FSUIPC4 "freezes" in FSX Acceleration

[peterhayes]

Hi Pete

I have recently installed ver 4.25 (and the subsequent upgrades 4.251 and 4.252). Since installing ver 4.25 if I select FSUIPC from the Add-ons memory assign axes, buttons/keys and/or calibrate etc and finally check "OK". The SIM "hangs" for up to 5 minutes and will then finally re-start. Sometimes I have to minimise the SIM and then "restore" before it will restart. If I open task manager duing this "freeze" it states that the SIM is not responding. The length of the "freeze" seems to be proportional to the number of changes that I make, ie the fewer the changes the faster the SIM re-starts.

I attach the install.log and the FSUIPC4.log but they look Ok to me?

Install LOG:

Installer for FSUIPC4.DLL version 4.25

Looking in registry for FSX install path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\10.0

Parameter"SetupPath"

SetupPath="V:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X"

Checking version of FSX.EXE:

... Version 10.0.61637.0 (Need at least 10.0.60905.0)

Checking compatibility with installed SimConnect:

... Okay, Probe Manifest matches installed SimConnect 60905 (Original)

Found later build SimConnect 61242 (SP1 May07)

Found later build SimConnect 61259 (Acc/SP2 Oct07)

Checking if there's already a version of FSUIPC4 installed in:

V:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL

... Version 4.250 found.

FSX Modules folder already exists.

Okay -- installed FSUIPC4 into "V:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL"

Looking for the current user's Application Data path:

... found as "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Hayes\Application Data"

Now finding \Microsoft\FSX\FSX.CFG for all users, including this one

Looking in "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.TI-AMD\Application Data"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Documents and Settings\NETGEAR NAS\Application Data"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Application Data"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Hayes\Application Data"

Found FSX.CFG in "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Hayes\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX\FSX.CFG"!

Now checking DLL.XML ...

... There is a previous DLL.XML, checking for FSUIPC4 section.

... FSUIPC4 section already exists but will be replaced.

... FSUIPC4 section of DLL.XML written okay

Now checking for a SimConnect.XML file ...

... No SimConnect.XML file found. This is okay.

Now installing additional files into the Modules folder:

Installed "FSUIPC4 User Guide.pdf" okay

Installed "FSUIPC4 for Advanced Users.pdf" okay

Installed "FSUIPC4 History.pdf" okay

Installed "List of FSX controls.pdf" okay

All installer tasks completed okay!

Registration for FSUIPC4 was successful! (result code 00)

FSUIPC4 LOG:

********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.252 by Pete Dowson *********

Reading options from "V:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\FSUIPC4.ini"

User Name="Peter Hayes"

User Addr="xxxxxxxx@bigpond.net.au" [Note blanked out by me]

FSUIPC4 Key is provided

WIDEFS7 not user registered, or expired

Running inside FSX (SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07)

Module base=61000000

Wind smoothing fix is fully installed

DebugStatus=15

282 System time = 13:36:08

282 FLT UNC path = "\\TI-AMD\SYSWIN ©\Documents and Settings\Peter Hayes\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\"

282 FS UNC path = "\\TI-AMD\FSX (V)\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\"

2063 LogOptions=00000001

2063 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay

8516 Running in "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", Version: 10.0.61637.0 (SimConnect: 10.0.61259.0)

8516 Initialising SimConnect data requests now

8516 FSUIPC Menu entry added

8610 V:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM.FLT

8610 V:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aircreation_582SL\Aircreation_582SL.AIR

351141 C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Hayes\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\VFR Coulee City to Omak.PLN

354625 System time = 13:42:02, FSX time = 13:36:16 (21:36Z)

354860 Aircraft="Aircreation582SL red"

495110 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled

526516 V:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Rotorcraft\ALPHA AH-64A Apache\Apache.AIR

529360 Aircraft="ALPHA Apache 0"

1215891 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 685 secs = 16.3 fps

2462922 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 1232 secs = 15.1 fps

3251110 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 21 secs = 13.6 fps

3575657 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 249 secs = 13.7 fps

3582125 V:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aircreation_582SL\Aircreation_582SL.AIR

3582125 C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Hayes\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\VFR Coulee City to Omak.PLN

3582125 Weather Mode now = Theme

3582125 C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Hayes\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX\Previous flight.FLT

3779907 System time = 14:39:07, FSX time = 14:11:34 (22:11Z)

3779907 *** FSUIPC log file being closed

Average frame rate for running time of 2212 secs = 15.3 fps

Memory managed: 430 Allocs, 430 Freed

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

Any ideas?

Thanks

PeterH

[Pete Dowson]

I have recently installed ver 4.25 (and the subsequent upgrades 4.251 and 4.252). Since installing ver 4.25 if I select FSUIPC from the Add-ons memory assign axes, buttons/keys and/or calibrate etc and finally check "OK". The SIM "hangs" for up to 5 minutes and will then finally re-start. Sometimes I have to minimise the SIM and then "restore" before it will restart. If I open task manager duing this "freeze" it states that the SIM is not responding. The length of the "freeze" seems to be proportional to the number of changes that I make, ie the fewer the changes the faster the SIM re-starts.

That's very strange. All it is doing when you have made changes to the options and closed the dialogue is to re-write those parts of the INI file which have changed. Then, to keep its internal tables exactly in line, it reads some of the sections back. For any changes in Joysticks, Axes, Buttons and Keys, the whole section is normally re-written, to keep everything internally totally efficient.

To do this disk access it calls Windows own "profile update" APIs. The only thing I could think of slowing it down is Windows disk access during that exercise. Five minutes seems totally extraordinary. A few seconds is the maximum I've ever seen.

Could it be that your disk is getting full, or is highly fragmented? Could there be something else in your system getting in the way at all? Is this on a WinXP or Vista system? I've noticed on Vista even simple file copying or moving using Explorer can sometimes take minutes, making it look as if Explorer is hung (sometimes it IS explorer hung!) -- I think this is supposed to be a known issue fixed in Vista SP1.

Whatever it is, it is certainly related only to your FSUIPC4.INI file and its placement, because there's nothing else going on between you closing the options and normal simulation being resumed.

Since it is related to your INI file, maybe you could Zip it up and send it to me at petedowson@btconnect.com, so I can try it here?

I attach the install.log and the FSUIPC4.log but they look Ok to me?

Yes, they are fine. But as another test, please enable "Extras" logging. Then it will also show the time spent "stopped".

Regards

Pete