Ver. 3.998g Cannot Find CFS2

[investdude]

I purchased FSUIPC ver. 3.98 some time ago. Recently I downloaded the latest version 3.998g. It installed okay in FS9 but failed to recognize my CFS2 installation. Here's what the install log says:

Installer for FSUIPC.DLL version 3.998g

Looking in registry for FS9.1 install path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\9.1

Parameter"EXE Path"

Not there, so looking in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\9.1

Parameter"EXE Path"

... NOT found! ...

Looking in registry for FS9 install path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\9.0

Parameter"EXE Path"

... >>> OK! FOUND FS9! <<< ...

Looking in registry for FS8 install path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\8.0

Parameter"EXE Path"

Not there, so looking in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\8.0

Parameter"EXE Path"

... NOT found! ...

Looking in registry for FS7 install path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\7.0

Parameter"path"

Not there, so looking in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\7.0

Parameter"path"

... NOT found! ...

Looking in registry for FS6.1 install path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\6.1

Parameter"InstallDir"

Not there, so looking in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\6.1

Parameter"InstallDir"

... NOT found! ...

Looking in registry for CFS2 install path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator\2.0

Parameter"EXE Path"

Not there, so looking in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator\2.0

Parameter"EXE Path"

... NOT found! ...

Looking in registry for CFS1 install path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator\1.0

Parameter"EXE Path"

Not there, so looking in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator\1.0

Parameter"EXE Path"

... NOT found! ...

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INSTALLATION FOR FS9:

EXE Path="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9"

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

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Modules\FSUIPC.DLL

... Version 3.850 found.

Okay -- installed FSUIPC into "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Modules\FSUIPC.DLL"

"Modules\FSUIPC Documents" folder already exists.

Now installing additional files into the "Modules\FSUIPC Documents" folder:

Installed "FSUIPC User Guide.pdf" okay

Installed "FSUIPC for Advanced Users.pdf" okay

Installed "FSUIPC History.pdf" okay

Installed "List of FS2004 controls.pdf" okay

Installed "GlobalSign Root.exe" 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 "SIMSAMURAI+FSUIPC+TUTORIAL.pdf" okay

FSUIPC.DLL installed and signature checked out okay!

Deleted GlobalSign Root fix program ... no longer relevant

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All installer tasks completed okay!

Registration check for FSUIPC was successful! (result code 00)

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

Not sure why CFS2 is not recognized as it was installed properly. Can anyone tell me how I can get ver. 3.998g installed into CFS2? Thanks.

[Pete Dowson]

Not sure why CFS2 is not recognized as it was installed properly.

Nor I. But I don't have any proper installations except for FS9 and FSX, so I can't tell. If you'd like to look in the Registry and tell me how its path is defined I can fix the installer in a future update. The problem is that Microsoft sometimes use a key "EXE Path" sometimes "InstalledTo", and sometimes just "Path". I may have guessed wrong -- no one's provided any feedback on this so far, you are the first, so run RegEdit, search for "Microsoft Games", find "Combat Flight simulator\2.0" under that and then tell me within which keys in that you see the correct path.

Can anyone tell me how I can get ver. 3.998g installed into CFS2?

Same way every other user must have done it. Copy the FSUIPC.DLL from your FS9 modules folder into your CFS2 Modules folder. Make sure you run Explorer by right-clcking its EXE and selecting "run as administrator" in case you have it installed in Programs and Windows stops you writing to the real Modules folder.

It this doesn't work (because of Vista or Win7 protection), let me know the registry result and I'll fix the installer right away.

Regards

Pete

[investdude]

Thanks for your response Pete. The registry key appears to be "Installed To"

I had already tried copying FSUIPC.DLL into CFS2 Modules folder but what happens is when you select FSUIPC from the drop-down Modules menu, it runs outside of CFS2 and CFS2 freezes and has to be closed with Control/Alt/Delete. The FSUIPC.LOG recognizes the FSUIPC Key alright and apparently runs a number of processes but is not useable, here's a copy of the LOG:

********* FSUIPC, Version 3.998g by Pete Dowson *********

Running on Windows Version 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3

Verifying Certificate for "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 2\MODULES\FSUIPC.dll" now ...

SUCCESS! Signature verifies okay!

Running inside CFS2

User Name="Anthony Pleasants"

User Addr="plea727@telus.net"

FSUIPC Key is provided

WIDEFS not user registered, or expired

Module base=61000000

LogOptions=00000001

DebugStatus=15

813 System time = 21/11/2011 13:10:27

813 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 2\

16891 System time = 21/11/2011 13:10:43, CFS2 time = 13:10:42 (13:10Z)

21891 ERROR: Can't change message filter: functions not available

25563 AIRCRAFT\F4U1A_CORSAIR\F4U1A_Corsair.air

25563 Aircraft=""

25875 SITUATIO\defgnd.flt

25922 Clear All Weather requested: external weather discarded

26172 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled

26172 Not patched ADVDRV.DLL since offsets don't match!

26172 SIM1.SIM patched for more accurate altitude holding

89344 WeatherOptions set, now 00000001 (timer=0)

131547 Aircraft=""

131703 SITUATIO\defgnd.flt

131750 Clear All Weather requested: external weather discarded

131860 SIM1.SIM patched for more accurate altitude holding

[Pete Dowson]

Thanks for your response Pete. The registry key appears to be "Installed To"

Hmm. Interesting. Are you sure there's a space? CFS1 has both "path" and "InstalledTo". All the other FS variations have one of "EXE Path" or "InstallDir". Also, can you tell me if the last part of the Key is 2.0 or 2.00 please? CFS1 had 1.00, which again is unusual because FS9 and FSX are 9.0, 9.1 and 10.0.

I had already tried copying FSUIPC.DLL into CFS2 Modules folder but what happens is when you select FSUIPC from the drop-down Modules menu ...

Hold on. If you've done that then no change to the Installer will make anything different. That's all I've done. I do have CFS2 but it was copied from an older PC, which was defunct, and not installed. It works fine with FSUIPC simply copied in.

... it runs outside of CFS2

You mean it switches to Windowed mode to display the dialogue, I assume? Here, if i run CFS2 in full screen mode, the FSUIPC dialogue does indeed come up behind the CFS2 window and you have to ALT TAB to get to it, but after having exited from that, the CFS2 screen is obtained again by clicking it's icon in the task bar.

Best anyway to run CFS2 in maximised windowed mode, or at least switch to Windowed mode before using the options. I don't think it gains anything at all in full screen mode. Use ALT + ENTER to switch, as with FS.

.... and CFS2 freezes and has to be closed with Control/Alt/Delete.

You've got problems with your video driver in that case. The same sort of thing can happen with FS9 and FSX with video drivers which don't handle FS's style of full screen use. Either find a better video driver or stick to Windowed mode.

The FSUIPC.LOG recognizes the FSUIPC Key alright and apparently runs a number of processes but is not useable, here's a copy of the LOG:

The LOG is fine. There's nothing wrong with FSUIPC. Your CFS2 is hanging in the video driver. Sorry, but FSUIPC can't do anything about that.

Regards

Pete

[investdude]

It's "InstalledTo" (no space) and 2.0

Thanks to your advice, I was able to get FSUIPC working in Windowed Mode. Didn't realize you had to switch to windowed mode. Thanks for your help.

Regards,

Investdude

[Pete Dowson]

It's "InstalledTo" (no space) and 2.0

Thanks. I'll have the Installer fixed with the next new main release.

Thanks to your advice, I was able to get FSUIPC working in Windowed Mode. Didn't realize you had to switch to windowed mode.

You shouldn't have to. It's all to do with the video driver and how full screen mode is used. CFS2 seems rather primitive in this regards compared to FS9 and FSX, but even the latter can have similar problems with some video drivers.

Regards

Pete