megs8888 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Peter today I had alot of stuttering and a intermitent white flicker on the top of my screen, i think it is weather generated by Opus and not fsuipc causing it. would you kindly look at my fsuipc log file there are alot of weather logs in the entry which i have never seen before just after some of your expert advice to see if you know what is causing it. Regards Wayne. ********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.86 by Pete Dowson ********* Running inside FSX on Windows 7 Module base=658E0000 FSUIPC4 Key is provided WideFS7 Key is provided 422 System time = 04/03/2013 02:05:12 422 FLT UNC path = "\\FSX-PC\Flight Simulator X Files\" 718 Trying to connect to SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07 ... 718 FS UNC path = "\\FSX-PC\FSX\" 905 Run: "C:\OpusFSX\FSXSERVER.EXE" 952 LogOptions=00000000 00000001 952 SIM1 Frictions access gained 952 Wind smoothing fix is fully installed 952 G3D.DLL fix attempt installed ok 952 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay 952 Trying to use SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07 2340 Running in "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", Version: 10.0.61637.0 (SimConnect: 10.0.61259.0) 2340 Initialising SimConnect data requests now 2340 FSUIPC Menu entry added 2356 \\FSX-PC\FSX\FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM.FLT 2356 \\FSX-PC\FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aircreation_582SL\Aircreation_582SL.AIR 61995 \\FSX-PC\FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\PMDG 737-800NGX WL\B737-800WL.AIR 264313 Weather Mode now = Theme 418442 Starting everything now ... 418769 System time = 04/03/2013 02:12:11, Simulator time = 13:11:17 (02:11Z) 418769 Aircraft="Boeing 737-838NGX Qantas Airways (New Livery) Winglets" 418785 LUA.0: Loading FSXOzPlug 418785 LUA.0: Setting up socket 418785 LUA.0: FSXOzplug running ..... 422061 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled 428769 Weather Mode now = Custom 428909 Weather Mode now = Theme 428972 Weather Mode now = Custom 758352 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 340 secs = 23.4 fps 1092351 Weather Mode now = Global 1535003 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 776 secs = 26.1 fps 2192516 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 657 secs = 22.0 fps 2213670 Weather Mode now = Custom 2213873 Weather Mode now = Theme 2213873 Weather Mode now = Custom 2215932 Weather Mode now = Global 2589913 Weather Mode now = Custom 2590054 Weather Mode now = Theme 2590054 Weather Mode now = Custom 2590756 Weather Mode now = Global 2813775 Weather Mode now = Custom 2813931 Weather Mode now = Theme 2813931 Weather Mode now = Custom 2815756 Weather Mode now = Global 2935206 Weather Mode now = Custom 2935284 Weather Mode now = Theme 2935362 Weather Mode now = Custom 2935752 Weather Mode now = Global 3056824 Weather Mode now = Custom 3056934 Weather Mode now = Theme 3056996 Weather Mode now = Custom 3060834 Weather Mode now = Global 3077697 C:\Users\FSX\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\EFB_current_garmin.PLN 3178365 Weather Mode now = Custom 3178443 Weather Mode now = Theme 3178505 Weather Mode now = Custom 3186758 Weather Mode now = Global 3193653 Weather Mode now = Custom 3193778 Weather Mode now = Theme 3193856 Weather Mode now = Custom 3195837 Weather Mode now = Global 3559163 Weather Mode now = Custom 3559272 Weather Mode now = Theme 3559319 Weather Mode now = Custom 3560817 Weather Mode now = Global 3893005 Weather Mode now = Custom 3893114 Weather Mode now = Theme 3893177 Weather Mode now = Custom 3896032 Weather Mode now = Global 4227861 Weather Mode now = Custom 4227939 Weather Mode now = Theme 4228002 Weather Mode now = Custom 4230966 Weather Mode now = Global 4266394 Weather Mode now = Custom 4266518 Weather Mode now = Theme 4266581 Weather Mode now = Custom 4271011 Weather Mode now = Global 4622419 Weather Mode now = Custom 4622497 Weather Mode now = Theme 4622560 Weather Mode now = Custom 4626070 Weather Mode now = Global 4955388 Weather Mode now = Custom 4955466 Weather Mode now = Theme 4955466 Weather Mode now = Custom 4956074 Weather Mode now = Global 5085789 C:\Users\FSX\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\EFB_current_garmin.PLN 5288528 Weather Mode now = Custom 5288699 Weather Mode now = Theme 5288699 Weather Mode now = Custom 5291102 Weather Mode now = Global 5649764 Weather Mode now = Custom 5649857 Weather Mode now = Theme 5649920 Weather Mode now = Custom 5650965 Weather Mode now = Global 6014634 Weather Mode now = Custom 6014790 Weather Mode now = Theme 6014790 Weather Mode now = Custom 6016023 Weather Mode now = Global 6082916 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 3880 secs = 26.6 fps 6116690 *** G3D bad pointer trapped and crash prevented *** 6197171 *** G3D bad pointer trapped and crash prevented *** 6203177 *** G3D bad pointer trapped and crash prevented *** 6273378 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 180 secs = 16.7 fps 6453138 Weather Mode now = Custom 6453294 Weather Mode now = Theme 6453294 Weather Mode now = Custom 6456149 Weather Mode now = Global 6818196 Weather Mode now = Custom 6818305 Weather Mode now = Theme 6818367 Weather Mode now = Custom 6821066 Weather Mode now = Global 6951030 Weather Mode now = Custom 6951046 Weather Mode now = Global 6951171 Weather Mode now = Theme 6951171 Weather Mode now = Custom 6956054 Weather Mode now = Global 7132272 Weather Mode now = Custom 7132413 Weather Mode now = Theme 7132413 Weather Mode now = Custom 7136141 Weather Mode now = Global 7414697 Weather Mode now = Custom 7414853 Weather Mode now = Theme 7414853 Weather Mode now = Custom 7416132 Weather Mode now = Global 7558826 Weather Mode now = Custom 7558982 Weather Mode now = Theme 7558982 Weather Mode now = Custom 7563444 Weather Mode now = Global 7680413 Weather Mode now = Custom 7680569 Weather Mode now = Theme 7680569 Weather Mode now = Custom 7681146 Weather Mode now = Global 7793139 Weather Mode now = Custom 7793202 Weather Mode now = Theme 7793295 Weather Mode now = Custom 7796166 Weather Mode now = Global 8014427 Weather Mode now = Custom 8014505 Weather Mode now = Theme 8014505 Weather Mode now = Custom 8020885 Weather Mode now = Global 8057904 Weather Mode now = Custom 8057967 Weather Mode now = Theme 8058060 Weather Mode now = Custom 8061134 Weather Mode now = Global 8160818 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 1882 secs = 20.6 fps 9187071 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 1025 secs = 18.2 fps 9203794 Weather Mode now = Theme 9203794 \\FSX-PC\FSX2\Previous flight.FLT Link to comment Share on other sites More 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Pete Dowson Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Peter today I had alot of stuttering and a intermitent white flicker on the top of my screen, i think it is weather generated by Opus and not fsuipc causing it. would you kindly look at my fsuipc log file there are alot of weather logs in the entry which i have never seen before just after some of your expert advice to see if you know what is causing it. These are the meanings of those entries. They are records of changes to the FSX weather mode: Weather Mode now = Theme "Theme" is the setting of weather according to one of the listed themes in FSX's weather setting menu. Programs use the Clear Weather theme to clear previous weather in preparation for setting their own. Weather Mode now = Custom "Custom" is the mode which gets set automatically when a program starts setting specific WX station weather. Weather programs not using Global mode set the weather from METARs this way. Weather Mode now = Global "Global" is where one set of weather is sent for FSX to apply globally -- i.e. all over the world. This is used by weather programs for greater control as it avoids some of the bugs in the FSX weather engine which are due to interpolation between WX stations. I don't know Opus, but I use ActiveSky 2012. Ever since ASE, Active Sky has had a Global mode ("DWC" they used to call it -- Direct Weather Control or Direct Wind Control). It works so well that it is defaulted in AS2012. Maybe Opus does the same. However, you seem to be getting an odd cycle in modes: 2589913 Weather Mode now = Custom 2590054 Weather Mode now = Theme 2590054 Weather Mode now = Custom 2590756 Weather Mode now = Global 22 seconds gap 2813775 Weather Mode now = Custom 2813931 Weather Mode now = Theme 2813931 Weather Mode now = Custom 2815756 Weather Mode now = Global 12 seconds gap 2935206 Weather Mode now = Custom 2935284 Weather Mode now = Theme 2935362 Weather Mode now = Custom 2935752 Weather Mode now = Global 12 seconds gap 3056824 Weather Mode now = Custom 3056934 Weather Mode now = Theme 3056996 Weather Mode now = Custom 3060834 Weather Mode now = Global 12 seconds gap 3178365 Weather Mode now = Custom 3178443 Weather Mode now = Theme 3178505 Weather Mode now = Custom 3186758 Weather Mode now = Global 7 seconds gap 3193653 Weather Mode now = Custom 3193778 Weather Mode now = Theme 3193856 Weather Mode now = Custom 3195837 Weather Mode now = Global 36 seconds gap 3559163 Weather Mode now = Custom 3559272 Weather Mode now = Theme 3559319 Weather Mode now = Custom 3560817 Weather Mode now = Global 33 seconds gap 3893005 Weather Mode now = Custom 3893114 Weather Mode now = Theme 3893177 Weather Mode now = Custom 3896032 Weather Mode now = Global 33 seconds gap 4227861 Weather Mode now = Custom 4227939 Weather Mode now = Theme 4228002 Weather Mode now = Custom 4230966 Weather Mode now = Global 36 seconds gap 4266394 Weather Mode now = Custom 4266518 Weather Mode now = Theme 4266581 Weather Mode now = Custom 4271011 Weather Mode now = Global et cetera Not exactly regular, but regular enough to appear to be deliberate. Do these cycles roughly correspond to your stuttering and flicker? If not it might not be related. If so, could these intervals be realted to the update rate from your Opus weather settings? If it is deliberately updating weather with these mode changes then it certainly isn't good. Check that you don't have FSUIPC set to update FSX weather too, as that could interfere. You can use the stuff in the Wind Smoothing box, but avoid everything else. Also check that you haven't actually got more than one program trying to control the weather. Regards Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megs8888 Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Ill check it out today Peter thanks, yes the flicker etc does seem to be associated with the timings you present. It will be a setting somewhere ill report back when I know more. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molleh Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) The white flicker is a bug with simconnect and weather "injected" into FSX by programs like Opus. It happens when the program sends updated metars to the weather stations in FSX to keep your weather current. In other words it's one of those flaws with FSX that we just have to live with. Edited March 5, 2013 by molleh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megs8888 Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Thanks for that thought it was my pc ! Cheers for the record I disabled all weather via fsuipc and use opus for that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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