FSUIPC vs. SquawkBox

[AndyT]

I get the following error and I'm not sure what to make of it. I've used both of these together before with no trouble. I just re-installed them because FSX is not working well on my old system so I'm back to FS9 until I upgrade sometime next year.

ERROR:

The SquawkBox module was unable to start because FSUIPC could not be initialized. Ensure FSUIPC is properly installed and restart Flight Simulator to try again.

Is it possible to not install FSUIPC correctly??

[Pete Dowson]

ERROR:

The SquawkBox module was unable to start because FSUIPC could not be initialized. Ensure FSUIPC is properly installed and restart Flight Simulator to try again.

That's a message from Squawkbox, not from FSUIPC, so I have no idea what it is checking and finding wanting. You'll need to ask them I think.

Is it possible to not install FSUIPC correctly??

In FS9 or FSX? Is it in the modules folder? Is there a Log? If so, does it say anything interesting?

Pete

[AndyT]

Thanks for your speedy response Pete. I realize its a SB3 error but I was wondering if it was anything you had seen before. This is in FS9. FSX is not working that well on my system so I switched back to FS9.

Here is the log.

********* FSUIPC, Version 3.50 by Pete Dowson *********

Running inside FS2004 (FS9.1 CONTROLS.DLL, FS9.1 WEATHER.DLL)

User Name="***edited out***

User Addr=**edited out***

FSUIPC Key is provided

WIDEFS not user registered, or expired

Module base=61000000

ClassOptions: UIPCMAIN=FF7F, FS98MAIN=FF7F, FS2KMAIN=FF5E

WeatherOptions(Orig)=40003605[40003605]

InitDelay: 0 seconds

WeatherReadInterval=4

LogOptions=00000001

DebugStatus=15

3500 System time = 15:08:35

3516 E:\Games\FS9\

3579 System time = 15:08:35, FS2004 time = 12:00:00 (00:00Z)

3735 Client Application: "FS9" (Id=3900)

3735 E:\Games\FS9\FS9.EXE

3735 Product="Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight"

3735 Company="Microsoft Corporation"

4782 FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM.flt

4829 AIRCRAFT\c172\Cessna172SP.air

5110 Aircraft="Cessna Skyhawk 172SP"

10313 Module [M1] identified = "sb3gaugebridge.dll"

11079 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled

24594 C:\Documents and Settings\Me\My Documents\Flight Simulator Files\UI generated flight.flt

25469 Clear All Weather requested: external weather discarded

1045407 WeatherOptions set, now 40003605 (timer=0)

3167844 System time = 16:01:19, FS2004 time = 15:49:00 (22:49Z)

3167844 *** FSUIPC log file being closed

Memory managed: 4 Allocs, 24109 Freed

********* FSUIPC Log file closed ***

[Pete Dowson]

This is in FS9. FSX is not working that well on my system so I switched back to FS9.

Here is the log.

********* FSUIPC, Version 3.50 by Pete Dowson *********

Version 3.50? That's VERY old! When did you purchase your registration? If in 2006 then that is the reason -- 3.53 was released on Jan 1st 2006 and is needed AT A MINIMUM for all this year's registrations.

If your Keys are from before 2006 then there is something wrong with them -- the indications are that they are incorrect. Please zip up your FSUIPC.KEY file and send it to me at petedowson@btconnect.com.

The currenly supported version of FSUIPC3 is 3.71, and an interim update (of the DLL only) to 3.711 will be posted here later today.

Regards

Pete