this is something that can be given. Can someone answer me ?

Regards.

Paul-Henri