[FS2004 (FS9) Turbulence Sound Script]

FS9 weather system is not very clever in any case. It may be that the layers from one weather station interact with another, and the indications FS provides get mixed up.

hmmm that's a very good possibility as it (more or less) correspond about what I have.

 

 

Did you even ever bother to see what WeatherSet was reading at all?

Sorry no, I don't know what is WeatherSet, didn't find this option within FSUIPC.

 

 

You simply want me to solve apparently insoluble problems in a program long since unsupportable?

 

I strongly suggest you abandon such an old product and move to FSX if you want more reliable indications.

 

Yes, I'm sorry for giving you so much trouble for such small thing...

I have FSX installed but it is way too heavy on ressources for my PC (despite the fact that I have an Acer Predator).

 

Thanks a lot for your kind help.

 

Alex

[FS2004 (FS9) Turbulence Sound Script]

Well, now it is the opposite.

I am doing the flight back (over the same route) and now I have moderate turbulence in VMC between 2 coulds layer and FSUIPC is detecting nothing (all data show 0).

 

So there is something creating a difference between what FSUIPC detect and what is "playing" within FS. Not all the time but often enough to have it on a regular basis...

 

Ahh here it goes, it took 4 to 5 minutes before having the turbulence detected :

19791202 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 0
120021990 Monitor IPC:0E88 (U16) = 216

 

So, it look like something is creating delays(several minutes) between what I actually have within my cockpit and what FSUIPC is detecting...

 

Alex

[FS2004 (FS9) Turbulence Sound Script]

Hi Pete,

 

Yes, I know quite well about CAT and it wasn't CAT as the flight was perfectly smooth. What I meant is that there was no turbulence at all, the plane was flying perfectly smooth despite the fact that FSUIPC was detecting turbulence. The turbulence was not "active" within the aircraft.

 

I don't want to suppress the turbulence. I am just wondering why FSUIPC was detecting turbulence when in fact there were none...

 

So, FSUIPC was detecting turbulence (64 & 128 in the log) while FS was not "playing" any turbulence at all, a perfectly smooth flight at that time (for about 10 min).

 

When I was saying "a conflict", I was not talking about compatibility but rather some WX settings that might interfere within each other between AS and FSUIPC due to different user settings in both software.

 

I'm using FS9.1 and AS6.5

 

English is not my mother tong so I don't know if my explanation are good enough...

 

Alex

[FS2004 (FS9) Turbulence Sound Script]

Hi Pete,

 

Well, another issue :

 

FSUIPC detect turbulence when there is no turbulence.

Here is an extract of the log :

 

100900573 WeatherOptions set, now E01CB78F (timer=255)
100926734 WeatherOptions set, now E00CB78F (timer=255)
100963613 Monitor IPC:0E88 (U16) = 0
100963613 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 64
100963613 Monitor IPC:0366 (U16) = 0
100996170 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 128
101026185 WeatherOptions set, now E01CB7AF (timer=255)
101063220 WeatherOptions set, now E00CB78F (timer=255)
 

As you can see, I switch OFF then switch ON again both turbulence options in FSUIPC without any result.

It detect turbulence (64 and 128) when actually it was total clear weather (no cloud or CB nearby) and very smooth condition...

I was using ActiveSky and I'm wondering if there is maybe a conflict between AS and FSUIPC ??

 

Any hint ??

 

Thanks,

 

Alex

[FS2004 (FS9) Turbulence Sound Script]

Hi Pete,

 

You are just so great mate !! All is fine now, the sound now stop as it should...

 

Thank you so much for your very kind, professional and prompt help in this matter. Greatly appreciated !

 

Kind regards,

 

Alex

[FS2004 (FS9) Turbulence Sound Script]

Hi Pete,

 

Here is the report :

 

WeatherReadInterval=4
LogOptions=00000001
DebugStatus=127
     8596 System time = 02/02/2015 21:53:24
     8596 D:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\
     8596 System time = 02/02/2015 21:53:24, FS2004 time = 12:00:00 (00:00Z)
     9595 LUA.0: beginning "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\MODULES\ipcReady.lua"
    90965 FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM.flt
    91043 AIRCRAFT\c172\Cessna172SP.air
    91729 Aircraft="Cessna Skyhawk 172SP"
    91932 Clear All Weather requested: external weather discarded
   125753 AES Link established
   158919 C:\Users\Alex\Documents\Fichiers Flight Simulator\Vol généré par l'interface utilisateur.flt
   159012 Clear All Weather requested: external weather discarded
   159621 Monitor IPC:0E88 (U16) = 0
   159621 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 0
   159621 Monitor IPC:0366 (U16) = 1
   161945 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled
   164925 NWI weather clear actioned
   164925 External weather discarded
   172787 Traffic File #15 = "scenery\world\scenery\traffic"
   255202 Monitor IPC:0366 (U16) = 0
   850003 Monitor IPC:0366 (U16) = 1
   850580 Monitor IPC:0366 (U16) = 0
   858084 Monitor IPC:0366 (U16) = 1
   943666 AIRCRAFT\AEROPROYECTO IL18D\il18.air
   944056 Aircraft="Ilyushin Il-18D CU-T900"
   963260 Aircraft="Ilyushin Il-18D CU-T900"
   964227 WeatherOptions set, now 601CB7AF (timer=255)
  2328877 Monitor IPC:0366 (U16) = 0
  2641269 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 64
  2641316 LUA.0: Starting turbulence sound
  2726352 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 128
  2925924 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 64
  2944395 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 0
  3091191 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 64
  3110114 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 0
  3121393 Monitor IPC:0E88 (U16) = 72
  3328734 Monitor IPC:0E88 (U16) = 0
  3335473 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 64
  3436422 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 0
  3663419 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 64
  3687490 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 0
  3743494 Monitor IPC:0366 (U16) = 1
  3743978 Monitor IPC:0366 (U16) = 0
  3745148 Monitor IPC:0366 (U16) = 1

  4534232 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 64
  4893783 Monitor IPC:0E98 (U16) = 0
  4893783 LUA.0: stopping turbulence sound
 

The test was done with ActiveSky ON.

I'm writing this post with the turbulence sound stopped after being "20 min" on the ground...

Is it possible that the reason might come from weather settings conflict between ActiveSky and FSUIPC ?

 

Thanks for your help !

 

Alex

[FS2004 (FS9) Turbulence Sound Script]

I just trid the event you suggested with no result. It took 6 min 1/2 to stop playing the sound after landing.

When flying it is different, it takes "only" 3-4 min to stop after outside of turbulence then 1-2 min to start when encountering turbulence again.

 

I don't know what to do, I will try the "WeatherSet" as soon as possible to see what's going on...

 

I will let you know.

 

Alex

[FS2004 (FS9) Turbulence Sound Script]

Hello Pete,

 

Thanks a lot for this quick reply...

 

Sorry but I Don't understand what you mean about "WeatherSet". Could you explain a little bit more ?

 

As for the ground flag. I tried this :

 

-- Turbulence looping sound --
-- Initializing flags --
sndflg=0 -- turbulence sound flag
ref=0

-- Function to play sound if and until turbulence is detected --

function turbulence(offset,value)
ground=ipc.readUW(0x0366)
if (value > 0) and (sndflg == 0) and (ground == 0) then
ref=sound.playloop("turb.wav")
sndflg=1

end

if (value == 0) and (sndflg == 1) and (ground == 1) then
sound.stop(ref)
sndflg=0

end
end



-- FSUIPC LUA events

event.offset(0x0E88,"UW","turbulence")
event.offset(0x0E98,"UW","turbulence")

 

Just in case (I'm not a programmer so...) but without any change at all. It is quite annoying to hear the turbulence sound not ending...

However this script is a wonderful idea.

 

Thanks,

 

Alex

[FS2004 (FS9) Turbulence Sound Script]

Hello Michael, Pete,

 

I have an issue with this script, the sound is always ending with average of 5 to 10 minutes late (yes that much) after the last turbulence or after landing (engines off at parking and still playing the sound). I tried several times with the same result (and sometimes it start with 2-3 minutes delay after the first turbulence, but that's not a big deal).

I am using an alternate sound which is 15 sec long.

Have FSUIPC 3.99.., FS9.1, ActiveSky 6.5.

 

Any idea how to solve the problem ?

 

Kind regards,

Alex

[Questions before buying]

Hello Sasha,

Thank you for your reply and for your time.

Unfortunately I don't think I will buy FSC 9 in a near future.

I don't say I will never buy it. I will try to keep evaluating your product though as we are commonly saying in France "Only stupid people don't change their mind"...

Thanks,

Alex

[Questions before buying]

Hello everybody,

I am actually evaluating FsCommander 9.0 before buying the product. I am switching progressively toward FSX and like a lot of people I am really missing FsNavigator (by far still the best product in its category).

I have few questions before buying FSC 9.0:

1) Are you intending to implement altitude and VNAV capability more or less the same way it is under FsNav?

Yes I have read the forum and found this comment back to 2007 "Changing altitudes and changing speeds are matter of ATC and do not belong into a flight plan". Well, I am VERY surprised to read such comment and I guess as it is quite old now that the programmers have improved their knowledge. I am a real ATPL pilot flying all around the world and I can assure you that this statement is absolutely wrong. When you plan a flight you are considering different speed and different altitude (decisions based on various things like weather, preformances, etc...) THEN you file a flight plan including those parameters for the ATC to know what you will do THEN ATC will accept or not or delay the changes based on traffic surrounding, the route being flown, etc...

I really like this option as when I am doing flightsimming I don't bother to print ALL charts around the world (cost quite a lot of money in papersn ink, etc... Plus the time spent). So it is very nice in FsNav to know your VNAV profile when flying SID and STAR (altitude restrictions) as well as to know when you'll reach your top of climb and if it correspond to the planned one and finally to see your VNAV profile when descending when you are flying an aircraft without an FMC.

Yes, I know that FSC is not an FMC BUT you really should consider implementing this option.

2) Concerning the program update I am very unpleasantly surprised to see such issue: http://forum.simflight.com/topic/66337-fsc-9-not-happy/

If I'm bying version 9 now and that next month you are upgrading to anbother version there is NO WAY I will spend more money to upgarde it (that was also the good thing of FSNAV). Are you working on this issue and do you intend to find a nice solution for thos customers?

Finally, just a small comment (that I read as well on various forum): FSC is not user friendly at all. Why don't you try FsNav and see the difference? I bet you already did (was just teasing here) but why making such a nice program so hard and complex to use? Been 4-5 days I'm evaluating it and I still found it quite unpleasant to use. Much harder that real life system like INS, FMC, GPS and real flight planning tool that I've used...

Thanks for your informations.

Alex

A "maybe" future customer...