Fsuipc 3.30 RFP FS9 Crash opening GPS panel

[nitram]

Fs9 crashes when I open the GPS panel or it has been open for a short while. After reverting to 3.22, everything is OK. I am also running active camera and Ultimate traffic on an AMD 64 bit cpu with XP.

[Pete Dowson]

Fs9 crashes when I open the GPS panel or it has been open for a short while. After reverting to 3.22, everything is OK. I am also running active camera and Ultimate traffic on an AMD 64 bit cpu with XP.

Hmmm. I get a spate of reports like this every single time I release a new version. I will be amazed on the first time I don't! :?

Honestly, there's absolutely no changes in 3.30 which would have anything to do with this, all the new facilities and options are passive until used. Your problem is evidently just a result of a change in memory layouts -- either because of the ordering of modules in the FS Modules folder, or because of differences in memory usage between the versions.

I have found the FS2004 GPS window to be precarious in a number of add-on situations, and I think there is some bug in FS which is quite difficult to pin down. There are a number of things you could try. First, move all your add-in modules out of the FS Modules folder (to any safe folder), then move them back one at a time, testing each time. When/if you get the error again, do the same but move them back in a different order. Et cetera.

The other thing to be wary of is having a default flight loading with a complex panel. Try loading FS with one of the default panels initially then, when things are settled, load the complex one.

Regards,

Pete

[nitram]

Pete, I did all that you said before I made my first post including removing a few panel addons. First I would like to thank you for this excellent module. As my sim works really well with version 3.22, I am quite happy to continue with that.

I also deleted the FS9.cfg file so that it would be rebuilt on start up. This cured the problem initially so at least the sim ran for a couple of minutes instead of crashing as I opened the GPS window.

I completed a 2Hr flight on the 3.22 version with none of my original set up changed (original modules etc), so there can only be a conflict with 3.30 somewhere.

I would not worry about this unless someone else reports the same problem (hence posting here), since it may be a problem with something I have done or added.

Regards Nitram (Martin)

[Pete Dowson]

As my sim works really well with version 3.22, I am quite happy to continue with that.

Well, the Betas of 3.30 have been through a lot of testing on many systems over the past few weeks. I really cannot see any way that a change in the module could cause a crash in a completely unrelated part of FS. I'm sure it must be a conspiracy of coincidences. It is a matter of finding out what.

so there can only be a conflict with 3.30 somewhere.

It doesn't really necessarily follow. You'd have to get the same result with no FSUIPC applications -- it is of course possible that some incorrect behaviour from an application went unnoticed with ealrier versions, but as the offsets are gradually being used and allocated it is making an original problem show up. What FSUIPC applications are you runnig? Try without them, then add them one at a time.

If you are not running anything that uses FSUIPC, then FSUIPC isn't really doing anything. If you are a registered user you could try removing your FSUIPC.KEY file, temporarily, and see if that changes anything. For then FSUIPC would truly be doing nothing without applications. If this does change it you could re-instate the KEY file and try changing one FSUIPC option at a time. But really I don't think it could be any of them.

I would not worry about this unless someone else reports the same problem (hence posting here), since it may be a problem with something I have done or added.

Well, if you have the time and patience some sort of process of elimination I've just mentioned would be useful.

Thanks,

Pete

[nitram]

Pete thanks for your help.

If I get some time I will try and do some of the things that you suggested. As I am the only one reporting this then it is probably something I have done to a panel modification or something similar. I will retrace my steps to dig a little deeper.

I am a registered user so I will try without the key as you suggest. I use fsuipc mainly to calibrate my CH yoke and pedals and also to smooth the MS weather. I have also tried to install Lee Hetherington's TCAS guage, but I reverted back to my original panel config as I could not get it to work satisfactorarly. Perhaps this caused a problem?

I will let you know!

Regards Martin